Lotte Govaerts

DC Metro, sometimes Belgium. Can work in the US and EU.

Contract archaeologist

Experience

Archaeologist (contractor)

Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History - Rogers Archaeology Lab

Research and inventory of historic period artifacts in River Basin Survey collections
Cataloging artifacts from various archaeological collections
Research
Manuscript editing
Drafting figures
Writing content for the lab blog and other social media accounts

August 2013 – Present

Senior Archaeologist

Blue Ridge Archaeological Consultants (Asheville, North Carolina)

Field work (surveying, excavating, technical drawing/mapping)
Laboratory work (processing and analyzing artifacts)
Research (library, archive, and online)
Drafting (Adobe Illustrator)
Report writing and editing

2008 – 2011

Archaeologist

Warren Wilson College (Asheville, North Carolina)

Field work (surveying, excavating, instruction and supervision of undergraduate students and volunteers in the field, technical drawing/mapping)
Laboratory work (processing and analyzing artifacts, instruction and supervision of undergraduate students in the lab)
Research (library, archive, and online)
Drafting (Adobe Illustrator)
Report writing

2004 – 2008

Archaeologist

Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina)

Field work (surveying, excavating, technical drawing/mapping)
Laboratory work (processing and analyzing artifacts)
Research (library, archive, and online)
Drafting (Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand)

2004 – 2008

Publications and Outreach

Publications

  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2022) “Western Mythology and the Historical Archaeology of the Upper Missouri River Basin” in The Archaeology of Place and Space in the West, Carolyn White and Emily Dale (eds), 8–16.
  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2020) “Trading Post Artifacts: Re-examining Archaeological Collections Associated with the Missouri River Fur Trade”, Old Forts Never Die: The Middle Missouri Fur Trade, 1738-1850. The proceedings of the 2018 National Fur Trade Symposium, Michael M. Casler and Tracy Potter (eds.), 225–242.
  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2018) “REVIEW: Fort Tecumseh and Fort Pierre Chouteau: Journal and Letter Books 1830–1850. Michael Casler and W. Raymond Wood, eds.” North Dakota History 83, 2, 37–38. (pdf)
  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2016) Transformative Consequences of Garrison Dam: Land, People, and the Practice of Archaeology, Great Plains Quarterly 36, no. 4, 281–307. (pdf)

Presentations

  • January 9, 2020: Lotte E. Govaerts, A Comparison of Collections from Six Nineteenth Century Missouri River Trade Post Sites. Society for Historical Archaeology: 53rd Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Boston, Massachusetts.
  • January 11, 2019: Lotte E. Govaerts, Re-examining the Missouri River Fur Trade: Comparing Artifact Assemblages from Trade Post Collections. Society for Historical Archaeology: 52nd Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. St. Charles, Missouri.
  • September 29, 2018: Lotte E. Govaerts, Trading Post Artifacts: Re-examining Archaeological Collections Associated with the Missouri River Fur Trade. National Fur Trade Symposium. Bismarck, North Dakota.
  • January 4, 2018: Lotte E. Govaerts, Forces of Change: The 19th Century U.S. Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River (and its Mid-20th Century Archaeological Investigations). Society for Historical Archaeology: 51st Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • January 6, 2017: Lotte E. Govaerts, The River Basin Surveys: Studying Twentieth Century Archaeological Investigations and their Nineteenth Century Subjects. Society for Historical Archaeology: 50th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Fort Worth, Texas.
  • May 27, 2016: Lotte E. Govaerts, United States Colonization and Settlement in North America: Using Mid-Twentieth Century Salvage Archaeology Collections to Examine the Processes that Shaped the Northern Plains, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: PhD Research Day. Brussels, Belgium.
  • January 9, 2016: Lotte E. Govaerts, Using the Products of Yesterday’s Stewardship to Tackle Today’s Questions in Historical Archaeology: Insights from the River Basin Surveys Collections. Society for Historical Archaeology: 49th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Washington, D.C.
  • January 10, 2015: Lotte E. Govaerts, Insights into Nineteenth Century US Westward Expansion from the River Basin Surveys Collections. Society for Historical Archaeology: 48th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Seattle, Washington.
  • January 11, 2013: Lotte E. Govaerts, City Formation in the Nineteenth Century Eastern United States: Asheville, North Carolina as an Example of Urban Formation Processes in the Margin. Society for Historical Archaeology: 46th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Technical Reports

