Expertise

I specialize in Geoarchaeology, which uses techniques from geology to address archaeological questions.

My current research focuses on human-environment interactions during the Early Agricultural Period (2100 B.C. – A.D. 50) in the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico.

Research Projects

  • Shallow Geophysical Survey at La Playa
  • Soil Characterization and Micromorphology at Tumamoc Hill, AZ
  • Micromorphology Analysis at Onavas, Mexico
  • Radiocarbon and Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating of Earthen Irrigation Canals at La Playa, Mexico

Research Interests

  • geoarchaeology
  • early agriculture in NW Mexico/SW United States
  • Southeastern archaeology
  • mound building and monumental architecture
  • coastal environments
  • shallow geophysical prospection

Subject Areas:

  • Archaeological Science: environmental archaeology, archaeological geophysics
  • Archaeology of the Americas: Southeastern archaeology.

Research Interests

  • geoarchaeology
  • early agriculture in NW Mexico/SW United States
  • Southeastern archaeology
  • mound building and monumental architecture
  • coastal environments
  • shallow geophysical prospection
Past Affiliations

Instructor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

PhD Student, Department of Geosciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, College of Science, University of Arizona (past)

Communities
Anthropology
Degrees
PhD, University of Arizona, Geosciences, 2019
BA, State University of New York at Potsdam, Anthropology, 2006
Keywords
past environment change southeast archaeology anthropology archaeology indigenous peoples