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Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., (CRA) is actively seeking supervisory-level archaeologists and architectural historians in all 50 states. CRA can be called upon with little or no notice ...
Published on 6/7/17
One Man’s Trash is an Archaeologist’s Treasure
If a man’s trash tells his story, then an archaeologist is the ghost-writer of the story. What may appear to most as discarded relics helps an archaeologist create a picture ...
Published on 5/12/17
Niquette presented McGimsey-Davis Award
When you put your heart and soul (and your back) into something, people notice. Charles Niquette, known by most as Chuck, has spent over 30 years preserving prehistory and history both ...
Published on 5/11/17
Where the Wild Things are…or grow…in Georgia
By Paul G. Avery
Most archaeologists are drawn to the field by a desire for adventure and the thrill of discovery. Then we find out that our ‘adventures’ consist mostly of ...
Published on 4/19/17
Andrew Bradbury Teaches Cub Scouts about Flintknapping
On June 7, Andrew Bradbury, an archaeologist working in CRA’s Knoxville office, spent a day discussing archaeology and flintknapping with Cub Scouts from the Toqua District (West Knoxville) Day Camp. ...
Published on 7/18/16
A Letter to Pat Garrow: Happy Retirement
Today Pat Garrow will be retiring from CRA. While he has only been with CRA for 5 ½ years, his retirement marks the end of a career spanning over 50 ...
Published on 3/30/16
Presentation on Dead Horse Lateral Pipeline Cultural Resources Research
Lead archaeologist Colin R. Ferriman, Director of Operations - Wyoming, will be presenting the results of the research conducted during the Dead Horse Lateral Pipeline project at 3:30 pm January 29, ...
Published on 1/11/16
CRA completes 2-year project for Civil War-era cemeteries
As part of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Cultural Resource Analysts just completed a two-year project to ...
Published on 8/31/15
Congratulations to the Utah Office
Congratulations to Marcel Corbeil, Director of Operations - Utah, Bonnie Gibson, and Sara Galbraith on the high praise they received from the NRCS regarding their work during the first year ...
Published on 4/16/15
Bradbury and Bundy published in The Missouri Archaeologist
Andrew P. Bradbury and Paul D. Bundy were recently published in The Missouri Archaeologist. Their article "The Early Arcahic Hardin Barbed Component at the Baxter Lake Site, Lewis County, Missouri" ...
Published on 4/9/15
Pat Garrow Receives Carol V. Ruppe Distinguished Service Award
Pat Garrow, Director of Operations for the Knoxville, Tennessee office, recently attended the annual Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Seattle, Washington, where he was awarded the Carol V. Ruppé ...
Published on 2/3/15
New Contract with the Fort Worth District Corps of Engineers
CRA is pleased to announce a new contract with the Fort Worth District Corps of Engineers. The contract is a five year long environmental services agreement with $30m capacity. Our ...
Published on 1/29/15
CRA sponsors World Road Cycling Championships in Richmond, Virginia
The World Road Cycling Championships (Worlds) is cycling’s pinnacle event and will be held in Richmond, Virginia, September 19-27, 2015. About 1,000 of the world’s top cyclists from about 75 ...
Published on 9/22/14
September is Kentucky’s Annual Archaeology Month
As the leaves start to turn and fall arrives, the Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists (KyOPA) celebrates the rich history of Kentucky through the second annual Archaeology month in September. ...
Published on 9/10/14
Bradbury and Herndon articles published in Journal of Kentucky Archaeology
Andrew P. Bradbury and Richard L. Herndon are at it again. The duo recently had two articles published in the Journal of Kentucky Archaeology. Both articles discuss investigations in western ...
Published on 5/8/14
Archaeolgoical work at Harbison Crossroads makes local news
You may remember a recent blog post discussing an archaeological investigation in East Tennessee in search of Reynold's Station. Although the investigation determined it was not the location of Reynold's ...
Published on 4/25/14
CRA in the News
Recently, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., and its team members have been spotlighted in media outlets. The Lane Report, Kentucky's leading business and economic news magazine, featured CRA and its staff ...
