This document provides a resume for Alyssa Brooke Bonorden, including her education, employment history, archaeological field experience, and publications. She received an MA in Anthropology from Texas Tech University and a BA in Anthropology from Baylor University. Her experience includes positions as an interpreter, teaching assistant, field technician, and field director on various archaeological projects throughout Texas and Belize. She has authored or co-authored several publications on her archaeological work.

1. ALYSSA BROOKE BONORDEN
1808 South Saunders Street
Aransas Pass, Texas 78336
Phone: 361-877-7008
brooke.bonorden@gmail.com
Current as of 9-9-2016
EDUCATION
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
M. A. in Anthropology, Cultural Resource Management Track, August 2016 (4.0 GPA)
Thesis Title: Comparing Colonial Experiences in Northwestern Belize: Archaeological
Evidence from Qualm Hill Camp and Kaxil Uinic Village
Coursework: Texas Prehistory
Geographic Information Systems
Method and Theory in Archaeology
Cultural Resource Management
Historical Archaeology
Digital Heritage Management
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
B. A. in Anthropology, Middle East Studies Minor, May 2013 (3.91 GPA), magna cum laude
Coursework: Methods of Archaeology
Interpretation of Archaeological Data
Historical Archaeology
Archaeology of Ancient Turkey
Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean
Archaeology of Texas
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Interpreter/Educator, August 2016-Present
MissionDolores State Historic Site, Texas Historical Commission, San
Augustine, Texas
Responsible for the interpretation of archaeological and historical data at Mission Dolores State
Historic Site to visitors. Plans and implements outreach/educational programs for children and
adults. Serves as the volunteer coordinator. Also assists with daily visitor center operations and
with general site maintenance.
Teaching Assistant, August 2014-August 2016
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Courses: Field School in Maya Archaeology
Maya Archaeology

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Assistant Project Coordinator, July 2014-October 2015
Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock, Texas
Responsible for managing budget and expenditure reports at the Silent Wings Museum for the
City of Lubbock. Issued direct purchase requests for services and supplies, documented daily
visitation statistics for potential grant funding, and assisted with daily operations. Managed
donations and membership dues, maintained the museum artifact accession inventory and
assisted with seasonal newsletter production.
Field Technician, January 2014-June 2014
Ancient Southwest Texas Project, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Contracted by Texas State University to work as an archaeological field technician collecting data
from several sites in Eagle Nest Canyon near Langtry, Texas. Primary duties included extracting
matrix samples from complex stratigraphic deposits for macrobotanical, faunal,
archaeoentomological, and geoarchaeological analyses; operating a Total Data Station to collect
spatial data for GIS analysis; and creating 3D models of excavation units using Agisoft PhotoScan
and Structure from Motion photogrammetry. Other duties included preparing artifacts for curation
and maintaining specimen inventory. Public outreach efforts included authoring several blog
pieces to increase public interest in Lower Pecos archaeology.
Park Ranger I – Park Interpreter, October 2013-December 2013
Texas Parks and Wildlife, Blanco State Park, Blanco, Texas
Responsible for the interpretation of cultural and natural resources at Blanco State Park to park
visitors. Planned and implemented outreach/educational programs for children and adults. Served
as the volunteer coordinator, managing the park's Park Host program and other outside community
service groups. Also assisted in general park maintenance and operated several complex
landscaping machines.
Field Director, May 2013-September 2013
Gulf Coast Archaeology Group, LLC, Houston, Texas
Led archaeological field technicians and volunteers in cultural resource surveys/excavations
throughout the Houston, Texas area and assisted in drafting/editing reports for submission to
the Texas Historical Commission.
Crew Chief, July 2012-May 2013
Gulf Coast Archaeology Group, LLC, Houston, Texas
Conducted Phase I cultural resource surveys under the direction of Jorge Garcia-Herreros, RPA
for various development projects in the Houston, Texas area.
Library Assistant, January 2011-May 2013
Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Preserved historic newspapers in Mylar encapsulations, processed new materials for the
library collection, maintained and updated vertical file collections, and assisted in general
reference desk duties using Sierra Library Software.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDEXPERIENCE
Operation Director, May 2015-July 2016
Belize Estates Archaeological Survey Team, Texas Tech University, Chan Chich, Belize
Oversaw archival research, excavation, and artifact analysis of two historic sites.
Primary Researcher, January 2016-May 2016
Pagel Settlement Cemetery Survey, Lavaca County, Texas
Preparing Historic Texas Cemetery nomination form for historic German cemetery to be
submitted to the Texas Historical Commission for review.
Volunteer, November 2015
Fort Belknap Civilian Cemetery Survey, Texas Tech University, Newcastle, Texas
Assisted in documentation of gravestones at historic cemetery.
Volunteer, June 2014
Texas Archeological Society Field School, Columbus, Texas
Assisted in excavation of historic homestead.
Field Director, August-September 2013
Brays Bayou Phase III Excavation, Gulf Coast Archaeology Group LLC, Houston, Texas
Directed excavations attempting to locate the Twin Sister cannons used in the Battle of San
Jacinto.
Field Director, July 2013
Sikes Road Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Gulf Coast Archaeology Group LLC,
Orange, Texas
Organized and directed systematic survey and shovel testing conducted by field technicians.
Field Director, July 2013
Brays Bayou Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Gulf Coast Archaeology Group LLC,
Houston, Texas
Organized and directed field technicians and volunteers in survey efforts to locate the Twin
Sister cannons used in the Battle of San Jacinto.
Volunteer, July 2013
Texas Department of Transportation Sifting Project, Cypress, Texas
Screened matrix from TXDOT project at prehistoric Dimond Knoll site.
Crew Chief, October 2012
Union Pacific Railroad Expansion Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Gulf Coast
Archaeology Group LLC, Chambers County, Texas
Organized and directed systematic survey and shovel testing conducted by field technicians.

