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Alpine Archaeological
Consultants' Principals
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Kimberly
Redman, M.A., RPA
— General Manager
kim_redman@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 38
Kim Redman has over 16
years of archaeological experience, 11 of which focus in the western United
States. She began at Alpine in 1998, with
a three-year sabbatical as the Archaeological Officer for the Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. This experience supplied an increased
understanding of Native American perspective on archaeology and
archaeological compliance, in addition to gaining extensive experience as a
supervisor of an environmental compliance program. She has both field and lab
experience, but now specializes in project management, business capabilities,
and organizational matters. Her archaeological research interests focus on
debitage analysis and its ability to shed light on mobility and technological
organization. Prior to her employment at Alpine, Kim studied under Dr.
Jeffrey Flenniken, completed her degree at Washington
State University,
and was a field archaeologist.
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Susan M. Chandler, M.A.,
RPA — President/Project Administrator
susan_chandler@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 12
Susan Chandler has 32 years of experience on
prehistoric and historic investigations in the western United
States and El
Salvador. She is one of the founders of
Alpine Archaeological Consultants, and has served as its President since
1987. Her primary duties at Alpine include communication with clients,
preparation of budgets and proposals, project management, quality control,
and preparation of cultural resource sections of environmental and planning documents.
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Jonathon C. Horn, M.A., RPA
— Corporate Secretary/Principal Investigator
jon_horn@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 14
Jonathon Horn has worked in archaeology in the western United
States for 30 years. He is one of the founders
of Alpine and is one of its principals. Although Jon is proficient in both
historical and prehistoric archaeology, and serves as Principal Investigator
on both types of projects, his main research interest is in historical
archaeology. His main duties at Alpine are overseeing field projects,
historic research, quality control, and preparation of reports and proposals.
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Alan D.
Reed, M.A., RPA —
Vice-President/ Principal Investigator
alan_reed@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 13
Alan Reed, one the three founders of Alpine, has over 31 years of
archaeological experience in the western United
States. Alan serves as a Principal
Investigator for projects pertaining mostly to prehistoric resources. He has
authored over 100 reports while at Alpine. His primary duties include quality
control, project management, and preparation of research designs, proposals,
and reports.
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Alpine's Project
Directors
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Sarah R. Alexander, M.A.,
RPA
rheagan_alexander@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 34
Rheagan Alexander joined Alpine’s staff
in 2005. She has 10 years of
experience in North American archaeology, in the lower Mississippi
River Valley,
southern American Southwest, Colorado Plateau, and Great Plains. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from Mississippi
State University’s
Cobb Institute of Archaeology and an M.A. in anthropology with archaeological
emphasis from Northern Arizona
University. For Alpine, Rheagan has acted as a crew
supervisor for survey and excavation in Utah,
Colorado, Montana,
and Wyoming. Her professional research interests include
prehistoric agricultural societies of the Four Corners
region and ties to modern Puebloan groups, lithic artifacts, marine shell
ornaments, prehistoric trade and export, and experimental reconstruction.
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Rand A. Greubel, M.A., RPA
rand_greubel@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 24
Rand Greubel has 23 years of archaeological
experience in the Intermountain West and has directed a variety of field,
analytic, and reporting projects for Alpine since 1989. He has supervised large surveys and major
archaeological excavations on prehistoric sites in Colorado,
Utah, New
Mexico, and Wyoming,
and has also worked in Montana
and North Dakota. He has authored several articles published
in regional archaeological journals; presented papers at state, regional, and
national conferences; and written numerous cultural resource reports. Rand's professional
research interests include Fremont and Ute archaeology, forager-farmer
interactions in prehistory, the organization of lithic technology, and
spatial patterning on hunter-gatherer sites.
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Sharyl
Kinnear-Ferris,
M.A., RPA
s_kinnearferris@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761 ext. 32
Sharyl Kinnear-Ferris
joined Alpine's staff in 2005 and brings a
background in both cultural and natural resources management. She has 9 years of archaeological
experience, working primarily in the Great Basin and
Colorado Plateau regions, directing a variety of inventory, monitoring and
data recovery projects. Her thesis
focused on analysis of perishables/textiles of the Moab,
Utah area of the Colorado
Plateau and comparison with those of surrounding regions. In addition to Sharyl's research interest
in perishable/textile analysis, her areas of
interest include prehistoric ceramics, the origin of agriculture on the
Colorado Plateau, and public archaeology.
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Matthew J. Landt, M.A., RPA
matt_landt@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761 ext. 23
Matthew Landt began working as an archaeologist in 1996 and
has an array of archaeological experiences in Wyoming, Montana, Washington,
New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado as well as overseas. He has worked for
Alpine since 2007. His M.A. thesis,
received from Washington State
University in 2004, focused on
the application of ethnographic small mammal taphonomic data to Pleistocene
archaeological assemblages. His professional research interests include
the application of conservation biology theory to archaeological materials,
prehistoric and historic environmental exploitation, processes of
domestication and taphonomy, as well as shifting
socioeconomic and subsistence strategies of transhumant pastoral and
agro-pastoral people. He has authored
several publications in regional and national archaeological journals and
actively pursues the presentation of archaeological data to the general
public. A poster that he presented at the Society for American
Archaeology meeting regarding the Cox Ranch Pueblo Community Research Project
is featured on the Bureau of Land Management’s public outreach website
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/heritage_ed /site_visits.html
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Summer
Moore, M.A., RPA
summer_moore@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761 ext. 20
Summer
Moore has worked in cultural resource management in western
Colorado since 2002. She has excavated at both prehistoric and
historic sites throughout Colorado. She recently completed her M.A. at the University
of Denver, with a focus on
ceramics and Southwestern prehistory.
