Burney, Michael S.

Michael S. Burney began his career in historical archaeology in 1967 as a student of Dr. Roderick Sprague, while pursuing his B.A. in anthropology at the University of Idaho. He was awarded his M.A. in archaeology in 1971 from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He authored Historical Archaeology of the Big Five Gold Mine in 2014 and, with Darby Stapp, co-authored Tribal Cultural Resource Management: The Full Circle to Stewardship in 2002. Burney continues to be active from his Taos, New Mexico home undertaking archaeological research and fieldwork, along with cultural resource management – most recently in New Mexico and Montana, respectively.