Consultation

ARI can assist environmental protection and management companies by providing consultation on methods that can be used to avoid impacts to archaeological resources. If required, formal archaeological resource protection plans can be developed as components of environmental protection and management plans. These services can assist the clients of environmental protection and management companies in preventing lawsuits resulting from inadvertent impacts to archaeological resources.

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Investigation

ARI can investigate damage to archaeological resources resulting from projects carried out by clients of environmental protection and management companies. These investigation services include systematically examining the location where the damage occurred, fully documenting the damage, attempting to determine how and why it occurred and preparing a report on the findings of the investigation. The investigative report also will include recommendations on how such damage can be avoided in the future. ARI also can review and provide expert analysis of investigative reports prepared by other investigators to assess their accuracy, completeness and objectivity. These services can assist environmental protection and management companies and their clients in responding to lawsuits resulting from inadvertent damage to archaeological resources caused by client projects. If necessary, the damage assessment services can be supplemented by ARI’s damage assessment and expert witness services. ARI also can provide investigation services for damage to paleontological resources and various other types of natural resources.

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Damage Assessment

ARI can assess damage to archaeological resources resulting from projects carried out by clients of environmental protection and management companies. These damage assessment services include documenting the damage through field damage assessment procedures, determining the effect of the damage in terms of accepted monetary values for archaeological damage and preparing an archaeological damage assessment report. ARI also can review and provide expert analysis of damage assessment reports prepared by other archaeologists to assess their content in relation to the most current standards for archaeological damage assessment. These services can assist environmental protection and management companies and their clients in responding to lawsuits resulting from inadvertent damage to archaeological resources caused by client projects. If necessary, the damage assessment services can be supplemented by ARI’s investigation and expert witness services.

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Expert Witness Services

ARI offers expert witness services for potential litigation involving damage to archaeological resources resulting from projects carried out by clients of environmental protection and management companies. Expert witness testimony can be provided for investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by ARI for this damage. ARI also can review and evaluate investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by other investigators or archaeologists for damage to archaeological resources. These services can assist environmental protection and management companies and their clients in responding to lawsuits resulting from inadvertent damage to archaeological resources caused by client projects.

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Training

ARI can develop and present training on archaeological resource protection for environmental protection and management companies and their clients. Potential topics of the training include:

• Recognition of archaeological resources
• The importance of archaeological resources to Native Americans, other ethnic groups and the general public
• Laws that protect archaeological resources
• Potential consequences of failing to avoid impacts to archaeological resources in client projects
• Methods that can be used to avoid impacts to archaeological resources in client projects

Providing training on these topics to environmental protection and management companies and client employees and contractors can assist them in preventing lawsuits resulting from inadvertent impacts to archaeological resources caused by client projects.

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