Under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Kellar DeCorse, the ARL is equipped and prepared to provide comprehensive consulting services including:

• Construction Monitoring and Emergency Archaeology
• Surface and Intensive Survey
• Assessment of Eligibility to NRHP
• Full-scale Excavation
• Urban Archaeology
• Laboratory Processing
• Analysis of all Historic Material Data Sets

Using our expertise and the Department of Anthropology's comparative collections of ceramics, bottles, window glass, and architectural materials, we can also provide dating of various classes of artifacts (i.e. ceramics, nails, window glass, etc.), individual features, or entire sites.

Faunal and botanical remains from historic sites may be analyzed by the ARL archaeologists Dr. Daniel C. Weinand and Dr. Kandace Hollenbach, respectively, and thereby provide a truly comprehensive site study.

Analysis and interpretation of artifacts include a focus on the Appalachian frontier, the development of urban settlements, agrarian lifeways and participation in the global markets, the construction and expression of local identity, public and private space, the effects of technology on local economies or any number of other interesting research questions specific to each project, which overall advance our knowledge of lifeways and cultural practices.