Paul Goldberg is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Archaeology, Boston University. He obtained his B.A. in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology from The University of Michigan. He is currently Professorial Research Professor in the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong, and member of the Center for Archaeological Science at the University of Tübingen. His research interests focus on the application of micromorphology to the study of landscapes, soils, and site formation processes at archaeological sites. Most of his research is in the Old World, particularly cave sediments from China, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, and most recently Flores.