Undergraduate Research I986 - 1992

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In 1986 I changed majors from fine arts (photography) to anthropology. I worked on a variety of archaeological projects in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. These included Contact Period Native American village sites along the Catawba River under the direction of Professors Alan May and Janet Levy, and a Colonial Plantation site under the direction of Dr. Fred Fisher and Professor Janet Levy. I would return to NC over the years to work on a documentary film project about my research and to write a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Robinson Stone House site in Reedy Creek Park. I also studied under Professor Kathleen Yancy and published an essay on the role of voice in Native American culture. Finally, I worked for three weeks on a Gaulle village archaeological project on Saint Catherine's Island for the American Museum of Natural History in the summer of 1992.

Citations: 

Carr, Thomas L.   

2009 The Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site (31MK272), National Register of Historic Places Nomination. Ms. on file, Office of the State Archaeologist, Raleigh, NC.

1994 Varieties of the ‘Other’, Voice and Native American Culture, in Voices on Voice: Perspectives, Definitions, Inquiry, Kathleen Yancey ed., National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.

1991  A Catalogue of Cultural Resources Associated with Reedy Creek Park, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Ms. on file Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library/Carolina Room.

1990 An Anthropological and Historical Perspective of the Norkett and White House Land Tracts in Northeastern Mecklenburg, County, N.C., Ms. on file Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library/Carolina Room.

Fisher, F. William 

1986  Emergency Excavation and Stabilization of the Robinson Stone House Ruins (31MK272), Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Ms. on file Carolina Reading Room, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC.

Jimenez, Joseph A.

1993 Pueblo de Santa Catalina De Guale, Auger Survey: Computer Data and "Topographic" Distribution Mapping Procedures. Unpublished report on file, St. Catherines Island Archive, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

May, J. Alan,

1989 Archaeological Excavations at the Crowders Creek Site (31GS55): A Late Woodland Farmstead in the Catawba River Valley, Gaston County, North Carolina, Ms. on file Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, NC.

In the summer of 1993 I moved to Colorado to begin my graduate school studies in archaeology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I earned my Master's degree in 1996 and worked on a PhD from 1997 to 2001. The major academic projects I worked on were geophysical archaeology studies of Pueblo San Marcos, in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico. This work was in support of Dr. Eden Welker's PhD on the site. I also conducted my own original research on creating a remote sensing model that predicted the location of ancient stone tool quarries in the Beaverhead Mountain of Montana. I was also a research assistant at the Bluff Great House Project in support of Dr. Larry Conyers research. Finally, I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Douglas Bamforth on several lithic analysis projects. While working towards the PhD that I never finished, I started working professionally on several cultural resource management projects for a company out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I worked part-time out of Denver and traveled to Kansas, Indiana, and Oregon for projects. 

Citations:

Bamforth, Douglas B. and Mark Becker 

2000 Core/Biface Ratios, Mobility, Refitting, and Artifact Use-Lives: A Paleo-Indian Example, Ms on file University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Anthropology.

Bischoff, Wayne, and Thomas Carr  

2001 Town of Delphi, Indiana, Erie and Wabash Canal Archaeological Survey Results, prepared for the Carroll County Wabash and Erie Canal Association, Delphi, IN.

2000  Town of Kansas Pedestrian Bridge Location: Archaeological Survey Results. Reports of Investigation No. 591. Hemisphere Field Services, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.

Carr, Thomas, Tom Bailey, Don Johnson, and R. David Satterwhite.  

2000  Geophysical Investigations at the Birch Creek Site (35ML181). Hemisphere Field Services Report of Investigations, No. 641. Minneapolis, MN.

Carr, Thomas L. and Mort D. Turner

1996 Evaluating Regional Lithic Procurement Using Multi-spectral Imagery and Geophysical Exploration”, in Archaeological Prospection, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 109-129.

Conyers, Lawrence B.,

1998  Acquisition, processing and interpretation techniques for ground-penetrating radar mapping of buried pit-structures in the American Southwest. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Ground-penetrating Radar. Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Kansas, pp. 53-59.

Welker, Eden A.

1997  Attributes of Aggregation at Pueblo San Marcos and Pecos Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado. University International Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 

Professional Papers and Public Lectures:

1999 - Stone Tools and Satellites: Using Remote Sensing Imagery to Locate Ancient Quarries. Invited paper at the forum on Remote Sensing Applications in Archaeology, 64th annual Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, IL.

1998 - Using Combined Geophysical Methods for Defining Subsurface Patterning at Ancient Pueblo Sites: A Case Study from Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico, invited Fryxell Symposium paper, 63rd annual Society for American Archaeology meeting, Seattle, WA.

