STAFF

Thomas
S. Dye

Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.

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.

Muffet Jourdane

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.

Kim Kalama

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 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.