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SCOTTY MOORE
Scotty Brian Moore was born on July 15, 1977 in Oklahoma City. As a child, Scotty had an interest in science and loved the outdoors, often going hiking, camping and exploring.
After graduating from high school in 1995, Scotty received an academic scholarship to the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. While at college, Scotty was profoundly influenced by Hulon Madelay, an ex-professional wrestler turned geologist. Madelay ignited his interest in geology and archaeology, bringing together Scotty’s two loves of science and the outdoors.
How do you become a Bone Detective?
He participated in his first archaeological excavation in 1996, when he assisted in the discovery of the body of a young deformed child that was buried with an amazing array of wealth. This discovery convinced Scotty that archaeology was his true calling.
He graduated from SMU in 1999, having received numerous awards, including the Ivan and Peggy Fry Award for Outstanding Achievement in Anthropology.
Scotty left Texas to pursue a graduate education at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, and in 2001 he received his MA in anthropology. Scotty then gained a PhD in archaeology in 2004, while teaching courses in archaeology at the University of Washington and consulting with Native American tribes at the Burke Museum in Seattle. During his time at UW, Scotty was instrumental in helping them win a one million dollar grant to conduct archaeological research in Russia and Japan.
The Life of an Archaeologist
In 2004, he moved to Arizona with his wife, Kimberly, who began studying law at Arizona State University. Scotty began working at a private archaeological consulting firm and was quickly promoted to director of analysis, a job that he continues to this day. Scotty also serves as an adjunct professor of archaeology at Mesa Community College in Arizona.
In his spare time, he continues to work on his dissertation, which involves changing the way archaeologists determine where prehistoric populations obtained stone for their tools.
Over the past 10 years, Scotty has worked on archaeological projects in seven states in the USA and four countries, ranging from Lewis and Clark’s encampment at Fort Clatsop, Oregon, to prehistoric hunter-gatherer sites in Siberia. In Arizona and New Mexico, Scotty has also organised, developed, and supervised close to 100 projects of different sizes.
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