Welcome!! Here you will gain a glimpse into my work as an archaeologist and geospatial analyst at Statistical Research, Inc. My work as an archaeologist was composed of site surveying, site monitoring and excavation. As a geospatial analayst, I mapped and rendered digital productions of archaeological sites using the latest mapping equipement and computer software.

Playa Vista Development Project

At Playa Vista, I have conducted extensive archaeological monitoring. During monitoring, one must observe the heavy machinery breaking ground to make sure the equipment does not disturb any archaeological sites or archaeological artifacts during excavation. Monitoring is the first line of defense for Native American artifacts buried beneath the surface.

• Monitoring pipe installationHere Irish Construction dug a long trench to install a utility pipeline. No site observed here.
• Monitoring old Parking lot near Bluff Occasionally, we find archaeological site material
• More to come

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Archaeological Survey

I have also been on a number of archaeological surveys. During survey, a group of archaologists walk specified transects (ex. 25 meters apart in a northern direction) to attempt to locate archaeological and historic sites, artifacts, and other geographical features. Most of my surveying with SRI occurred at the Barry Goldwater Auxilary Air Force Base in the Arizona desert

• Arizona desert These are a number of shots of the area we surveyed.
• Artifacts This a metate(grinding slab) and a mano(grinding stone) found near the rock shelter.

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Archaeological Sorting of Artifacts

Finally there is sorting, where one must seperate all the collected artifacts from the unwanted dirt and rock, which we call dreck. We separate all into artifacts into categories (i.e. shell, bone, flaked stone, fire affected rock and groundstone.

• Here are some artifacts. Shell beads, a man-made cut on an animal vertebrae (left side of bone), and some stone flakes
• More artifacts.