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James D. Beers, M.A., R.P.A.
Principal & Senior Archaeologist
ArchaeoLogic, L.L.C.
174 E. Southwell St., Unit B
Ogden, UT 84404
Phone: (801) 675-5899
Email: jdbeers@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience in archaeology and cultural resource management since 2000, including academic research, site excavation at universities,
fieldwork and process management under cultural resource management programs, compliance archaeology with agencies and private
consulting firms. Conducted, supervised, managed all levels of cultural resource inventories (e.g., archival record searches, intuitive
surveys, intensive-level pedestrian surveys, subsurface testing, excavation, historic preservation and restoration, monitoring, artifact
analysis, GPS and GIS applications) on over 200 cultural resource projects within Utah. While with UDOT (2008-2012) was
responsible for NRHP evaluations, making eligibility and effect determinations, compiling Memoranda of Agreement, ensuring
completion of adverse effects mitigation under Section 106 and U.C.A. 9-8-404. Supervised, instructed groups and individuals on test
excavation, full excavation, pedestrian survey, and cultural resource monitoring on large-scale construction projects. Experience
working, consulting with numerous state and federal agencies, local government entities, Native American groups, various cities and
counties, and individuals within Utah, Idaho, Wyoming.
EDUCATION:
Master of Arts Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology emphasis, December 2006; GPA 4.0
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
 Thesis: “A Usewear Analysis of Clovis Informal Stone Tools from the Gault Site, Texas”
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology emphasis, Minor in Geology, April 2002; GPA 3.92
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
 Magna Cum Laude
Associate of Arts Degree in General Education from Arts and Letters, April 1999; GPA 3.987
Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho), Rexburg, ID
 High Honors Graduate
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Principal & Senior Archaeologist
ArchaeoLogic, L.L.C., 174 E. Southwell St., Unit B, Ogden, UT 84404
April 21, 2015–Present
 Over 40 Cell Tower Project Cultural Resource Inventories and Reports in Utah for First Carbon International and HELIX
Environmental out of California
 Conducted cultural resources inventories and compiled reports for:
- Mount Pisgah Materials Mining Project
- 600 South Roadway Widening Project
- 1200 East Roadway Widening Project
- Stoddard Bridge Replacement Project
- Skyline Drive Environmental Assessment Project
Senior Archaeologist – Environmental Specialist
Project Engineering Consultants, Ltd., 986 W. 9000 S., West Jordan, UT 84088
May 4, 2015–February 26, 2016

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 Conducted cultural resources compliance reviews and compiled reports for seven transportation projects in Utah, Summit, and
Cache counties
 Developed testing plan for the Saratoga Springs Utah Lake North Shore Trail Project near Site 42UT152
 Conducted test excavations at Site 42UT152, including auger probe holes and half-meter test pits, to determine extent of site and
potential for impact from the proposed project
 Twelve Cell Tower Project Cultural Resource Inventories and Reports in Utah for HELIX Environmental out of California
Project Scientist – Environmental/Archaeologist
Hatch Mott MacDonald, 13997 S. Minuteman Dr., Suite 230, Draper, UT 84020
October 29, 2012–May 21, 2014
 Work directly with Hatch Mott MacDonald’s West Region Practice Lead; responsible for cultural resources and environmental
compliance under applicable state and federal statutes (e.g., NEPA, Section 106) on West Region projects
 Cultural resource compliance reviews and documentation for horizontal directional drilled pipeline projects near Lupus, MO and
Leavenworth, KS
 Cultural resource compliance review and documentation for a conventional pipeline installation project near Lupus, MO
 Categorical Exclusion compilation and cultural resource compliance reviews and documentation for Five UDOT Projects
- Malad R. Bridge Replacement Project, Region One
- I-15 Virgin River Bridge Scour Project, Region 4
- I-15 Bear River Bridge Deck Replacement Project, Region One
- US-89; SR-235 to SR-204 Project, Region One
- SR-39, Harrison Blvd to SR-158 Project, Region One
NEPA/NHPA Specialist
UDOT Region 1, 166 West Southwell Street, Ogden, UT 84404
