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Tucker Owen Orvald CWAS Archaeological Field Director
<br />Education
<br />• M.S. Cultural Resource Management, Central Washington University, 2003
<br />• B.A. Anthropology, University of Washington, 1993
<br />• Archaeological field school with Dr. Robert Bettinger - University of California, Davis. Alpine village
<br />house -pit excavation and pedestrian survey in the White Mountains, eastern California, 1987
<br />Qualifications
<br />• Active in conservation archaeology, including prehistoric and historic cultural resource management since 1987. Has
<br />worked on more than 100 projects in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Iowa, and authored more than 40
<br />cultural resource management reports.
<br />Area of Interest & Expertise
<br />• Yakima Fold Belt archaeology, aboriginal subsistence systems, archaeological method and technique, geospatial
<br />applications for archaeological methods, geodatabase design and groundwater discharge environments
<br />Professional Experience
<br />• 2004 -present, Project Director, Faculty Research Associate & Principal Investigator, Central Washington Anthropological
<br />Survey (CWAS), Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
<br />• 2000-2004, Crew Leader, Geospatial Specialist & Subsurface Survey Director, Earth Imaging Associates, Ellensburg, WA
<br />• 2000-2001, Geospatial Specialist, Yakima Basin Reaches Project, CWU Geography & Land Studies, Ellensburg, WA
<br />• 2000-2001, Archaeological Technician, Archaeological & Historical Services, Cheney, WA
<br />• 1997-1999, Crew Supervisor and Teaching Assistant for CWU Archaeological Field Schools in the Saddle Mountains,
<br />Grant County, central Washington and in Mount Rainier National Park
<br />• 1993-1996, Archaeological Technician, Mapper & Cartographer, Farwestem Anthropological Research Group, Davis, CA
<br />Selected Projects
<br />• Principal Investigator 4,600 -acre inventory Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington, 2009
<br />• Principal Investigator, 20 Sites NRHP eligibility testing, cultural resource geodatabase and collections management, U.S.
<br />Army Yakima Training Center (YTC), Washington, 2008 -present
<br />• Principal Investigator, 16,154 -acre inventory & 100 sites NRHP registration, U.S. Army YTC, Washington, 2007 -present
<br />• Project Manager, land exchange archaeological inventory, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Kittitas,
<br />Yakima & Klickitat counties, Washington, 2006-2007
<br />• Project Manager, on-call contract for cultural resource services, Suncadia Resort, Kittitas County, Washington, 2005-2009.
<br />• Archaeological site mapping specialist for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Ice Harbour Dam and
<br />Lower Monumental Dam, Washington, 2006
<br />• Geospatial Specialist & Stratigrapher, inventory and testing project on Edwards Air Force Base, Lancaster, California,
<br />2006
<br />• Crew Leader, Geospatial Specialist and Subsurface Survey Director, Grant County PUD FERC relicensing project,
<br />Washington, 2000-2003
<br />Selected Presentations, Reports & Publications
<br />• In Process, 16,154 -Acre Systematic Pedestrian Survey and 100 NRHP Site Evaluations, Yakima Training Center,
<br />Yakima and Kittitas Counties, Washington
<br />• 2009 Archaeological Survey for the FWS Overlook Burn Seeding Project, Hanford National Monument Wahluke Unit,
<br />Grant & Franklin Counties, Washington
<br />• 2009 Roslyn Historic District - No. 4 Coal Mine Industrial Open Space Cultural Resource Assessment, Upper Kittitas
<br />County, Washington
<br />• 2008 GIS Models and Archaeological Assemblage Variation, Middle Columbia River Uplands: U.S. Army Yakima
<br />Training Center, WA. Poster presented with Steve Hackenberger and Gideon Cauffman at the SAA Conference, Vancouver
<br />• 2005 N. WL Company No. 9 Coal Mine Complex 45KTI380 Rope Rider Cultural Resource Management Plan (with
<br />Morris Uebelacker and Nicholas Smith)
<br />• 2004 GPR Investigations of a Prehistoric Native American Village, Lower Snake River Floodplain, Idaho, USA (with
<br />Brian Whiting). Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Delft, Netherlands
<br />• 2000 Archaeological Resource Conservation at Bishop Springs, Potholes Coulee, Eastern Washington. Paper presented
<br />at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, Washington
<br />Central Washington Anthropological Survey
<br />40o East University Way. Ellensburg, WA 98926-7542
<br />Office:509-963-2452Email:Tomald@cwu.edu
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