Archaeologist, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, Division of Historical Resources
Ph.D., Anthropology, Univ. of Florida, 2015
M.A., Anthropology, East Carolina Univ., 2009
B.A., Anthropology, East Carolina Univ., 2007
Background and Research Interests
Paulette conducted her doctoral research under the auspices of the Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology while at the University of Florida. Her geoarchaeological research focused on reconstructing a chronology of sea-level rise and coastal evolution in Horseshoe Cove on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida as a means to investigate the effect of environmental change on human-landscape relationships at associated archaeological sites.
Current Research
After a one-year appointment as a postdoctoral associate with the Florida Museum of Natural History, Paulette joined the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. She is the Law Enforcement Coordinator, working with state and local law enforcement to train officers in archaeological resource protection and assist in prosecution of cultural resources crimes. The research portion of her position allows her to continue her geoarchaeological research focusing on human-environment interactions on the Florida Gulf Coast.
Recent Publications
- Sassaman, K. E., N. J. Wallis, P. M. McFadden. G. J. Mahar, J. A. Jenkins, M. C. Donop, M. P. Mones, A. Palmiotto, A. Boucher. J. M. Goodwin, C. I. Oliveira. 2017. Keeping Pace with Rising Sea: The First Six Years of the Lower Suwannee Archaeological Survey. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 12:173-199.
- McFadden, Paulette S. 2015. Coastal Evolution and Pre-Columbian Human Occupation in Horseshoe Cove on the Northern Gulf Coast of Florida. Geoarchaeology 31:355-375.
- McFadden, Paulette S. 2014. Archaeological Investigations of Threatened Stratified Sites in Horseshoe Cove, Northern Gulf Coast, Florida. The Florida Anthropologist 67:179-195.
- Sassaman, Kenneth E., Paulette S. McFadden, Micah P. Mones, Andrea Palmiotto, and Asa R. Randall. 2014. Northern Gulf Coastal Archaeology of the Here and Now. In New Histories of Precolumbian Florida, edited by Neill J. Wallis and Asa R. Randall. University Press of Florida, Gainesville (in press).
- Wallis, Neill J., Paulette S. McFadden, and Hayley M. Singleton. 2015. Radiocarbon Dating the Pace of Monument Construction and Village Aggregation at Garden Patch: A Ceremonial Center on the Florida Gulf Coast. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2:507-516.
Technical Reports
- McFadden, Paulette S., and Andrea Palmiotto. 2013. Archaeological Investigations at Ehrbar (8LV282), Levy County, Florida. Technical Report 17. Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. 2012. Archaeological Investigations at Bird Island (8DI52), Dixie County, Florida. Technical Report 14. Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
- Sassaman, Kenneth E., Andrea Palmiotto, Ginessa J. Mahar, Micah P. Mones, and Paulette S. McFadden. 2013. Archaeological Investigations at Shell Mound (8LV42), Levy County, Florida: 2012 Testing. Technical Report 16. Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
- Wallis, Neill J., and Paulette S. McFadden. 2014. Suwannee Valley Archaeological Field School 2013: The Garden Patch Site (8DI4). Miscellaneous Project Report No. 64. Division of Anthropology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville.
- Wallis, Neill J., and Paulette S. McFadden. 2013. Archaeological Investigations at the Garden Patch Site, Dixie County Florida. Miscellaneous Report No. 63. Division of Anthropology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville.