I am an archaeologist who specializes in Culture Ecology, the study of the interrelationship of cultural systems with the environment. My research interersts are quite broad, both in terms of the research topics, specializations and my areas of geographical interest. I specialize in coastal adaptation and the role of craft specialization in the development of cultural complexity.My geographical areas of research interest are the southeastern United States and Mesoamerica. I have excavated at the site S3W1:33 (Tlajinga 33) at the ancient city of Teotihuacan and have conducted excavations at Late Classic Mayan sites 9N8-H, and 8N11 in the Copan Valley of Honduras. In Florida I excavated the Solana site, 8Ch67, near Punta Gorda. Allthough today this site is aerially exposed, when the site was occuppied some 1500 years ago it was underwater. In the Summer of 1995 I directed volunteer excavations at the famous and important Key Marco site on Marco Island. In the summer of 1997 I will map and test the impressive Shell Island village site, 8Cr55, in Rooker Bay National Estuary located between Naples and Key Marco, Florida.
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