The individuals and firms listed on this page are distinct entities who have, through time, developed an effective relationship with Lahren Associates. They have agreed to team on an as needed basis in order to provide the client a more imaginative, high quality, cost effective product.
Greg Seymour, MA, RPA
Prehistoric & Historic Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis
Mr. Greg Seymour is the owner of Trails Past, LLC - small cultural resource compliance business founded in 2003. Mr. Seymour has wide ranging CRM experience and provides cost effective services. He has more than 30 years of experience managing and completing NEPA, NHPA, Section 106 compliance and ARPA assessments. His expertise includes historic and prehistoric archaeology, historical resources management planning, and historic architectural assessment and restoration. His expertise also includes implementation of all phases of archaeological inventory and mitigation; data and artifact collection and analysis. His specialized experience includes prehistoric ceramic analysis in Utah, Nevada, southern California, and western Arizona.
Mr. Seymour has conducted NEPA and NHPA documentation for large infrastructure projects including renewable and non-renewable energy, transmission, and mining for various federal, state and local governments in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. He has conducted ARPA related studies documenting vandalism on National Park Service property in Nevada, California, and Arizona. These studies included damage assessments for historic and prehistoric site defacements and he provided expert witness testimony. He has developed and implemented business and strategic plans for both profit and non-profit businesses. He directed the development of a national heritage area management plan, and has established partnerships with federal, state and local governments and private stakeholders, and has developed funding and assisted partners with preservation and heritage tourism opportunities.
Mr. Seymour served as the Principal Science Resource Manager during the development and construction of a large museum complex in southern Nevada and directed the research and development necessary to establish the collections management program and designed and implemented a Cultural Resource Management Plan. He maintains working relationships with various Native American groups including Southern Paiutes, Mohave, and Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT).
Mr. Seymour has conducted NEPA and NHPA documentation for large infrastructure projects including renewable and non-renewable energy, transmission, and mining for various federal, state and local governments in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. He has conducted ARPA related studies documenting vandalism on National Park Service property in Nevada, California, and Arizona. These studies included damage assessments for historic and prehistoric site defacements and he provided expert witness testimony. He has developed and implemented business and strategic plans for both profit and non-profit businesses. He directed the development of a national heritage area management plan, and has established partnerships with federal, state and local governments and private stakeholders, and has developed funding and assisted partners with preservation and heritage tourism opportunities.
Mr. Seymour served as the Principal Science Resource Manager during the development and construction of a large museum complex in southern Nevada and directed the research and development necessary to establish the collections management program and designed and implemented a Cultural Resource Management Plan. He maintains working relationships with various Native American groups including Southern Paiutes, Mohave, and Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT).
Scott M. Whitesides, MA, RPA
Maritime and Historical Archaeology, Oral History, Western Mining and Transportation
Mr. Whiteside earned a B.A. at Utah State University and an M.A. in historical archaeology at East Carolina University. He has 18 years of cultural resource related experience in the areas of underwater archaeology, maritime history, historical terrestrial archaeology, historic preservation, prehistoric archaeology and museum management. His specialties are North American maritime archaeology and history, nineteenth century material culture, western transportation systems, Oral History, western U.S. mining and Great Basin prehistory. He has participated in or directed projects in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina.
Mr. Whitesides maritime emphasis is in nineteenth century Euro-American material culture, mining and western settlement, western transportation development, Great Lakes maritime history, and small watercraft and ship design. His field experience includes literature searches, archival researches, Maritime resources eligibility evaluations, cultural inventories, site testing, archaeological excavation, and monitoring. Mr. Whitesides has also worked as a maritime historic preservation carpenter and shipwright, museum curator and educator. He is certified as a “Scientific
Diver.”
Mr. Whiteside earned a B.A. at Utah State University and an M.A. in historical archaeology at East Carolina University. He has 18 years of cultural resource related experience in the areas of underwater archaeology, maritime history, historical terrestrial archaeology, historic preservation, prehistoric archaeology and museum management. His specialties are North American maritime archaeology and history, nineteenth century material culture, western transportation systems, Oral History, western U.S. mining and Great Basin prehistory. He has participated in or directed projects in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina.
Mr. Whitesides maritime emphasis is in nineteenth century Euro-American material culture, mining and western settlement, western transportation development, Great Lakes maritime history, and small watercraft and ship design. His field experience includes literature searches, archival researches, Maritime resources eligibility evaluations, cultural inventories, site testing, archaeological excavation, and monitoring. Mr. Whitesides has also worked as a maritime historic preservation carpenter and shipwright, museum curator and educator. He is certified as a “Scientific
Diver.”
Stephen Emerson, MA
Architectual History, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
Mr. Emerson is the sole proprietor of Archisto Enterprises founded in 2005, and specializes in historic structure and building evaluation. He earned both a B.A. and M.A. in History from Eastern Washington University. He has been continuously involved with applied cultural resource management projects since 1992 and has extensive experience conducting projects that fall under NHPA and is familiar with Federal, as well as Washington and Idaho state requirements for cultural resource management studies. Since 1992 he has been employed as a researcher byArchaeological and Historical Services of Eastern Washington University.
