User:Mudchicken

Welcome to my user page! I am Mudchicken (he/his pronouns), a graduate student in Cultural Resources Management and private-sector archaeologist/architectural historian. I'm a neophyte editor who would love your feedback.

I often work in little towns that have next to no information on Wikipedia. I find that a shame, because I am from one of these places, and it has a rich history. Every place does, and most places actually do have published literature about them. It just takes someone to get that online. Thus, on occasion, I feel compelled to write brief historical overviews.

I'm usually priggish about using books and journal articles above websites, because anyone can put anything on a website. In the case of history, people often do perpetuate total fabrications. Source criticism is important to me.

Because I'm a snob, I edit grammar and sentence structure for clarity. I make mistakes too, though, and gladly welcome revisions on my own writing.

Areas of Interest
These are the subjects that I study and interact with on a regular basis for work.
 * Cultural resource management
 * Historical archaeology
 * Cultural landscapes
 * Vernacular architecture

Pages I Have Worked On

 * Annapolis, California - This is the subject of my thesis research. For now, I wrote a larger historical background section and contributed a personal image.
 * Gualala, California - I expanded the rather disorganized previous historical background sections.
 * Preston, California - I wrote a brief background based on a fantastic MA thesis on the location's whole history.
 * Sonoma County landmarks - I've only contributed minor edits for locational accuracy and links related to Annapolis.
 * Sonoma County Historic Landmarks and Districts - Again, I've only contributed minor edits for locational accuracy and links related to Annapolis.
 * Charles Spearin - This page has needed some help. Cleaned up the bio and organized musical credits. I want to keep working on this page to do justice to such a tremendously-talented artist.
 * Antiquities Act - Another one I mean to clean up, since this is important information to my career.