Press Releases

Dr. Steven Shelley Joins Statistical Research, Inc.
Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), welcomes Steven Shelley back to the company as a principal investigator. His primary responsibility will be to lead SRI's team that is conducting archaeological research at Fort Irwin, near the company's Redlands office. Steve was the first employee of Statistical Research when he started with the company in the mid-1980s, and he continued with SRI for over 20 years. Steve has over 25 years of cultural resource management (CRM) experience in the American Southeast, Southwest, California, Great Basin, and Northwest (we may have missed a few regions!) and has conducted all types of CRM work, from monitoring and survey to testing and data recovery. Steve has extensive experience in managing large, complex projects, including multi-site data recovery projects and large archaeological surveys. Continue Reading.

Dr. Teresita Majewski Elected President of the American Cultural Resources Association
Statistical Research, Inc., Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dr. Teresita Majewski has been elected president of the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA). Dr. Majewski has been a member of the Board of Directors of ACRA since 2004 and became president elect in 2009. She will assume the duties of president at ACRA's annual conference on September 10 in St. Charles, Missouri. For 16 years, ACRA has been the trade association supporting and promoting the common interests of cultural resource management firms of all sizes, types, and specialties. Clients include federal, state and local government agencies, private industry and non-profit groups. Continue Reading.

Dr. Eric Klucas Joins Statistical Research, Inc.
Statistical Research, Inc., is pleased to announce that Dr. Eric Eugene Klucas will be rejoining SRI as a principal investigator in the Tucson Office. Eric has nearly 25 years of experience in cultural resource management in the American Southwest, serving as principal investigator and project manager for several monitoring, survey, testing, and data recovery projects across Arizona and New Mexico. Eric received degrees in Anthropology from Hamline University (B.A.), the University of Missouri–Columbia (M.A.), and the University of Arizona (Ph.D.). Continue Reading.

SRI Awarded Murray Springs Clovis Site Condition Assessment
In August 2011, Statistical Research, Inc., was awarded a contract to perform a condition assessment of the internationally known Murray Springs Clovis Site located in the San Pedro River National Riparian Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This project was aggressively sought by several qualified companies, and our selection by the BLM is a testament to the expertise and quality of work that SRI offers. Continue Reading.

SRI Chairman Jeff Altschul to Attend NAMBC Meeting
Statistical Research, Inc., Founder and Chairman Jeff Altschul will attend the 21st Annual General Meeting for the North America–Mongolia Business Council (NAMBC) in Washington, D.C., April 27–28, 2011. He will be participating in the forum sponsored by the American Center for Mongolian Studies entitled “Common Ground: The Intersection of Mining and Cultural Heritage in Mongolia” and presenting a paper entitled Protecting the Past, Perserving the Present: The Oyu Tolgoi Cultural Heritage Program. Continue Reading.

The Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project Volumes Available Now in Digital Format
Statistical Research, Inc., has completed four volumes documenting the findings of the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project in Tucson, Arizona, one of the largest and most comprehensive excavations of a historical-period cemetery ever undertaken in North America. Although the central focus of the project was the cemetery component, which dated from the late 1850s or early 1860s through the early 1880s, the project also identified 736 features dating to the postcemetery period, 3 prehistoric features, and prehistoric and historical-period artifact scatters. Continue Reading.

Dr. Jesse Ballenger Joins Statistical Research, Inc.
Statistical Research, Inc., is pleased to announce that Dr. Jesse Ballenger will be rejoining SRI as a senior project director in the Tucson Office. Jesse worked at SRI in 2007–2008 on a part-time basis as a lithic analyst in support of the U.S. 60 Archaeological Project by completing the lithic studies, including a replicative study concerning the aboriginal use of Superior obsidian. Continue Reading.

Dr. Joshua Trampier Joins Statistical Research, Inc.
Statistical Research, Inc., is pleased to announce that Dr. Joshua Trampier will be joining SRI as a project director in the Redlands, California, office. Joshua recently received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Chicago (UC). As the former associate director for UC’s Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL), he brings with him a strong background in geographic information systems and remote sensing. Continue Reading.

Kelly Jenks Receives SRI Foundation 2009–2010 Research Scholarship
Kelly L. Jenks is a doctoral candidate in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, as well as an assistant project director at Statistical Research, Inc., in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her dissertation chair is Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman. She received B.A.s in Anthropology and Archaeology from Cornell University in 2003, and completed her M.A. in Anthropology at the University of Arizona in 2005. She is trained in dendrochronology, ceramic analysis, historical-period artifact analysis, and documentary research and is well-versed in Spanish colonial history, regional economic systems, and culture contact research. Continue Reading.