Jenna L. James
I earned my undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts, minoring in Russian, English, Mathematics, Classics, and Anthropology, at the University of Mississippi in 2007. In 2008, I began working at the Carson Mound Group site in the Mississippi Delta, excavating and analyzing human remains, focusing on mortuary ritual. I earned my Master’s from Ole Miss in 2010, having produced a thesis on my preliminary research at Carson. Continuing with my work at Carson, I began the doctoral program at the University of Alabama in the fall of 2010.
I have had the opportunity to work on various sites in Belize with the Caves Branch Archaeological Survey, ranging from cave archaeology to surface sites with monumental architecture. Most of my research has focused on Mississippian-era sites in the Mississippi Delta, particularly analyzing and excavating human remains. However, my interests are broad, including GIS, ethnology, ethnohistory, ritual, ideology, site structure, and social organization.
Contact Ms. James at: jljames4@crimson.ua.edu
Office: Osteology Lab, 343 Mary Harmon Bryant