I am the director of the FLC archaeological field school and a research
associate for the Department of Anthropology.
I have over 30 years of professional experience in the discipline
of archaeology. These include
contract archaeology for government as well as private organizations and
educational and cooperative experiences at FLC.
I have technical and management experience in remote sensing (electrical resistance
and
fluxgate magnetometer), Total Station and Theodolite mapping, digital photography,
GIS, and computer database management. I have extensive skills in the areas of gearchaeological interpretation,
laboratory analysis, report writing and production, large and small-scale
inventory projects, large and small-scale testing projects, large and
small-scale excavation projects, grant writing, teaching, and public outreach.
I am a member of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists,
the Society for American Archaeology, the Archaeological Conservancy,
and the Rocky Mountain
Anthropological Association. I
have authored or co-authored over 30 archaeological reports
and has presented results of her research nation-wide.
My latest publications include The Earliest Mesa Verdeans, Hunters,
Foragers, and First Farmers, a chapter in The Mesa Verde World,
edited by David Grant Noble and two articles in a special edition of KIVA
(Vol.72:No.2) on Basketmaker II.
I
has been conducting research in the mountains in and around Southwest
Colorado for over 15 years. My
research currently emphases the origins and nature of the Colorado Basketmakers
from indigenous hunters and gatherers to horticulturalists.
My research involves examining archaeological, geological and paleoenvironmental data to interpret the prehistory of the area around
Durango during this time period. I
am working toward combining
these data with Native American ethnographies, in particular those from
the Puebloans, to help explain the movement of prehistoric populations
in and out of the region.
In addition to
teaching the Fort Lewis College archaeological field school I also
teaching the following classes: Laboratory Methods and Techniques,
Advanced Laboratory Methods and Techniques and Geoarchaeology.
