AECOM archaeologists are experienced in evaluating how precontact occupants lived at a particular location, moved across landscapes, and utilized stone, plant, and animal resources of a watershed or region. AECOM geomorphologists can characterize soil associated with precontact archaeological deposits to determine appropriate methods of excavation and to characterize site-formation processes.
AECOM's large staff of archaeologists has extensive experience in excavation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting for various precontact sites, such as rockshelters, coastal shell middens, wind-buried deposits, shallow upland sites, small lithic scatters, resources situated beneath urban development, sites on islands, extensive multi-component sites, and sites in deeply buried floodplain settings.
AECOM archaeologists have completed site identification, evaluation, data recovery, and mitigation development for precontact sites in many states including Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Illinois. Analysis of soil and sediment cores has been conducted to reconstruct ancient landforms and past environments. Other specialized analyses, such as radiocarbon dating, are routinely integrating into interpretations.
Predictive Modeling
Phase I-III Survey
Landscape Development
Paleoenvironment Reconstruction
Precontact Artifact Analysis
Stephen Tull, RPA
Vice President, Cultural Resources Department
steve.tull@aecom.com
267.559.6220