Background

I am an archaeologist working in the American Southwest, currently working in the field of cultural resources management. In the US, there are two types of archaeologists, those dealing with academic aspects, as you might see in a university setting, and those dealing with the legal aspects of archaeological sites. I fall into the latter category, which involves working as a partly as a mediator between someone who wants to build a road or building and the state historic preservation officer, whose job it is to ensure important sites are not destroyed.
I have been doing this steady for the last 18 years, and having an adventure with it. It is definitely not the movie life of Indiana Jones, though there have definitely been exciting moments. I hope to include some of those moments herein.