COMPANY INFORMATION

Archaeological Resource Service has been conducting cultural resource evaluations under the present management of Katherine S. Flynn and William G. Roop since 1974. The firm has completed over 3000 consultations in the State of California since January 1975. These projects have included all aspects of cultural resource management.

The extensive regional experience of Archaeological Resource Service has given us the technical expertise to provide quick and accurate service to all clients. We maintain and continually update our database so that we can accurately assess:

• The distribution of cultural resources within any specific property;
• The composition and integrity of discovered cultural resources;
• The eligibility of specific cultural resources to the National Register of Historic Places or other local, county or state registers listing historic landmarks or sites;
• The most appropriate measures to avoid or mitigate potential impacts to cultural resources.

Since 1973 Archaeological Resource Service has provided input on municipal and county general plan elements, assessments of archaeological sensitivity, cultural resource assessment, and general consultation on regional modeling of cultural resource distribution and function.

The Archaeological Resource Service library contains numerous documents pertaining to soils, hydrology, geology, geomorphology, and natural history as well as historic topographic and geodetic survey maps which can be utilized in order to understand the distribution and function of cultural resources in their environmental context. While our particular geographic specialization centers around the greater San Francisco Bay region, related to the firm's geographic location in the North Bay area, the collection also includes pertinent natural historical and socio-cultural data on central and southern California, Baja California, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Basin, and the Plains.

Archaeological Resource Service maintains an extensive inventory of field and laboratory equipment to handle a variety of field circumstances. The firm pioneered the definition of site boundaries using hand augers and designed specialized field survey, excavation, construction monitoring, and data recordation techniques to deal with the various kinds of cultural resources that may be found during the development process.

Archaeological Resource Service maintains its own laboratory facilities where the analysis of the bulk of material recovered from survey and testing takes place. Laboratory technicians, graphic artists, and photographers assist in the analysis of recovered artifacts. We maintain a conservation laboratory where materials such as animal bones as well as metal or glass are cleaned, reconstructed, classified, and preserved for comparative purposes or museum display. We also assist private and public clients in arranging temporary or permanent storage facilities for analyzed collections. We also assist museums in complying with the provisions of the federal Native America Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in regards the proper treatment and disposition of human skeletal remains that may be held in the museums’ possession.

In December 1994, we announced the availability of a new service called the Document Status Report, now on line. The Document Status Report is designed to determine whether or not a Cultural Resources Evaluation has been completed for any parcel being investigated for a public or private client. If the study finds that an evaluation has been made, the report determines if any cultural resources were identified. The evaluation consists of a search of the compiled Database of Cultural Resource Documents to list whether or not an archaeological report or other document has been prepared on a target parcel. The Database of Cultural Resource Documents is an electronic database listing all archaeological reports completed as part of an environmental evaluation. The database includes bibliographic information and the official designation of any cultural resource identified in a document. The cultural resource database is updated constantly by our staff. Official records maintained by the State of California, the federal government, and local agencies are examined on a regular basis. Currently, the following listings are included in the search mode:

 California Archaeological site record files
 National Register of Historic Places
 National Register of Engineering Achievements
 Historic American Engineering Record
 California Historic Landmarks
 California Register of Historic Places
 Appropriate county and city lists of historic places or landmarks.

Records are currently maintained for the following 18 counties in northern California:

Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Both of the Archaeological Resource Service principals, Katherine Flynn and William Roop, were listed in the latest DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ARCHEOLOGISTS, published by The Society of Professional Archeologists. This listing is currently being replaced by the Registry of Professional Archaeologists, for which we are applying.

Other professional memberships include the following:

Copyright © 2003 Archaeological Resource Service
The information provided herein is for general background purposes only and is not intended as a definitive statement of either the presence or absence of archaeological deposits on any particular property or the handling thereof.  It is not a substitute for professional investigation and advice and should not be relied upon as such.

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