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Dr. Kent Schneider
Historic Preservation and Subsurface
Imaging (GPR) Consultant Adjunct Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Georgia
Why I am a Marauder
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Dr. Kent Schneider & Daughters
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I am a Marauder because my experience, skills and abilities can help support Moores Marauders
"Bring Them Home" effort to locate and recover the remains
of MIA soldiers and military personnel for repatriation and help bring closure to the
living relatives of MIAs. Using the high tech remote sensing and GIS mapping technologies
of today, areas likely to contain buried MIA remains can be identified during mission
planning. Locating potential buried MIA targets on the ground can be refined using one or
more of a suite of geophysical tools including ground penetrating radar, magnetometery,
resistivity, electromagnetics and seismics with spatial control by GPS or total station.
Targets found can be tested for the presence of human remains and can be scientifically
excavated and recovered using the methods of forensics and archaeology.
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Background: Dr. Kent Schneider
EDUCATION:
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June, 1973
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Ph.D., Anthropology (major Archaeology)
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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June, 1967
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M.A., Sociology and Anthropology
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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June, 1963
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B.A., Biology (Majors Biology/Sociology)
Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
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Technical
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Ground penetrating radar, resistivity, magnetometry, global
positioning, electromagnetics, minor and trace element studies,
radiocarbon dating, microsample extraction, x-ray radiography, coring,
wet chemistry analytical techniques, geographical information systems,
and mobile computing.
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Heritage Management
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Working knowledge of national and international historic preservation
law, preservation training, budget and finance, integrated ecosystems
management, strategic planning, conflict resolution.
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Environmental Assessments
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Conducting environmental impact assessments, report writing, public scoping, the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
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Communication and Interpersonal Skills
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Team work, critical listening, consensus building, counseling, teaching,
Public presentation.
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EXPERIENCE:
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Jan. 2006 - Current
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Historic Preservation and Underground Imaging Consultant.
Consult extensively, nationally and internationally, on matters relating to land use planning,
multiple use, imaging buried cultural features and related technological applications,
heritage management, traditional cultural properties, and Native American sacred site issues.
United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico (Campeche), Nicaragua, Switzerland, Portugal,
Greece, Kenya, Eritrea, Italy, Japan, Libya.
Undertake GPR imaging contracts ranging from rebar in concrete to imaging graves. Conduct GPR
training workshops in the private and federal sectors and for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes.
Consultancies
The History Channel: May 2007. Sherman’s Total War Tactics. GPR Segment Imaging Bentonville
State Historic Site, North Carolina, with Ken Robinson, Wake Forest University.
Texas Equusearch: Pro bono GPR imaging with law enforcement in the search and recovery of
murdered children and young adults
Georgia Southern Appalachian Partners - provide guidance and advice on National Register
process, eligibility assessments, fund raising
Puerto Rico - GPR Imaging. Iglesia San Jose floor (2nd oldest church in New World)
Unimin Corporation, GA - UXO clearance
Seminole Tribe of Florida - Historic Preservation and GPR Imaging 2
cemeteries; GPR training
Chieftains National Historic Landmark, Georgia - GPR imaging targeted
activity areas, land use planning
Bucks Geophysics - GPR and EM on industrial sites in PA, NY, NJ
Cuyamaca Equestrian Association, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park –fair and equitable land use
Wake Forest University - Will T. Smith House Imaging and archeological report.
Portugal - GPR Imaging Iron Age Hill Fort
Italy - Heritage Tourism in Abruzzo Region and GPR imaging Roman
Era lake bed
Japan - GPR imaging, Imperial Family Tombs (Miyazaki)
Libya - Consultant to Sirte Development and Connections Project
Memberships:
Board of Directors, Save It: Southern Appalachian Partners
Vice President, Underground Imaging Solutions, Inc.
Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, Society for American Archaeology
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1976 - Jan 2006
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Regional Archeologist, Federal Historic Preservation Officer. Heritage Program MGR.
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (1979-2006). Forest Archeologist
(1976-1979).
Responsibilities:
Manage the domestic heritage program on 28 million acres of 15 National Forests in 13 southern
states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Technical oversight of 50 archeologists. Annual
program operating costs in excess of $5 million USD. The domestic program: oversaw the
planning and execution of archaeological and historic resources inventory, survey, assessment,
evaluation, protection, interpretation and land use planning on agency land. Wrote and
implemented the agency's first wholistic Programmatic Agreement with the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation for all heritage work performed on National Forests in the Southern
Region. Work included monitoring conformity of heritage management activities to ensure
uniformity of program implementation within the Region that was consistent with federal law
and our ecosystems management goals. International activities: Instituted the international
dimension of the domestic heritage program as Executive Director of the International Conference
on Environment and Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December, 1992. International partners
include Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Uppsala University, Swedish Central Board
of National Antiquities, Mexico, Nicaragua, the Organization of American States, University of
Florida, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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SELECTED PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS:
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Technical
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Too many to enumerate...
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HONORS & CREDITS:
National Lifetime Achievement Award, USDA Forest Service
USDA Departmental Certificate of Appreciation
Certificate, Libya International Workshop on Connecting the Gulf
Of Sirte Depressions with the Mediterranean Sea
NPS National Historic Landmarks Certificate of Appreciation
Phi Kappa Phi
Board, American Society for Conservation Archaeology
Adjunct Faculty, Anthropology Department, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia
NCPTT Grant, to conduct National GPR Training (2001)
AEC-Mobile Lab Co-Director Wenner-Gren Grant Recipient
Research Corporation Grant Recipient
USS Monitor Technical Coordinator for NOAA
Numerous agency and Interagency performance awards
Technical Reviewer, National Science Foundation, NOAA
U.S. Patent
Executive Director, International Conference on Environment and Archaeology
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Marauders is a non-profit organization that receives no government funding. We
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WWII MIAs the
U.S. government maintains are still recoverable.
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