Recent Publication:

Grants Mound: Past and Present: Florida Anthropologist: Vol. 58, No. 3-4 September-December 2005.

"Defining Space: An Overview of the Pinson Mounds Enclosure" in Ancient Enclosures of the Eastern Woodlands, Lynne P. Sullivan and Robert C. Mainfort editors. University Press of Florida. 1998

"Mortuary Behavior Along The Lower St. Johns: An Overview," Florida Anthropologist: Vol. 48, No. 1 March 1995 (with Keith H. Ashley)

Recent Reports:

Robert L. Thunen and Vicki Rolland, Pigs, Peaches, and Maize: Archaeological Surveying and Testing of the Cedar Point Site (8DU81): Results of the 2007 UNF-NPS Summer Field School, University of North Florida Archaeology Laboratory, Report of Investigation Number 5, August 2008.

Robert L. Thunen , Archaeological Surveying and Testing of the Cedar Point Site (8DU81): Results of the 2006 UNF-NPS Summer Field School, University of North Florida Archaeology Laboratory, Report of Investigation Number 3, August 2007.

Robert L. Thunen and Keith H. Ashley, Archaeological Surveying and Testing of the Cedar Point Site (8DU81): Results of the 2005 UNF-NPS Summer Field School, University of North Florida Archaeology Laboratory, Report of Investigation Number 2, September 2006.

Keith H. Ashley and Robert L. Thunen, Archeological Survey of the Southern One-Third of Big Talbot Island, Duval County, Florida," University of North Florida, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Center For Community Initiatives, Archaeological Report of Investigations Number 1, July 1999.

Recent Presentation:

"Two Years of Testing At the Cedar Point Site, Jacksonville, Florida." Society for American Archaeology, 72nd Annual Meeting, April 25-29, 2007. Austin, Texas.

"Cedar Point Survey: The 2006 Field School," Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov. 9-11, 2006.

"Fort Caroline 2004: Two Field Surveys," Society For Historical Archaeology 2006 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, January 8-11 2006. Sacramento, Ca.

"Cedar Point Survey: The 2005 Field School," Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 2005.  (with John C. Whitehurst).

"Looking for Fort Caroline: the 2004 Field Season and beyond, Midwest Archaeological Conference (50th) and Southeastern Archaeological Conference (61st) Annual Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 20-23, 2004 (with Rebecca A. Gorman).

“Grant Mound: Past and Present,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, 58th Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Nov. 2001.

"Deconstructing Fort Caroline: History and Site Formation Processes," Florida Anthropological Society Annual Meeting, St Augustine. May 2001.

"Testing at Sarabay," Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Pensacola, Fl., Nov.1999.

"Sarabay By The Sea," Florida Anthropological Society, Fort Walton Beach, Fl., May 1999 (with Keith H. Ashley).

"Big Talbot Island Survey: An Overview," Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greensville, SC. Nov 1998 ( with Keith H. Ashley).

"Prehistoric and Protohistoric Settlement Shifts Along the Lower St. Johns, Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov. 1997.

(Ph.D. Northwestern University 1990)
Dissertation: Planning Principles and Earthwork Architecture: The Pinson Mounds Enclosure

Research Interests:

The French in Florida
Prehistory of the eastern United States
Prehistory of St John River Valley
Early Contact Period Northeast Florida
The development of political and religious complexity in prehistory
Architecture and Ritual