Jeffrey L Brewer

I am an Assistant Professor- Educator in the Department of Geography & GIS (College of A&S). My primary research interest is adopting an interdisciplinary approach--consisting of archaeology, environmental studies, and remote sensing--to understanding human-environment relations and the evolution of urban landscapes.

My current work focuses on the study of household-scale, sustainable water management practices in subtropical regions.

Ph.D., Geography: University of Cincinnati 2017

M.A., Anthropology: University of Cincinnati 2007

B.A., Anthropology: University of Cincinnati 2003

Urban Sustainability; Cultural Ecology; Remote Sensing and GIS; Archaeology

05-01-2023 -To Present Assistant Professor- Educator, University of Cincinnati,

Grant: #NSF 1519015 Investigators:Brewer, Jeffrey; Dunning, Nicholas 04-01-2015 -03-31-2017 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Ancient Maya Water Management at the Early Urban Center of Yaxnohcah, Mexico Role:Collaborator $16,827.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2018. ) Householders as Water Managers: A Comparison of Domestic-Scale Water Management Practices from Two Central Maya Lowland Sites .Ancient Mesoamerica, , 29 (1 ) ,197-217

Brewer, Jeffrey L, Christopher Carr, Nicholas P. Dunning, Debra S. Walker, Armando Anaya Hernández, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor (2017. ) Employing Airborne Lidar and Archaeological Testing to Determine the Role of Small Depressions in Water Management at the Ancient Maya Site of Yaxnohcah, Campeche, Mexico .Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, , 17 ,291-302

Lentz, David, Trinity L. Hamilton, Nicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Armando Anaya Hernandez, Debra S. Walker, Eric J. Tepe, Christopher Carr, Jeff L Brewer, Thomas Ruhl, Stephanie A. Meyers, Mariana Vazquez, Alex Golden, and Allison A. Weiss Paleoecological Studies at the Ancient Maya Center of Yaxnohcah Using Analysis of Pollen, Environmental DNA, and Plant Macroremains .Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, ,

Brewer, Jeffrey L and Christopher Carr (2022. ) Household Quarry-Reservoirs at the Ancient Maya Site of Yaxnohcah, Mexico .Latin American Antiquity, , 33 (2 ) ,432-440

Book Chapter

Dunning, Nicholas P., Jeffrey L Brewer, Christopher Carr, Armando Anaya Hernández, Timothy Beach, Jennifer Chmilar, Liwy Grazioso Sierra, Robert Griffin, David Lentz, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, William Saturno, Vernon Scarborough, Michael Smyth, and Fred Valdez (2022 ) Holding the Ha: Ancient Water Collection and Storage in the Elevated Interior Region of the Maya Lowlands A Path to Sustainability: The Past and Future Role of Water Management .Louisville, Colorado, University Press of Colorado

Technical Reports

Carr, Christopher and Jeffrey L Brewer (Armando Anaya-Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) Lidar-based Spatial Analysis of Closed Depressions: Potential Household-level Water Storage Reservoirs .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2017 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Carr, Christopher, Jeffrey L Brewer, and Thomas Ruhl (Armando Anaya Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) Reconnaissance Survey 2017: Closed Depressions, Chultuns, Looters Trenches, and a Sinkhole .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2017 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Brewer, Jeffrey L and Christopher Carr (Armando Anaya Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2019. ) Operation 26: Household Water Management at Yaxnohcah: Evaluating Small Depressions as Quarry-Reservoirs .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de las Temporadas de Investigacion 2017-2018, 125-148

Brewer, Jeffrey L and Christopher Carr (Armando Anaya Hernandez, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2017. ) Continuing Household Water Management Investigations at Yaxnohcah .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2016 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (Armando Anaya Hernandez, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2016. ) Investigaciones en Aguadas de Escala Residenciales .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de las Temporadas de Investigacion 2014 y 2015, 95-109

Brewer, Jeff, David M. Hyde, and Michael Stowe (Rissa M. Trachman and Fred Valdez, Jr., eds.) (2013. ) Mapping Medicinal Trail: A Summary from 2004 to 2012 .Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: Report of Activities from the 2012 Field Season, 91-111

Brewer, Jeffrey L (Fred Valdez, Jr., ed.) (2007. ) Excavations of a Depression at the Medicinal Trail Site, Operation 10: Report of the 2006 Season .Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: Report of Activities from the 2006 Field Season, 71-81

Dunning, Nicholas P. and Jeffrey L Brewer (2016. ) Annual Report (2015) on Award 1519015: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Ancient Maya Water Management at the Early Urban Center of Yaxnohcah, Campeche, Mexico. Report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2008. ) Fort Campbell Phase II: 2007 Archaeological Survey Project Report. Project Number 1367.058 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2008. ) Fort Campbell Phase I: 2007 Archaeological Suvey Project Report. Project Number 1367.049 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Leary, Christopher G. and Jeffrey L Brewer (2007. ) Horizon Church Project Report. Project Number 1813.001 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2017. ) A Landscape Archaeology Approach to Understanding the Household Water Management Practices of the Ancient Maya .PhD dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2007. ) Understanding the Role of a Small Depression in Ancient Maya Water Management at the Medicinal Trail Site, Northwest Belize .MA thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH,

Colleen O'Brien (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 08-2020

Hannah Dahlke (Master ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Jacob Berghaus (Master ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Jack Humason (Master ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Geography Graduate Student Association (Faculty ) Representative Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2014 -04-2015

Graduate Student Governance Association (Research Fellowship Grant Review Board ) Review Board/Panel Type:University/College Service Level:University 08-2014 -04-2015

Archaeological Institute of America (Volunteer Presenter ) Representative Type:Public Level:Public 10-2014

Urban Sustainability; Cultural Ecology; Remote Sensing and GIS; Archaeology

2007 -To Present: Society for American Archaeology

2010 -To Present: Association of American Geographers

2011 -To Present: Sigma Xi

2010 -To Present: Quaternary and Anthropocene Research Group University of Cincinnati,

2017 -To Present: Register of Professional Archaeologists

-GEOG-1004 HUMAN GEOG

-GEOG-1021 WORLD GEOGRAPHY

-GEOG-2003 CINCINNATI GEOG

-GEOG-2004 GEOG OHIO

-GEOG-1001 INTRO PHYS GEOG

-GEOG-1040 EARTH FROM SPACE

-GEOG-5174/6074 COMPUTER ANALYTICAL CARTOGRAPHY Level:Both

-ANTH-4028/6028 SPATIAL ARCHAEOLOGY Level:Both

-ANTH-3024/EVST-3124 ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE

-ANTH-7024 AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS Level:Graduate

-GEOG-6071C INTRO GIS Level:Both

Sustainable Development Level:Undergraduate

-GEOG-2062 PEOPLE & ENVIR 2 Level:Undergraduate

-EVST-2020C HUMAN IMPAC NAT ENV Level:Undergraduate

Academic - Department of Geography & GIS
400A Braunstein Hall
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45221-0131
Phone: 513-556-3926
brewerjy@ucmail.uc.edu