Former Vermont chief archaeologist, professor and long-distance hiker worked on highway projects throughout the state Duncan Campbell Wilkie, 76, of Montpelier, Vt., died at Central Vermont Medical Center after a long and valiant fight with Parkinson’s disease and Parks dementia with Lewy body features. Prior to his hospitalization, he spent 17 months at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing in the memory care unit. Duncan received excellent care in both facilities and from Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice staff during his long decline. The family extends their heartfelt thank-you. Duncan was born on August 11, 1947, in Andover, Mass., the son of Robert C. and Barbara M. (Dalton) Wilkie. While he was still young, the family moved to Millis, Mass. In 1967 he graduated from the Hinckley School in Hinckley, Maine, then received a BA degree in history/anthropology/sociology from Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, in 1971, where he secured two museum internships, at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Ohio Historical Society Museum in Columbus, Ohio. He also studied in England and Scotland. He received an MA degree in anthropology from the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev., in 1974 and a PhD degree in archaeology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1979. He specialized in North American archaeology and oversaw archaeological digs in Florida and Ohio during the summers. Duncan taught sociology, anthropology and archaeology at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo. from 1976 to 1988. While teaching at SEMO, he began a private consulting business called Cultural Resource Consultants, providing archaeological consulting to schools, airports, highways and harbors in Missouri and Tennessee. From 1988 to 1991 he taught archaeology at Plymouth State College in Plymouth, N.H., and was the director of a master’s in education degree program. From 1988 to 1991 he was also the resident archaeologist for the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. He came to Vermont in 1992 to become the chief archaeologist for the Vermont Agency of Transportation, a position from which he retired in 2009. While chief archaeologist, he worked on the Bennington Bypass, the Circumferential Highway in Chittenden County, the Alburg-Swanton Bridge, the Lake Champlain Bridge, the Route 7 corridor and other highway projects throughout the state. Duncan married Kathleen Long of Framingham, Mass., in 1971. Their daughter, Noreen Marie, was born on May 13, 1978, and their son, Mark Brian, was born on July 21, 1983, both in Cape Girardeau, Mo.. Duncan and Kathleen divorced in 1991. Duncan married Susan…