Tom is an archaeologist
active in the Honolulu community. He currently serves as president of
the Society for
Hawaiian Archaeology and on the Editorial Board of the
Hawaiian Journal of History. He is past President of 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.
Elaine "Muffet" Jourdane, B.A.
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.
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.
Aldona Dye
Aldona began working for T. S. Dye & Colleagues in 2005. She input most of the project data in the "Projects" section of the website. Aldona is currently a student at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she is studying Classic Greek Literature.
