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University of Kentucky professor Richard Jefferies was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 meeting of the Southeastern Archeological Conference (SEAC). This award goes to senior scholars who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of archeology.
Jefferies is currently investigating a 17th century Spanish mission period occupation on Sapelo Island, Georgia. For the past 15 years, he has focused his research on the site of a former Guale Indian town that once stood on the north end of Sapelo Island.
Throughout his 30-year career, Jefferies has conducted an extensive amount of research. His most significant work centers on the Middle to Late Holocene hunter-gatherers, who lived in the Ohio River Valley from 8,000 to 3,000 years ago. The results of Jefferies’ research are detailed in his 2009 book, “Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley.”
Professor Jefferies said, “My work demonstrates the value of working in one location for an extended period of time and incorporating researchers from many different scientific disciplines. I hope the students will see the benefits and rewards of conducting long-term, multi-disciplinary research projects.”