INTERESTS

My research interests span several domains that might be labeled "techno-archaeology." They include archaeological computer applications (particularly GIS), remote sensing & geophysical prospecting, and quantitative methods, especially spatial analysis methods, as they relate to human spatial behavior. I also have an interest in lithic technology.

Naturally, I love computers.

2007 "Geophysical Investigations at the National Historic Landmark Site of Ft. Pierre Chouteau, South Dakota" (with Duncan P. McKinnon). Plains Anthropological Conference, Rapid City, SD.

2007 "Geophysical Investigations at Mt. Moriah and St. Ambroses Cemeteries, Deadwood, South Dakota." Plains Anthropological Conference, Rapid City, SD.

2007 "Techno-archaeology: some introductory concepts." Given at the HNB Garhwal University, Srinigar, India.

2007 “Geophysical surveys as a form of archaeology.” Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Austin, Texas.

2007 "Searching for Sergeant Ordway: Geophysics at the Cougar Bar Lodge Depression, Hells Canyon, Idaho" (with Kenneth C. Reid). Northwest Anthropological Conference, Pullman, WA.

2006 "From the Dakotas to Hells Canyon and Beyond: Archaeological Geophysics on the Lewis and Clark Trail." Idaho Professional Archaeological Council fall meeting, Boise.

2006 "Analyzing & Modeling Archaeological Distributions." 3 lectures given at the XVI International Summer School in Archaeology: "Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis in Archaeology," University of Siena Villa Lanzi – Campiglia Marittima, Italy.

2006 “Ground-penetrating Radar and Related Prospecting Technologies in Historic Archaeological Sites.” Invited presentation in the Fourth Annual Deadwood Historic Preservation Symposium, Deadwood, South Dakota.

2005 “Integrating Geophysics with GIS.” Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Workshop on Digital Archaeology: A New Paradigm for Visualizing the Past through Computing and Information Technology, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, India.

2005 "Archaeological Modeling with GIS at Scales Large and Small." International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan.

2005 “Multidimensional Remote Sensing & Data Handling at North American Archaeological Sites.” 1st International Access Grid Seminar on Visualization and Remote Sensing in Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham.

Geophysics & Remote Sensing

2007 (with Stanley A. Ahler) Integrated Remote Sensing and Excavation at the Double Ditch State Historic Site, North Dakota. American Antiquity 72(3):539-561.

2006 Integrating Multidimensional Geophysical Data. Archaeological Prospection 13:57-72.

2006 (with E.G. Ernenwein and C.J. Markussen) Robotic Total Station for Microtopographic Mapping: an Example from the Northern Great Plains. Archaeological Prospection 13:91-102.

2006 Magnetometry: Nature’s Gift to Archaeology, In Remote Sensing in Archaeology: An Explicitly North American Perspective , Jay K. Johnson, ed., University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, pp. 205-234.

2006 Data Processing and Presentation, In Remote Sensing in Archaeology: An Explicitly North American Perspective , Jay K. Johnson, ed., University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, pp. 235-250.

2005 Terrestrial Remote Sensing in Archaeology, In Handbook of Archaeological Methods, H. Maschner and C. Chippendale, eds., AltaMira Press, AltaMira Press, Lanham, Maryland, pp. 423-477.

2005 (with J.R. Bales) Geophysical Signatures of Earthlodges in the Dakotas, In Plains Earthlodges: Ethnographic and Archaeological Perspectives, D.C. Roper and E.P. Pauls, eds., University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, pp. 157-183.

2003 Geophysical Surveys as Landscape Archaeology (Forum presentation). American Antiquity 68:435-457.

2003 Multidimensional Prospecting in North American Great Plains Village Sites. Archaeological Prospection 10:131-142

2002 (with D. L. Toom) The "Big House" at Whistling Elk Village (39HU242): Geophysical Findings and Archaeological Truths. Plains Anthropologist 47:5-16.

