Cultural Resource Management

About Cultural Resource Management at DRI

scientists out in the desert look for artifactsSince 1969, Desert Research Institute (DRI) anthropologists and archaeologists have worked to understand how culture and environmental conditions impact people’s decisions. DRI anthropologists study modern peoples while archaeologists study the materials left by past peoples. Beginning in 2016, DRI added architectural history to our services.

By partnering with private industry, government agencies, tribal organizations, universities, other non-profit groups, and private donors, we achieve a better understanding of both the present and past during the environmental review and compliance process.

Short Courses:

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Archaeology in Action

Dr. Teresa Wriston standing in Coal Valley

Investigating Ancient Coal Valley - Part One: Introduction

Dr. Ken Adams at his desk

Investigating Ancient Coal Valley - Part Two: Before the Field

Dr. Ken Adams in Coal Valley

Investigating Ancient Coal Valley - Part Three: Dating Shorelines

wide view of Coal Valley

Investigating Ancient Coal Valley - Part Four: Results are in

Dr. Teresa Wriston in Coal Valley

Investigating Ancient Coal Valley - Part Five: Archaeology

Two researchers in the desert looking at the rocks on a hillside.

DRILL Pieces of the Puzzle

Two researchers at night with head lamps collecting soil samples.

DRILL It Takes Grit

Laboratories and Facilities

Additional Information

The DRI Archaeology team’s key supervisory and management personnel have more than a century of experience providing cultural resource services. We have designed, carried out, and reported on scores of cultural resources reviews, inventory surveys, data recovery programs, management plans, and educational outreach products. CRM services offered by DRI include:

Archaeological Services

  • Class I Archival Research
  • Class II or III Inventory or Survey
  • Site Testing and National Register Evaluation
  • Data Recovery/Site Excavation
  • Artifact analysis/curation
  • 3D artifact scanning/photogrammetry/modeling
  • Mitigation
  • GIS/Mapping
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Student Training and Public Outreach

Geoarchaeological Services

  • Geomorphological/Soils Characterization
  • Stratigraphic Mapping, Analysis, and Description
  • Predictive Modeling/Archaeological Sensitivity Modeling
  • Coring and Augering

Archaeobotanical Services

  • Plant macrofossil (seed, charcoal) identification
  • Sediment Sample Flotation
  • Coprolite Analysis
  • Packrat Midden Extraction and Analysis
  • Lake/Marsh/Bog/Fen/Meadow Coring

Architectural History Services

  • Architectural Surveys
  • National Register of Historic Places Assessments and Nominations
  • HABS/HAER/HALS Documentation
  • Archival Research

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS, UAV, a.k.a. drone)

  • UAS Photography
  • UAS Photogrammetry
  • UAS Mapping
  • UAS Videography
  • UAS Remote Sensing
  • UAS 3-D landscape models
  • UAS Digital Elevation Models
  • UAS Themral Imaging/Mapping

RENO CONTACTS

Teresa Wriston, Ph.D.
Teresa.Wriston@dri.edu
775.673.7356

Dave Rhode, Ph.D.
Dave.Rhode@dri.edu
775.673.7310

Dave Page, M.A.
Dave.Page@dri.edu
775.674.7110

Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512

LAS VEGAS CONTACTS

Laura O’Neill, M.A.
Laura.O’Neill@dri.edu
702.862.5418

Susan Edwards, M.A.
Susan.Edwards@dri.edu
702.862.5421

Tatianna Menocal, M.A.
Tatianna.Menocal@dri.edu
702.862.5564

JD Lancaster, M.A.
JD.Lancaster@dri.edu
702.862.5377

Cheryl Collins, M.A.
Cheryl.Collins@dri.edu
702.862.5428

Megan Stueve, M.A.
Megan.Stueve@dri.edu
702.862.5435

Gregory Haynes, Ph.D.
greg.haynes@dri.edu
702.862.5321

Nicole Brannan, M.A.
nicole.brannan@dri.edu
702.862.5508

Desert Research Institute
755 East Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89119

DIVISION

Earth & Ecosystem Sciences