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Spindrift Consulting (Spindrift) is a woman- and minority-owned environmental compliance small business enterprise (WBE, MBE, SBE). During the project design phase, Spindrift performs impact analyses to evaluate if a proposed development project is likely to pose any adverse impacts to archaeological sites, historic buildings, ethnographic or Tribal Cultural Resources, paleontological resources or fossils, as well as biological resources (flora and fauna). If impacts are expected during the project implementation phase, then we work to develop mitigation measures to prevent, minimize or mitigate such impacts, as well as provide mitigation monitoring services during geotechnical assessments (design) and project grading and trenching (construction).

We can also provide environmental compliance services related to natural resources, air quality, water quality, hazardous material, hazardous and universal waste, aboveground and underground storage tanks, and special programs (polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, and lead-based paint).

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What LiDAR, geophysics, and thoughtful research design can reveal before excavation begins

Imagine beginning an archaeological investigation with a detailed three-dimensional model of the landscape. Subtle earthworks, abandoned roads, terraces, and other modifications may be visible in the data even when they are difficult to recognize on the ground. These features can help archaeologists identify areas worth investigating more closely. But what happens when a promising feature …

Archaeology Doesn’t Have to Excavate More to Discover More

Could collaborative research partnerships unlock decades of untapped archaeological knowledge? Archaeologists have spent generations excavating sites, documenting discoveries, analyzing artifacts, and depositing collections in museums and repositories. The result is an extraordinary accumulation of archaeological knowledge. Yet much of that information remains scattered across technical reports, field records, artifact catalogs, laboratory databases, and collections that …

Monitoring Is a Safety Net, Not a Time Machine

Why archaeological monitoring works best as part of a larger cultural-resource strategy. Imagine a construction crew excavating a trench for a new utility line. An archaeological monitor is standing nearby, watching the excavation. The backhoe exposes a concentration of artifacts. The monitor recognizes that the material may represent a previously unidentified archaeological site. Now what? …

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