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Ted Hartwell
Associate Research Scientist Emertius, Archaeology
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Ted.Hartwell@dri.edu
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Las Vegas Campus
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Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Professional Interests

Mr. Hartwell is the Project Director for DRI’s Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP), a program that provides a hands-on role for members of the public in the operation of a network of radiation and weather monitoring stations located in communities surrounding the Nevada National Security Site [NNSS] (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site). The program includes a significant public outreach component that provides information to classrooms, community organizations and concerned citizens on past and ongoing activities associated with the NNSS.

Previously, Mr. Hartwell’s archaeological research has focused on three geographic regions: the southern Great Basin, the southern Great Plains, and the pampas of Argentina. Specific interests have included hunter-gatherer lithic technology, caching behavior, quarrying behavior, and soil formation processes. His research has included investigations of a historic toll road in north-central Nevada, an examination of quarrying behavior in the southern Great Basin, late Paleoindian lithic technology on the Plains, and participation in a study comparing and contrasting human adaptation on the U.S. southern Great Plains and Argentinean pampas.

In addition, Mr. Hartwell has examined how popular culture can affect the public’s perception of science, and also has produced a publication for the general public that discusses archaeological research at Yucca Mountain on the Nevada National Security Site.

Mr. Hartwell is currently researching the effects of problem gambling on Nevada tribal communities.

Research Areas of Interest and Expertise

  • Anthropology and Archaeology Research
  • Citizen Science – Radiological Monitoring
  • Problem Gambling and Responsible Gaming

Research Projects

Education

Degree Year Institution Area
M.A. 1991 Texas Tech University Anthropology
B.A. 1987 Texas Tech University Anthropology

Keywords

archaeology, lithic technology, public outreach, public information, public participation, public communication, risk communication, environmental monitoring, ionizing radiation, Nevada National Security Site, NNSS, Nevada Test Site, NTS, problem gambling, Native American

 

Program(s)

 

Publications
2024
Goreham, J., Parker, B. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E. (2024). Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2023 – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, September 2, 2024, DOE/NV/03624–2026

2023
Goreham, J., Parker, B. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. (2023). 2022 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring. U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1788

2022
Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. (2022). 2021 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring. U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1486

2021
Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. M. (2021). 2020 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1210

2020
Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. M. (2020). 2019 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–0899

2019
Goreham, J., Karr, L. H., Hartwell, W. T., Russell, C. E. (2019). 2018 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, DOE/NV/03624–0612

2018
Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A., Klenke, J. (2018). Chapter 7. Community Based Offsite Monitoring in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2018, 7-1 to 7-14. U.S. Department of Energy, DOE/NV/03624–0270

2017
Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A., Klenke, J. M. (2017). Chapter 7. Community Based Offsite Monitoring in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2016, 7-1 to 7-14. U.S. Dept. of Energy, DOE/NV/25946–3334

2016
Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A. (2016). Chapter 7: Community Environmental Monitoring Program in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2015, DOE/NV/29546–2950. U.S. Dept. of Energy

2015
Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A. (2015). Chapter 7: Community Environmental Monitoring Program in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2014, DOE/NV/25946–2566. U.S. Department of Energy

2013
Hartwell, W. T. (2013). Community Management of Natural HazardsChapter : . In Bobrowsky, P. T. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, 112-117. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_72

2012
Hartwell, W. T., Daniels, J. I., Nikolich, G., Shadel, C. A., Giles, K. R., Karr, L. H., Kluesner, T. L. (2012). Air Monitoring Network at Tonopah Test Range: Network Description, Capabilities, and Analytical Results

2011
Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S. (2011). The Community Environmental Monitoring Program: A Case Study of Public Education and Involvement in Radiological Monitoring, Health Physics, 101 (5), 606-617

Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S. (2011). Public Involvement as an Element in Designing Environmental Monitoring ProgramsChapter : Public Involvement as an Element in Designing Environmental Monitoring Programs. In Ekundayo, E. O. (Ed.), Environmental Monitoring, 169-184

Shafer, D. S., Hartwell, W. T. (2011). Community Environmental Monitoring Program: A Case Study of Public Education and Involvement in Radiological Monitoring, Health Physics, 101 (5), 617-606

2010
Hartwell, W. T., Nikolich, G., Giles, K. R., Shafer, D. S., Karr, L. H., Kluesner, T. L. (2010). Air monitoring network at Tonopah Test Range: Letter Report No. 2: Network description and capabilities

2007
Hartwell, W. T. (2007). The Sky on the Ground: Celestial Objects and Events in Archaeology and Popular CultureChapter The Sky on the Ground: Celestial Objects and Events in Archaeology and Popular Culture. In , Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society, 71-87. Springer: New York

2005
Hartwell, W. T., Barrett, C. R., Edwards, S. C. (2005). Retracing the Past: the Austin and Reese River Transportation Company Toll Road, Nevada Archaeologist 2002-2003, 20, 21, 23-34

