Dean A. Barnes is a cultural resources specialist with over eight years of experience in archaeology, historical preservation, and museum curation. He conducted cultural resources investigations including Section 106, Section 110, and NEPA projects in eight states. Mr. Barnes attended Southeastern Louisiana University receiving a BA in Cultural Resources Management, then received a MA in Heritage Resources from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. As an archaeological technician, crew chief, field director, and then principal investigator, he has performed cultural resources assessments, Phase I pedestrian and shovel testing surveys, Phase II National Register of Historic Places evaluation surveys, Phase III data recovery surveys, and non-destructive archaeological surveys. He has experience in curating both historic and pre-historic artifacts through documentation, photography, and preservation of artifacts to be stored for future analysis or museum display. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, he worked as a forestry and environmental technician. For over five years, he was involved with wetland restoration, invasive species removal, wetland delineations, and tree improvement projects where he operated and maintained equipment such as tractors, backhoes, bulldozers and various water transportation vessels.

I am the middle-man between the GSRC's CRM office and the work being conducted in the field. In the office before a project I work closely with the GIS specialist and Principal Investigatior to prepare and execute cultural resources surveys and monitoring for various agiencies to comply with Section 106, National Register, NAGPRA, and NHPA. In the field I supervise personel to properly conduct surveys and monitoring. I keep daily notes of the project and collect, organize, and store data collected in the field to be processed in the archaelogical lab. Once in the lab I help clean, preserve, identify, and store cultural resources tthat will be sent to various collection and storage facilities. Once all data and fieldwork is complete I will assist in writing reports and ensuring quality control of the reports before being sent to the clients and the State Historic Preservation Office.

Worked as a graduate assistant in the Cultural Resources Office under Dr. Tommy Hailey. I assisted in quality control for the lab, curated artifacts, reviewed reports, and would mentor undergrad students in the proper techniques of archaeology.