Ed Fleming, Curator of Archaeology
M.S., University of Minnesota (Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies), 2002
B.A., University of Minnesota (Anthropology), 1996
Phone: (651) 221-4576
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Ed Fleming is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Minnesota with a focus on archaeology of the Upper Midwest/Western Great Lakes. His dissertation research explores household and community relationships at the Red Wing Locality through the study of material culture. Mr. Fleming has been involved in archaeological research projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana, Ireland, and Belize. Since coming to the Science Division at the Science Museum in 1999 he has been involved in a wide variety of projects. Current responsibilities include the curation and management of the museum's archaeological collections; contributing to exhibits; researching and cataloguing archaeological collections; managing the laboratory for archaeology; and the organization, inventory, and maintenance of archaeological collections.
Selected publications
In Review. Ornaments, Art, and Unusual Assemblages: Material Culture of the Red Wing Villages. Forthcoming volume of the archaeology of the Red Wing region, Dobbs, Clark A., and Ronald C. Schirmer, eds.
2005. Schirmer, Ronald C., and Edward P. Fleming, Archaeological Survey of the Arcola Prairie Restoration Project, Washington County, Minnesota, Department of Anthropology, Science Museum of Minnesota. Report submitted to the National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2003. A Middle Woodland Copper Celt from Meeker County, Minnesota. The Minnesota Archaeologist 63:25-29.
2003. Red Wing Collections at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Minnesota Archaeological Society Newsletter, Fall 2003.