I am a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. I am one of the founders and a director of the UC Berkeley Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology (MACTiA). My research has focused on the transformation of early agricultural (Neolithic) societies. I have directed and published  archaeological excavations in Southeast Europe and  Turkey, at the site of Çatalhöyük. Current research focuses on the life-histories of buildings and the multisensorial construction of place. Much of my  recent practice of archaeology incorporates the utilization of digital, especially multimedia, technology in the presentation and archiving of the process of archaeological interpretation. Since 1998 I have incorporated multimedia authoring and digital technology into teaching inquiry-based hybrid courses. From 1998-2001, I held the UCB Presidential Chair in Undergraduate Education. By now I am recognized internationally as one of the leaders of digital education, media literacy, and digital publishing in archaeology. This interest in multimedia grows out of a lifelong passion for music, puppets and cultivating illusions of reality