I live in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. I became a fan of the Time Team through my contact with the Forum, which I discovered after the ’98 Time Team Live!
My interest stems from having been a field archaeologist for 20 years During this time I have worked the Pacific Coast of the United States from the deserts of the southwest to the temperate rain-forests of the northwest and even a little tropical archaeology in Hawaii. The work in Hawaii led to a master’s degree study of the cultural adaptation of the Hawaiians employed at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s trading posts in the Pacific Northwest. My conclusion was that the early employees brought their traditions and left some distinctly Hawai’ian traces in the archaeological record, all while being paid fair wages.
Though I am currently employed as a computer programmer, I haven’t lost touch with archaeology as I am an active flintknapper and my wife is the archaeologist for the Oregon State University Research Forests.
Special Interest Areas
I have a special fondness for Lithic Technology, including ground-stone tools. An Americanist by provenience and experience, my scholarly achievement was a study of the early historic period in the Pacific Northwest. I had hoped to compare the pestles of the Columbia Basin with the poi-pounders of Hawai’i. I was thwarted by the scarcity of data.
Website
http://www.StoneRomance.com is a personal learning space… Some day it will hit the bigtime. The TTFF will always be welcome.