Perri Gerard-Little has over 10 years of experience as an archaeologist working across North America, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. She has experience leading archaeological field projects and artifact analyses, conducting geophysical survey, and working with legacy archaeological collections. At Argonne, Dr. Gerard-Little has assisted federal sponsors with domestic and international cultural resource management and provided support for a variety of cultural resource needs including regulatory compliance, archaeological investigation, and public outreach.

Education:

• 2017 Ph.D. Cornell University. Department of Anthropology (Archaeology). Minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

Dissertation: ​“A pleasure garden in the desert, to which I know no comparison in this country”: Seneca Iroquois Landscape Stewardship in the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

• 2011 M.A. Cornell University. Archaeology Program. Minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

Thesis: Understanding the Built Environment at the Seneca Iroquois White Springs Site Using Large-scale, Multi-instrument Archaeogeophysical Surveys.

• 2008 B.A. Columbia University. Archaeology and Environmental Science.