I am an applied archeologist. Recently, my work has focused on the planning, administration, management, and policy level aspects of institutionalized archaeology. During the course of my career, however, I have served in nearly the full spectrum of jobs in the archaeological establishment, enabling me to look at archaeology from a variety of perspectives. My background includes straight academic research, laboratory analysis and management, interpreting Indian prehistory to living descendants, microscopic analysis, museum planning, and teaching. I have run an archaeological contracting program for a university, served as archaeologist on a Forest Service interdisciplinary planning team, and held the post of Head Archaeologist for the USDA Forest Service.
