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WILLIAM EDWARD MOORE
813 Beck Street
Bryan, Texas 77803
(979) 820-1948
bvracrm@gmail.com
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Personal Information
Date of Birth: November 26, 1943
Military Service: United States Army Security Agency (Honorable Discharge, June 24, 1974)
Education
M.A. Anthropology, 1980
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Thesis
An Analysis of the Lithic Remains from Several Ring Middens in Crockett County, Texas: A Study in Site Function
Diploma (German), 1973
United States Army Defense Language Institute
Monterrey, California
M.A. English, 1968
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas
Thesis
The Change from Realism to Romanticism in the Writings of Hamlin Garland
B.S. Geography, 1967
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas
Professional Memberships
The Register of Professional Archaeologists (not currently a member)
Council of Texas Archeologists (not currently a member)
Texas Archeological Society
Houston Archeological Society
Southern Texas Archaeological Association
Committees
Archives Committee, Council of Texas Archeologists and the CTA Contractors List.
Honors and Awards
Grant from the Texas Archeological Society Donor’s Fund for testing and documenting site 41WA100 in Walker County, Texas
Editor of the Newsletter of the Council of Texas Archeologists
Invited Talks
The Texas Calaboose. Talk given to the Grapevine Historical Society. (2015)
The Texas Calaboose. Talk given to the Somerville, Texas Historical Society. (2014)
The Texas Calaboose. Talk given to the Concho Valley Archeological Society in San Angelo, Texas (October 2014)
Recognizing and Recording Cultural Resources in the Texas State Forests. Talk given to the Texas Society of American Foresters in Huntsville, Texas. (December 1993)
Archaeology and Your Historical Society. Talk given to the Lee County Historical Commission and Lee County Heritage Society, Lexington, Texas. (April 30, 1992). Paper on file at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas.
The Archaeology of the Big Thicket. Talk given to the Big Thicket Museum, Saratoga, Texas. (1982)
The Archaeology of Southeast Texas. Talk given to a graduate seminar in Anthropology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. (October 1978)
Permanent Employment
(1986 to Present)
Owner and Sole Proprietor of Brazos Valley Research Associates (BVRA). A list of BVRA reports entitled “Contract Reports” can be found under the tab “Reports.” Other BVRA reports are listed there as well. These include archaeological assessments, avoidance pans, contract reports, contributions in archaeology, environmental reports, management summaries, seismic surveys, and sub-consultant reports.
1983 to 1986
Staff member for the Archeological Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University. Duties included archival research, report preparation, editing, archaeological survey, and site monitoring. A list of BVRA reports written while employed at the research laboratory can be found under the tab “Reports for Other Firms.” I was Dr. Shafer’s Graduate Teaching Assistant in 1978 and 1979. My duties included attending his classes when possible, teaching his classes in his absence, helping to repare and grade tests.
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University. Dr. Harry J. Shafer, Director.
1981 to 1983
Staff member for Heartfield, Price & Greene, Inc. (HPG) in Monroe, Louisiana. Duties included archival research, report preparation, and archaeological survey. A list of BVRA reports written while employed at HPG can be found under the tab “Reports for Other Firms.”