Additional research interests include origins of agriculture in Colorado
and historic archaeology, with an emphasis on early mining communities. She has worked for Alpine since 2005.
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Jennifer L. Mueller, M.A.,
RPA
jenn_mueller@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 16
Jenn Mueller, who joined Alpine’s staff
in 2007, has nine years of experience as a North American archaeologist with
diverse experience in Illinois,
Washington, Idaho,
Oregon, New
Mexico, Utah
and Colorado. She received her M.A. from Washington
State University,
where her thesis research focused on the social organization of the middle
range Chacoan (Pueblo II) community of Cox Ranch Pueblo. Regionally, she has served as a crew chief
for extensive block surveys and seismic projects. Her professional interests include prehistoric
social organization and leadership strategies, diet breadth, mobility, faunal
analysis, bone tools, and historic ranching and mining land use. Her conservation-minded approach is
sensitive to the impacts of archaeology on modern indigenous groups.
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Jack E. Pfertsh, M.A., RPA
jack_pfertsh@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 15
Jack Pfertsh
has over 14 years of experience in the archaeological field having worked in Arizona,
New Mexico, Wyoming,
Utah, and Colorado
with the majority of his work focusing on the latter two states. He joined Alpine’s staff
in 1997 as a Project Director, where he has been responsible for site
excavation, inventory, archaeological monitoring, and report preparation on
three interstate pipeline projects and various other projects. Jack’s
interests include an emphasis on Historical and Protohistoric-era
archaeology. His specialties include historic site evaluation, documentation,
and excavation; artifact analysis and research; archival research; and oral
interviews. Although Mr. Pfertsh has a
propensity for historic archaeology, he is equally proficient in the
recordation, evaluation, and excavation of prehistoric resources.
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Alpine's Laboratory
Archaeologists
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Barbara Lockwood, B.S. – Artifact Laboratory Manager
barb_lockwood@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761 ext. 27
Barbara Lockwood joined Alpine’s team in 1999, working as
both a field archaeologist and as a laboratory archaeologist. She currently
manages Alpine’s artifact laboratory and is also proficient in GIS
mapping of archaeological sites. Prior
to the 1999 field season, she was the Curation Laboratory Supervisor at
Washington State University.
Abbie Bollans, B.S. –
Macrobotanical Specialist
abbie_bollans@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761 ext. 18
Abbie Bollans joined
Alpine’s team in 2007 as a laboratory and field archaeologist. She specializes in the identification and
interpretation of plant materials from archaeological contexts. She received her B.S. degree from Iowa
State University,
and she is currently in the process of completing her M.A. degree from the University
of Oklahoma under the direction
of Dr. Paul Minnis. Her thesis
examines macrobotanical remains from the Pueblo Alto trash mound in Chaco
Canyon. Abbie has archaeological experience in Iowa,
Kansas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, and Colorado. She has also worked on archaeological
projects in Crete and Chihuahua,
Mexico. Her research interests include
anthropogenic ecology, domestic and ritual plant use, prehistoric
subsistence, and sustainable agriculture.
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Alpine’s Office Staff
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Deborah J. Edwards
debby_edwards@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 11
Debby Edwards has served as Alpine's Office Manager since 1993. Her duties include
personnel management and project and corporate accounting.
Susi Trumbo
susi_trumbo@alpinearchaeology.com
970-249-6761
ext. 10
Susi Trumbo has served as
Alpine's Office Assistant since 2001. Her duties include general filing and
reception tasks. She is in charge of hiring seasonal field archaeologists and
manages logistics for field projects.
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e-mail address
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Phone ext.
970-249-6761
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Alexander, Rheagan
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rheagan_alexander@alpinearchaeology.com
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Bollans, Abbie
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abbie_bollans@alpinearchaeology.com
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Chandler, Susan
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susan_chandler@alpinearchaeology.com
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Edwards, Debby
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debby_edwards@alpinearchaeology.com
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11
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Greubel, Rand
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rand_greubel@alpinearchaeology.com
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24
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Horn, Jonathon
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jon_horn@alpinearchaeology.com
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Kinnear-Ferris, Sharyl
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s_kinnearferris@alpinearchaeology.com
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Landt, Matthew
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matt_landt@alpinearchaeology.com
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Lockwood, Barbara
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barb_lockwood@alpinearchaeology.com
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Moore, Summer
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summer_moore@alpinearchaeology.com
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Mueller, Jenn
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jenn_mueller@alpinearchaeology.com
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Pfertsh, Jack
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jack_pfertsh@alpinearchaeology.com
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Redman, Kim
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kim_redman@alpinearchaeology.com
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Reed, Alan
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alan_reed@alpinearchaeology.com
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Trumbo, Susi
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susi_trumbo@alpinearchaeology.com
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