Mr. Emerson meets the professional standards and qualifications set forth in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (36 CFR Part 61). Since 1992 he has been involved with over 300 historic research and archaeological survey and excavation projects, many of them Section 106 and
Washington State Executive Order 05-05 projects. He has 20 years of experience in cultural resources management in the Pacific Northwest. With extensive knowledge of Northwest Indian tribes and early white settlement of the region, he has researched regional irrigation development, water rights, cultivation, mining, transportation and logging and has extensive knowledge of the history and the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. He has conducted research in all major regional repositories, local libraries and museums, courthouses, and public agencies, and has extensive experience collecting oral histories.
Mr. Emerson has successfully completed determinations of eligibility and nominations to the National, State, and local Registers of Historic Places, NRHP historic district nominations, and several Multiple Property Documentations (MPD), as well as documentation and photography for Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Building Survey (HABS) reports.
Mr. Emerson meets the professional standards and qualifications set forth in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (36 CFR Part 61). Since 1992 he has been involved with over 300 historic research and archaeological survey and excavation projects, many of them Section 106 and
Washington State Executive Order 05-05 projects. He has 20 years of experience in cultural resources management in the Pacific Northwest. With extensive knowledge of Northwest Indian tribes and early white settlement of the region, he has researched regional irrigation development, water rights, cultivation, mining, transportation and logging and has extensive knowledge of the history and the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. He has conducted research in all major regional repositories, local libraries and museums, courthouses, and public agencies, and has extensive experience collecting oral histories.
Mr. Emerson has successfully completed determinations of eligibility and nominations to the National, State, and local Registers of Historic Places, NRHP historic district nominations, and several Multiple Property Documentations (MPD), as well as documentation and photography for Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Building Survey (HABS) reports.
Jamie Emmick, MA, RPA
Osteology
Jamie Emmick is owner of Jamie Emmick Archaeologist & Osteologist founded in 2010. Jamie Emmick Archaeologist and Osteologist is a small woman-owned business specializing in identification, recovery, and analysis of human remains. Ms.Emmick earned a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Idaho and an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Montana.
Ms. Emmick began doing archaeological fieldwork in the Northwest in 1995 with Northwest Archaeological Associates (SWCA Environmental Consultants) and now operates her consulting business in addition to working for SWCA and other environmental consulting firms. She has conducted research, performed surveys, monitored construction, identified and evaluated sites, completed site forms, and written reports. She has also developed survey methodology and acted as field crew leader on small surveys. In addition, since 2006, she worked as assistant director of both a field and office laboratory processing the large Sandpoint Idaho historical archaeological collection for CH2M HILL and SWCA.
Her experience includes documentation and excavation of prehistoric and historic burials and related artifacts, inventory of disturbed or commingled human remains, and laboratory analysis of human remains, including determination of age, sex, ancestry, stature, and pathology. She has assisted in preparation of inadvertent discovery protocol and consulted on discovery of skeletal remains. Her work at both prehistoric and historic sites has involved close collaboration with representatives of local Tribes. Research interests include historic cemeteries and burials as well as methods for locating them. Ms. Emmick has written many technical reports, presented papers
at professional conferences, and had her research on the osteology of the prehistoric people of Kodiak Island published in a regional journal. She worked on forensic anthropology cases, performing recovery and analysis of human remains for law enforcement, and assisted in training law enforcement personnel. She also taught a laboratory and lecture course in mammalian osteology at the University of Montana for three years.
Ms. Emmick began doing archaeological fieldwork in the Northwest in 1995 with Northwest Archaeological Associates (SWCA Environmental Consultants) and now operates her consulting business in addition to working for SWCA and other environmental consulting firms. She has conducted research, performed surveys, monitored construction, identified and evaluated sites, completed site forms, and written reports. She has also developed survey methodology and acted as field crew leader on small surveys. In addition, since 2006, she worked as assistant director of both a field and office laboratory processing the large Sandpoint Idaho historical archaeological collection for CH2M HILL and SWCA.
Her experience includes documentation and excavation of prehistoric and historic burials and related artifacts, inventory of disturbed or commingled human remains, and laboratory analysis of human remains, including determination of age, sex, ancestry, stature, and pathology. She has assisted in preparation of inadvertent discovery protocol and consulted on discovery of skeletal remains. Her work at both prehistoric and historic sites has involved close collaboration with representatives of local Tribes. Research interests include historic cemeteries and burials as well as methods for locating them. Ms. Emmick has written many technical reports, presented papers
at professional conferences, and had her research on the osteology of the prehistoric people of Kodiak Island published in a regional journal. She worked on forensic anthropology cases, performing recovery and analysis of human remains for law enforcement, and assisted in training law enforcement personnel. She also taught a laboratory and lecture course in mammalian osteology at the University of Montana for three years.
James C. Bard, PhD, RPA
Prehistoric & Historical Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management, Project Management
Dr. Bard co-founded Basin Research Associates, Inc. of San Leandro, California in 1977, a CRM firm still operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1993, he becameCH2M HILL's firm-wide Senior Technologist for cultural resources. From 2009 to 2013, Dr. Bard has served as a Senior Principal Investigator for cultural resources with SWCA. In 2013, Dr. Bard he moved to Cardno Entrix as a cultural resources specialist. Dr. Lahren has collaborated with Dr. Bard on a several CRM projects and it is expected that this collaborative relationship will continue.
