Dayan Weller, M.A., RPA

Experience

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  Albion Environmental, Inc.

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2019

  Archaeological Field Technician

  Field and lab work including excavation, mapping, and cataloging of recovered material at American and Mission period sites in Santa Clara and other locations in CA.

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  Dudek

  Nov 2019 - May 2021

  Archaeological Field Technician

  Periodic survey and excavation on a number of projects in California.

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  East Carolina University

  May 2023 - Jun 2023

  Crew Chief

  Assisting faculty instruction and leading groups of students during the summer 2023 ECU field school. Students were trained in terrestrial and underwater survey methods, site recording, photogrammetry, towboarding, and identification of ship construction elements. Multiple historic structures were recorded, along with a recent shipwreck in English Harbour.

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  NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

  Aug 2023 - Sept 2023

  Graduate Student Assistant

  Ocean Explorer project aimed at locating the remains of Sv. Nikolai, and assessing the condition of other known shipwrecks in the OCNMS. Assistance with multibeam sonar, side-scan sonar, and magnetometer surveys of potential wreck areas, followed by data processing and target diving.

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  South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology

  Oct 2023 - Oct 2023

  Archaeological Field Technician

  Target diving and preliminary recording of shipwrecks identified in 2022-2023 surveys of the Port Royal Sound.

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  R3X Group, Inc.

  Jun 2024 - now

  Senior Archaeologist