Postdoctoral Research Associate, Submerged Gulf of Mexico Landscapes

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For the Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, the Postdoctoral Research Associate will undertake research on the submerged archaeological landscapes of the Gulf of Mexico, under the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) funded project ‘Reevaluating BOEM’s Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: a Geoarchaeological Approach’. The selected candidate will use legacy survey data made available by project partners, as well as new data, to support project partners’ and BOEM’s ongoing work to update and refine methods for detection and examination of submerged landscapes across the Gulf of Mexico. Full-time effort will be dedicated to actively formulating, analyzing, and testing scientific predictions on the preservation and discovery of submerged terrestrial sites in collaboration with project partners, including Tribal entities. This work consists of empirical methods (utilizing legacy and new remote sensing data) and theoretical modeling (mathematical, statistical, and computational).