Michael Cook Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona

• Own and manage archaeological and environmental consulting company in Tucson, Arizona.

Tucson, Arizona

• Served in many roles as manager, supervisor, field director, researcher, writer on wide variety of archaeological projects throughout Arizona.

Tucson, Arizona

Project Archaeologist and Principal Investigator. Responsible for field supervision, project management, research, and report writing. Primary projects include 7,000 acre Section 110 archaeological survey and a 3,500 acre archaeological inventory at Nellis Air Force Base (Nevada) and Advisor to Native American Program at Nellis.

Tucson, Arizona

• Project Manager. Helped establish and manage WestLand’s Cultural Resources Division, which was added to WestLand’s pre-existing natural resources and engineering divisions in 2004. Managed over 50 projects, consisting.
• Quail Creek Survey and Data Recovery 2004-2007 (WestLand Resources, Inc.). Project Manager for several survey and data recovery projects for the Quail Creek Community near Tucson, Arizona. Projects totaled a combined.
• Resolution Copper Mining 2007-2008 (WestLand Resources, Inc.). Project Manager for 5,000 acre survey near Superior, Arizona. Project totaled approximately $200,000 for survey and site recording of over 60 historic and.
• Willow Springs 2004-2007 (WestLand Resources, Inc.)Project Manager for survey and data recovery at the Willow Springs Development between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Project totaled approximately $200,000 for selected.
• Summit Heights 2005-2008 (WestLand Resources, Inc.)Project Manager for survey and data recovery at the Summit Height Development in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Project totaled approximately $300,000 for survey, site.

Wrote cultural resources reports, including Willow Springs Class III survey report

• Periodic archaeology field technician and crew chief. Periodic faunal and human bone analyst. Major excavation projects include:
• Chicken Ranch Phase I and II Data Recovery, Marana, AZ, October–December 1999
• Zanardelli Phase I and II Data Recovery, Tucson, AZ, March 2002
• Mimbres and Hohokam excavation, Safford and Duncan, AZ, April–July 2004

Class III survey of 30,000 acres, Las Vegas, NV

• Periodic archaeology field technician and crew chief. Periodic faunal bone analyst. Major excavation projects include:
• Early Agricultural/Late Archaic testing: Las Capas Phase I Data Recovery, Marana, AZ, December 1998–January 1999
• Las Capas Phase I Data Recovery, Marana, AZ, March–May 1999
• Las Capas Phase II Data Recovery, Marana, AZ, June–August 1999
• Quail Creek Phase II Data Recovery, Sahuarita, AZ, January–February 2002
• Green Valley survey, Green Valley, AZ, August–September 2003

• Periodic archaeology field technician and crew chief. Periodic human bone analyst. Major excavation projects include:
• Presidio Wall (historic) excavation, Tucson, AZ, April 1998
• Las Capas (Early Agricultural) excavation, Marana, AZ, July–October 1998
• Presidio Wall (historic) excavation, Tucson, AZ, April 1999
• Leon House (historic) excavation, Tucson, AZ, August 1999
• Osbourne/19th (historic) excavation, Tucson, AZ, June 2000

Lab Instructor and Tutor, Freshman Archaeology, Spring, 2003

• Archaeology field technician for Archaeological Resource Management department at University:
• Iron Age testing, Northwest Province, South Africa, January 2003
• Iron Age mapping, Northwest Province, South Africa, March 2003

• Archaeologist for two major excavation projects:
• Fairbank Phase II Data Recovery December 2001-January 2002
• Zanardelli Phase II Data Recovery January-February 2002

Archaeology Department: Adjunct Faculty/Instructor, Beginning and Advanced Archaeological Excavation Fall, 2001

• Periodic archaeology field technician and crew chief. Periodic human bone analyst. Major excavation projects include:
• Torres Blancas Phase II Data recovery, Green Valley, AZ, June–July 1998
• Historical period testing: Bojorquez-Aguirre Ranch Phase I data recovery, Marana, AZ, March 1999
• Yuma Wash Classic Period Hohokam Phase I data recovery (testing), Marana, AZ, April–May 1999
• Continental-Whitehouse Phase II data recovery (excavation), Green Valley, AZ April 2000
• Yuma Wash Classic Period Hohokam Phase II data recovery (excavation), Marana, AZ, February–March 2001

Instructor, Basics of Archaeological Excavation (for children and adults)

Several survey and mapping projects (Crew Chief).

Processing and cataloging of artifacts and writing of site reports.

Criminal Defense AttorneyDefended death row inmates on final writs of habeas corpus and appeals regarding constitutional issues; including investigation, research, and writing of briefs that were reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Assistant District Attorney (1993-1996)Prosecutor: wrote appellate briefs in response to final writs of habeas corpus and appeals of death row inmates that were reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.Appellate Division Intern (1991–1993)Legal Intern: wrote appellate briefs in response to writs of habeas corpus and appeals of felony inmates that were reviewed.

Wrote and edited manuals for in-house computer software programs.

M.S., Paleoarchaeology

Activities and Societies: • Hackthorn, Early Stone Age (Acheulian) Excavation, Northern Province, South Africa • Mbere, Iron Age/Late.

B.A., Anthropology

Activities and Societies: • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BIOARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL Advanced Human Osteology Program Kampsville, Illinois.

Field Certificate, Archaeology

Activities and Societies: Basic Excavation Field School, Fall 1998 Advanced Excavation Field School, Fall 1999

J.D., Law

• Graduated in top 20 percent of class. • American Jurisprudence Award, 1992 • Specialized in criminal law.

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: • Psi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, 1989 • Golden Key National Honor Society, 1988• GPA.