Hello! My name is Daniel. I am an archaeologist and historian from central California currently working on my Master's degree in Luso-African studies. I recently completed a research trip to Guinea-Bissau and am in the process of writing my thesis, which is about a a small village called Tite and how it affected the outcome of Guinea-Bissau's independence war.

I like:

• History, anthropology, and archaeology. Specifically prehistoric peoples and human origins, lithic technology, Native American history, the peopling of the Americas, modern African history, and decolonization.
• Nature and ecology, especially anything related to the Mojave Desert.
• Poetry. Favorites are Mary Oliver, Walt Whitman, Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bishop, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• Journaling.
• Linux, FOSS, indie-web. I've been learning some HTML and CSS lately and having a great time.
• Tea.
• Birdwatching.
• Drumming.
• Music. Mostly ambient, indie rock/emo, black metal, jazz, folk, world music, jangle pop, and hip-hop. Though I'm usually just listening to The Mountain Goats.
• Video games. Pretty much just online chess, Skyrim, Stardew Valley, Wingspan, my PS2 emulator, and reminiscing about RuneScape.