Sean Field
Department of Anthropology & School of Computer
Assistant Professor
Sean Field is a computational archaeologist who integrates remote sensing, data science, and machine learning techniques to understand human settlement and climate dynamics in past and contemporary contexts. His fieldwork has centered on the U.S. southwest, but has experience across the northern hemisphere, from Greece and Ireland to the Republic of Georgia. He is a UW Derecho Assistant Professor joint appointment between the School of Computing and the Department of Anthropology. To learn more about his work visit seanfieldresearch.com.
Education
PhD, University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Anthropology, 2023
MA, University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Anthropology, 2019
MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. of Anthropology, 2017
BA, University of Northern Colorado, Dept. of Anthropology & History, 2015
Research Interests
Archeology of the northern U.S. Southwest (southwestern Colorado and northwestern
New Mexico)
Computational applications – R programming language & big data
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis
Remote sensing – satellite and airborne photogrammetry and LiDAR Human-climate dynamics