1997 - Using High Resolution Spectroscopy to Identify Chert Artifacts and their Geologic Sources: A Pilot Study, Plains Anthropologist Conference, Boulder, CO.

1997 - Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Correlate Quaternary and Site Stratigraphy, invited paper at the Ancient Landscape Reconstruction Symposium, 62nd annual Society for American Archaeology meeting, Nashville, TN.

1997 – Applications of Multi-Spectral Imagery Analysis in Archaeology. Invited speaker at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology symposium, The Virtual Dig: Computers and the Pursuit of the Past, Philadelphia, PA.

1996 - Evaluating Regional Lithic Procurement Using Multi-spectral Imagery and Geophysical Exploration, 61st annual Society for American Archaeology meeting, New Orleans, LA.

1996 – Using Satellites to Locate Ancient Stone Tool Quarries.  Invited poster presentation at University of Colorado, Center of the American West symposium Field Scientists and the Shaping of the American West.

1995 – The Potential for Using Remote Sensing Data in Archaeological Site Prediction and Investigation. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists annual meeting, Ft. Collins, CO.

1994 – The Potential for Using Satellite Data in Beringian Archaeological Site Prediction and Investigation. 45th annual Arctic Science Conference in Anchorage, Alaska and Vladivostok, Russia.

After leaving History Colorado in 2016 I started my own cultural resource management company named Colorado Cultural Resource Management (CCRA).  CCRA specialized in archaeological and historical research, as well as documentary photography. Over the course of five years CCRA conducted a variety of projects in the Rocky Mountain West, Great Plains, and Southwest in cooperation with other CRM films. The COVID-19 pandemic hit my business hard and in 2021 I decided I needed to join a larger established company. Since 2021 I have served as the Cultural Resources Program Manger for AECOM in the Rocky Mountain Region. My work has taken me to many places and it's great to have a steady paycheck. Check out my citations below and the image gallery that follows.

CCRA Project Citations:

Carr, Thomas

2021 A Class I Survey of I-17, Anthem Way Traffic Interchange to Jct. SR 69 (Cordes Junction), memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey 11 small parcels near Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir, Larimer County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class I Survey of Cordero Mine (26HU6489 Area), Winnemucca BLM District, Nevada), memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey, Peoria Bridge Replacement, Commerce City vicinity, Adams County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of a small parcel of land allow West Bijou Creek, Adams County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of the Anderson 1st Subdivision Offsite Sewer, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of the Intersection of W 100th Avenue and Simms Street, Jefferson County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class III Pedestrian Survey 2275 Wadsworth Boulevard, Jefferson County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental Inc, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2021 A Class II Pedestrian Survey of Four Land Parcels at Castle Pines Village, Douglas County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2020 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of the Roxborough State Park Access Road, Douglas County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2020 Desktop review of archaeological potential for Hogback to North Penrose project, Fremont County, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2020 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of a Property Located at the Confluence of the Big Thompson and South Platte Rivers, Weld County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2020 Archaeological Monitoring at North Highlands Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO, for Historic Denver - Colorado State Historical Fund, SHF-2018-01-032, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2019 A Class I Archaeological review of seven road intersection associated with HSIP Round 2 project, Denver County, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2019 Archaeological review the 14th Street bridge over Cherry Creek in Denver, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2019 Class I file search for land parcel 6436100018, Zeppelin Road, El Paso County, CO, Colorado Cultural Research Associates, Ms. on file Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2019 Historic American Engineering Record Short Form, the Wyoming canal (Lateral 31.7 and Five Mile Lateral), Colorado Cultural Research Associates, for Midvale Irrigation District, Ms. on file Bureau of Reclamation Wyoming Area Office, Mills, Wyoming,

2019 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of a Property Located at the Confluence of the Big Thompson and South Platte Rivers, Weld County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental #118121801, , on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2019 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of Three Wetland Areas Associated with the Jolly Road Bridge Project, Arapaho County, for Pinyon Environmental # 11797901, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2019 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of the Proposed Golden Current Waterline in Larimer County, Colorado, for Pinyon Environmental # 119126001, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 Archaeology Class I Literature Review for East Baseline Road at I-25, Broomfield County, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2018 Class I Archival File Search and Analysis of Cultural Resources in the Vicinity of Firestone Apartments Project, 10600 Colorado Blvd, Firestone, Weld County, Colorado, Colorado Cultural Research Associates, for Housing and Urban Development, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 The Interstate 70 (I-70) Floyd Hill to Veterans Memorial Tunnels Environmental

