Professor & Chair

of

Anthropology

Florida State University

I am an anthropological archaeologist that specializes in zooarchaeology. Using this analytical lens, I study human-animal relationships in the past. Included here are links to the various archaeology courses I teach, my research projects (both current and past), and my accomplishments as a scholar of the past. Please email me if you have any questions or suggestions!

August 2022 - present Chair, Department of Anthropology, FSU

2022 promoted to Professor of Anthropology, FSU

2017-2022 Graduate Program Director, Department of Anthropology, FSU

2015-2022 Associate Professor of Anthropology, FSU

Administration

August 2022 to present

Chair

Department of Anthropology

Florida State University

August 2017 to 2022

Graduate Program Director

Department of Anthropology Florida State University

July 2014 to July 2015

Director of Anthropology

Middle Tennessee State University

August 2001 to July 2005

Assistant Director

Program for Archaeological Research

University of Kentucky

Teaching

Since 2001, I have taught Anthropology courses at the undergraduate and graduate level since 2001. These courses include lecture, lab, seminar, and field methods classes at the University of Florida, University of Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State University, and Florida State University. I have also taught study abroad courses in Scotland.

Courses

ANT 2100: Introduction to Archaeology

ANT 4188: Artifact Analysis

ANT 4465: Foodways Archaeology

ANT4824: Archaeological Field School (RPA certified)

ANG 5002: Proseminar

ANG 5115: Archaeology of Foodways

ANG 5117: Archaeology Grad Core Seminar

ANG 5155: Southeastern US Archaeology

ANG 5825: Anthropological Fieldwork (Arch) (RPA certified)

ANG 5906: Social Media, Public Outreach, and Archaeology

ANG 5971: Thesis Boot Camp

2005-2015 Associate Professor of Anthropology at Middle Tennessee State University.

I taught courses for the General Education program, the Anthropology major, the Interdisciplinary Minor in Archaeology, and the Forensic Anthropology Minor.

ANTH 2210: World Prehistory (traditional lecture and on-line)

ANTH 3210: Archaeology

ANTH 3520: North American Prehistoric Archaeology

ANTH 3710: Archaeology of Scotland

ANTH 3710: Archaeology Lab Training

ANTH 4360: Zooarchaeology

ANTH 4620: Environmental Archaeology

ANTH 4520: Southeastern US Archaeology

ANTH 4620: Environmental Archaeology

ANTH 4950: Archaeological Field School (RPA-certified)

Research

Please see DigiNole, FSU's Research Repository, and my Academia.edu page for links to publications not linked below (articles, book chapters, blog posts). A listing of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar Profile. You can watch videos featuring some of my work on my Peres Archaeology playlist (YouTube).

Authored Books

2023 Foodways Archaeology: Methods and Cases. Springer Press, New York.

2021 Mastodons to Mississippians: Adventures in Nashville's Deep Past. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville. (authored with A. Deter-Wolf) *Winner of the 2021 Tennessee History Book Award from the Tennessee Library Association (first archaeology book honored with this award).

Edited Books

2021 Unearthing the Missions of Spanish Florida. Ripley P. Bullen Series, University of Florida Press, Gainesville (edited by Tanya M. Peres and Rochelle A. Marrinan)

2019 The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. (edited with A. Deter-Wolf)

2018 Baking, Bourbon, and the Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast. Archaeology of Food Series, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. (edited by Tanya M. Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf)

2014 Trends and Traditions in Southeastern Zooarchaeology. Ripley P. Bullen Series, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. (edited by Tanya M. Peres)

2010 Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases. Springer-Verlag New York. (co-edited with Amber M. VanDerwarker)