John Henshaw

Year Entered: 2020
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Frontiers; Trade and Exchange; Climate Change; Migration; Chronological Modelling; Native Ceramics; Shell Beads; Subsistence Strategies; Sustainability; Materials Characterization
Regional Specialization: North America (Southeast)
Email: jphenshaw@wm.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 12pm-2pm, Washington Hall 104

Current CV

Publications

2025 John Henshaw. Fawns and Fields: A Hypothesis on Sustainability in the Virginia Piedmont.
Southeastern Archaeologist 1-16.

2025 Abigail Maher, John Henshaw, and Scott Strickland. Unraveling Keyser: Investigating
Communities of Practice in the Potomac River Valley. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology
41:25-36.

2024 John Henshaw, Martin Gallivan, and Kaleigh Pollak. Climate-conscious archaeology:
contextualizing drought and history in the Chesapeake." North American Archaeologist 45(3-
4):78-102.

2023 Martin, Gallivan, John Henshaw, and Matt Borden. Chronology construction in the borderlands:
Bayesian modelling of Potomac Valley settlement histories. North American Archaeologist 44(2-
3):76-102.

Grants & Fellowships

2025-26 Michael R. Halleran Dissertation Completion Fellowship

2025 Maryland Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant, Maryland Historic Trust

2025 Graduate Humanities Research Grant, William & Mary

2023 Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab

2021 Speiden Graduate Student Research Scholarship, Archeological Society of Virginia.