Published on 4/3/14
Hot off the Press: Two articles written by CRA archaeologists featured in “The Missouri Archaeologist”
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., has exceptional individuals at the helm of each project. Each individual is an expert in their respective field and area of interest. Andrew P. Bradbury, Richard ...
Published on 4/2/14
Looking for Reynolds Station: An Archaeological Investigation in Knox County, Tennessee
By: Paul Avery, Pat Garrow, and Jason Ross
Tennessee has been the location of many archaeological discoveries. The state’s landscape varies from relatively flat lands to the rolling landscape of eastern ...
Published on 3/21/14
Get a Plan…a Historic Preservation Plan
By Kathy Martinolich, MHP
Preservation planning—the process of identifying needs, determining priority actions, and developing short- and long-term strategies for the productive future of a historic resource or group of resources ...
Published on 3/10/14
Assessing the Significance of Hawks Nest-Glen Ferris Hydro Electric Project
by William M. Hunter, MA
Assessing the Significance of a Regional Mega-project: Hawks Nest-Glen Ferris Hydro Electric Project
In 2013, under agreement with HDR, Inc., and on behalf of Hawks Nest Hydro, ...
Published on 3/5/14
New Link about Ancient Dentistry
If you visit CRA's Recommended Links page you may notice a new link for Ancient Dentistry. The link provides an overview of how different a dentist appointment may have been ...
Published on 2/26/14
Making Sense of the Recent Past: Swami Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold
By: William M. Hunter, MA CRA recently completed a detailed evaluation of a unique historic property, the Palace of Gold, located in the community of New Vrindaban near Moundsville, West Virginia. ...
Published on 2/26/14
Helpful Resources for Historic Preservation
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., uses many resources to meet client's needs and state and federal regulations for historic preservation. CRA references manuals and handbooks created to help guide the cultural ...
Published on 2/13/14
Bradbury and Cooper Carskadon Site Article Published
Congratulations to Andrew P. Bradbury and D. Randall Cooper on their publication in the most recent issue of Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly. Bradbury and Cooper discuss the excavations at the ...
Published on 2/5/14
National Register Listing can Provide Tax Credits
Within the last five years Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., has worked with several different clients to successfully list over 30 properties in the National Register of Historic Places, such as ...
Published on 1/31/14
FCC Form 621 Submission Packet
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., has extensive experience in preparing FCC Form 621 Submission Packets for clients. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., completed one such packet for a Verizon Wireless project in ...
Published on 1/15/14
Cultural Historic Baseline Survey for the Proposed KY 293 to KY 91 Princeton Connector in Caldwell County, Kentucky
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., conducts numerous surveys for transportation projects. The surveys range in size, but many times are rather large with numerous architectural resources in the project area. Cultural ...
Published on 1/6/14
Alan Higgins Receives National Recognition for Evansville work
DOCOMOMO (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Architecture) featured Alan Higgins' work on the modern architecture of Evansville, Indiana, in their most recent newsletter. Alan Higgins has worked ...
Published on 12/19/13
Paleoethnobotany: Botanical analysis of archaeological sites
The paleoethnobotanical laboratory at CRA provides analysis of botanical remains for historic and prehistoric archaeological sites. Paleoethnobotany or archaeobotany is the study of the relationship between plants and people through ...
Published on 12/19/13
Cultural Resource Inventory for the Vivaldi Wind Farm in Montana
In 2009 Ecology and Environment, Inc., contracted CRA to perform a Class III cultural resource inventory for a proposed wind farm. This was undertaken in compliance with the requirements of ...
Published on 12/12/13
Archaeological Investigations of Site 15Ck478 at Lower Howard’s Creek
Prior to conducting the cultural resource survey in 2007, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., had conducted archaeological investigations in the Lower Howard’s Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve intermittently since 1998. Archival ...
Published on 12/4/13
Lower Howard’s Creek Corridor Management Plan, Clark County, Kentucky
The Lower Howard’s Creek valley in Clark County, Kentucky is home to a landscape of national cultural significance and regional biological importance. The valley’s importance was recognized by the Kentucky ...
