Services

Field, Research, and Laboratory Services

Lone Mountain’s sole focus is to help clients remain in compliance with the complex and often confusing laws and regulations governing cultural resources management.


With decades of field, analytical, and management experience, Lone Mountain’s staff is well-versed in all aspects of compliance, from project design to field work to the production and submission of a final report. Our staff is able to implement multidisciplinary, complex cultural resource projects involving multiple elements and phases. We are highly effective in assisting our clients in problem solving and coordinating with agencies and regulators.

Historic and Prehistoric Cultural Resource Studies

  • Development of cultural resource management plans
  • Archaeological surveys 
  • Monitoring 
  • Site testing and mitigation 
  • Architectural surveys 
  • Impact assessments 
  • Research designs 
  • Ethnoarchaeology and ethnography 
  • Paleoenvironmental reconstructions 
  • Geoarchaeology 


Historic and Historic Archaeology Services

  • Historical assessments 
  • Historic resource recordation and evaluation 
  • Historical research and summaries 
  • National Register of Historic Places evaluations and nominations 
  • Regional historical overviews 
  • Historical themes/context development 
  • Library and archival research 
  • Multi-ethnic oral history interviews 
  • Paleology – the study of archaic Spanish documents 
  • Ethnohistory 


Native American Consultation

  • Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP) 
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) 
  • American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) 


Public Outreach Programs

For those clients who wish to explore the benefits of publicity and desire recognition for their efforts and expenditures, our staff has extensive experience in the area of public involvement and outreach.
  • Exhibit research and preparation 
  • Popular volume research and preparation 
  • Tours to historic and archaeological places of interest 
  • Education sessions and training (classroom, field, and laboratory) 
  • Public lectures 


Laboratory Analyses

  • Flaked-stone 
  • Groundstone 
  • Ceramic 
  • Faunal  
  • Resource mapping 
  • Historic artifact


Geoarchaeological Services

One of Lone Mountain’s specialties is paleoenvironmental reconstruction using data on changes in the natural environment to provide a better understanding of the archaeological context. We draw upon the fields of geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, and soils for direct solutions to archaeological problems. Understanding the physical and biological processes of the environment is essential for determining the formation and survival of archaeological evidence. It also provides a view of the relationship between human behavior and the environment, and a starting point for discussing what happens to human groups when resources are threatened or shifted due to changes in the environment.

Mapping Capabilities and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Lone Mountain is proud to offer state-of-the-art GIS capabilities and highly-trained staff, providing an exceptional level of quality and accuracy in data collection, database creation and management, mapping, data modeling, and analysis.