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My career as an archaeologist.

I began my professional interest in archaeology in 1971 when I volunteered to work in the University of Arizona archaeology lab. Despite the fact that I was spectacularly horrible at identifying ground stone my supervisory archaeologist invited me into the field for the next project and I was hooked. I worked for the next four years for the U of A while I got my BA in anthropology. As I began work on my Masters, I also was offered a position on a project at the Western Archaeological Center of the National Park Service. I worked for them for the next three years. From there I went to the Museum of Northern Arizona for 6 months of field work and then finished my career as a full time archaeologist working as a research archaeologist for the El Paso Centennial Museum. While at EPCM I attended UTEP and seeing my future as lying elsewhere I switched my Master's work to the field of education. Since then I have taken various positions in archaeology, working as a field archaeologist, a lecturer, a research archaeologist and a tour guide to archaeological sites of the southwest.

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