He is author of Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History (University Press of Florida 2005) and The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking (University Press of Florida, 2008). He has also published numerous articles on the role of alcohol in Caribbean society drawing on archaeological, documentary, and ethnographic evidence. For the past 20 years he has conducted archaeological investigations in Barbados. His work includes studies of seventeenth century British colonial drinking patterns in the urban context of Bridgetown, Barbados and the study o