“Anybody can look and find. The important part of being an archeologist is that you do the analysis, the lab work, the reporting and then you come up with an interpretation,” he says. “My work includes way more important parts than just looking, searching.”
Q̓íx̌itasu practices what he has come to identify as a M̓ṇúxvit approach to the work. M̓ṇúxvit is a Haíɫzaqv word that loosely translates to English as “uniting, becoming one.”
There were many times throughout his studies and field work he realized his cultural protocols and context governed his work differently than other archeologists. In his research and work, Q̓íx̌itasu combines many approaches, practicing a new, yet ancient methodology, uniting many ways of doing things into one. He consulted Rory Housty, a Haíɫzaqvḷa (Haíɫzaqv language) speaker and teacher, and Elizabeth Brown his mother-in-law (fluent Haíɫzaqv speaker), explaining his methodology, to find the appropriate Haíɫzaqv term for his practice.
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