Chris Goodrich is an alum of the CHRM program, having received his master's degree in 2021. His master's thesis is titled Written in Stone: A Landscape Approach to Examining Ohio Petroglyph Sites. Thesis Abstract: A petroglyph study was completed using a novel combination of landscape theory and GIS spatial analysis in Ohio. Building on the knowledge base of James L. Swauger’s 1984 publication of Petroglyphs of Ohio, petroglyph site data was checked against the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office Archives. These data were then compared with regional and local geology, hydrology, and known cultural sites using a GIS database. Significant insights were discovered linking petroglyph site locations to Ohio’s unglaciated plateau, “open areas consisting of sandstone,” and to waterways. These insights have contributed to the development of a new baseline of petroglyph knowledge in Ohio, paving the way for future petroglyph research in the state.

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Chris Goodrich is a CHRM student from rural Ohio with Cultural Resources Management and academic archaeology experience in the Midwest, Upper Midwest, Mid Atlantic, South East, North East, and Western Regions of the United States. He gained much of his archaeology acumen through a lifetime of amateur and volunteer work on excavations, surface surveys, and museum curation projects. Chris began his professional journey in 2007 by completing an  A.A.B. in Journalism -- with the goal of applying these investigative writing methods to archaeology.  In 2009, he began attending The Ohio State University and completed a B.A. in Anthropology in 2017.  During this period, Chris took every professional and volunteer opportunity that presented itself while still attending classes. 

Chris continues to add value to his experience through participating in living history/reenactment groups, and utilizes his PADI underwater archaeology diving certification to volunteer with a local maritime archaeology research team.  Once he completes the CHRM program, Chris will continue to perform the duties of staff archaeologist and curation manager with his current employer, and begin to build a small CRM consulting business.

Chris’ thesis involves an analysis of the potential effects that Pleistocene/Holocene climate change may have had on Late Paeloindian/Early Archaic domestic site layout in the unglaciated portions of Ohio.