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Brian Nicholls

  • Research Program Manager, Archaeological Research Laboratory Center

Education

  • Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems, UW-Milwaukee, 2000
  • MS, Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee, 1997
  • BA, Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee, 1991

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
ANTHRO 380-001 Anthropological Applications of GIS R 5:30pm-8:10pm
ANTHRO 380G-001 Anthropological Applications of GIS R 5:30pm-8:10pm

Courses Taught

  • ANTH 380 - Anthropological Applications of Geographic Information Science
  • ANTH 562 - Techniques and Problems in Archaeology: Advanced Digital Mapping

Research Interests

Archaeology of the Great Lakes/Midwest Archaeology, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing Using Digital Imagery, Computer-aided Cartography, Spatial analysis, Information management, Air photo interpretation, Database Development and Management, Lithic Analysis, Geomorphology/Geoarchaeology, Mortuary Analysis, Meso-American Archaeology, Digital Surveying and Mapping

Related Activities

  • Principal Investigator/Senior Archaeologist-Archaeology/GIS Coordinator, UWM Cultural Resource Management Services, 1997-present
  • Editor, WisArch News (Wisconsin Archeological Society Newsletter), 1999-2009

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.