Archaeologist

Ms. Thomas has 16 years’ experience in the field of cultural resource management, conducting literature reviews, archival research, archaeological pedestrian surveys, site recording and eligibility assessment for the National Register of Historic Places, site testing, data recovery, monitoring, and report writing within Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Texas.  She has participated in and supervised numerous Class III pedestrian surveys for a variety of undertakings, including highway maintenance projects, fiber optic lines, coal exploration, cellular towers, well pads, transmission lines, and pipelines.  Several projects involved conferring with tribal representatives from the Three Affiliated Tribes and Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa of North Dakota; the Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Crow, and Blackfeet Tribes of Montana; and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.  Ms. Thomas exceeds the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Professional Archaeologists. She has documented and evaluated a variety of cultural resources, including archaeological stone features, cultural material scatters, multi-component villages, and historic properties.

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