Meet the Team Linda M. Nicholas, M.A. Adjunct Curator of Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnology, The Field Museum Linda Nicholas has participated in archaeological field research in Oaxaca, Mexico, for more than 25 years. She has worked on regional settlement pattern projects in the Valley of Oaxaca and several smaller, neighboring valleys, intensive site surveys of hilltop terrace sites, and excavations of Classic period (A.D. 200-800) houses. Since 1995, she also has been part of a collaborative team of North American and Chinese scholars studying the Late Neolithic through Han periods in Shandong, China. In addition to her fieldwork in Mexico and China, she has participated in archaeological field research in Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, Wyoming, and the Northwest Coast. Linda Nicholas specializes in regional survey, mapping archaeological sites, and household archaeology. meet the Shandong University team>>