FEATURED PROJECT
Alamo, Mission San Antonio de Valero Data Recovery
As part of the efforts to preserve and restore the Alamo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, testing was conducted within the Alamo Church and Long Barrack. Various research methods, including the identification and documentation of osteological material, were used to uncover information about historic period individuals associated with the Alamo. This initiative has been instrumental in providing valuable information to aid in the restoration efforts of the site and to rediscover lost history.
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Osteological Documentation and Reporting
Construction monitoring conducted on behalf of a private client within a Hohokam habitation site in the Phoenix, AZ area identified funerary features recovered upon tribal consultation. This project involved the osteological documentation of Ancestral remains and authoring the bioarchaeology chapter, as required under the Burial Discovery Agreement issued by the Arizona State Museum in compliance with A.R.S. §41-865.
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Surface Recoveries for the Bureau of Reclamation
Unidentified bone was located on the surface of previously recorded prehistoric sites. Projects conducted on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation consisted of identifying cremated Ancestral remains on the ground surface of prehistoric sites in California and Arizona. These projects involved providing in-field assessments for the presence of funerary features, identified surficial cremated remains and associated funerary objects, conducted in-field MNI estimates, and documented field conditions. Field assessments were presented in letter reports for NAGPRA consultation, with recommendations for mitigation and future stabilization.
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Forensic Anthropology with Operation Identification
Operation Identification aims to provide names to the nameless and repatriate deceased undocumented border crossers identified along the South Texas-Mexico border back to their families. This project involved laboratory osteological documentation and excavations to exhume and identify undocumented migrants. This ongoing humanitarian effort is a forensic anthropology project in association with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University.