Chelsea Reedy- The Cycling Archaeologist

2024 Archaeological Conferences and Communities Recap: Part I

Continuing to update my social medias from my 2024 adventures, I would like to revisit another aspect of my job/career as an archaeologist attending and presenting at professional conferences and involvement with local communities/ societies.

In April 2024, I took a break from my field effort to attend the 89th Annual Meeting for the Society for American Archaeology in New Orleans, Louisiana. I presented my thesis research results while attending Texas State University’s master’s program. I would like to give an extra deep thank you to Dr. Tamra Walters for allowing me the opportunity conduct my research on her collection from past field efforts at the Presidio San Sabá.

I had a fantastic time networking and catching up on current research across the Americas. I felt so supported by my HDR colleagues, Texas State Anthropology and University of Oklahoma college peers, thesis committee members/ mentors, past employers, co-guest podcast acquaintances, and previous field crew members while presenting my poster version of my thesis. Thank you all for the support and the feedback!

I set aside time during the conference to get some cycling training in by means of Zwift and my Garmin TACX trainer in the hotel room. After the conference was over, I went on an exploration training ride, touring the city. Those are some of my best memories in life, just a solo ride, being present, enjoying where I am in the world in that moment in time. Soak in the culture and breath in life.

-Chelsea aka The Cycling Archaeologist
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2024 Archaeological Fieldwork Recap: Part II

The month of May I was in south Texas, also referred to as the Rio Grande Valley. This area is literally on the boarder of Mexico where I was conducting a monitoring project.

June and July, I was able to be home and lead some local projects in North Texas (Pilot Point and Fort Worth). One was a phase I survey while the other was a cemetery mitigation project. For this project, we conducted deep trench testing by means of scrapping to determine if the past cemetery boundary from historical records extended into the client’s project area.

August was the start of the first stage of a project that will likely be active for the next 3-5 years. From August to December, and some into January 2025, I was back in North Texas conducting the testing phase for a new reservoir.

I could probably do a separate post for each of these projects I worked on because they were all so dynamic and each had amazing components. The crews I work with were always great and created some lasting memories. There are so many photos I would like to share but I can only select a handful.

-Chelsea aka The Cycling Archaeologist
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