Ph.D., Tulane University, 1999

Archaeology, Lithic and Ceramic Analysis, Settlement Patterns, Social Organization, Nonlinear Science and Quantitative Methods, Ethnoarchaeology, Mesoamerica and the Southeastern United States.

Most of my research and experience in archaeology focuses geographically on the culture area called Mesoamerica, which encompasses central and eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and western Honduras. Recently, I began survey and excavations in northwest Nicaragua. My research interests include the origins of civilization, particularly the emergence of inequality and social complexity; ceramic analysis; lithic analysis; and the application of quantitative methods in archaeology, especially fractal analysis.