Welcome to My LAb
This collection of lithics, ceramics, documents, and bones is maintained for teaching and research purposes. The collection represents remains of about 70 species, material remains of various cultures, and over 1000 books for use in various projects and as resources for my students.
Archaeology
Field work is what most people imagine archaeologists doing, but this is just one part of a much bigger process. It is super fun, though.
Lab work is where we begin to process what was found and work towards understanding something new about the materials or the people responsible for creating them.
I keep a comparative collection of skeletal remains to help me identify bones that are badly fragmented or altered by other taphonomic processes.
Ongoing Projects
Historic Genealogical Research
My longest running project is family genealogy research. Through family interviews and corroborating international documentation we have been able trace our lineage back 5 generations!
Curation
Making sure the lab is properly maintained and catalogued is an ongoing process, but it helps to ensure things can be easily found as needed for teaching and other projects I’m working on.
Comparative Specimen Collection
Approximately 70 species are represented in my collection. I use the bones to teach about many things including anatomy, ecology, behavior, veterinary science, disease, nutrition, and evolution.
Lithics
Tools made of stone can tell us about the type of activities people are engaged in throughout the past and sometimes about the environment in which they were used.
Most people know about arrowheads, but we examine many types of projectile points and the many flakes that result from their production.
