Services Provided
Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc. (GRA) offers a comprehensive range of cultural resources management services to assist government agencies and developers with regulatory compliance. Archeological survey and reconnaissance, historic preservation, and architectural history investigations are designed to address the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, along with other federal, state, and local preservation laws and regulations. GRA is especially equipped to manage problem oriented investigations and to assist developers and communities manage and preserve their cultural resources through Phase I site documentation and examination, Phase II sensitivity assessment and evaluation, and Phase III mitigation excavation and analysis. Two examples of Phase I projects are outlined below to illustrate the scope of investigations that GRA has undertaken, from survey based regional studies to site-specific historic research.
Regional Survey
A linear pedestrian survey of over eight miles of upland, immediately south of the Susquehanna River Valley, was investigated in conjunction with the construction of a natural gas pipeline and storage facility. An archeological sensitivity assessment was generated and subsequently tested to examine terrain that has been less intensively explored for evidence of prehistoric occupation.
Historic Building Study
Archival and site-specific historic research of an early industrial manufacturing complex on the Passaic River revealed the location of one of the earliest production facilities of locomotives in the United States. Built in 1836, the complex preserves foundation remains beneath a 120 x 60 ft. courtyard. The documentary research provides guidelines for tracing additional subsurface historic features. GRA works with the developer to formulate a plan to mitigate the effects of construction, while isolating, preserving, or recovering historic resources in the most cost-efficient manner.
Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology
Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc. (GRA) offers a comprehensive range of cultural resources management services to assist government agencies and developers with regulatory compliance. Archeological survey and reconnaissance, historic preservation, and architectural history investigations are designed to address the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, along with other federal, state, and local preservation laws and regulations. GRA is especially equipped to manage problem oriented investigations and to assist developers and communities manage and preserve their cultural resources through Phase I site documentation and examination, Phase II sensitivity assessment and evaluation, and Phase III mitigation excavation and analysis. Two examples of Phase I projects are outlined below to illustrate the scope of investigations that GRA has undertaken, from survey based regional studies to site-specific historic research.
Regional SurveyA linear pedestrian survey of over eight miles of upland, immediately south of the Susquehanna River Valley, was investigated in conjunction with the construction of a natural gas pipeline and storage facility. An archeological sensitivity assessment was generated and subsequently tested to examine terrain that has been less intensively explored for evidence of prehistoric occupation.
Historic Building StudyArchival and site-specific historic research of an early industrial manufacturing complex on the Passaic River revealed the location of one of the earliest production facilities of locomotives in the United States. Built in 1836, the complex preserves foundation remains beneath a 120 x 60 ft. courtyard. The documentary research provides guidelines for tracing additional subsurface historic features. GRA works with the developer to formulate a plan to mitigate the effects of construction, while isolating, preserving, or recovering historic resources in the most cost-efficient manner.