April 7, 2008–October 25, 2012
 Ensured environmental and cultural resource compliance on over 200 projects
- Reviewed, provided comments on, ensured compliance under several statutes (e.g., CWA, NHPA, Section 4(f), Section106,
state regulations) EIS, EA, SES-A, SES-B, and numerous CE documents
- Completed and ensured Section 106, U.C.A 9-8-404, U.C.A. 79-3-508, and Section 4(f) compliance under numerous CE and
SES-A documents
 Aided in inventories of historic buildings as well as NRHP eligibility determinations, Findings of Effect, and Memoranda of
Agreement for Adverse Effects to historic buildings under the Section 106 and Utah state U.C.A. 9-8-404 compliance review
processes
 Reviewed, provided quality assurance, control on consultants’ cultural resource work and reports under numerous projects
 Section 106 and U.C.A. 9-8-404 compliance: documents, consultation, determinations, findings
- Delineated area of potential effect (APE) for over 190 projects
- Drafted several Memoranda of Agreement for mitigation of adverse effect to historic properties, circulated Agreements for
consulting party signatures and concurrence
- Made Determinations of Eligibility and Finding of Effect determinations on numerous projects for Utah SHPO concurrence
- Authored Cultural Resource Inventory Reports on several projects
- Compiled project information and letters for consultation with Native American tribes/bands on numerous projects
 Conducted Utah SHPO File Reviews and cultural resources surveys; Identified, documented historic properties, mapped sites and
cultural resource features with GPS
 Utah SHPO, interagency, and Native American Tribal consultation under five Section 106 and U.C.A. 9-8-404 Programmatic
Agreements.

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 Consult with numerous state, federal, and local agencies and entities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming.
 Developed and maintained a GIS database of cultural resource and environmental resource geospatial data for UDOT Region One
Principal & Senior Archaeologist
Mahogany Bench Archaeology Services, L.L.C., 547 5th
Street, Ogden, UT 84404
May 1, 2009–July 2, 2011
 Over 40 Cell Tower Project Cultural Resource Inventories and Reports in Utah for Michael Brandman Associates out of
California
 Cell Tower Project Cultural Resources Inventory and Report for cell tower in Boise, Idaho for EBI Consulting out of
Massachusetts
 Cultural resources inventory and report for the Jordan River Parkway Trail Project with Davis County Utah
- Drafted scope of work and cost proposal on Merkley Drop Irrigation Project in Uintah County, Utah
- Conducted fieldwork, compiled technical report, produced GIS maps, made NRHP recommendation
- Identified and recorded remains of potential historic farm
- Researching and compiling history on Euro-American settlement near the Jordan River in the mid-1800s to mid-1900s
 Cultural resources inventory and report for the Merkley Drop Irrigation Project with Whiterocks Irrigation Company, completed
September 2009
- Conducted fieldwork, compiled technical report, produced GIS maps, made NRHP recommendation
- Identified and recorded historic trash dump
- Extensive consultation with the Ute Tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Drafted proposed plan of action in the event Native American human remains were encountered during project construction
activities
- Researching early settlement and exploration of the Uintah Basin, establishment of the Uintah & Ouray Indian Reservation,
and development of early Euro-American irrigation systems
Archaeologist I and II, Field Supervisor
Logan Simpson Design Inc., 8 East Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
October 3, 2006 – February 12, 2007, Archaeologist I
February 12, 2007–April 3, 2008, Archaeologist II
 Supervising field monitor: cultural resource and environmental compliance, UDOT Legacy Parkway Project
- Coordinated with project contractors to ensure legal cultural resource and environmental compliance
- Documented disturbance to historic properties and mitigation efforts requested by agency
- Trained, supervised 18 cultural resource/environmental compliance monitors
- Quality control: oversaw monitoring and reporting, provided guidance to other monitors
- Developed, maintained extensive file system containing reports, photos, monitoring documentation
 Field supervisor: UDOT Tooele Midvalley Highway EIS Cultural Resource Inventory
- On-schedule completion, field survey, two alternative routes (1,484 acres, 20 linear miles)
