Field & Research

Publications

Peer-Reviewed & Published

Diving in Peru: The Recovery of a Submerged Pre-Incan Pot

Quest: The Journal of Global Underwater Explorers , 21(2) , pp. 31–34 (2020)

An article that describes the events of recovering a submerged pre-Incan pot from a high altitude lake in the Peruvian Andes and what has been learned about the lake and the pot since its recovery.

Documents submerged pre-Incan material culture and demonstrates collaborative, conservation-minded recovery workflows.

Cueva El Tule

Association of Mexican Cave Studies , Activities Newsletter 42 (2019)

An article that describes the expedition to explore Cueva El Tule in northern Mexico. The article was written with Peter Sprouse and Jessica Gordan.

Advances understanding of Mexican cave systems through systematic exploration and documentation of previously unmapped passages.

Academic Papers

Why did humans create societies, states, and empires from the late neolithic period to 1500 CE?

October 2023

Exploring Water Quality of Georgetown, Texas

April 2024

The paper attributed the South Fork's higher sediment load at the confluence to an upstream concrete quarry. While the quarry may contribute, Lake Georgetown dams the North Fork and retains sediment during flood events — the South Fork has no such dam. This better explains the visible difference and invalidates the original conclusion.

Tourism Proposal

February 2025

Preliminary Report of Environmental Findings

February 2026

Museum Exhibit Recommendations

December 2024

Research Paper: Proposed Energy Mix by 2050

July 2025

How and why do Quechua communities in the Cordillera Vilcanota interpret and respond to glacial retreat and climatic disruption through indigenous knowledge systems?

April 2026