Welcome to Matt's little corner of the WWW. After spending 5 years working as an archaeologist in Vermont, I've moved to Columbia, Missouri to continue with my education.
I am currently a graduate student on track for an M.A. and Ph.D. in archaeology from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri–Columbia. In addition to my studies, I work at the Archaeometry Laboratory. I am interested in multidisciplinary approaches to anthropology and archaeology. My research seeks to combine aspects of physical geography, landscape ecology, and geoscience into studying human behavior. Though my interests are far reaching and bridge disciplinary boundaries. I am studying the effects of rapid social change within Native American societies, human–landscape interactions, as well as landscape ecology, geographic informations systems analysis, and geological sciences. I am also particularly interested in studying the development of North American archaeology and how that history has in part led to where we are today.
I am currently working to put up some of the archaeological information that I've put together over the years, including a database of radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Vermont, and some of the posters and presentations that I've prepared. This is also where you can find all of the other things that I am interested in, such as how to use an antiquated Apple Newton MessagePad with a GPS unit. You can also find some of the Apple Quicktime VR scenes that I've made over the years, as well as photographs of my trips to Chile, Peru, and the Czech Republic.
A brief blurb about who I am and what I do.
An on-line version of my C.V. complete with links to download content.
An irregularly updated blog containing the latest news in my personal and professional lives.
Two examples of some of the mapping work that I have done: Mapping site locations and site terrain in the Czech Republic, and mapping archaeological site locations in Missouri’s Boot Heel.
ca. 250 radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Vermont.
Bibliographic index of the life and career of Frederic Ward Putnam.
I developed this page to explain about using Apple's (now defunct) Newton MessagePad with GPS units. Although not specifically about archaeology, I initially started using the MessagePad-GPS system for archaeological survey.
Although I don't have nearly as much time to pursue it as I'd like, photography is one of my many hobbies. Most of my pictures are taken with my Canon PowerShot A-95, although I occassionally use my Praktica VLC-2. I am currently experimenting with my 1928 Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor 54/2.
Branching out from my hobby of photography, I started dabbling with creating Quicktime VR scenes of some of the places I visit (with an obvious emphasis on archaeological sites). Eventually I hope to be incorporate the QTVR technology into my own archaeological projects. You'll need Apple's Quicktime software installed on your computer to view these properly.
A link to my iDisk public folder.
matthew t. boulanger
