Ashley Lemke
- Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences
- Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Education:
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2016
M.A. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2010
B.A. Anthropology (Special Honors) and Classical Civilization, University of Texas, 2008
Research Interests:
Dr. Ashley Lemke is an Anthropologist and Underwater Archaeologist. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and former chair of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (www.acuaonline.org). She is a leading researcher on the archaeology of submerged landscapes and their use by past peoples. A ROV pilot, Dr. Lemke leverages the latest subsea technology to research ancient landscapes and document archaeological sites. Most of her underwater research has taken place in the Great Lakes documenting 9,000-year-old hunting features and stone tool artifacts. She has also worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean conducting geophysical survey and remote sensing operations including multibeam sonar, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiling and scanning sonar, on both small boat and large research vessel operations.
Keywords: Underwater archaeology, Anthropology, Indigenous archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, North America, the Great Lakes, the Arctic
Dr. Lemke is currently accepting M.S. and Ph.D. applications for graduate students in Anthropology
Selected Publications
Books
2022 Lemke, A. The Architecture of Hunting: The Built Environment of Hunter-Gatherers and its Impact on Mobility, Property, Leadership, and Labor. Texas A&M University Press.
2020 Lemke, A. Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook. Mavs Open Press, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.
2018 Lemke, A. (Editor), Foraging in the Past: Archaeological Studies of Hunter-Gatherer Diversity. University Press of Colorado.
Articles
2022 Lemke, A., Grinnan, N., and J. Haigler, Getting Your Feet Wet: Barriers to Inclusivity in Underwater Archaeology and How to Break Them. Advances in Archaeological Practice 10(2):129-139. [open access]
2022 Lemke, A. and J. O’Shea, Drowning the Pompeii Premise: Frozen Moments, Single Events, and the Character of Submerged Archaeological Sites. World Archaeology 54(1):142-156.
2021 Lemke, A., Literal Niche Construction: Built Environments of Hunter-Gatherers and Hunting Architecture. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 62:101276
2021 Lemke, A., Submerged Prehistory and Anthropological Archaeology: Do underwater studies contribute to theory? Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 16(1):5-26.
2020 Lemke, A., “Missing Cemeteries” and Structural Racism: Historic Maps (1887-1960) and Endangered African/African-American and Hispanic Mortuary Customs in Texas. Historical Archaeology, 54(3):605-623.