Our Speaker

Dr Chip McGimsey

State Archaeologist

LA Division of Archaeology

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Chip grew up in northwest Arkansas and did his first archaeological work in that state.  After graduating college he went to Illinois and worked on numerous archaeological projects for 11 years before heading off to graduate school at Southern Illinois University.  Graduating in 1995, he took at position as the Southwest Regional Archaeologist for Louisiana based at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  After 12 years working (mostly) in that part of the state, he accepted the position as State Archaeologist and Director of the Division of Archaeology where he continues to this day.