Simon P. Sherman is a postdoctoral researcher in archaeology at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, specializing in geoarchaeology and archaeometry. His research uses non-destructive spectroscopy (VNIR/FTIR reflectance spectroscopy) to source geologic outcrops and quarries, matching these sources to chipped stone tools and debitage, as well as lapidary artifacts, to address raw material provenance at Poverty Point (16WC5), Watson Brake (16OU175), and related precontact archaeological sites in present-day Louisiana. Other projects include paleoenvironmental reconstruction in the Lower Eastern United States, focusing on the Late Archaic (4000-2500 BP) period in the Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV). His previous fieldwork includes extensive work at the Poverty Point World Heritage Site, and his current research includes work at Keowee Crossing (9RA502) in northeast Georgia, as well as many other United States Forest Service (USFS) archaeological sites. Simon previously held a postdoctoral position at Washington University in St. Louis before joining UGA