Staff
Desert Archaeology’s greatest resource is our people. Our team members have the experience, expertise, and ingenuity to meet the needs of our diverse client base.
Owners and Management
Sarah A. Herr
President
William H. Doelle
Vice President
Patricia Castalia
Projects Manager
Lindsay Doyle
Projects Manager
T. Kathleen Henderson
Principal Investigator
Michael W. Lindeman
Principal Investigator
Daniel Martinez
Projects Manager
Kristin Stott
Assistant Projects Manager
Project & Field Directors
Leslie D. Aragon
Research Archaeologist
Kathleen Bubnekovich
Crew Chief
Connie A. Darby
Field Director/Project Director
Caleb Ferbrache
Crew Chief
Erina Gruner
Field Director/Project Director
Christopher E. La Roche
Field Director/Project Director
John T. Marshall
Field Director/Project Director
Justin Mortensen
Crew Chief
Hoski Schaafsma
Field Director/Project Director
J. Homer Thiel
Senior Project Director/Historical Archaeologist
Analysts
Tessa L. Branyan-Martin
Ground Stone Analyst
Rachael Byrd
Bioarchaeologist
Michael W. Diehl
Paleoethnobotanist
James M. Heidke
Research Ceramicist
Nat J. Sullivan
Ceramic Analyst
R. J. Sliva
Lithic Analyst
Christine H. Virden-Lange
Shell Specialist/Historic Artifact Analyst
Jennifer A. Waters
Zooarchaeologist
Cartography & Graphics
Robert B. Ciaccio
Illustrator/Conceptual Artist/Crew Chief
Kendall L. Jones
CAD/GIS Technician
Brent G. Kober
Geographic Information Systems/Assistant Mapping Director
Stephanie Sherwood
Cartographer/Mapping Director
Laura Cerny-Ciaccio
Assistant Lab Director
Conor Mead
Lead Records Specialist
Laboratory
Sheri Thompson
Lab Director
Data Management