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Andrew Bradshaw

Contact Information

Title and Position

Archaeological Information System Specialist

Institution or Business

St. Francis Xavier University
Nova Scotia, Canada

Excavation Experience

	Tafila-Busayra Archaeological Survey (TBAS)
	Tell Jawa (Iron Age fortified city)
	'Ain Ghazal (Neolithic)
	I also excavated at two archaic sites in Nova Scotia

Other Information

BA (Hons.) Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University BA Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University

I am currently employed by Burton MacDonald (Director TBAS) (http://www.stfx.ca/people/bmacdona/) as an Archaeological Information System Specialists; combining both Anthropology and Information Systems.

My work includes creating and maintaining a database, digital photos, web page design, and file management.

I will be returning to Jordan next spring to finish the TBAS project.

Future Plans: MSc in Archaeological Information Systems

If someone had told me I would be driving around in a 4 wheel drive vehicle looking for archaeological sites, or digging up some of the first human artifacts, or discovering ancient battles, I would not have believed them. But that is what I do as an archaeological volunteer.

While surveying, my day is filled with crawling around caves and tombs, reading maps, looking at photos, walking the land, and having tea with hospitable locals. While excavating my day is filled with taking measurements and photographs, unearthing objects buried for thousands of years, daydreaming of the past, getting dirty and having fun.

As a volunteer I wouldn't have it any other way. I do things I once dreamt of doing. Everyday is an adventure. There is no telling what I will find or who I will meet.