Brian F. Smith and Associates can provide the entire range of services imaginable regarding compliance issues for cultural resources, including prehistoric sites, historic sites and buildings, historic districts, and paleontological finds. We have participated in a number of collaborative efforts to produce environmental impact reports (EIRs), environmental impact statements (EISs), initial studies, memorandum of understanding (MOUs), memorandum of agreement (MOAs), mitigation programs, preservation plans, and structure rehabilitation. The services we commonly provide are:

• Cultural resource survey reports for environmental compliance using the appropriate agency guidelines
• Conformance studies for NHPA Sections 106 and 110, and evaluations for National Register eligibility
• Research designs for archaeological investigations, including data recovery
• Statistical analyses and computer applications
• Historical properties analyses, architectural review, and preservation plans
• Paleontological services, including identification and museum preparation
• Archaeological and paleontological monitoring for construction projects

The capabilities of the firm include a wide range of professional abilities and company assets, including the following:

• Field archaeological teams consisting of supervisors and trained crews, equipped with all appropriate field tools and instruments, including two- and four-wheel drive vehicles, transits and other surveying equipment, Trimble GeoXT GPS unit, excavation screens, and radio communications. We also have access to global positioning system equipment for site location data.
• Knowledge of procedures and equipment necessary to complete survey excavations at sites in any terrain, including hydro-screening.
• Laboratory facilities that permit the recording and analysis of recovered artifacts, ecofacts, and paleontological specimens as well as the ability to curate all recovered samples in a temperature controlled facility. Laboratory equipment includes electronic scales, microscopes, computers, light tables, and measuring and recording equipment.
• Technical report production capabilities that include state-of-the-art computers and software, scanners and plotters, laser printers and copiers, graphics equipment, digital cameras, and a production staff with over 20 years combined experience in editing and graphics preparation for technical reports.

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