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OFFICE HOURS
Spring semester 2008
Tuesday 9:30 to 10:30 in ASC (Building 29)
Wednesday 9:30 to 10:30 in ASC (Building 29) and by appointment.
To avoid disappointment, it's a good idea to email me for an appointment rather than just showing up. My times fill up quickly.
CHINESE- AND JAPANESE-AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY BLOG
Check out the blog for our Heinlenville/Nihonmachi archaeology project by clicking right here or for a very short movie that lives on the San Jose Mercury News website click here.
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Bioblurb
My first archaeological experience was six weeks shoveling gravel for the late Margaret "Mudge" Jones (and famous dog, Reject) at a Saxon site called Mucking in the summer of 1969. While still at school I worked summers at the Roman site of Usk for Bill Manning, and learned the ancient art of baulk bashing from experts. In 1972, my professional career began when I started working full-time on Roman and medieval sites on the British archaeological “circuit” at places like York and Winchester. Later, I worked on prehistoric and 18th-/19th-century archaeological sites in Virginia, the Great Basin, and California. At the urging of Jim Deetz, UC Berkeley eventually gave me a Ph.D. and I won't give it back.
Since the late 1970s, I have specialized in historical archaeology, especially in urban contexts, where I have acted as Principal Investigator for numerous archaeological research projects. Among these was the 1993-2004 Cypress/West Oakland project, one of the largest pieces of urban historical archaeology ever undertaken in the American West. My interest in ethnicity includes social boundary maintenance as viewed through the archaeology and history of the Overseas Chinese as well as cultural change among European immigrant groups. I have also written on the archaeology of African Americans and Jews in the American West.
In 2008 I was appointed to the Archaeological Resources Committee of the California State Historical Resources Commission to develop standards and guidelines for the practice of archaeology in Calfornia. In addition to teaching archaeology and cultural resources management at Sonoma State University, I serve as Director of the Anthropological Studies Center, a University research institute.
Click this link for a pdf of my curriculum vitae. It's 89kb, so there's time to make a cup of tea while it downloads.
