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Los Angeles, California

Orange County, California Area

Pasadena, Ca

Fieldwork involving archaeological survey, monitoring, testing, and data collection.Hazardous Tree Removal Monitoring: Sequoia National Forest, California. Survey, monitoring, and site recording for Southern California Edison along transmission line RoW.Cedar Creek Anticline: Baker, Montana. Archaeological site recording, block survey, survey for pipeline development.Crow Irrigation Project: Crow Indian Reservation, Montana. Survey and recording of historic irrigation features.Washakie 3D Seismic Project: Washakie Basin, Wyoming. Survey and recording of prehistoric/historic sites, shovel testing for eligibility.Riley Ridge to Natrona Project: Central Wyoming. Pipeline project involving shovel testing, survey of access roads, site updating, and prehistoric/historic site recording.

Vero Beach, Florida

Phase III Archaeological Excavation at Vero Man Site (8IR009) Field Season: 1 February - 15 May 2016Florida Atlantic University - Harbor Branch Oceanographic InstituteLead Archaeologist: C. Andrew Hemmings, Principal Investigator: Dr. James Adovasio • Stratigraphic excavation of intact early Holocene and late Pleistocene soils involving detailed documentation of the site stratigraphy, soil profile mapping, and the systematic collection of charred faunal and floral remains.• Responsible for overseeing the daily set-up and operation of the Total Station with TDS Ranger data collector (Survey Pro 4.8)• In-field faunal identification and analysis.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Archaeological Survey:Delta, UT: Testing site prediction model for BLM - surveying areas of low, moderate, and high site probability, historic/prehistoric site recordingSoda Fire Survey: Post-fire survey of BLM land in SW, IDLemhi County Survey: Class III survey and recording of prehistoric and historic sites in Lemhi County, ID

Logan, Ut

Fieldwork, Museum Curation, GIS:• Creating site sketch/location maps on ArcGIS for SHPO site forms and project reports.• Survey: Historic and prehistoric site recording using Trimble XT, metal detector, Ground Penetrating Radar, Magnetometer, RTK. • GIS Data management and analysis, preparing site reportsU.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, UT: Intensive 6k acre pedestrian survey of military installation in wildfire burn areas. Bear River Massacre Site, Preston, ID: Historic 1863 massacre site. In conjunction with the Western Bands of Northern Shoshone and the Idaho National Guard. Curation: Accessioning and cataloging prehistoric artifacts from four Freemont sites for reposit at the Natural History Museum of Utah and USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum.

Logan, Ut

• Installation and monitoring of soil cores for research project examining effects of different precipitation regimes on dryland agriculture, range plant, and forest growth.• Dendrochronology: measuring and analyzing tree core samples.

Hell Gap Site, Wy

• Utilized advanced field techniques – excavation, mapping, survey. • Employed electronic & digital data recording – Total Station mapping and lab software. • Analyzed archaeological material through data management and analysis, and real time graphic display techniques. • Participated in experimental stone tool production and use wear analysis.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geographic Information Science And Cartography

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Anthropology, Summa Cum Laude

Emphasis in Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management.

Archaeological Field School (5 Cr.), Field Archaeology / Cultural Resource Management