Dr. Drexler earned his PhD in Anthropology from the College of William & Mary in 2013, focusing on the archaeology of the Civil War home front of southwest Arkansas. He is a specialist in conflict studies, geographic information systems, historical archaeology, forensic archaeology, landscape studies, historical memory, and research methods. He also holds a BA in anthropology from Grinnell College, Iowa (2002) and a master\u2019s in anthropology from the University of Nebraska (2004).<\/p>\n
He has worked as an archaeologist for the National Park Service\u2019s Midwest Archeological Center, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the William & Mary Center for Archaeological Research, and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. A research assistant professor with the University of Arkansas, he is also the station archeologist in charge of the Arkansas Archeological Survey\u2019s research facility hosted by SAU. He is currently a member of the Arkansas Archeological Society, Society for Historical Archaeology and Society for American Archaeology. He is also the Arkansas representative to the Caddo Conference Organization, a group of scholars and artists (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) focused on the history, culture, and archeology of the Caddo people who once lived in southwest Arkansas.<\/p>\n
Dr. Drexler has been active in Arkansas archeology since 2001. In addition to the Natural State, he has worked in numerous states in the American Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic, and internationally at sites in Mexico, the British Virgin Islands, and Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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