2001 Current Practices in Archaeogeophysics: Magnetics, Resistivity, Conductivity, and Ground-Penetrating Radar. In Earth Sciences and Archaeology, P. Goldberg, V. Holliday, and R. Ferring, eds., Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 353-384.

Statistics

1997 A Wider View of the Relationship Between Settlement Area and Population Size in the Peruvian Andes. American Antiquity, 62(4):719-722.

1996 (with M.T. Stark, W.A. Longacre) Alternative Procedures for Assessing Standardization in Ceramic Assemblages. American Antiquity 61(1):116-126.

1990 Spatial Autocorrelation and the Classic Maya Collapse Revisited: Refined Techniques and New Conclusions. Journal of Archaeological Science 17:197-207.

1990 One-Sample Tests in Regional Archaeological Analysis: New Possibilities through Computer Technology. American Antiquity 55:367-381.

Archaeological Location Models

2006 There and Back Again: Revisiting Archaeological Location Modeling, In GIS and Archaeological Site Location Modeling, M.W. Mehrer and K.L. Wescott, eds., CRC-Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, pp. 3-38.

2006 Archaeological Modeling with GIS at Scales Large and Small. In Reading Historical Spatial Information from Around the World: Studies of Culture and Civilization Based on Geographic Information Systems Data. Uno Takao, ed. International Research Center for Japanese Studies, pp. 75-92.

1992 (with R. Brandt, B.J. Groenewoudt) An Experiment in Archaeological Site Location: Modeling in the Netherlands Using GIS Techniques. World Archaeology 24: 268-282.

1992 A Predictive Site Location Model on the High Plains: An Example with an Independent Test. Plains Anthropologist 37: 19-40.

1990 The Fundamental Principles and Practice of Predictive Archaeological Modeling. In Mathematics and Information Science in Archaeology: A Flexible Framework. A. Voorrips ed., Studies in Modern Archaeology, Vol. 3, Holos-Verlag, Bonn , Germany , pp. 257-295.

GIS

1999 Recent Directions and Developments in Geographical Information Systems. Journal of Archaeological Research, 7(2):153-201.

1995 A View From Across the Water: The North American Experience in Archaeological GIS. In Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems: A European Perspective, G. Lock and Z. Stancic, eds., Taylor and Francis, Ltd., London, pp. 1-14.

1994 Ranter's Corner -- GIS Graphics vs. Spatial Statistics: How Do They Fit Together? Archaeological Computing Newsletter 38:1-2.

1992 Terrain Form Analysis of Archaeological Location Through Geographic Information Systems. In Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1991, G. Lock and J. Moffett, eds., BAR International Series S577, Tempus Reparatum, Oxford , pp. 127-136.

1990 GIS Algorithms and their Effects on Regional Archaeological Analysis. In Interpreting Space: GIS and Archaeology, K.M.S. Allen, S.W. Green, and E.B.W. Zubrow, eds., Taylor and Francis, Ltd., London, pp. 112-126.

1989 Geographic Information Systems in Regional Archaeological Research and Data Management. Archaeological Method and Theory, Vol. 1, M.B. Schiffer, ed., University of Arizona Press, Tucson , pp. 139-202.

Lithics

1998 Spatial Structure in Mass Debitage Scatters. In Surface Archaeology, A.P. Sullivan III, ed., University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, pp. 127-141.

1997 Patterns and Models of Debitage Dispersal in Percussion Knapping. Lithic Technology, 22(2):122-13.

2007 Workshop in Geophysics and Archaeology, Given at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon , Canada.

2007 Geophysical Prospecting in Archaeology, Given at the HNB Garhwal University, Srinigar, India.

2007 Workshop in Geophysics in Archaeology, Given at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Pullman.

2006 "Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-destructive Investigations in the 21st Century." Sponsored and organized by the U.S. National Park Service at For Frederica, St. Simons Island , Georgia.