-  Combining the fields of geotechnical engineering and archaeology.
-  Construction and engineering techniques of ancient earthen structures.
-  Soil agining and design of sustainable earthen structures.
-  Preservation of ancient and modern earthen structures.
- Bioarchaeological approaches for investigating community interaction.

 

Engineering

Geotechnical engineering analysis of ancient earthworks from the Scioto Valley of South-Central Ohio.

- Soil classification, compaction effort, and shear strength
- Comparison of construction styles between earthwork sites
- Identification of construction practices for long term sustainability

Geotechnical engineering characteristics of ancient earthworks from West-Central Illinois at the Mound House site.

- Shear strength and slope stability
- Soil micromorphological analysis of stress-strain relationships
- Comparison of ancient earthworks to modern levee standards
- Samples collected at the Arizona State Bioarchaeology Field School
- http://shesc.asu.edu/kampsville

Ground water analysis of coastal North Carolina

- Water Resource Research Institute of the United States Geological Survey Water Resources Division

Forensic analysis of Somerset Place Plantation a of the National Historic Site Somerset Place Plantation located in eastern North Carolina

-http://www.nchistoricsites.org/somerset/

 

Archaeology

Biological relationship between interrments at earthwork sites in the Scioto Valley, Ohio during the Middle Woodland Period.

- Dental metric and dental non-metric traits
- intra and inter cemetery relationships
Preservation of activity areas in coastal Alaska
- Samples processed using the MSICP in the KECK lab
-http://www.kjknudson.com/acl/index.html


Bioarchaeological pathology analysis of an ossuary sample from Onslow County, North Carolina.

 

Engineering

Evans-Busch A and Zapata C. (forthcoming) Age Related Changes in Soil Properties of Historic Structures. Journal of Association for Preservation Technology.

Laefer D, Finnerty E, Carey S, Evans-Busch A, Walters C, Vishwakarma H. (in press) Volumetric Changes of Non-Cohesive Soils during Dewatering.
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers.

Evans, AE. (2008) Engineering Ancient Earthen Monuments: A Geotechnical Approach. Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American
Archaeology Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Laefer D, Evans AE, and Frazier J. Forensic (2006) Investigation Methodology for Distressed Historic Structures. Journal of Association for
Preservation Technology. http://www.jstor.org/pss/40004686

 

Archaeology

Evans-Busch A. (forthcoming) Where are the Women? Investigating gender roles at the Hopewell Site. Midcontenental Journal of Archaeology.


Evans-Busch A and Case DT. (forthcoming) Ossuary Paleodemography: A case study from coastal North Carolina. Southeastern Archaeology.


Case, D., Carr C, and Evans AE. (2008) Definition of
Variables and Variable States. The Scioto Hopewell and their Neighbors. Springer. http://www.springer.com/


Evans, AE. (2008) Exploring the Role of Gender at Hopewell. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference, Milwaukee. 

 

Ashley Evans Busch
Graduate Student

Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
PO BOX 872402
Tempe AZ 85287-2402

ashley.evans.busch@gmail.com