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Dr. Mark Rees is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology specializing in the archaeology of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ and the Lower Mississippi Valley.

He established the in 2014 for the advancement of public archaeology in the State. Since then, he has been awarded more than 2.5 million dollars in support of sponsored research. His recent and ongoing research include:

• The New Acadia Project's investigation of the home sites and graves of Acadians who arrived in south-central Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ in 1765
• Archaeological investigations in Kisatchie National Forest
• Managing the impacts of climate change and land loss on Native American archaeological sites in coastal Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ
• Cultural resources management for the Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Testing and assessment of the effects of an oil spill on coastal archaeological sites

Dr. Rees is editor of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Archaeology, the bulletin and newsletter of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Archaeological Society, Vice Chair of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, and Coordinator of the Anthropology Program at UL Lafayette.

Ph.D., Anthropology, 2001
Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Oklahoma

M.A., Historical Archaeology, 1991
Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Massachusetts

B.A., History, 1985
Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ State Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ

Dr. Rees's research interests are in:

• Archaeology, historical anthropology and ethnohistory of the Lower Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast, and eastern North America, ca. 400 – 1800 CE;
• Colonialism, diaspora, and identity
• Materiality, landscape, and memory
• Public archaeology and cultural resource management
• Geoarchaeology and remote sensing
• Historic and prehistoric ceramics

Opportunities for Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Research/Collaboration:

• Undergraduate Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ research assistant appointments
• Internships on sponsored research with the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Public Archaeology Lab

Britt, Tad, David J. Watt, Mark A. Rees, Kory Konsoer, and Samuel M. Huey

• 2020 A Perfect Storm: An Archaeological Management Crisis in the Mississippi River Delta. Parks Stewardship Forum: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Place-Based Conservation 36(1):70-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/P536146376; Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2v21z1vr.

Konsoer, K., D. Watt, M. A. Rees, M. Linton, T. Britt, and S. Huey

• 2022 Using sUAS to Map and Quantify Changes to Native American Archaeological Sites Along Coastal Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Due to Climate Change and Erosion. In sUAS Applications in Geography. Geotechnologies and the Environment, Vol 24, edited by K. Konsoer, M. Leitner, and Q. Lewis, pp. 71–93. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01976-0_4

Rees, Mark A.

• 2019 Finding Nouvelle Acadie: Lost Colonies, Collective Memory and the New Acadia Project. In Rethinking New Acadia: Recent Interpretations on the Acadians’ Dispersal and Arrival in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ, edited by Michael S. Martin, pp. 71-91. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette Press, Lafayette.
• 2012 Monumental Landscape and Community in the Southern Lower Mississippi Valley during the Late Woodland and Mississippi Periods. In The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology, edited by T. Pauketat, pp. 483-496. Oxford Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Press, New York.
• 2011 The Past that Lies Ahead: Some Recent Developments and Future Directions for Archaeology in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Archaeology 32(2005):78-105.
• 2010 Paleoindian and Early Archaic. In Archaeology of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ, edited by Mark A. Rees, pp. 34-62. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ State Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Press, Baton Rouge.
• 2010 Plaquemine and Mississippian. In Archaeology of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ, edited by Mark A. Rees, pp. 172-194. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ State Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Press, Baton Rouge.

Rees, Mark A., editor

• 2010 Archaeology of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ State Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Press, Baton Rouge.

Rees, Mark A., and Aubra L. Lee

• 2015 On the Monumentality of Events: Refiguring Late Woodland Culture History at Troyville. In The Archaeology of Events: Cultural Change and Continuity in the Pre-Columbian Southeast, edited by Zackary I. Gilmore and Jason M. O’Donoughue, pp. 160-195. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.

Rees, Mark A., and Rebecca Saunders

• 2020 Plaquemine Culture. 64 Parishes. Online Encyclopedia of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Endowment for the Humanities. Online at: https://64parishes.org/entry/plaquemine-culture 
• 2020 Mississippian Culture. 64 Parishes. Online Encyclopedia of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Endowment for the Humanities. Online at: https://64parishes.org/entry/mississippian-culture 

Watt, David J., Mark A. Rees, Tad Britt, Kory Konsoer, and Samuel M. Huey

• 2020 Mitigating Engineered Disaster on Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ’s Gulf Coast. The SAA Archaeological Record 20(5):16-21, 40.

• 2010 – 25 E. P. Nalley/LEQSF Professorship in Social Sciences, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette.
• 2016 – 17 Research Excellence Award, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette.
• 2015 – 16 Certificate of Achievement in Sponsored Research, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette.
• 2013 – 14 Certificate of Achievement in Sponsored Research, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette.