Lead Archaeologist and Field Director
cameron.turley@dca.nm.gov
Cameron’s archaeological experience spans more than 15 years across five countries. His practice has taken him to northern Tuscany, where he supervised student excavators at the Etruscan acropolis Poggio Colla, to Iceland, where he excavated Norse to Early Modern period sites across the country, and to southern Greenland, where he and his colleagues studied regional Norse settlement and abandonment patterns, and where he performed his graduate work in launching excavations at the more recent Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) Moravian mission, the largest settlement in the country dating back to the nineteenth century.
Cameron has also conducted cultural resource management work in Texas and has worked on Saladoid sites on Barbuda in the Caribbean. In addition to field archaeology, Cameron spent seven years as a lecturer at the City University of New York’s Lehman and Brooklyn Colleges, where he taught an array of introductory to advanced anthropology courses. He holds a Bachelor of Science in anthropology from Southern Methodist University, a Master of Philosophy in anthropology from CUNY, and is presently writing dissertation chapters.
In 2021, Cameron and his partner left New York City for Santa Fe. Upon returning to the Southwest, where he was raised and received his initial archaeological training, Cameron spent time working for the Santa Fe National Forest. He is now a proud member of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies.
When not on the job, Cameron enjoys tending to his flock of chickens and garden, foraging mushrooms, cooking (with special emphasis on Tuscan cuisine), indulging in Formula 1 fandom (44!), playing video and board games, and consuming science-fiction media of all types. He also enjoys attending metal concerts and the Santa Fe Opera.