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Project Archaeologist, Archival Researcher


Clinton McKenzie is a project archaeologist and archival research specialist. He has 45  years of experience in the prehistoric and historic archaeology of San Antonio and South Texas with an emphasis on historic materials, in particular Spanish Colonial. His work experience includes six years in the City of San Antonio Historic Preservation Office facilitating municipal and City Code required archaeological investigations. He has also operated as a private consultant for over twenty years providing field, archival and technical writing support for archeological investigations across Texas. Mr. McKenzie also specializes in historical and archival research and has contributed to numerous CAR reports and publications.  His interests include historic demographics, historic and archival studies, Spanish Colonial material culture, and indigenous responses and adaptations to the imposition of colonialism.

EDUCATION
      • In Progress
        PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio
      • 2020
        MA, Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio
      • 1995
        MS, Urban Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
      • 1990
        BA, magna cum laude, Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio

         

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Clinton M.M. McKenzie, 2024
A History of the Barrio de Laredo, 1741-1860

Clinton M.M. McKenzie, Kay Hindes, James E. Ivey, Nesta Anderson, Raymond Mauldin, and Cynthia Munoz with contributions by Jason Perez and Sarah Wigley, 2022
An Archival and Archaeological Review of Report Human Remains at Alamo Plaza and Mission San Antonio de Valero, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Clinton M.M. McKenzie, Cynthia Munoz, and Raymond Mauldin, 2020
Archival and Historical Review of the Children's Hospital of San Antonio Property, Downtown, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Leonard Kemp, José E. Zapata, Clinton M. M. McKenzie, Maria Pfeiffer, and Richard Curilla
Archaeological Monitoring Along North Main and Soledad with State Antiquities Landmark Testing of 41BX2164 and 41BX2170, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Clinton M. M. McKenzie, with contributions by Everett L. Fly, FASLA, 2019
Investigation of the Hockley Cemetery, 41BX911, an African American Family of the Wetmore Community, in Northeast San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Clinton McKenzie, Lindy Martinez, and Raymond Mauldin, 2016
Archaeological Monitoring and Test Excavations at the 1722 Presidio San Antonio de Bexar (Plaza de Armas Buildings), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Mauldin, Raymond; Smith, Steven; Wigley, Sarah; Figueroa, Antonia; & McKenzie, Clinton; 2015
Archaeological Investigations within San Pedro Springs Park (41BX19), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

 

AWARDS
2006-2007
Norman B. Flaigg Certificate of Outstanding Performance , Texas Historical Commission
2010
Robert F. Heizer Award for Outstanding Contributions to 2014, South Texas Archaeology, STAA
2014
Hidalgo de San Antonio de Bexar, Bexar County Commissioners Court
2018
Media Excellence Award, Texas Historical Commission

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Southern Texas Archaeological Association 1978 to present
Texas Archaeological Stewardship Network, 2005 to 2022
Texas State Historical Association, 2015 to present
Society for Historical Archaeology 2015 to present
Commissioner, Bexar County Historical Commission 2017 to present