Published on 12/3/13
Alan Higgins Featured in Evansville Living Magazine
Alan Higgins, Director of Architectural and Cultural History, is a leading expert in modern and recent past architecture and was recently featured in Evansville Living. He has spent numerous hours ...
Published on 11/25/13
Discovering Boone’s Station
In 1999, in cooperation with Dr. Don Linebaugh and Nancy O'Malley of the University of Kentucky, conductivity and magnetometry surveys were completed of the site of Daniel Boone's second Kentucky ...
Published on 11/13/13
Paul Laurence Dunbar Historic District Documentation, Little Rock, Arkansas
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., conducts a wide variety of architectural surveys each year. Each survey has its own unique needs, whether it is conducted in sprawling countryside or in densely ...
Published on 11/6/13
Paris Tuberculosis Sanatorium State Recordation and Interpretive Signage
CRA completed state level recordation and an interpretive signage plan for the Paris Kentucky Tuberculosis Sanatorium in response to the Bourbon County Fiscal Court proposal to utilize funds from the ...
Published on 11/4/13
Cultural Historic Survey for the Proposed Mid-Vol Coal Sales Grey Eagle Surface Mine McDowell County, West Virginia
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., routinely conducts cultural historic surveys throughout the United States. Each project is different and presents unique challenges to the architectural historians and historians. CRA, in consultation ...
Published on 10/30/13
Cultural Resource Inventory on Reclamation Property in and around the Pueblo Reservoir in Colorado
In June of 2006, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) solicited a requirement under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act to conduct a Class III cultural resource ...
Published on 10/28/13
Diversity Analysis
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., employs a number of lithic specialists. Lithic specialists use various measures to better analyze the lithic assemblage from a site and create a picture of what ...
Published on 10/23/13
October 19: International Archaeology Day
Cultural Resources Analysts, Inc., has spent the last 30 years working to help preserve cultural resources that may help provide glimpses into the lives of past peoples. Members of CRA ...
Published on 10/15/13
The Anvil Points Facility in Colorado
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA), conducted a Class III cultural resource inventory for Locality 5 of the Anvil Points Facility. Six other Localities were recorded by CRA personnel for a ...
Published on 10/14/13
Archaeological and Architectural Survey of Proposed Improvements to Richmond International Airport
In November 2011, CRA completed an archaeological and architectural survey for the Capital Region Airport Commission’s ten proposed improvements to the Richmond International Airport (RIC) as a component of an ...
Published on 10/7/13
Exploring Argosy
Between November 2004, and June 2007, CRA conducted survey, testing, and data recovery programs to identify, assess, and mitigate impacts to the cultural resources affected by the expansion of the ...
Published on 9/24/13
Data Recovery for Baker’s Bluff Site in Licking County, Ohio
In 2006, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), District 5 contracted CRA to conduct archaeological data recovery investigations at the multi-component Baker’s Bluff site (33LI1094/1096) located within the alignment of ...
Published on 9/23/13
Living Archaeology Weekend
With the temperatures beginning to fall and the air becoming crisp, the time is right to get outside and enjoy the 25th anniversary of the Living Archaeology Weekend on September ...
Published on 9/20/13
Archaeological Survey for the Brooks Property Development in Clermont County, Ohio
In 2006, Flora Church of CRA conducted a phase I archaeological survey for the proposed 33.2 ha (82.0 acre) Brooks Property Development in Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio. The work ...
Published on 9/17/13
Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Certification
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., assists its clients with various projects and requests. Architectural Historians at CRA work with clients to meet a variety of needs, including the completion of documentation ...
Published on 9/13/13
Historic Buildings Condition Assessment Report for Seven Buildings Located At The Cradle Of Forestry In America, Pisgah National Forest
The Cradle of Forestry in America (CFA) is located twelve miles from Brevard, North Carolina. Today the site is part of the Pisgah National Forest. It was originally part of ...
