Department of Anthropology
Research Interests
Archaeology of the modern world; industrial archaeology; landscape archaeology; plantation archaeology; creolization/ethnogenesis; material culture and meaning; public interest/outreach archaeology. Fieldwork Includes: Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia, PA; historical sites in PA and NJ; plantation archaeology in Jamaica and Hawai'i. Dissertation Research: Hilea Plantation Village c. 1870, District of Ka’u, Hawai'i
Graduation Year
2010
Subfield
Dissertation Title
The Ahupua'a of Hilea: A Case Study in the Realities of Applied Historical Archaeology