Jack Meyer, M.A.
Jack began doing California archaeology at the Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University in 1992, where he studied the practice of geoarchaeology and its application to cultural resources management. His primary research interests include late Quaternary geology, paleo-environments, landscape evolution, landform chrono-stratigraphy, site formation processes, the structure of the archaeological record, and the problem of locating buried sites. As an advocate for improving the multi-disciplinary relationships between archaeology and the earth sciences, he regularly integrates and synthesizes geological and archaeological datasets to identify where buried archaeological sites may or may not be located. He has directed hundreds of archaeological and geoarchaeological studies throughout California, including such large and complex projects as the Los Vaqueros Reservoir/Pipeline (1994-98) and the Sonora Bypass (2000-2006), and developed region-wide geoarchaeological overviews and assessments for Caltrans Districts 3, 6, and 9 (2006-2010), with others underway. Jack joined Far Western in 2006 where he is currently a Principal Geoarchaeologist and Project Coordinator.