Ms. Louisa Daggers

Name:  Louisa B. Daggers

Designation: Coordinator / Researcher II

Department: Language and Cultural Studies/ Amerindian Research Unit

 Ms. Daggers obtained her B.A at the university of Guyana and a M.A.A form Boise State University. She is certified in Underwater Archaeology form the  Nautical Archaeological Society and has a Diploma in project Management.  She is the resident Archaeologist of Guyana  and represents Guyanas UCH interest under the UNESCO underwater cultural Heritage convention. She is an Affieliet of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology and the British Museum Center of Excellence and a current member of the Guyana Museum Board.

Ms. Daggers serves as the co-editor of the Anthropology and Archaeology Journal. Ms. Daggers and currently serves as Coordinator of the ARU and co-supervisor of the Archaeology Field school. She has spent the last 11 years investigating Archaic shell midden sites and prehistoric diet breadth, her current research focus is climate reconstruction and population adaptive responses during the mid-Holocene.

Ms. Daggers has worked extensively with indigenosu communities in the area of heritage management, training and consultations for numerious projects. 

Research Interests:  Archaeology, Holocene climate, Population mobility, Archaic diet Breadth and environment, prehistoric landscape manipulation 

Publications:

• DAGGERS, L.B and PLEW, M.G. 2018. Assessing the Holocene Environment of Northwestern Guyana: An Isotopic Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains, Latin American Antiquity
• ROMARIO D. HASTINGS, LOUISA B. DAGGERS, ALLYSON A.M. STOLL. 2018. Ethno-Meteorology in Upper Mazaruni: Uncovering Indigenous Knowledge of the Kapon Akawaio People. Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Vol. 22

•  DAGGERS, L.B PEREIRA. G. 2017. A Short Note on Petroglyphs of Rupunau Village, South Rupununi Guyana, Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Paper Vol. 21

•  PLEW M.G, and L.B. DAGGERS 2016. Investigation of the Siriki Shell mound North Western Guyana, Monographs in Archaeology No. 5, University of Guyana. 
•  DAGGERS, L.B PEREIRA. G and PITAMBER. M. 2016. Archaeological Survey of the Aishalton Complex South Rupununi Guyana, Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Paper Vol. 20 
•  DAGGERS, L. B. 2015. CRM Archaeological Infrastructure for Guyana and Developing countries Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Paper Vol. 19 #2
• PLEW,M.G, and L.B. DAGGERS. 2015. Recent Excavation of the Siriki Mound North West Guyana. Antiquity Gallery
•  PLEW, M. G, and L. B. DAGGERS 2015 and Notes on Archaeological Survey and Testing at Warapana Shell Mound, North West Guyana. Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Paper Vol.19 #1 
• DAGGERS, L. B. 2015. Underwater Cultural Heritage paper: Guyana protects its Underwater Heritage. UNESCO Culture and Development Magazine Issue #13. 
• Report: Archaeological Assessment of Prehistoric sites within the Vicinity of Chateu Marot and Abary, East Coast Demerara Guyana: Louisa Daggers (2014) 
•  PLEW, M. G, G. PEREIRA, and L. B. DAGGERS. 2014. Archaeological Survey at Karanambu, Northern Rupununi, Guyana Anthropology & Archaeology Journal Paper Vol.18 #1 
• PLEW, M. G., C.A. WILLSON, and L.B. DAGGERS.2012. Archaeological Excavations at Siriki Shell Mound, Northwest Guyana. Monographs in Archaeology No. 4, University of Guyana.