Educated on the High Plains of Eastern Colorado and Western Nebraska, he developed a lifelong dedication to archaeology, with a particular focus on flaked stone tools. Following a distinguished 24-year career in the United States Air Force, he pursued advanced studies at the University of Exeter, earning a Master’s degree in Experimental Archaeology with Distinction. He has since served as an international consultant on lithic technologies, contributed to excavations in Wyoming and Colorado, and engaged in academic teaching and lecturing, including collaborations with the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His scholarly interests further encompass weapons development through the Viking Age, early metallurgy and forging, as well as the peopling of the Americas. He currently resides in Texas, near the military base from which he retired.

He possesses extensive experience in the field of open-air museums, having earned an MA in the Netherlands and completed a PhD in the United Kingdom. As a co-founder of EXARC, he served as its director until 2023. Following his tenure at the Eindhoven Museum in the Netherlands, he directed both the Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen in Germany and the Middelaldercentret in Denmark. His participation in the EU project RETOLD—focused on documenting, digitizing, and sharing best practices in open-air museums—led him to Gotha, where he currently oversees the largest digitization project in the German museum sector.

Dr Tammy Hodgskiss (married surname Reynard) is the Curator and Acting Head at the Origins Centre museum, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Tammy is an archaeologist with a research focus on ochre and pigment use in Southern Africa during the Stone Ages. Her research incorporates experimental archaeological methods with emphasis on ochre processing methods, use-wear identification, paint manufacture and hafting adhesives. She is passionate about incorporating experimental archaeology experiences into science communication practices and public programming initiatives.

He is the Prehistoric Archaeologist for the Tennessee Division of Archaeology in Nashville, Tennessee. His work includes managing ancient Native American sites on state-owned lands, conducting archaeological excavations and research, and informing the public about Tennessee’s archaeological heritage. He is an expert in the archaeological footprint of tattooing, and his experimental studies since 2013 have focused primarily on tattooing technology, looking specifically at bone tool replication and use wear analysis.

She is a use-wear analyst with specialisms in stone and experimental archaeology, where her research has focused on the experimental investigation of traces of manufacture and use on various materials. She is an expert in Northern and Western European prehistory and archaeological theory, and is interested in bringing together varied scientific and theoretical methods that are rarely applied together to study material culture.