Principal Investigator
Matt has more than 17 years of archaeological fieldwork and research experience working in island regions around the world. He has led or collaborated on projects in western Micronesia (Palau and Yap), the southeastern United States (St. Catherines Island, Georgia, and the Florida Keys), and the Caribbean (Barbados). His professional experience includes directing field projects, museum collections curation, laboratory management, and archival work. His academic research interests include island and coastal archaeology, chronology building, initial human colonization of islands, and ceramic analysis.