  • John Paul Preston, M. Scott Shumate, and Lotte E. Govaerts (2011) Archaeological Testing and Final Evaluation at the Moss Knob Shooting Range Site (31JK334), Nantahala Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2011) Archaeological Resources Survey for the Haystack Restoration Project, Nantahala Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest, Macon County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2010) Archaeological Investigations in the Upper Tellico Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area in the Nantahala National Forest, Cherokee County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2010) Archaeological Testing and Final Evaluation at the Catpen Gap Site (31MD86), French Broad Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest, Madison County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2010) An Archaeological Resources Survey of the Weaverville Highway Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project for the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, MSD Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2010) An Archaeological Survey for the Proposed Parking Lot Expansion along FR 481F at Lake Powhatan, Pisgah Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) Burke Phase Settlement in Morganton and Burke County: Archaeological Investigations at 31BK18 and 31BK276 (Ms. on file)
  • Lotte E. Govaerts and M. Scott Shumate (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey along New Road Right-Of-Way at Windy Gap in the Nantahala National Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • Lotte E. Govaerts and M. Scott Shumate (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey of Proposed New Access Roads along the Nichols Branch/Green Cove Portion of the Haywood EMC Transmission Line in the Nantahala National Forest, Macon County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • John Paul Preston, M. Scott Shumate, and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey for the Proposed Decommissioning of Roads in the Roy Taylor Portion of the Nantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate, Lotte E. Govaerts, and John Paul Preston (2009) Archaeological Discovery at the River Bend Site (31BN867) on the Biltmore Estate, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, The Biltmore Company, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey at the Site of the Proposed Bridge Replacement on Connelly Creek in the Nantahala National Forest, Swain County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey of an Area of Proposed Improvements along Ware Road above Persimmon Creek on Hiwassee Lake in the Nantahala National Forest, Cherokee County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) An Archaeological Resources Reconnaissance along the Route of the Proposed Bryson City Multi-Use Trail in the Nantahala National Forest, Swain County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) Archaeological Investigations for the Standing Indian Campground Improvements Project, Nantahala Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest, Macon County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) A Condition Assessment of Four Archaeological Resources (31BK83, 31BK102, 31CW32, and 31CW149) within the Brown Mountain OHV Trails Restoration and Repair Project Area, Burke and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina (Ms. On file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) A Condition Assessment of Archaeological Site 31MC273 along the Harris Creek Horse Trail (TR 204), Pisgah National Forest, McDowell County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) Archaeological Investigations for the Proposed Brushy Ridge Timber Sale in the Pisgah Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest, Henderson County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2009) An Archaeological Resources Survey of the Westmore Apartments Tract for Mountain Housing Opportunities, Inc. of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, Mountain Housing Opportunities, Inc., Asheville)
  • Lotte E. Govaerts (2008) Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Canoe Creek Borrow Pit, Burke County, North Carolina (Ms. on file, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2008) Archaeological Investigations of the Proposed Biltmore Estate Parking Lot Expansion Areas and the Joshua Jones Family Burying Ground, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Ms. On file, The Biltmore Company, Asheville)
  • M. Scott Shumate and Lotte E. Govaerts (2008) Eleven Heritage Property Condition Surveys on the Pisgah National Forest, Pisgah, Grandfather, Toecane, and French Broad Ranger Districts, North Carolina (Ms. on file, National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville)

Outreach and Other Public Output

Skills

In addition to my work as an archaeologist, I am also employed as a translator and editor.
I have built and maintained websites for various employers/organizations

Software:
  • Office Suite (mainly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Adobe Illustrator (maps and archaeological illustrations)

Modern languanges:
  • Fluent (Native): English, Dutch
  • Fluent: French
  • Basic Knowledge: German, Spanish, Italian

Interests

My favorite thing about living in the DC Metro area is the food. So many options! The museums are great too, though I've only been to one exhibition since the Before Times.

I like science fiction books, tv, and movies. I also like endlessly discussing books, tv, and movies. I enjoy a wide range of video games.