 Coauthored cultural resource inventory technical reports, UDOT Tooele Midvalley Highway EIS, Utah BLM Twin Peaks ES and
Dog Valley ES
 Supervised, managed pedestrian survey crews on over 10,000 acres of intensive level survey, Utah BLM, Tooele and Box Elder
Counties
Archaeologist I
Logan Simpson Design Inc., 341 S. Main, Suite 401, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
December 5, 2005–October 3, 2006
 Coauthored 10 cultural resource inventory technical reports: UDOT, Utah BLM, UTA
- Wrote recommendations for site NRHP eligibility compliant with Section 106
- Compiled site descriptions, syntheses, summaries, interpretations, summary tables, histories, IMACS Site Forms
- Reviewed, edited reports, addressed agency and SHPO comments for concurrence

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 Conducted Class I records searches, background research, GLO map searches
 Compiled histories of Tooele and Millard Counties, Utah: used in 23 of 43 total technical reports, 2006–2008
 Compiled history of Mercur Mining District, Utah County
- Researched library resources, Utah State History archives, Utah SHPO records, Internet sources
- Conducted oral interviews
- Drafted history in pamphlet format
 Contractor’s Environmental Monitor: cultural resource and environmental compliance, UDOT Legacy Parkway Project Early
Action Package
 Pedestrian survey crew member: identified, recorded sites, IOs on over 6,000 acres of survey, Utah BLM, UTA
Archaeological Technician, GS-102-05
USFS Dixie National Forest, 1789 North Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, UT 84720
June 17, 2002–November 25, 2005, Field Seasons
 Supervised, conducted Class I to III cultural resource inventories on over 50 projects
 Assisted on three phases of historic restoration: Wildcat Guard Station, Volunteer PIT Project
 Assisted the Intermountain Region USDA Forest Service Architectural Historian, Richa Wilson, on a survey of Powell Ranger
District’s historical buildings
 Supervised and instructed Iron County Utah 4th Graders on excavations at the Duck Creek CCC Camp, Summer 2005
- Set up excavation grid system and datum
- Documented excavation: photographs, field notes, profile map; identified artifacts, features
- Quality control: excavation methods, field notes, photography, profile sketches
 Supervised and instructed volunteer teenagers on test excavations at the USFS Wildcat Guard Station, Summer 2003
- Instructed and aided in setting up excavation grid system for test excavation to identify an outbuilding shown in historic
photographs
- Instructed on and documented excavation methods and process, including photographs, field notes, profile map, and artifact
and feature identification
 Supervised and instructed Sierra Club volunteers on cultural resource pedestrian surveys on several projects including surveys in
Pleasant Creek, Sage Valley, and the Brian Head Peak areas of southwestern Utah, Summer 2003, 2004, and 2005
 Conducted shovel testing for buried cultural resources, Mammoth Springs Recreation Site Development Project
Additional Experience and Skills
University of Wyoming, Anthropology Dept., Laramie, WY 82070
August 28, 2001–December 15, 2006
 Masters Thesis: “A Usewear Analysis of Clovis Informal Stone Tools from the Gault Site, Texas”
- Low- and High-Power microwear analysis of 900+ Clovis-age stone tool artifacts, artifact photography and
photomicrography, data analysis, statistics, discussion and conclusions
 Technical, analytical report on 2004 excavations, BA Cave and Two Moon Shelter, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, University of
Wyoming
- Artifact labeling, debitage analysis, artifact database entry and maintenance, microwear analysis of scrapers, artifact
photography and photomicrography, writing technical report
 Research, laboratory data application for paleoenvironmental reconstruction at the Barger Gulch Locality B Folsom Site, Middle
Park, Colorado
- Created comparative wood samples (burned and non-burned) to use for microscopically identifying charcoal from
archaeological contexts

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- Compared wood samples from the comparative collection to archaeological wood charcoal samples to determine
paleoenvironmental conditions
PRESENTED PAPERS AND POSTERS:
Baer, Sarah, James D. Beers, and Joel C. Janetski
2001 Evidence of Initial Stage Clovis Blade and Biface Production at the Gault Site. Paper presented at the 59th Plains
Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska. (Baer presented the paper)
Beers, James D.