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Crew Chief, August 2012
Turtle Bayou Conservation Area Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Gulf Coast
Archaeology Group LLC, Chambers County, Texas
Organized and directed systematic survey and shovel testing conducted by field technicians.
Crew Chief, July 2012
Brays Bayou Magnetometer/EM-61 Survey, Gulf Coast Archaeology Group LLC,
Houston, Texas
Organized and directed systematic survey and shovel testing conducted by field technicians.
Student Participant, June 2012
Huqoq Excavations, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Huqoq, Israel
Assisted in excavation of Roman-Byzantine village and synagogue, historic Palestinian
village.
Volunteer, April 2012
Olivewood Cemetery Salvage Excavations, Community Archaeology ResearchInstitute,
Houston, Texas
Assisted in excavation and repatriation of burials from freedmen cemetery that were naturally
eroding into a nearby bayou.
Volunteer, March 2012
Rancho de las Cabras Excavations, University of Texas at San Antonio, Floresville,
Texas
Assisted in excavation of historic mission.
Student Participant, March 2012
Sladky Farmstead Artifact Analysis, Baylor University, Parker County, Texas
Analyzed sample of historic artifacts recovered from test excavations by a Texas Archaeological
Steward.
Student Participant, February 2012
Historic Salado College Excavations, Baylor University, Salado, Texas
Participated in test excavations conducted in conjunction with the Texas Historical Commission.
Volunteer, August 2011-January 2012
Gault Site Excavations, Texas State University, Salado, Texas
Assisted in excavation of the Archaic component of the site.
Volunteer, August 2011-November 2011
Mayborn Museum, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Cataloged ceramic collection into PastPerfect museum management software.
Volunteer, June 2011-July 2011
Bibo Ranch Ruins Excavations, Grants, New Mexico
Assisted in excavation of prehistoric pueblo.

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Volunteer, July 2011
Veteado Pueblo Survey, Grants, New Mexico
Assisted in survey of prehistoric pueblo site.
Student Participant, June 2011
Texas Archeological Society Field School, Hondo, Texas
Assisted in flotation of soil samples for macrobotanical analysis.
Student Participant, May 2011-October 2012
Barnhill Rockshelter #3 Excavations, Baylor University, Gatesville, Texas
Assisted in excavation of prehistoric rockshelter and flotation of soil samples for macrobotanical
analysis.
PUBLICATIONS
Booher, Ashley, Valorie Aquino, Brooke Bonorden, and Brett A. Houk
(in preparation) Drones, Bones, and Stones: 2016 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological
Project and Belize Estates Archaeological Survey Team. Article in preparation for Research
Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14.
Bonorden, Brooke and Brett A. Houk
(in preparation) Kaxil Uinic: Archaeology at a Late Colonial San Pedro Maya Village. Orser,
Charles E. (ed.), Archaeology of the British Empire in Latin America. Springer: New York.
Bonorden, Alyssa Brooke
(in review) Comparing Colonial Experiences in Northwestern Belize: Archaeological
Evidence from Qualm Hill Camp and Kaxil Uinic Village. Texas Tech University
Electronic Theses and Dissertation Collection. M.A. thesis, Department of
Anthropology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. Submitted April 15, 2016.
Bonorden, Brooke and Brett A. Houk
2016 Archaeological Investigations at Kaxil Uinic and Qualm Hill, Two Colonial Period
Sites in Northwestern Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 13:337-347.
Bonorden, Brooke, and Gertrude Kilgore
2015 Results of the 2015 Excavations at Kaxil Uinic Village. In The 2015 Season of the
Chan Chich Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 105-144. Papers of the
Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 9. Department of Sociology, Anthropology,
and Social Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
Bonorden, Brooke, and Briana N. Smith
2015 Results of the 2015 Excavations at Qualm Hill Camp. In The 2015 Season of the Chan
Chich Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 67-104. Papers of the Chan
Chich Archaeological Project, Number 9. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and
Social Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.

