September 19, 2006

Hello Dr. D,

It's been a few years now since I attended your excavation class in Poway, the fall semester of 1999.  You may remember me as the really dedicated student who drove down from Santa Monica every weekend just for the class.  I have to say that it was one of the most giving excavations I've attended.  Since then I have been studying at Uppsala University in Sweden and now I'm working on a Master's in classical archaeology and also a Bachelor degree in Nordic archaeology.  Through scholarships I have been given the opportunity to take part in a survey project (IKAP) in Pylos, Greece, in a project in Pompeii, Italy, and excavations at a Bronze Age/Medieval site not far from where I live.

I have some questions I hope you can answer.  For my Bachelor thesis I'm looking into Hunter/Gatherer moose hunting traps in northern Scandinavia.  In Sweden there are many hunting traps in what you can call pit systems and I wanted to see if you are aware of similar systems in North America, maybe even in the south western part of United States.  I really want to take in some kind of ethnographic material as well as compare traditions and techniques with other hunting groups. 

I appreciate all information you can give me.  If you see Chris Henley some time tell him I said hi (but it has been about 10 yeas now so he might not remember me). 

Best wishes,

Maria Wiseman