Ian W. Brown has been a practicing archaeologist for 50 years. Most of his work has taken place in the Southeastern U.S. He taught for many years at both Harvard University and the University of Alabama. He has been a researcher, teacher, curator, museum director, anthropology department chair, and president of two national professional organizations. He is a lifetime member of the Association for Gravestone Studies and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In the 69th year of life he began a blissful retirement in Tuscaloosa where he continues to ramble.
