Tom is an archaeologist
active in the Honolulu community. He currently serves on the
Editorial Board of the
Hawaiian Journal of History. He is past President
of Society for
Hawaiian Archaeology , Hawaiian Historical Society,
and Friends of Wai`alae
School. His doctoral dissertation, written for Frank Hole at Yale
University, is on prehistoric social and cultural change in the
Kingdom of Tonga. He has published on geological sourcing of
artifacts, radiocarbon dating, the decline of the prehistoric
Marquesan fishing industry, and faunal change and extinction on
Polynesian islands, among other topics. A copy of his resume in
portable document format (PDF) is here.
Eric K. Komori
Eric is a principal of T. S. Dye & Colleagues. He specializes in
geographic information systems (GIS) databases and was responsible for
the design and implementation of the State's Historic Sites GIS.
Prior to that, he worked for many years at Bishop Museum, and
has kept alive his association with Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto's investigation of
Huahine Island in the Society Islands. A copy of his resume in
portable document format (PDF) is here.
Elaine "Muffet" Jourdane
Muffet has worked as an archaeologist since high school. She
excavated the waterlogged Huahine site with Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto in the
1970s when she worked at Bishop Museum. Most recently, she was with
the State Historic Preservation Division, where she was Assistant
O`ahu Island archaeologist for 11 years. A copy of her resume in
portable document format (PDF) is here.
Kimberly Kalama
Kim began working for T. S. Dye & Colleagues in 2003. Before
that, she grew puakenikeni and made them into lei for
sale. Recently, Kim discovered traditional Hawaiian abraders made
from the spines of Echinothrix diadema, a first in Hawaiian
archaeology.
Kekapala Dye
Kekapala has been working for T. S. Dye & Colleagues since it
began, surveying the lava fields of the Kekaha coast the summer after
his junior year in high school. He recently received his B.A. in
Anthropology from Hawai`i Pacific University and plans to pursue an
advanced degree in archaeology.
Carl Sholin
Carl began working for T. S. Dye & Colleagues in 2009, shortly
after he graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in
Anthropology cum laude. Carl specializes in geoarchaeology and
bioarchaeology and plans to make a career of archaeology in Hawai`i.
A copy of his resume in portable document format (PDF)
is here.
Krickette Murabayashi
Krickette began working for T. S. Dye & Colleagues in 2010, shortly
after she graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa with a degree in
English. She is a Research Assistant with duties that include archival
research, report writing, and editing.
