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A Golden Decade or an Approaching Storm
This post is authored by Jeffrey H. Altschul and Terry H. Klein of the SRI Foundation. In the summer of 2021, American archaeology confronted confusing crosswinds. In the United Kingdom, departments of archaeology were being shut down or scaled back. Among...
Webinar 10/6 – Alternative Mitigations: Let’s Continue the Discussion
As infrastructure improvements increase and the CRM industry continues to grow, cultural resource practitioners need to be more willing to consider alternative options as a way to approach resources requiring a mitigation-level effort. With increased interest in...
Calling All Archaeologists: Isotopic Analysis to Enhance your Research
Dedicated to complex isotope services, Isobar Science is a subsidiary of Beta Analytic offering uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating, strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopic analysis, Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotope geochemical fingerprinting, and boron (11B) and strontium environmental source...
THREE Questions: David Klinge
THREE Questions is a new blog series highlighting ACRA member firms and their experiences in the CRM industry. ABOUT OUR MEMBER: David Klinge is the Chief Operating Officer and a Project Manager for the ASC Group, Inc. Based outside of Cleveland, Ohio, he has spent 25...
ACRA Member Wade Catts on AmRev360
ACRA member firm South River Heritage Consulting has been part of a team working on the site of the 1777 Revolutionary War battles of Fort Mercer and Red Bank - and they recently uncovered some new findings! South River Heritage's Wade Catts was recently featured on...
Your Congress in Action: September 12, 2022
In addition to submitting comments to the federal government on potential reforms to mining permitting rules and a Sec. 106 exemption for electric vehicle supply equipment, ACRA has been busy tracking several policy developments that could impact the CRM industry....
Beta Analytic: Radiocarbon Dating and Stable Isotopes Laboratory Since 1979
Beta Analytic, the world leader of carbon-14 testing, has been providing radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis to the archaeological community since 1979. The lab utilizes the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technique to ensure the most advanced precision...
ACRA Comments on Proposed EVSE Exemption
ACRA has submitted comments to the ACHP about its revised proposed Section 106 exemption for federal agencies that install electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). The ACHP first indicated last Spring that it intended to draft an exemption, saying that they believe...
2022 Board Election Results
Thank you to all who voted in the 2022 ACRA election! This year's election was extremely close, and we eagerly anticipate welcoming new members to the Board of Directors in the fall. We greatly appreciate the service of our departing board members and look forward to...
ACRA Comments on Permitting Processes for Mine Projects
ACRA has urged a Biden administration working group to ensure that permitting processes for mine projects provide consistency, clarity, and certainty, and support the early involvement of cultural resource professionals in the planning process. The comments come in...