UCL Institute of Archaeology

• BA, MA, PhD
• Research Associate 

Current Project

Sensing the late Iron Age and Roman Past: geophysics and the landscape of Hertfordshire (AHRC Community Heritage Development Award 2013) 

This community project aims to enhance our knowledge of the late Iron Age and Roman settlement pattern of Hertfordshire through geophysical survey of a selection of sites across the region. The project is formed of a coalition of interested groups including the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, the Welwyn Archaeological Society, the St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society, the North Hertfordshire Archaeological Society, the Welwyn Hatfield and St Albans branches of the Young Archaeologists Club, Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service, St Albans Museums, St Albans City Council and the Hertfordshire Historic Environment Record.

Professional History

• Grants Coordinator, The Welwyn Archaeological Society, 2012
• Independent Research Consultant, 2003-Present
• President and Principal Investigator, Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2005-2010
• Secretary/Treasurer, General Anthropology Division, American Anthropological Assoc., 2002-2004
• Assistant Professor, The University of Memphis, Department of Anthropology, 1998-2003
• Senior Research Archaeologist, Diachronic Research Foundation, South Carolina, 1996-1998
• Visiting Lecturer, Yale University, Summer Programs, 1997-1998
• Assistant Museum Registrar, Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1996-1997
• Field Director, Waterhorn Plantation Archaeological Project, 1992-1994
• Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Department of Anthropology, 1990-1996
• Crew Chief, Archaeological Project Center, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1988-1989

Educational Background

• PhD in Anthropology, 1997 and MPhil in Anthropology, 1993, Yale University
• MA in Anthropology, specializing in Historical Archaeology, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1989
• BA in History, Brandeis University, 1981

• Shlasko, Ellen. “French Protestants in South Carolina: the Archaeology of a European Ethnic Minority.” In French Colonial Archaeology in the Southeast and Caribbean, edited by Kenneth G. Kelly and Meredith Hardy. Gainesville: The University Press of Florida, 2011.
• Elliott, Daniel T., Ellen Shlasko, Mary C. Socci and Heather N. Cline. "Julianton Plantation: Phase I Intensive Survey, McIntosh County, Georgia." Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2008.
• Shlasko, Ellen. "Final Report on Phase I/II Archaeological Testing at Site 38BU2234, The Pickle Factory, City of Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina." Report prepared for John Daniel. Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2007.
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. "Theus Plantation: Phase II Archaeological Testing at 38BU1376, 38BU1377, 38BU2017 and 38BU2020, Palmetto Bluff, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina." Report Prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton,SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2007
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. "Final Report on Phase II Archaeological Testing on Sites 38BU1978, 38BU1980, 38BU1982, 38BU1984, and 38BU1985, Palmetto Bluff Phase II Development Tract, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina." Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2007.
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. "Phase I Archaeological Testing of Three Tracts in the Managed Forest of Palmetto Bluff, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina." Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Palmetto Bluff and Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2007.
• Grismore, Jason C., Mary C. Socci and Ellen Shlasko. “Preliminary Results of the Additional Archaeological Testing and a Proposal for Data Recovery at Site 38BU2033.” Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Palmetto Bluff, LLC and Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2006.
• Roberts, Theodore, Mary C. Socci and Ellen Shlasko. “Management Summary for Site 38BU1997.” Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Palmetto Bluff, LLC and Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2006.
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. “Summary of Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery at Moreland Plantation (Site 38BU1387/1390), Palmetto Bluff Phase II Development Tract, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina.” Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2006.
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. “Summary of a Phase II Cultural Resources Survey on Long Island, Palmetto Bluff Ancillary Tract, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina.” Report prepared for Palmetto Bluff Uplands, LLC. Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2006.
• Shlasko, Ellen and Mary C. Socci. “Summary of Additional Phase II Archaeological Testing at Site 38BU2110, Doughboy Island, Palmetto Bluff Ancillary Tract, Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina.” Report prepared for Palmetto Bluff Uplands, LLC.Bluffton, SC: Integrated Archaeological Services, Inc., 2006.