BIOGRAPHY:
Emily Tyler is a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) and an Integrative Anthropological Sciences PhD student. Emily holds a master鈥檚 degree in Anthropology and a graduate certificate in GIS from the 海角直播. At UCF, she serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, contributing to courses such as Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeological Theory and Methods, and Ceramic Analysis.
Emily has experience in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) on Florida鈥檚 coastline through projects with the 海角直播 of South Florida鈥檚 Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections (DHHC) and the Cape Canaveral Archaeological Mitigation Project (CCAMP).
RESEARCH:
Emily earned her master鈥檚 degree from UCF in 2024, and her research focused on the chemical composition of ceramics as an indicator of ceramic production provenance and movement within coastal Florida. Emily’s doctoral research focuses on Indigenous foodways and interaction with the landscape along Florida鈥檚 Atlantic coast; developing the concept of foodscapes to explore how food, place, and practice intertwined in the Indian River Lagoon during the Malabar Period (ca. 500 BCE鈥�1565 CE). This marks a shift from her earlier research on ceramic provenance and movement towards a broader focus on how people engaged with the landscape to create and sustain local food traditions. In her approach, Emily uses archaeological, environmental, and spatial data to reconstruct past diets and model how human and non-human actors co-created environments of sustenance.
Through her work with CCAMP and the 海角直播, Emily has led teams conducting field investigations for the U.S. Space Force on Cape Canaveral, integrating survey, excavation, and GIS-based analysis.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email: emily.tyler@ucf.edu