I leverage geospatial methodologies—including GIS and spatial analysis, remote sensing, and born-digital data collection—alongside traditional archaeological field techniques to examine how both experiences of and responses to precarity are conditioned by relationships between humans and their environment. While most of my research focuses on a 350-year period of warfare, climate instability, and political transformation in the South American Andes known as the Late Intermediate Period (1100 – 1450 CE), I explore these themes in a variety of times and places.

Born-digital data collection

My research utilizes a range of born-digital strategies, including mobile GIS, drone/UAV, multispectral imaging, and photogrammetry.

Spatial analysis

I use a variety of geospatial techniques to understand human-environment interaction at multiple scales. One area of interest is the development of human-scale models of interaction with the landscape and built environment that consider both visibility and mobility analysis. Examples of this work have been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, ACME, and elsewhere.

Remote sensing & Environmental Modeling

My work also incorporates a range of remote sensing and environmental modeling techniques. Much of this research is focused on understanding dynamics of crop cultivation and pastoralism in complex mountainous environments.