Prairie Archaeology & Research provides the services necessary to efficiently conduct cultural resource assessments and evaluations in compliance with all government regulations. These services include:

Archaeology

  • Background literature and records review
  • Reconnaissance surveys/cultural resource assessments
  • Intensive archaeological surveys (Phase I)
  • Test excavations and significance evaluations (Phase II)
  • Data recovery and adverse effect mitigations (Phase III)

Architecture and History

  • Historic building surveys
  • National Register of Historic Places documentation
  • HABS/HAER recordation
  • Historic land use studies
  • Historical contexts

Other Services

  • Cemetery Documentation and Delineation
  • Grave Exhumations and Osteological Analyses
  • Geomorphology
  • Memoranda of agreements
  • Programmatic agreements
  • Archaeological data recovery plans
  • Historic property management plans
  • Historic preservation plans
In order to accomplish your project in a timely fashion, we have organized our facilities to completely support field endeavors. Prairie Archaeology & Research field equipment includes four-wheel-drive vehicles, wet and dry screens, hand augers, sediment augers, a light and heavy flotation machine, and surveying and mapping equipment. Laboratory facilities include artifact analysis areas, worktables, light tables, electronic scales, binocular microscopes, a library, and computer equipment. Report production is assisted by a complete computer aided drafting and design (CAD) station and photography equipment.