Contact
Florida Museum of Natural History
Dickinson Hall
1659 Museum Road
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800
352-273-1920
nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Collection
Florida Archaeology and Bioarchaeology
Other Affiliations
Education
Ph.D., University of Florida
Research Interests
My research program is focused on understanding the development and transformation of social networks and communities in the precontact past. In particular, I am concerned with discovering the specific practices, engagements, social organizations, and power dynamics among people that left conspicuous archaeological signatures of settlement aggregation, monumentality, religiosity, and artistic expression. The geographical and temporal focus of my research is Florida and adjacent states during the last three millennia of human experience. In addition to traditional field and laboratory techniques, I use materials analyses, such as mineralogical and chemical characterization of ceramics, to better understand artifact provenance and histories of use.
Publications
Research News
Museum researcher receives 2013-2014 UF Excellence Award
A Florida Museum of Natural History researcher recently received a 2013-2014 UF Excellence Award for his research on social networks…
Archaeologist receives grant to analyze Swift Creek pottery
Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Neill Wallis recently received a $55,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze and digitally…
Museum archaeologist receives $20,000 to analyze Swift Creek pottery
Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Neill Wallis recently received a $20,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to analyze and…