Alexandra D. Bybee

Project Archaeologist
Principal Investigator
Bioarchaeology Specialist

bybee@crai-ky.com

Alexandra Bybee holds a Masters degree in anthropology with an emphasis on biological anthropology. Her main area of interest lies in human mortuary practices, and she has been involved in the excavation and analysis of a number of mortuary components, including burials associated with the Fort Ancient village at the Burning Spring Branch site (46Ka142) in West Virginia and several historic cemeteries across Kentucky and West Virginia. Aside from bioanthropological work, Ms. Bybee has also been involved in over 100 phase I archaeological surveys, phase II National Register evaluations, and phase III data recovery projects in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. She has 11 years of archaeological experience.

Ms. Bybee first worked for CRAI as a field technician in 1998, followed by work as a staff archaeologist, supervising phase I surveys and phase II testing projects. Her present duties as principal investigator include conducting phase I, II, and III level projects and preparation of the subsequent reports. Ms. Bybee also serves as bioanthropology specialist and is responsible for the analysis and interpretation of recovered human biological remains and mortuary materials, and for preparation of the subsequent technical reports.

Outside of work, Ms. Bybee enjoys spending time with her daughter Katherine, her husband David, and their fat old kitty cat (E-Kitty). Ms. Bybee's hobbies include swimming, reading, going to the gym, collecting early twentieth-century American art pottery, traveling, and screwing up the electrical system in her "fixer-upper" home.

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