Field Director

• Jan 2023 - Present

Staff Archaeologist

• Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Mr. Dungey is a staff archaeologist and crew chief with 4 years of professional experience in different areas of anthropology and archaeology that include cultural resource management, museum curation, and public archaeology. He has served as a field technician, field assistant, and project archaeologist on projects located in the American Southwest and West, primarily in Colorado, Idaho, and Utah. Mr. Dungey has experience working in different areas of anthropology and archaeology, including pedestrian survey, archaeological excavation, mitigation and testing, and curating and researching cultural materials in laboratory settings, as well as writing field reports, writing field and site forms, and mapping sites and project areas using ArcGIS mapping equipment and software in the field. His responsibilities include pedestrian survey, testing and mitigation, archaeological monitoring, and contributing to project reporting. His areas of specialty and academic research include American Southwest archaeology; American Bottom Region archaeology; Great Basin archaeology; American historical archaeology; cultural material curation, inventorying, and lab research; community and public archaeology; and intergenerational archaeological education between older and younger generations.

Crew Chief

• Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

- Conducted pedestrian survey and excavation in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Washington, and Wyoming, including prehistoric and historic sites and cultural materials in the American West and SouthwestIdentified sites, features, and cultural materials from different prehistoric and historic periods, including Paleoindian, Archaic, Late Plains tradition, and American West westward expansion, homesteading, ranching, and mining- Mapped sites using ArcGIS Collector and TerraSync programs, photographed sites and cultural materials in the field, and wrote site forms and field inventories- Contributed to writing field reports and state site forms- Conducted basic map and data analysis on ArcGIS

Field Tech

• Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

- Conducted pedestrian survey in south and central Utah, and in southern Idaho, focusing on prehistoric, protohistoric, and historic sites and artifacts within the Great Basin Region - Conducted surveys in compliance with state and federal laws - Mapped sites after conducting survey using a Trimble and TerraSync - Took pictures of sites and diagnostic artifacts recorded in project photologs - Conducted pedestrian survey in south and central Utah, and in southern Idaho, focusing on prehistoric, protohistoric, and historic sites and artifacts within the Great Basin Region - Conducted surveys in compliance with state and federal laws - Mapped sites after conducting survey using a Trimble and TerraSync - Took pictures of sites and diagnostic artifacts recorded in project photologs

Assistant Curator

• Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

• Collections management for DUMA’s archaeology collections, including assisting researchers working with DUMA’s archaeology collections, helping in cataloguing artifacts, such as lithophones, and housing archaeological materials from sites such as Swallow and Franktown Cave • Assisted in creating and participated in a grant-funded workflow for rehousing the DU Amache Project Archaeology collections • An exhibit I produced was displayed during the spring of 2019 on the 2nd Floor of Sturm Hall at the University of Denver and I have aided in exhibit production

Archaeological Collections Intern

• Sep 2019 - Nov 2019

• Preparing a database of maize collections to present to Crow Canyon • Analyzing and entering archaeological collections into the State Historic Preservation Office’s Argus database, including a federal collection from the National Forest Service • Drafting collection policies, collection policy management, and outreach with State Repositories • Processing and creating inventorying procedures for archaeology collections at the Aurora History Museum • Preparing a database of maize collections to present to Crow Canyon • Analyzing and entering archaeological collections into the State Historic Preservation Office’s Argus database, including a federal collection from the National Forest Service • Drafting collection policies, collection policy management, and outreach with State Repositories • Processing and creating inventorying procedures for archaeology collections at the Aurora History Museum

Archaeologist

• Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

• Participated in transmission line survey in Utah, primarily in federal and private land • Crew found two possible prehistoric sites during this survey • Participated in transmission line survey in Utah, primarily in federal and private land • Crew found two possible prehistoric sites during this survey

Exhibit Production and Presentation

• May 2019 - Aug 2019

• Created a temporary archaeology exhibit with assistance by Dr. Bonnie Clark for the Amache exhibit at History Colorado Center • Exhibit focuses on teaching about garden archaeology (especially the application of palynology) through data recovered by the 2014 DU Amache Project. Exhibit also helps visitors understand the significance of gardens at Amache, a Japanese American Internment Camp near Granada, Colorado • I first presented the exhibit in May 2019, and again 5 times during summer 2019, after which the exhibit will likely become an ongoing interactive exhibit for museum programming • Prior to this, I conducted lab analysis on historical artifacts from Amache excavated during the 2018 DU Amache Project

Project Archaeologist

• Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

• Headed a 3-week archaeology summer camp for students teaching survey, excavation, and lab methods • Produced a field report for Colorado’s Office of Archaeology and Historical Resources and the State Historic Preservation Office • Brian Brunst, an undergraduate student studying history, and I have catalogued, inventoried, and dated recovered historic artifacts between the 1890s-1940s after research • Worked with adults and children at Highlands Micro School to maintain and excavate the site to teach them about archaeological stewardship and techniques as part of my master’s thesis at DU

Field Archaeologist

• May 2017 - Jul 2017

• Assisted Dr. Charles Riggs and his assistant, Blythe Morrison, in conducting excavation at the Bowthorpe Site, a Pueblo I and Pueblo II period site, north of Cortez, Colorado and taught students attending the field school about basics of archaeological fieldwork

Assistant Curator

• Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

• Learned about museum practices, proper object collecting and storage practices, and exhibit production• Assisted in producing exhibits and learning about database collections

Archaeologist

• Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

• Performed archaeological surveys, participated in small excavation work, and worked with GPS and mapping equipment (mostly Trimble) in the Four Corners Area • Performed archaeological surveys, participated in small excavation work, and worked with GPS and mapping equipment (mostly Trimble) in the Four Corners Area

Summer Student

• Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

• Participated in excavating pre-historic and historical sites in Chan Chich, Belize. Different sites were excavated focusing on Maya archaeology sites and sites of past looter activity • Took part in mapping and opening sites, excavation, and conducting archaeological survey • Worked part-time in an on-site archaeological lab, learning how to properly handle, pack, and categorize artifacts and document mapped features • Participated in excavating pre-historic and historical sites in Chan Chich, Belize. Different sites were excavated focusing on Maya archaeology sites and sites of past looter activity • Took part in mapping and opening sites, excavation, and conducting archaeological survey • Worked part-time in an on-site archaeological lab, learning how to properly handle, pack, and categorize artifacts and document mapped features