Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work, Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D., Anthropology, Univ. of Florida, 2010
M.A., Anthropology, Univ. of Florida, 2003
B.A., Anthropology, Univ. of South Florida, 1996
Background and Research Interests
Jon has been engaged in archaeological research for over two decades in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeastern United States. Among his long-standing research interests are the social and ecological conditions associated with mortuary monumentality among Mount Taylor groups in the St. Johns River Valley (SJRV) and along the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida. Additionally, Jon researches regional social interactions, notably the exchange of stone tools and lithic raw materials between groups inhabiting chert-bearing regions in the interior uplands of peninsular Florida and those inhabiting the stone-deprived SJRV and Atlantic coast.
Current Research Projects
Recently Jon has initiated the Tomoka Archaeology Project (TAP), a program of site mapping at testing at the Tomoka Mound and Midden Complex along the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida. Additional ongoing research includes the characterization of lithic source areas throughout peninsular Florida, the modeling of the organization of lithic technology in stone-deprived landscapes such as the SJRV, and experimental archaeology programs designed to investigate issues related to the manufacture and use of fiber-tempered pottery and the function of Expanded Base Microliths.
Recent Publications and Presentations
- Endonino, Jon C. 2013. Examining Orange Period Vessel Forming Methods Through Experiment and Radiography: Implications for Chronology, Technology, and Function. The Florida Anthropologist 66:5-21.
- Endonino, Jon C. 2008. The Thornhill Lake Archaeological Research Project: 2005-2008. The Florida Anthropologist 61(3-4):121-137. 2007. A Reevaluation of the Gainesville, Ocala, and Lake Panasoffkee Quarry Clusters. The Florida Anthropologist 60(2-3):19-38.
Conference Papers
- Austin, Robert J., Sam B. Upchurch, James S. Dunbar, Richard W. Estabrook, Jon C. Endonino, and Adam Burke. 2014. The Quarry Cluster Approach to Chert Provenance Studies, with Examples from Florida. 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Greenville, South Carolina.
- Endonino, Jon C. 2015. The Chronology and History of Late Archaic Mounds and Middens at the Tomoka Complex (8VO81). 67th Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society. Sarasota, Florida.
- Endonino, Jon C. 2014a. Recent Investigations at White Hall State Historic Site (15MA289), Madison County, Kentucky. 31st Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Heritage Council. Dale Hollow State Resort Park, Burkesville, Kentucky.Endonino, Jon C. 2014b Recent Investigations at the Tomoka Mound and Midden Complex: New Insights into Mound Chronology and Function. 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Greenville, South Carolina.
- Endonino, Jon C. 2012. Preliminary Observations on the Organization of Mount Taylor Lithic Technology. 64th annual meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society. Tallahassee, Florida.
- Endonino, Jon C. 2011. Site Formation, Chronology, and Monument Construction at the Thornhill Lake Complex. 63rd annual meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society, Orlando.