Background
Austin, Robert James was born on May 31, 1949 in Berea, Ohio, United States. Son of Jonathan Weaver and Jane Lucy Austin.
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Robert James Austin
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Bachelor in English, U. South Florida, 1973; Bachelor in Anthropology, U. South Florida, 1979; Master of Arts in Anthropology, U. South Florida, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, U. Florida, 1997.
Career
Field archaeologist, National Park Svc., Tallahassee, Florida, 1979;
field archaeologist, research analyst, Florida Division History Resources, Tallahassee, 1979-1981;
graduate assistant, project archaeologist, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1981-1982;
staff archaeologist, Armac Engineers, Inc., Tampa, 1983-1984;
staff archaeologist, Archaeol. Cons., Inc., Worland, Wyoming, 1984;
senior archaeologist, Piper Archaeol. Research, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, 1985;
vice president archaeological research, Piper Archaeol.
Research, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, 1986-1992;
executive vice president, Janus Research, St. Petersburg, 1992-1997;
vice president, Southeastern Archaeol. Research, Inc., since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member of executive board Museum Florida Art and Culture, Sebring, since 1995. Member Society Professional Archaeologists, Florida Archaeol. Council (vice president 1990-1991, board directors 1992-1994), Florida Anthropological Society (board directors 1988-1990, Ripley P. Bullen award 1993), Florida Academy Sciences (chair anthropological science section 1994-1995), Phi Kappa Phi.
Interests
Connections
Married Rebecca Ileen Means, March 25, 1972 (divorced 1980). Married Karen Marie Davis, March 21, 1987.
Awards
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Recipient Meritorious Achievement award Florida Trust for History Preservation, 1996, Distinguished Alumni award Department of Anthropology U. South Florida, 1995.Recipient Meritorious Achievement award Florida Trust for History Preservation, 1996, Distinguished Alumni award Department of Anthropology U. South Florida, 1995.