March 5, 2025
Caroline Boerger earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Appalachian State University and is currently completing a Master’s degree in anthropology with a focus in archaeology at Northern Arizona University. Between the two degrees, Caroline worked for the National Park Service (NPS) and as a field school instructor, and is currently an archaeologist with the NPS.
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February 7, 2025
Alex Mason earned his bachelors degree in anthropology from NAU in 2022 and participated in the Apex field school the following summer. Alex now works in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in Tennessee.
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January 15, 2025
Rachael O’Hara is a current anthropology Master’s student at NAU, and graduated with her Bachelor’s in anthropology from the university in 2020. She is a historical archaeologist specializing in consumption, capitalism, and their interactions with identity throughout the 20th century. She was the Graduate Assistant for the Apex Field School through the 2024 season and is excited to go back to Apex in 2025.
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December 2, 2024
Sarah O’Donnell recently graduated from ASU with her degree in Anthropology, and attended field school in Apex, Arizona this past summer. She presented at the Pecos Conference in August on the topic of catch and release archaeology at Apex, Arizona. She is currently working on a Master of Advanced Study in Geographic Information Systems at ASU and continues her work on the La Quemada Malpaso Valley Archaeology Project, which consists of digitizing excavation records… Read more
November 4, 2024
Madeleine Levesque is a former NAU and current ASU undergraduate student studying anthropology and French. She is interested in medical anthropology and global health, hence her interest in the health and hygiene items found at Apex. She hopes to take a gap year and then head to medical school to become a physician after graduation. Despite the change in schools, she is excited to continue to research all of the awesome things found… Read more
October 3, 2024
Makenzie Long is an undergraduate student majoring in Anthropology here at NAU. This summer she spent three weeks in field school at Apex, Arizona under the guidance of Dr. Emily Dale. After graduation she intends to pursue a career in the field as a Historical Archaeologist. Her sketches of Jack-O-Canterns and intact shoes helped capture unique details of Apex’s artifacts.
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