She has been involved in archaeological and historical fieldwork in Burgundy, France since 1991. She specializes in collecting land-use, demographic and economic information through historical documents (e.g. parish records, tax records, agricultural reports, historical maps, etc.) which can be spatially integrated into a GIS database, specifically the Burgundian GIS database of Dr. Scott Madry (see below). Her work on the history of the French landscape and the practices of local farm families from the 16th century to the present in the Commune of Uxeau, Burgundy informs contemporary understandings of land-used in the area and can provide locally-specific models for dealing with climate change in the region.