Brief Description of Education & Experience
My name is Loren Burton Huddleston. I have over 20 years of experience in conducting archaeological research for Cultural Resource Management (CRM). My experience includes survey, site recordation, excavation, and monitoring, as well as laboratory analysis, cataloging and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance. I meet the qualifications for Principal Investigator put forth by the Nevada Bureau of Land Management which utilizes the subareas identified by Jennings (1986:Figure 1; in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 11, Great Basin, edited by W. L. d’Azevedo, pp. 113-119, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) to assess geographic experience.
I have authored Technical Reports, EIR/EIS (Environmental Impact Review/ Environmental Impact Statement) Sections, IMAC (Intermountain Antiquities Computer System) and DPR (Department of Parks and Recreation- Office of Historic Preservation) site forms, various agency letter reports, and tribal communications for multiple CRM projects of varied size and scope. I have taken those projects from the planning and proposal stages all the way through the Federal Section 106 Process. I also have presented project findings and research results to audiences that have included: professional colleagues, contractors, agency officials, landowners, indigenous peoples, and the public. In these engagements, subject matter was sometimes controversial and viewpoints in response were sometimes hostile. Despite these difficulties in communications the results brought favorable outcomes for all parties concerned.
As a career milestone, I developed a methodology of testing and data recovery in consultation with Senior Archaeologists from two prominent firms (FWARG, AECOM), Engineers from the USACE, Miwok Tribal Representatives (Designated NAGPRA MLD), landowners, and project Geologists to completely document, test and mitigate all cultural resources in a 48-mile River/Levee corridor.
The project tasks included mitigation of burial sites in fulfillment of NAGPRA and Section 106 laws. In addition to complying with these required statutes, all efforts were made to complete necessary excavations, removals, and repatriation in accordance with Tribal people’s requests and sacred beliefs.
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