Jason Anderson has 15 years of archaeological experience. He completed a master's degree in anthropology with an emphasis on the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to the interpretation of archaeological remains. Jason has extensive experience in the eastern United States and has conducted fieldwork in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. This includes supervising over 150 archaeological surveys and phase II intensive investigations of Archaic, Woodland, and Late Prehistoric sites. He has participated in the phase III excavation of numerous sites in the region, including canals, farmsteads, toll houses, wool carding shops, a frontier station, and a Mississippian village. He has also participated in the excavation of an Iron Age hillfort in Wales and the geophysical survey of an early Medieval monastary in Ireland.
Jason has worked for CRA since 1998. Since 1999, he has served as a Field Supervisor and is responsible for managing archaeological fieldwork and authoring reports for projects at the survey (phase I) and intensive investigation (phase II) levels. He assists in fieldwork at the data recovery (phase III) level. Jason also creates customized computer programs and performs GIS analysis while maintaining the CRAI webpage and company-wide intranet web server.
When not doing archaeology, Jason enjoys hiking, photography, reading, and spending time with his dog, a Cairn Terrier. Jason lately spends most of his time trying to improve his Spanish language skills, which have gone into decline since college.