Here's a list of Jim's archaeological field experience and projects, or 32 years and counting in the trenches....

Consultant to Rob Edwards, Archaeologist, Aptos, California (1973-1975)

Field survey, excavation and preparation of Environmental Impact Reports in Santa Clara County, California. Project experience included prehistoric sites ranging from the Middle Horizon (3,000 B.P.) to Late Horizon (1,000-250 B.P.) and historical sites, notably the Luis Maria Peralta adobe (1791).

National Park Service, San Francisco, California (1978-1987)

Field survey, excavation, preparation of research designs and project reports, including work as principal investigator.

Sutro Heights, San Francisco, 1979-1980. Excavation and documentation of 1886-1939 residential complex and ornamental gardens. Co-Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck of S.S. Tennessee, Marin County, 1979-1981. Remote sensing survey, excavation of 1853 steamship wreck and associated material culture. Co-Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck of S.S. Winfield Scott, Anacapa Island, 1981-1983. Survey and documentation of 1853 steamship wreck. Co-Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck Survey, Point Reyes National Seashore, 1981-1983. Remote sensing survey, test excavation, documentation of exposed remains of several historic 19th and 20th century shipwrecks in Drakes Bay.

Shipwreck of King Philip, San Francisco, 1981-1984. Remote sensing survey, test excavation, documentation of exposed remains of 1878 medium clipper wreck on Ocean Beach. Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck of Neptune, San Francisco, 1982. Documentation of early 20th century wreck on Ocean Beach. Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck Survey for C.W. Lawrence, San Francisco, 1983. Remote sensing survey for 1851 wreck of U.S. Revenue Cutter. Co-Principal Investigator.

Black Point Battery, San Francisco, 1983-1985. Excavation and documentation of 1863 temporary harbour defence fortification. Co-Principal Investigator.

Shipwreck Survey, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 1985-1986. Field survey and documentation of hurricane exposed shipwreck remains on 60-mile linear beach area. Principal Investigator.

USS Monitor Project, 1986-1988. Project Historian.

Shipwreck Survey, Cape Cod National Seashore, 1986.Field survey and documentation of various 19th and 20th century wrecks.

Wreck of Brig Isabella, mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, 1986. Preliminary survey and documentation of 1830 wreck of Hudson's Bay Company supply vessel.

Matthew Turner/James Robertson Shipyard, Benicia, California, 1987. Survey and documentation of 1887-1918 shipyard site, test excavation and documentation of ex-whaler Stamboul (1841-1916) at site. Principal investigator.

Consultant to Archeo-Tec, Inc. Oakland, California and Underwater Archaeological Consortium, San Pedro, California (1986-1988, 2001-Present)

Historical and archaeological consultant, field excavation and analysis.

Hoff's Store, San Francisco, 1986-1987. Excavation and analysis of two collapsed, burned commercial and retail buildings (1851) on the former waterfront.

101 Mission Street, San Francisco, 1987. Excavation and analysis of residential site (1849-1853).

Rincon Annex, San Francisco, 1987. Excavation and analysis of sailor boarding house site (1887-1906) on waterfront.

Shipwreck of Bark LaGrange, Sacramento, 1986-1987. Documentation and analysis of Gold Rush vessel and prison hulk (1836-1863)

Charles Hare Yard, San Francisco, 1987-1988. Excavation and analysis of shipbreaking yard and associated vessel debris (1851-1856).

Storeship General Harrison, San Francisco, 2001-2005. Excavation and analysis of 1840 ship converted to a warehouse and burned in 1851.

National Park Service, Washington, D.C., 1988-1991

With the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, work included documentation, survey, and analysis, primarily as project historian/archaeologist.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1988-1989. Final survey of USS Arizona, and remote sensing survey for submerged aircraft wrecks and Japanese midget submarine.

Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida. Survey of numerous historic 18th and 19th century shipwrecks and documentation.

Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Survey and documentation of ships sunk in 1946 atomic bomb tests.

Wreck of US Brig Somers, Veracruz, Mexico, 1990. Survey and documentation of 1847 wreck of Mexican War naval vessel, in cooperation with the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. Principal Investigator.

Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, B.C. and Eco-Nova Productions Ltd. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1991-2006

Wreck of S.S. Beaver, Vancouver, 1991-1999. Survey and documentation of steamship wreck (1835-1887). Principal Investigator.

Wreck of Schooner Vancouver, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 1994. Survey and preliminary documentation of 1836 wreck of Hudson's Bay Company trading vessel. Principal Investigator.

Maritime collections, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 1994-1995. Reanalysis/documentation of archaeological collections excavated at Fort Vancouver between 1948-1978 for maritime archaeological materials. Principal Investigator.

Wreck of Maud, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada, 1996-1997. Survey and documentation of Arctic exploration vessel (1918-1931). Principal Investigator.

Wreck of Sidewheel Steamship Great Republic (1867) mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, 1997-Present. Ongoing survey and documentation of a portion of an 1879 steamship wreck initially thought to be Isabella, an 1830 wreck of Hudson's Bay Company supply vessel.

Wreck of HMS Terror, King William Island vicinity, Nunavut, Canada, 2000. A search for Captain Sir John Franklin’s exploration ship, HMS Terror (1845-1848), 2000.

Wreck of RMS Titanic (1912). Archaeological reconnaissance dive in submersible Mir 2, 2000.

Wreck of RMS Carpathia (1918) Celtic Sea, off Ireland. Survey and identification of the wreck of the ship that rescued Titanic’s survivors, 2000.

Wreck of Mary Celeste (1885) Rochelois Reef, Haiti. Survey and identification and ongoing analysis of artifacts from a merchant ship previously found abandoned at sea in 1872 in a case that remains a notorious maritime mystery, 2000-2002.

Wreck of L-26, near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Survey and identification of British 1920’s submarine scuttled after World War II, 2001.

Wreck of HMCS Clayaquot (1944), near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Survey and identification of Canadian minesweeper sunk by a German U-Boat, 2001.

Wreck of US Collier Merrimac (1898), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Survey and identification of first warship sunk during the Spanish-American War, 2003.

Wreck of Fox (1912) at Qequertarsuag, Greenland. Survey of 1855 steamship used in Arctic exploration and as an Arctic trade vessel. Principal investigator, 2003.

Wreck of Mongol (Ghenko) Fleet Vessel (1281), Takashima, Japan. Consultation on excavation of Chinese-built warship lost during Mongol invasion of Japan, 2002.

Sub Marine Explorer (1865), Isla San Telmo, Panama. Survey and identification of American Civil War submarine. Principal Investigator, 2001-2006.

Juno Beach (1944), Normandy, France. Survey of Canadian beach and offshore waters from the D-Day landings of June 1944. Principal Investigator, 2004.

Monitor Russalka (1867), Baltic Ocean between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. Consultation and survey of Russian Navy double-turreted monitor lost in 1893 with all hands, 2005.

Gallipoli (Cannakale) Turkey (1914-1915) Reconnaissance survey of wrecks of HMS Goliath and HMS Triumph from naval battles off Gallipoli Peninsula, 2005.

Insititute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas and Bodrum, Turkey, 2006-Present

Sub Marine Explorer (1865), Isla San Telmo, Panama. Ongoing survey and documentation of American Civil War submarine. Principal Investigator, 2006, 2008.

Rio Chagres Survey, Panama. Remote sensing survey and ground-truthing sites at the mouth of the river which has served as a highway for trade, commerce and invasion for over 500 years. Co-Principal Investigator.

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