MICAH J. HALE, RPA

Senior Archaeologist

mhale@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• In progress Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Department of Anthropology
• 2001 M.A., California State University, Sacramento, Department of Anthropology
• 1996 B.S., University of California, Davis, Department of Anthropology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Micah Hale earned his M.A. in archaeology from CSU Sacramento in 2001. He has been listed on the Register of Professional Archaeologists since 2001. Mr. Hale has experience as a field director, ground stone analyst, flaked stone analyst, invertebrate analyst, and author. He has served as Principal Archaeologist, Associate Archaeologist, and a Public Outreach Instructor. He currently functions as a Project Archaeologist, directing fieldwork, ground stone analysis, and report authorship.

Mr. Hale has experience conducting both academic and professional research in archaeology at the supervisory level in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon, including work conducted for SWDIV, Caltrans, Western Area Power Administration, California State Parks, various local agencies, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. His research interests include modeling prehistoric division of labor, the organization of prehistoric subsistence technology, early Holocene coastal adaptations in southern California and on San Clemente Island, the role of marine biota in late Holocene coastal California intensification, and public outreach.