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• Taught archaeological field techniques to field school students• Supervised excavation of early to late medieval sites

• Operated heavy equipment and off-road vehicles in adverse alpine conditions• Assisted in maintaining a good working relationship with the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service• Interpreted maps detailing aspects of project proposals from the BLM and USFS• Gained continued competency working with rural landowners and agricultural professionals

New Mexico• Performed pedestrian survey in remote and difficult terrain within the Permian Basin• Recorded sites in accordance with the research interests and parameters of the BLM Carlsbad Field Office• Assisted in excavations in Bernalillo County, NM as part of a data collection/mitigation project for NMDOT• Maintained competency with Trimble hardware running ArcPad and the ArcGIS Online suiteCalifornia• Monitored a variety of ground disturbing activities for the presence of cultural materials• Communicated constantly with construction professionals to ensure the protection of cultural materials and the expedience of project completion• Acted as the primary contact for concerns regarding the SRI and client monitoring regulations for activity occurring within a portion of the project area• Ensured all activity for an assigned section of the project was in compliance with the treatment plan• Produced monitoring standard placing emphasis on early detection and efficient response to mitigate damage• Mapped and recorded new sites; producing buffers in accordance with the treatment plan to redirect activity• Maintained detailed notes of ground disturbing activity and cultural materials encountered daily• Worked with safety officers from partner companies to foster an understanding of best safety practices on large-scale construction projects and how to safely conduct archaeological activities around a broad range of heavy equipment• Taught archaeological field techniques and GIS competency to new field technicians

• Ensured planned ground disturbing activity would not occur within site boundaries defined by NMCRIS• Monitored ground disturbance on a night shift schedule to ensure no cultural materials were present• Gained competency in understanding of oil production activities, the scope of their footprint on the landscape, and best associated safety practices

• Worked as a member of multiple teams conducting a large-scale data collection project within the Permian Basin• Adapted archaeological field techniques to adhere to COVID-19 protocols while maintaining workflow and professional standards

• Herded cattle and maintained general well-being of herd• Completed independent tasks: repairing fence lines, tracking herd movement, operation of heavy equipment, and building structures

• Managed lab technicians of varying experience in conserving/cataloguing artifacts from a wide variety of culture areas and historical periods• Maintained workflow and progress in cataloguing collections for future research• Trained new lab technicians in archaeological lab methods

• Completed maritime archaeology field school• Performed research SCUBA dives involving dredging, hydraulic probing, artifact drawing, artifact recovery, and underwater photography• Investigated terrestrial sites with maritime involvement by mapping sites to scale, identifying artifacts, and completing archival research• Used remote sensing with sonar and magnetometer; preparing hardware, performing field surveys, and interpreting/preparing data for presentation using Hypack

• Supervised and performed phase I shovel test pit survey in difficult terrain• Supervised and performed phase III excavations of a Late Woodland Period archaeological site• Processed material finds for preservation and research• Interpreted finds and archaeological processes to the public

• Completed RPA certified field school• Assisted in performing phase III excavations of an archaeological site• Used Geographic Information Systems to provenience finds• Recorded artifacts and features data in detail by producing stratigraphic profiles, scaled drawings, and artifact/feature recording forms

• Processed finds from the field: dry brushed, washed, typed, and catalogued• Catalogued and typed historic as well as Late Woodland Period artifacts• Input data into Microsoft Excel