2004 What is Clovis? – An Examination of Language and Sign Biases in Clovis Stone Tool Technology. Paper presented
at the 62nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Billings, MT.
2004 More Than Just Points: Some Views on Clovis Interpretations from a Preliminary Semiotic Analysis of a Clovis
Museum Exhibit. Paper presented at the November 2004 Wyoming Anthropological Association Meeting, Laramie,
WY.
2005 An Archaeological ‘Spearmint’: Refreshing Microwear Experimental Foundations for a Usewear Experiment,
Presenting the Good and Bad Breath of the Results, and Exploring Some Possible Applications. Paper presented at
the University of Wyoming 2005 Graduate Student Symposium, Laramie, WY.
2006 Informal Stone Tools – The Clovis Swiss Army Knife. Paper presented at the 2006 Loveland Stone Age Fair,
Loveland, CO.
2008 A Few Nuggets from the Plains. Presentation at the December 2008 UDOT Quarterly Environmental Meeting, Salt
Lake City.
2009 The Ubiquitous Flake. Paper presented at the February 2009 Utah Statewide Archaeological Society Salt Lake
County Meeting, Salt Lake City.
2010 Scratching Scars - Intentional Striations in Paleoindian-Age Projectile Point Flute Scars as a Technological
Response in the Hafting of Projectile Points of Certain Material Types. Poster presented at the 32nd Great Basin
Anthropological Conference, Layton, UT.
2012 The Ubiquitous Flake Revisited. Paper presented at the May 2012 Utah Statewide Archaeological Society -
Tubaduka Chapter Meeting, Ogden.
2014 The Technological Implications of Scratched Flute Scars - Questions, Ideas, and Hypotheses. Poster presented at the
34th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Boise, ID
Shoberg, Marilyn, and James D. Beers
2004 Use-Wear on Stone Tools from BYU and UT Excavations at the Gault Site. Paper presented at the 69th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, PQ, Canada. (Shoberg presented the paper)
OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 Section 106: Principles and Practice, SRI Foundation, December 2013
 FHWA-NHI-142051: Highway Traffic Noise, August 2013
 Four Leadership Behaviors that Build or Destroy Trust, Ken Blanchard Companies, September 2012
 Leadership vs. Management Seminar, Utah Leadership Institute, June 2012
 Business Writing Seminar, Utah Leadership Institute, June 2012
 Meeting Facilitation Skills, Utah Leadership Institute, June 2012
 Numerous Leadership Training Courses, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), May 2011- September 2012
 Powder Horn Leadership Course, BSA, February 2012
 Wood Badge Leadership Course, BSA, April 2011
 National Highway Institute NEPA and Transportation Decision Making Training, April 2010
 Project Manager Training, UDOT, April 2010
 Section 106 Advanced Seminar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation(ACHP), April 2008
 Working Effectively with Tribal Governments, GoLearn.gov Learning Center, April 2008
 Section 106 of the NHPA, FHWA (Federal Highway Administration), March 2007
 Introduction to the Archaeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA) for Local Law Enforcement, United States Forest
Service (USFS) Dixie National Forest, July 2005

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AWARDS
 UDOT Region One Exemplary Employee of the Year, 2009
 Candidate for UDOT Region One Exemplary Employee of the Year, 2008
 Loveland Archaeological Society/Harry Walts memorial Scholarship, 2005 (First ever recipient)
 George C. Frison Graduate Scholarship, Wyoming Archaeological Society, 2004
 Shallit Memorial Fund, BYU Department of Anthropology, 2002
 Recipient of three graduate assistantships, 2004-2005
 Recipient of 16 academic scholarships, 1995-2001
 Two promotions in 14 months, Logan Simpson Design Inc., 2006-2007
 Eagle Scout with bronze palm, Troop 307, BSA, 1994