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Bonorden, Brooke, Bryan Heisinger, and Charles Koenig.
2014 Eagle Cave: Where Context is Crucial. Concho Valley Archaeological Society
Newsletter (April):3. Print.
Sullivan, Jake, and Brooke Bonorden
2014 Earth Oven: Searching for the Trifecta. Concho Valley Archaeological Society
Newsletter (March):2-3. Print.
Garcia-Herreros, Jorge, and Alyssa Brooke Bonorden
2013 Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of a Fifteen Acre Area in Orange City, Orange
County, Texas. Report submitted to the Texas Historical Commission. Gulf Coast
Archaeology Group, LLC, Houston.
PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
Kilgore, Gertrude, Brooke Bonorden, and Brett A. Houk
2017 Machetes, Metates, and Majolica: San Pedro Maya Involvement in the Colonial Economy
at Kaxil Uinic Village, Belize. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, Vancouver.
Bonorden, Brooke and Brett A. Houk
2017 British Ceramics at the Empire’s Edge: Economy and Identity Among Subaltern Groups in
Late 19th-Century British Honduras. Paper Presented at the 2017 Society for Historical
Archaeology Conference, Fort Worth.
Houk, Brett A., Ashley Booher, and Brooke Bonorden
2015 Ritual Studies and BEASTly Activities at Chan Chich, Qualm Hill, and Kaxil Uinic: The
2015 Season. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Belize Archaeology Symposium, San
Ignacio, Belize.
Bonorden, Brooke, and Brett A. Houk
2015 Navigating the Cultural Landscape of 19th-Century Belize: An Archaeological
Examination of Kaxil Uinic Village. Paper presented at the 6th Annual South-Central
Conference on Mesoamerica, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Houk, Brett A., and Brooke Bonorden
2015 The Frontier Colonial Experience of the Maya at Kaxil Uinic, Belize. Paper presented at
the 114th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Skiles, Jack, Charles Koenig, Stephen Black, Tina Nielsen, Bryan Heisinger, Jacob Sullivan, and
Brooke Bonorden.
2014 Low Impact, High Resolution: Ongoing Investigations of Eagle Cave. Poster presented at
the 85th Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, San Marcos.
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2012 Macrobotanical Analysis of Carbonized Plant Remains from a Central Texas
Rockshelter (41CV1646). Paper presented at the 2012 Baylor Undergraduate Research
and Scholarly Activities Conference, Waco.
Bonorden, Brooke
2012 Macrobotanical Analysis of Carbonized Plant Remains from a Central Texas
Rockshelter (41CV1646). Paper presented at the Quarterly Meeting of the Central Texas
Archaeological Society, Waco.
Bonorden, Brooke
2012 Macrobotanical Analysis of Carbonized Plant Remains from a Central Texas
Rockshelter (41CV1646). Paper presented at the 82nd Texas Archeological Society
Annual Meeting, Fort Worth.
PROJECTS
Social Memory and San Pedro Maya Settlements: A Least Cost Path Analysis, August
2015-December 2015
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Georeferenced historic maps and conducted a least-cost-path analysis to determine if historic
Maya groups in northwestern Belize chose to settle along traffic corridors between major
Classic-period Maya sites.
National Registerof Historic Places Nomination Draft, January-May 2015
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Conducted archival research to demonstrate the historical significance of the original Lubbock
Municipal Airport building in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
Buffalo Commons Site Suitability Analysis, August-December 2014
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Used ArcGIS software to determine the most logical location to establish a national wildlife
preserve in the western Great Plains region of the United States.
Archival ResearchReport on the Property 1622 South 4th Street, Waco, Texas, January-
May 2012
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Study to document the effect of urban renewal on residences surrounding Baylor University
campus.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
CH Foundation Graduate Fellow, 2014-2016 ($8,000)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica Student Travel Grant, 2015
($100)
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Dorothy N. Bagwell Student Travel Grant, 2015 ($300)
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas
Dorothy N. Bagwell Student ResearchGrant, 2015 ($800)
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas
Texas Public Education Grant, 2015 ($2,000)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Anthropology Most Outstanding Student, 2013
Department of Anthropology, Forensic Science, and Archaeology, Baylor
University, Waco, Texas
Dean’s List, 2009-2013
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Baylor Institute of Archaeology Scholarship, 2011 ($500)
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Texas Archeological Society Field School Scholarship, 2011 ($250)
Texas Archeological Society, San Antonio, Texas
Central Texas Archaeological Society Field School Scholarship, 2011 ($250)
Central Texas Archaeological Society, Waco, Texas
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society Scholarship, 2011 ($250)
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Panhellenic Suite Scholarship, 2011 ($300)
Zeta Tau Alpha, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
President’s Gold Scholarship, 2009 ($44,000)
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
MEMBERSHIPS
Texas Tech Anthropology Society, 2015-2016

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Texas Tech Lambda Alpha Honor Society, 2014-2016
Phi Beta Kappa, 2013-present
Texas Archeological Society, 2011-present
Baylor Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, 2010-2013
Historian 2010-2011
Baylor Delta Epsilon Iota Honor Society, 2010-2013
Baylor Anthropology Society, 2009-2013
Historian 2010-2011
SKILLS
 Agistoft Photoscan/3D Photogrammetry
 ArcGIS
 QGIS
 Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
 Automatic Level
 Total Data Station
 Trimble GPS
 Flotation for macrobotanical analysis
 PastPerfect museum management software
 Sierra library management software
 Certified Interpretive Guide by the National Association for Interpretation
 Archival research