Cultural Resources Consulting

Providing expert consultation for your project, navigating federal, state and local cultural resource regulations.

Steve Swanson, PhD, RPA

PhD in Anthropology and 25 years of experience
Dr. Swanson has managed hundreds of cultural resources survey, testing, data recovery, and monitoring projects throughout the Western United States for NEPA and NHPA Section 106/110 compliance. He has extensive experience with cultural resources-related laws and regulations, and coordination with state and federal agencies on projects of varying complexity. Steve is an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University and a veteran of the US Navy.

Cultural Resources

Critical issues analysis, planning, permitting

Records reviews, field inventory, site testing and mitigation

Construction monitoring

Aerial Photography & GIS

We can provide FAA-licensed commercial drone photography for your project.

Expert GIS mapping, analysis and field data collection

SunZia Transmission LineAZ-NM

Principal Investigator since 2009 for all cultural resources permitting, inventory, assessment, mitigation and monitoring for 550-mile transmission lines

US Toll Road 365 TX

Cultural resources inventory and trenching for highway material sources

McClellan Ranch AZ

Archaeological survey, excavation and construction monitoring for residential development

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