Matthew D. Armstrong

Archaeologist

Overview

Mr. Armstrong is a skilled field and lab technician with 4 years experience

in cultural resource management and 9 years experience in educational

institutions, multinational companies, and small businesses.

Mr. Armstrong has extensive training and experience in archaeology in

general and cultural resource management (CRM) in particular. He is in

the final stages of completing an MA in anthropology a the University of

Areas of Expertise California, Santa Barbara, and has worked with both federal and state

Cultural Resource Management cultural resource management offices as well as gaining experience as a

Business field and laboratory technician and field supervisor for well-respected

CRM and environmental consulting firms. In addition, his own research

Years of Experience has required him to learn project, field, and laboratory supervision,

With URS: 1 Year planning, and management skills. Aside from his training as a cultural

With Other Firms: 9 Years resource archaeologist, Mr. Armstrong also has excellent administrative

and data management skills.

Education

MA/Californian Archaeology/ Project Specific Experience

Expected March 2006 UCSB Field School. In an unofficial capacity, helped Professor Michael

BA/Anthropology/U.C. Santa Glassow train field class students at the Sedgewick Reserve.

Cruz

Central Coast Information Center, University of California, Santa

Certification/CRM

Barbara. 2005 present. Supervised the creation of GIS maps for

Technician/Cabrillo College,

archaeological sites and survey coverage in Santa Barbara and San Luis

Aptos, CA

Obispo Counties. Performed quality control checks on maps.

Garcia And Associates, Lompoc, CA June 2005. Field supervisor for

the excavation of a prehistoric site in Solvang. Also worked as a monitor

for construction on Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Student Conservation Association Internship, Vandenberg Air

Force Base, CA. 2004 2005. Assisted in the implementation of

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance measures,

monitored construction activity in sensitive areas, carried out surveillance

on threatened and sensitive historic and archaeological sites, reviewed

construction projects for NHPA compliance issues, reviewed contractor-

submitted environmental compliance documents, constructed databases

for managing cultural resource information on and around Vandenberg

Air Force Base.

Applied Earthworks, Lompoc, CA. 2003 2004. Lab and field tech,

working on sites on and materials from Vandenberg AFB and UC Santa

Barbara. Worked both as a full-time employee and, later, as a reserve field

tech when needed. Performed field excavation and construction

monitoring (including projects in the Goleta Slough area), lab processing,

and ichthyofaunal analysis.

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University Of California, Santa Barbara, CA. 2002 2003. TA for

Anthropology, Black Studies, and Asian-American Studies. Lab tech for

Michael Glassow.

Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, CA. 1998 2002. Channel

Marketing Coordinator (other positions include Administrative Specialist,

and 4 months as a contractor)

Conference Papers and Public Lectures:

Trade and Exchange in the Late Period Santa Ynez Valley: The View

from SBA-809. Society for California Archaeology, 2005 Annual Meeting,

Sacramento.

Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the Santa Ynez Valley. Society for

California Archaeology, 2006 Annual Meeting, Ventura.

Quantifying Exchange in the Santa Ynez Valley. Society for California

Archaeology, 2006 Annual Meeting, Ventura.

Santa Ynez Valley Prehistory. Talk given for the Ventura County

Archaeological Society, March, 2006.

Contact Information

URS Corporation

130 Robin Hill Road, Suite 100

Santa Barbara, CA 93117

Tel: 805-***-****

Fax: 805-***-****

abppvw@r.postjobfree.com

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