Patrick E. Martin
Email: pem-194@mtu.edu
Department: Social Sciences
Office Location: 212 Academic Offices
Office Phone: (906) 487-2070
Job Title: Professor
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Patrick Martin came to Michigan Tech in the Fall of
1977, expecting to stay only one year. Various events combined to alter
that expectation. He taught a variety of courses in archaeology and
anthropology, while also conductingt contract research projects for
sponsors such as the National Park Service, US Forest Service, US Navy,
Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan Historical Center, and
several local government agencies. During the early years of his tenure,
these research projects were primarily portions of environmental assessments
connected with Federally-sponsored undertakings, such as road construction,
timber harvest, and land exchanges. They turned increasingly to investigations
of historic sites under development and/or reconstruction. For example,
survey work at the Norwich Mine in Ontonagon County preceded the development
of the North Country Hiking Trail through the site; excavation of a
worker's cabin at Fayette set the stage for eventual reconstruction;
excavation of the Guardhouse and Blacksmith Shop at Fort Wilkins led
to accurate reconstruction of both buildings. Other selected projects
include broad area survey on Isle Royale, survey and testing at the
Bay Furnace site near Munising, and additional excavations at Fayette
and Fort Wilkins. Recent work has focused on Cultural Landscape studies
at two mining sites in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park in Alaska,
and a geophysical survey and excavation at Estate Whim, a sugar plantation
on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Together with colleagues David Landon
and Tim Scarlett, Martin has directed student crews at the Carp River
Forge, a bloomery in Upper Michigan, and a field school and research
project at the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York.
In the early 1990s, Martin was instrumental in establishing the Industrial
Archaeology Master's program within the Department of Social Sciences
and serves as the Director of Graduate Studies. More than 30 graduates
have gone on to rewarding careers in the field, or to Ph.D. programs
in Anthropology. Beginning in 1995, Martin assumed the Editorship
of IA, the Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology,
and has since been named the Executive Secretary of that organization.
In this latter role, he oversees the operation of the SIA Headquarters
at MTU, ably aided by Donald Durfee.
Email | Phone: (906) 487-2113 | Fax: (906) 487-2468