Dr. David H. Thomas

Dr. David Hurst Thomas is a respected researcher, specializing in the relationship between Native American and anthropological communities. During his 35-year tenure at the American Museum of Natural History, Dr. Thomas published dozens of books ranging from technical site reports to widely used popular textbooks. He continues to be involved in archaeological fieldwork throughout North America. His best known projects include excavations at the Gatecliff Rockshelter in Nevada, which is the deepest stratified rockshelter in North America; on St. Catherines Island in Georgia, where he discovered the site of the Franciscan mission Santa Catalina de Guale; and the Spanish mission south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.^[1][4] (from Wikipedia).

Dave has been a colleague of Gale since 1986 on St. Catherines Island, has published with Gale as a coauthor on many papers, and was co-editor of “Geoarchaeology of St. Catherines Island, GA,” as well as a friend and mentor. Dr. Thomas is also a master storyteller, one of the best in the World!