Principal Investigator/Project Manager
Cody S. Davis has a more than two-decade-long professional career in archaeology, across multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. In 2003, he achieved bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and psychology from Texas State University; the starting point for his career. During his undergraduate years, he learned hands-on skills at the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) under the guidance of Dr. Britt Bousman.
Cody then pursued a graduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington under Dr. M. Kathryn Brown’s mentorship. His graduate studies focused on Historic Archaeology, with his thesis project involving archival research, oral history interviews, and analysis of historic artifacts unearthed during excavations at the Berachah Rescue Home (41TR217) in Arlington, TX. To reconstruct the site, now enveloped by urban development, he employed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map excavation units, site features, and georeference historic ortho-quads, topographic maps, and various historical maps.
Cody’s archaeological interests are multifaceted, spanning prehistoric and historic eras. He has conducted numerous studies focusing on sites across the American South and Southwest. His passion for the field extends to analyzing lithic debitage and stone tools from prehistoric sites. This interest originated during his undergraduate years at CAS and continues to thrive at ARC in subsequent prehistoric site analyses.
Since 2009, Cody has served as Project Manager and Principal Investigator for the Bois d’Arc Lake project. His qualifications include pre-certification in TxDOT categories for archaeological surveys (TxDOT 2.10.01) and historic and archival research (TxDOT 2.11.01).
Cody is also a certified FAA Part 107 sUAS (small unmanned aircraft system) remote pilot, leveraging technology to photograph, record, and document sites. His experience, expertise, and commitment to archaeology make him an invaluable asset to ARC and the archaeological community.
Reach Cody at (214)-368-0478 or send him an email: cody@arc-digs.com