Assessment (EA) (archaeology chapter), Atkins Global, for Colorado Department of Transportation, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 Class III Pedestrian Survey of Wetland Area Near Gun Club Road & Quincy Avenue Crossing Associated with the Multi-Use Trail Project Arapahoe County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 A Class I Survey of SH-12 ROW between Trinidad and Walsenburg, Atkins Global, for Colorado Department of Transportation, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 A Class III Cultural Resources Survey at Three Locations Associated with Improvements to Magnolia Road Bridge Improvement Project, Boulder County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of Roadway Erosion Control (Pond 2M-7) at Denver International Airport North of Pena Boulevard, Denver County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2018 A Class I archaeological review of US85 between West Florida and West Jewell Avenues, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2017 US 50 Corridor East Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision Historic and Archaeological Resources Technical Memorandum (archaeology chapter), Atkins Global, for Colorado Department of Transportation, Ms. on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2017 A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Utica Street in the town of Ward, Boulder County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2017 A Cultural Resources Survey of a Parcel of Land Located South of W 84th Avenue, and west of Zuni Street in the City of Westminster, Adams County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2017 A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of the Cuerno Verde Tail Resurfacing and Widening Project Area, Lathrop State Park, Huerfano County, Colorado, Colorado Cultural Research Associates on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2017 A Class III Pedestrian Survey of the Proposed Longview Trail, Hazaleus Natural Area, Larimer County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 Class I Cultural Resource Inventory of a Section of State Highway 86 in Douglas and Elbert Counties, Colorado, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2016 Section 106 Review for Archaeological Resources, Larimer County Road 15 Bridge, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2016 A Class I Cultural Resource Inventory of US85, from W. Florida Ave to W. Hampden Ave, Denver, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2016 A Class I Cultural Resource Inventory of a Section of Morrison Rd. to C470 in Jefferson County, CO, memo on file at Pinyon Environmental, Lakewood, CO.

2016 The Great Western Sugar Company Factory in Brighton, Colorado: archival research, oral history, and beet sugar process, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 Boulder County Emergency Work, TO 1, Fourmile Canyon Drive Archaeology APE, Boulder County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 Thornton DRCOG Trails: Archaeological Resources, Adams County, CO, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 A Cultural Resource Inventory of 12-acres at the Intersection of E Iliff Ave. and E Cherry Creek S Drive, Arapaho County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

Carr, Thomas L., and Kimberly Bailey

2017 A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Along Buckhorn Road (LCR 44h), Larimer County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

Carr, Thomas L, Bailey, Kimberly, and Amie Gray

2017 A Cultural Resources Inventory of 10 site at Mueller State Park, Teller County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO. 

2017 A Cultural Resources Inventory of Four Sites at Steamboat Lake State Park, Routt County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 A Re-Visitation of Five Sites at Trinidad Lake State Park, Las Animas County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

2016 A Re-Visitation of Five Sites at Lathrop State Park, Huerfano County, Colorado, on file, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.

Example AECOM Projects:

Project Titan, Nationwide, CO-PI for Archaeology, 2025 – Present – AECOM contracted with a confidential client to conduct environmental review for a large infrastructure project that spans over 29 states. This work involved coordinating research with many State Historic Preservation Offices and Certified Local Governments on issues related to data acquisition, preservation law, and permitting at hundreds of locations. 

Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project, Cass County, North Dakota & Clay County, Minnesota. CO-PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2022 – Present - The United States Army Corps of Engineers, with the Flood Diversion Authority as non-Federal sponsors, is conducting the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project (Project). The purpose of the Project is to reduce flood risk and flood damages for the cities of Fargo and Moorhead, as well as the counties of Cass and Clay. The Project involves multiple cultural resource documentation activities stemming from the construction of flood control structures, a southern embankment, a flood diversion channel, multiple inlets and outlets to the diversion channel, in-town levees, an aqueduct and spillway, and flowage easements.

Climate Smart Solutions, Cultural Resource Section 106 Review, Nationwide. CO-PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2023-2024. AECOM was contracted by the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct Class I cultural research for approximately 400 small projects across the country addressing the potential effects of a variety of carbon capture farming project. The PI was responsible for managing and leading various aspects of the project, including project management, field efforts, site recordation, report writing, and client interactions.

US Air Force Academy, HEN Corridor District Plan and Cultural Resources Inventory, USAF Academy, Colorado. Principal Investigatory, 2022-2024 – AECOM was contracted by USAFA to conduct a Class III Cultural Resource Survey covering 2,800 acres within the Husted, Edgerton, Northfield (HEN) Corridor District. The goal was to facilitate effective planning for the future growth and land use of the corridor. The PI was responsible for managing and leading various aspects of the project, including project management, field efforts, site recordation, report writing, and client interactions. 