Published on 9/12/13
Prehistory of the Upper Cumberland River Drainage in the Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee Border Region
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., routinely conducts archaeological surveys throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Jon Kerr, the Director of Operations for the Kentucky office and Prehistoric Ceramics Specialist, has compiled an ...
Published on 8/27/13
National Register Nomination for the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park ...
Published on 8/26/13
CRA Unearths Indiana’s First State Prison
While working on the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges (LSIORB) project in Downtown Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, CRA unearthed what is believed to be Indiana's first state prison. Though the ...
Published on 8/20/13
Conductivity and Magnetometer Survey of the Carty Site
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., conducted a conductivity and magnetometer survey of the Carty Site (33PI646) near Columbus, Ohio. The Carty survey, which used both gradiometer and earth conductivity meter, is ...
Published on 8/8/13
Hoosier Heartland Highway Reconstruction
Between June and November 2008, under an indefinite delivery contract with INDOT, CRA conducted phase II National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluations at six archaeological sites (12C499, 12C511, 12C513, ...
Published on 7/29/13
Archaeological inspection and monitoring of the MAPL-WEP Pipeline in Sweetwater and Uinta Counties, Wyoming
Between September 2007 and July 2008, the CRA office in Longmont, Colorado, completed an archaeological inspection and monitoring project in Wyoming. CRA was contracted by Enterprise Products, LLC, to conduct ...
Published on 7/24/13
Sayre School: In Conclusion
After spending multiple years working alongside the Sayre students at Waterwild Farm, the excavation was concluded. The students, along with teachers and parents, were an integral part of the process. ...
Published on 7/17/13
Sayre School: 2001-2002
The 2001-2002 excavations at Waterwild Farm were conducted with the fourth and seventh grade classes from Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky, and continued our exploration of the backyard, opening eight ...
Published on 7/11/13
Evansville, Indiana, office recognized in business magazine
The Evansville, Indiana, office was recently visited by a reporter from the Evansville Business Journal. Although Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, the company operates numerous satellite ...
Published on 7/10/13
Sayre School: 2000-2001
This school year began again with a slide presentation of previous work and a discussion of the year’s goals. Excavation units were expanded to better define building foundations and locate ...
Published on 7/9/13
Sayre School: 1999-2000
The third year program at Waterwild began with a presentation on a review of the goals and methodology of historical archaeology, and a slide show depicting the types of archaeological ...
Published on 7/3/13
Sayre School: 1998-1999
During the second school year (1998-1999), a new proposal was developed for further testing of the site. Our research questions for this phase of the project were to (1) determine ...
Published on 7/2/13
Sayre School: 1997-1998
Over 15 years ago, CRA began its archaeological investigation at Waterwild Farm, which also served as an education program for students from Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky. The first year ...
Published on 7/1/13
Sayre School Education Program
Beginning in 1997, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA), worked with 4th graders from Sayre School on the Sayre School Historical Archaeology Project at Waterwild Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The project ...
Published on 6/26/13
Analysis of Paint Samples Taken From the Interior of the Kentucky State Arsenal Building/Kentucky Military History Museum in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Constructed in the 1850s, the Kentucky State Arsenal Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. CRA teamed with David Arbogast, architectural conservator, to conduct an ...
Published on 6/23/13
Architectural Survey for The Proposed Buckeye Wind Farm In Champaign County, Ohio
CRA completed an architectural survey for Buckeye Wind, LLC, which proposes to construct a wind-powered electric generating facility consisting of 100 turbines in Champaign County, Ohio. The cultural resources investigation ...
Published on 6/21/13
Bioarchaeological Investigations of the Evans Cemetery (46MD62), McDowell County, West Virginia
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Between May 4 and 18, 2006, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., completed the archaeological excavation of 15 historic graves and monitored the relocation of additional historic graves ...
Published on 6/19/13
Testing Procedures for Historic Cemeteries
Christopher L. Borstel and Charles M. Niquette
ACRA Edition, Volume 6, Number 5. October 2000
Introduction
In an effort to determine what hazards might be anticipated with respect to historic cemetery excavations, the ...
