The tracks are mine - the footprints I've left here and there as I explore the places most dear to me. Some are awe-inspiring and internationally significant; others are simple markers of someone else's journey, personal and small scale. Archaeology is all around us, and I have always loved to stop and listen to the stories the places tell.
I'm hoping that "Tracks through time and place" will be something more than a simple, archaeologically inspired travelogue. For the student of archaeology, the journey never has to end: new findings from Easter Island offer a new understanding of my visit there; new data on the DNA of Brazil's"Lucia" is part of the ever-expanding story of complexity in the Amazon Basin.
I make no pretence to being an expert on archaeology or paleoanthropology. It has been my passion for many years, but I am a writer and editor by profession, with a simple BA. I make no offers of new archeological insights or original thinking; simply a little reflection and research to flesh out the bones of personal experience. And some pretty pictures.
Enjoy.
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