Archaeological Monitoring of Renovations at the Fall River Road Entrance, PI, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2022-2024. 

Big Cottonwood Canyon Water Treatment Facility, Salt Lake County, Utah: Results of an Intensive Cultural Resources Investigation. PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2023 – The Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities (SLCDPU) contracted AECOM to conduct cultural resources studies to support compliance with Utah Code Annotated 9-8-404, which requires state agencies (defined as any administrative unit of Utah’s state or local government) to consider its actions on historic properties.

An Intensive-level (Class III) Cultural Resources Survey near Stewart Dam, Bear Lake County, Idaho. PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2023 – AECOM AECOM) was contracted by PacifiCorp to conduct an intensive-level (Class III) cultural resources survey of a 26.5-acre parcel of land surrounding the 1916 Stewart Dam in association with geotechnical explorations. The survey is being conducted as a due diligence effort in anticipation of possible United State Army Corps of Engineers permitting needs and Idaho State Historical Society consultations pertaining to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

Navajo (Dine’) Indian Boarding Schools, HABS Documentation, Arizona and New Mexico. HABS Photographer, 2023 – AECOM is subcontracting with PaleoWest to document 27 historic structures at six residential boarding schools within the Navajo nation. The work involved four weeks of fieldwork to photograph the buildings using a large-format camera. The project is being conducted by the Bureau of Indian Education and the Tribe.

Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Facility, Salt Lake County, Utah: Results of an Intensive Cultural Resources Investigation, CO-PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2022 - The Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities (SLCDPU) contracted AECOM to conduct surveys along the Surplus Canal and two additional land parcels in advance of renovations at the city’s water treatment facility. Mr. Carr served at the CO-PI with Dr. Gordon Tucker and provided updated site forms and determinations of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Archaeological Survey Report for New Receiving Facilities at Aerospace Data Facility Southwest, PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2022 - The United States Army contracted AECOM to survey a parcel of land at the White Sands Missile Range in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. The survey included class III inventory and intensive archaeological documentation and reevaluation of a prehistoric camp site associated with the Jornada Mogollon archaeological culture. In addition to the one known site, three additional isolated finds were identified.

Archaeology Evaluation of Concrete Feature at Amtrak Station, Helper, Utah, CO-PI and Senior Archaeologist, 2022 - The Federal Railroad Administration in coordination with Amtrak contracted AECOM to monitor and evaluate cultural resources at several historic train depots in the state of Utah. A discovery was made at the Helper, Utah station in 2022, and Mr. Carr was asked to evaluate the discovery from an archaeological perspective and make recommendations for SHPO consultations.  

Gross Reservoir Expansion Project HAER/HPMP. Senior Archaeologist & HAER Photographer. 2021-2022 - Denver Water filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to raise Gross Reservoir Hydroelectric Project’s dam, enlarge Gross Reservoir, and amend the project’s license. AECOM prepared an Historic Properties Management Plan and an Historic American Engineering Record that assisted Denver Water’s long-term management and interpretation of cultural resources at the reservoir site.

A Class III Survey of the Fisher Peak Dam and Detention Reservoir (FPC-2), City of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. PI and Senior Archaeologist. 2021 - The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the City of Trinidad are conducting structural improvements to the Fisher Peak Carbon Arroyo Watershed Dam (FPC-2), which currently provides flood protection for the City.  AECOM conducted an intensive cultural resources survey to identify and evaluate the historic resources associated with the dam and its features, as well as the resources along the route of the overall drainage. 

Haswell Wind Project, Critical Environmental Issues Analysis, Kiowa County, Colorado. Senior Archaeologist, 2021 - A wind power company is evaluating potential siting locations in Colorado, including an approximately 100,000 area in Kiowa County. Mr. Carr was responsible for evaluating the previous cultural resource inventories and recorded sites for the proposed project area, as well as a review of existing historical maps and aerial photos as a means of assessing potential undocumented historic and/or archaeological sites. Finally, a summary of the results were provided for the CIA cultural resources chapter.

Class III Cultural Resources Survey of Four Proposed Monitoring Well Locations in the Gas Hills Area, Fremont County, Wyoming. Principal Investigator, 2021 - AECOM conducted a Class III inventory to evaluate effects on cultural resources along access routes to four proposed monitoring well drilling locations as required by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The survey recorded several prehistoric and historic features isolated finds. The results were presented to the Wyoming DEQ and SHPO.