Published on 6/16/13
The Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia Radiocarbon Database
Robert F. Maslowski, Charles M. Niquette and Derek M. Wingfield*
Published in 1995, the article that follows appeared originally in the West Virginia Archeologist (Volume 47:1-2). It is provided here with ...
Published on 6/16/13
Mountain States Transmission Intertie Environmental Impact Statement in Idaho and Montana
Locations: Idaho (Clark, Butte, Jefferson, Blaine, Bonneville, Bingham, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power, and Jerome Counties); Montana (Broadwater, Jefferson, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, Beaverhead, and Madison Counties)
Client: PBS&J
Date: 2009-2010
CRA Project Manager: ...
Published on 5/26/13
Viewshed Analysis for the Jacksonville Cellular Communications Tower In Franklin County, Kentucky
Location: Franklin County, Kentucky
Client: Craig and Associates on behalf of Verizon Wireless, Inc.
Date: August 2009
CRA Project Manager: Karen Hudson, PhD
Project Description: The project involved the construction of a 91-m ...
Published on 5/26/13
The Challenge of Defining Modernism
by Alan Higgins, Director of Architectural and Cultural History
While it has been widely noted that systematic categorization of architecture from the post-war period defies the intent of much of this era’s ...
Published on 5/13/13
The Recent Past’s Greatest Challenge: Public and Professional Outreach
by Alan Higgins, Director of Architectural and Cultural History
Over the last several years, I've been fortunate to have many opportunities to present on architecture of the Modern era and the Recent Past ...
Published on 5/10/13
Exploring Modernism in Philadelphia’s Suburbs
by Alan Higgins, Director of Architectural and Cultural History
Just before coming to CRA, I wrapped up a project that examined the post-war era in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a suburban community ...
Published on 5/9/13
Unnoticed Modern: The Midcentury Architecture of Evansville, Indiana
by Alan Higgins, Director of Architectural and Cultural History
Over the last year, I have been spearheading a study to document the midcentury architecture of Evansville, Indiana, a regional center on ...
Published on 5/8/13
Addressing the Next Generation of Historic Resources – Modern + Recent Past Architecture
The task of architectural documentation and assessment is the product of an ever-evolving field that, with the passage of time, must constantly take new periods and types of resources into ...
Published on 5/7/13
Excavations at the Artesian Branch Site
by Richard Herndon, Principal Investigator
Artesian Branch was a large Late Woodland site investigated during the course of the AOS project (see http://www.modot.org/ehp/AvenueofSaints.htm on the MoDOT website for a summary of ...
Published on 5/6/13
Pottery and Tools Recovered from the Carskadon Site Tell a Story
by Richard Herndon, Principal Investigator
Yesterday I introduced the Carskadon Site that CRA excavated during the AOS project. The site has a Middle Woodland occupation (circa A.D. 1–250). Many of the ...
Published on 5/3/13
Excavations at the Carskadon Site
by Richard Herndon, Principal Investigator
Carskadon was another site investigated during the course of the AOS project (see http://www.modot.org/ehp/AvenueofSaints.htm on the MoDOT website for a summary of the AOS project). This ...
Published on 5/2/13
Excavations at the Baxter Lake Site
by Andrew Bradbury, Principal Investigator
Today I would like to present some information that we learned as a result of our excavations at the Baxter Lake site . The site was ...
Published on 5/1/13
Excavations at the Berhorst Site
by Andrew Bradbury
During the course of the AOS project, CRA had the opportunity to investigate a number of interesting sites. Here, I’ll discuss one aspect of our analysis of the ...
Published on 4/30/13
An introduction to the Avenue of Saints Project, Missouri
Over the next week, Andrew Bradbury and Richard Herndon will discuss the Avenue of Saints Project conducted in Lewis and Clark Counties, Missouri, between November 2004 and August 2006.
By Andrew ...
Published on 4/29/13
Welcome!
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA) has entered the blogosphere. This newly founded CRA blog will feature posts pertinent to the study of earth and man. The idea is to share the knowledge ...
Published on 4/26/13
