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David Keene
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60613
www.arch-res.com
abpchg@r.postjobfree.com
Current Position
Senior Staff Archaeologist and President
Archaeological Research, Inc.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
Ph.D., Anthropology 2002
Title: Beyond Fur Trade: The eighteenth century colonial economy of
French North America as seen from Fort de Chartres in the Illinois Country.
M.S. Anthropology 1986
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
M.A. Philosophy 1978
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
B.S. Anthropology 1975
Professional Certification
Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA)
Certified Underwater Diver (PADI)
Professional Development
Introduction to ArcView and GIS systems, ESRI Seminars, Chicago, 2005
Course on Section 4(f) Compliance for Transportation Projects, National
Preservation Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 2004
Course on Developing Web Pages using Microsoft Front Page
Chicago, Illinois 2001
Course on New Section 106 Regulations
Madison, Wisconsin 1999
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Workshop on Visual Display of Information by Edward Tufte
Chicago 1998
Preparing Agreements Documents
Course given by the University of Nevada, 1993
Law Enforcement and Historic Sites
Workshop conducted by the National Park Service and the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, 1992
Section 106 Workshop conducted by the Federal Highways
Administration in Madison, Wisconsin 1991
Preserving the Recent Past
Conference hosted by Historic Preservation Education Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois, 1995
Professional Memberships
Preservation Action Committee, Board of Directors 1993-present
Society for Historical Archaeology Member Since 1978
Society for Historical Archaeology Public Affairs Committee 2004 to
present
Society for American Archaeology Member Since 1975
American Anthropological Association Member Since 1975
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois Board President 1996-1999
Center for American Archaeology Board of Directors 1999-2002
Loyola University Public History Program Advisory Board 1998-2000
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Charnley-Perskey House Foundation, Society for Architectural History 1998-
1999
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, Board of Directors 1992-1999.
Illinois Archaeological Survey, Board of Directors 1991-1994
Illinois Archaeological Survey, Treasurer 1994-1997
Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council 1991-1993
Experience
Mr. Keene is president of Archaeological Research Incorporated and manages
a full time staff of six archaeologists and historians conducting Historic
Preservation Planning and Section 106 archaeological and historic investigation
projects throughout the States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and
Michigan and Oklahoma. He is responsible for planning and executing Phase I,
II, and III archaeological projects as well as historic surveys, nominations to the
National Register of Historic Places, and HABS/HAER Documentation Projects.
His skills have been applied to both private and public projects of various sizes
including excavation of historic cemeteries and documentation of major
architectural landmarks. In addition, Mr. Keene is on the Board of Directors for
several local and national archaeological societies and historic preservation
groups.
Mr. Keene has been active in preservation planning projects and heritage
tourism projects. The most notable of these is preparing managements plans for
Route 66 in Illinois and Oklahoma and the Historic Chicago Portage Project in
suburban Chicago.
Prior to founding Archaeological Research Inc. David Keene was a part-time
instructor at Loyola University of Chicago where he taught courses in
Anthropology and Sociology.
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Representative Projects
Preparation of Cultural Resource Material for O Hare Expansion Project EIS. 2005.
Resource management study and planning for the National Register Eligible
road and bridge segments along Historic Route 66 in Oklahoma. 2002
Land use and planning study for archaeological and historic resources at the
Chicago Portage Site for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. 1999.
Excavation and removal of human remains at the abandoned Chicago City
Cemetery in Lincoln Park at the corner of LaSalle and Clark Street, Chicago,
Illinois 1998-1999.
Archaeological Excavations at the Nobel - Crippen House on the northwest side
of the City of Chicago, 1998.
Fort de Chartres Museum Interpretive Plan. Assisted the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency in developing interpretive themes and spaces for the Fort
de Chartres Museum, 1995.
Historic documentation and archaeological investigations of the Dunning
Cemetery Site, an abandoned nineteenth century county cemetery in
Chicago, Illinois, 1989-1991 and 1995.
Archaeological Investigations on a 600 acres Intermodal Facility in Sauk Village,
Cook County, Illinois, for Transdevelopment Corporation 1994.
Archaeological and historic resource study of the Maxwell Street Neighborhood
for the University of Illinois at Chicago. 1994.
Inventory and evaluation of historic and archaeological resources along US
Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri, 1994-1996.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Documentation of the Chicago
Loop Elevated Train System, 1993.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Documentation of the Marshall Field
River Warehouse on the Chicago River designed by Daniel Burnham, 1992.
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Determination of Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places on the Litke
Site: archaeological remains of a nineteenth century logging camp along the
Chippewa River in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, 1992.
Investigation of underwater shipwreck sites in Lake Michigan Waters off the
Illinois shoreline for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. 1987-94.
Historic research, archaeological excavation, and consultation with architects
on the reconstruction of Fort de Chartres in Randolph County, Illinois. 1985-87.
Investigation of historic logging camp site in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for
the US Forest Service. 1980-83.
Phase I Archaeological Investigation of open lands in the Cook County Forest
Preserves, Cook County, Illinois, 1979-1980.
Publications
In press. Introduction to the translation of the Journal of Louis Franquet, 1752-
53" with James Hart. Publication accepted for publication by Michigan
State University Press.
1991 Fort de Chartres: Archaeology in the Illinois Country. Chapter Three in
FRENCH COLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY AND THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES, edited by John A. Walthall. University of Illinois
Press. Refereed Publication, Three reviewers.
1989 Reconstructing Prehistoric Settlement in the Chicago Area. Illinois
Archaeology: Volume 1 No. 2. Publication Date January 1991. Refereed
Publication, Three reviewers.
1988 A Review of "The River L'Abbe Mission" by John Walthall and Elizabeth D.
Benchley. Wisconsin Archaeologist 69(3)201-202.
1986 Archaeological Excavations at Fort de Chartres. Historic Illinois 9(2):5-13.
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1985 Photo Documentation of the 1985 Excavations at Fort de Chartres.
Volume III in a series on the Archaeological Excavations at Fort de
Chartres. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
1983 Contributions to "The Craft of Public History" edited by David Trask and
Robert Pomeroy. Greenwood Press. Westport Connecticut.
1981 Bibliography of Historic Archaeology in Illinois. In "Guide to the Historical
Archaeology of Illinois" edited by Charles Orser. Loyola University of
Chicago.
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