2004
Hartwell, W. T. (2004). President’s Column, Plains Anthropologist, 49 (189), 4-6

Hartwell, W. T., Varley, K. (2004). A Fluted Projectile Point Base from Yucca Mountain, Southern Nevada, Current Research in the Pleistocene, 20, 30-31

2003
Hartwell, W. T. (2003). President’s Column, Plains Anthropologist, 49 (190)

2002
Hartwell, W. T., Valentine, D. (2002). Reading the Stones: The Archaeology of Yucca Mountain, Topics in Yucca Mountain Archaeology, Reading the stones: The archaeology of Yucca Mountain, 4, 1-78

1999
Buck, P., Hartwell, W. T., Haynes, G., Rhode, D. E. (1999). Archaeological Investigations at Two Early Holocene Sites Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Topics in Yucca Mountain Archaeology No. 2. Desert Research Institute: Las Vegas, NV, Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office, Las Vegas, NV.

1996
Hartwell, W. T., Haynes, G. M., Rhode, D. E. (1996). Early Obsidian Use and Depletion at Yucca Mountain, Southern Nevada: Evidence from Obsidian Hydration Studies, Current Research in the Pleistocene, 13, 57-59

Conference Proceedings
2024
Parker, B. A., Hartwell, W. T. (2024). Overview of the Community Environmental Monitoring Program: For presentation at the IRPA 16/Annual HPS meeting on July 10, 2024.. International Radiation Protection Association and Health Physics Society: Orlando, Florida, July 8, 2024-July 12, 2024

2016
Hartwell, W. T., Smith, S. (2016). Damage Done: A Family Problem Gambling Awareness Program. Presentations given to 7 Nevada tribes (Washoe, Lovelock, Fallon, Pyramid Lake, Reno-Sparks, Walker River) for Lander Endowment Study Perceptions of Problem Gambling in Tribal Communities.

Hartwell, W. T., Smith, S. (2016). “Gambling Is a Spirit that Talks in Your Ear So That You Can’t Hear Your Heart”–An Update on Community Outreach on the Impact of Problem Gambling on Tribal Communities in Nevada. Four Directions Problem Gambling and Health Awareness Conference: Suquamish, WA

Hartwell, W. T., Smith, S. (2016). Preliminary Results of Problem Gambling Research in Several Nevada Tribal Communities. 16th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking: Las Vegas, NV

Hartwell, W. T. (2016). A Personal Journey Through Science to Insanity and Back Again. 18th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science: Las Vegas, NV

Hartwell, W. T. (2016). Case Study: Professional Stigma of Treatment & Recovery. UNLV HIPAA Privacy Law Class: Las Vegas, NV

Hartwell, W. T. (2016). A Brief History of the Community Environmental Monitoring Program. National Resources Defense Council Workshop “Citizen Science and Open Solutions for Environmental Radiation Monitoring”: Washington, DC

Hartwell, W. T., Smith, S. (2016). Problem Gambling 101. Mainstream Programs Basic Training, Clark County Government Center: Las Vegas, NV

Hartwell, W. T. (2016). A General Overview of DRI, and a Personal Journey Through Science to Insanity and Back Again. Las Vegas Rock & Gem Society: Las Vegas, NV

O’Hare, C., Hartwell, W. T. (2016). Building the Future for Problem Gambling Services–Panel Discussion. 10th Annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling: Las Vegas, NV

2011
Shafer, D. S., Hartwell, W. T., McCurdy, G. D., Breckner, M. A. (2011). A Demonstration Program for Providing Early Warning Information to Remote Communities in the Great Basin, U.S.A.. 4th International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment: Singapore

2010
Curtis, S. P., Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S. (2010). The Community Environmental Monitoring Program: conveying radiation risk to the public through direct participation. Health Physics Society of America: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S. (2010). The Community Environmental Monitoring Program: communicating information on radiation through public participation. American Nuclear Society 2010 Joint Topical Meeting: Las Vegas, Nevada

2007
Karr, L. H., Hartwell, W. T., Tappen, J. J., Giles, K. R. (2007). The Community Environmental Monitoring Program: A Historical Perspective.. Waste Management ’07: Phoenix

2006
Tappen, J. J., Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S., McCurdy, G. D. (2006). Stakeholder Involvement in Radiological Monitoring and Risk Assessment: the Community Environmental Monitoring Program. Society for Risk Analysis: Baltimore, Maryland

Tappen, J. J., Hartwell, W. T., Shafer, D. S., McCurdy, G. D. (2006). The citizen scientist in the desert: the Community Environmental Monitoring Program: Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Other
2016
Hartwell, W. T. (2016). The Problem Gambler’s Helpline and Other Services in Nevada. International Gaming Institute training for Sands Corporation Responsible Gaming Ambassador Training: Las Vegas, NV