Background

Jessica graduated from Cornell University in 2008 with majors in Anthropology, Archaeology, and History and a concentration in American Indian Studies.  As an undergraduate, she conducted research on a copper-alloy assemblage and a glass bead assemblage from a Seneca Iroquois site.  She is currently studying ceramics excavated from a shell midden and researching traditions, social practice, and gender relations in a Middle Woodland context for her Masters' thesis.