About
I am a college professor and an archaeologist. I teach at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Most of my fieldwork is in Alaska, but I also occasionally find time for projects in Minnesota. My principle interests are in the evolution of social organization and complex hunter-gatherers. I primarily use a household archaeology approach, which I feel gives me great insight into how people lived in the past. The Alaska sites I work on usually produce an extraordinarily well-preserved collection of artifacts including stone tools, ivory carvings, bone sewing needles, and an abundance of faunal remains (bones and shell from ancient meals).
I plan to use this blog to post updates on my research and that of my students. The three projects we will mostly discuss include my dissertation work on Unimak Island, our 2003 field school on the King Salmon River near Ugashik Bay, and our current project in Aniakchak Bay.
This blog should be of interest to my students and prospective students, to other archaeologists, to people generally interested in Arctic regions and Alaska, and especially to the Alaska residents whom I hope benefit from this research.
–Brian
