Brea Cappello

• Introduced and optimized standard procedures in processing and data entry for the inventory of permanent collections and new acquisitions
• Evaluated volunteer performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills in proper collections care
• Mastered the use of the Past Perfect (5.0) database to catalog, query, and research collections
• Advised on edits and updates to outdated collections policies, including the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM)
• Rehoused and organized permanent collections spaces for optimization, with the implementation of standardized maps for accurate location of inventory.
• Cross-institutional collaboration for the return of loans, deaccessions, and repatriations.

• Mitigated the loss of cultural knowledge in the Southwest, U.S through site monitoring, survey, and excavation
• Enhanced team efficiency by streamlining data collection methods and maintaining accurate records of artifacts.
• Expertly processed and recorded prehistoric human skeletal remains, faunal bone, and cultural artifacts
• Supported writing reports for multiple field projects
• Proficiently monitored, recorded, and reported Hohokam cultural features and sites by maintaining detailed notes, tables, photo logs, and maps
• Excavated, documented, and preserved cultural knowledge from previously unknown archaeological sites along the planned ADOT SR24 corridor.

• Established a systematic procedure for processing bulk archaeological collections for federal agencies
• Utilized and edited records within collection databases (ARGUS, Argus.Net, Raiser's Edge), for maintaining and recalling accurate data.
• Executed site files research for NAGPRA repatriation projects related to culturally sensitive remains
• Crafted specialized mounts for the safe transportation of ethnography and archaeology collections
• Implemented photographic recording of collections to museum standards
• Maintained a clean collections space by implementing Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

• Contributed skills in excavation and osteological identification to Alicia Gorman's doctoral research excavations

Dissertation, entitled Archaeological and Zooarchaeological analysis of the Cerro Tortolita site within the residential zone for understanding domestic contexts

• Prepared and excavated 1x1 and 2x3 meter units from surface level to 2 meters in depth
• Expertly mapped and photographed objects in situ to retain objects' context within geographic space for accurate data recovery and interpretation
• Aided in the recovery and washing of ceramics from the Early Intermediate Period (EIP)

St. Michael's Collection:

• Spearheaded the processing of the collection to identify and record adult and infant human remains
• Created and managed an accurate Excel inventory of findings

Maya ceramics collection:

• Conducted the assessment and condition reporting of the collection
• Compiled and submitted a receipt for the gifted collection

Managerial Duties:

• Contributed to the careful transport of culturally sensitive human remains collections between MNA and NAU
• Facilitated proper working order of the building for researchers and staff during summer hours

• Managed and directed tours of anthropology collections storage facilities to visitors and guests
• Supported the staff preparator in object transportation, exhibition planning, design, and execution of new installations
• Refined the processing and rehousing of bulk federal archaeological collections.

• Managed and maintained attendance and confidential student records in Excel and PeopleSoft
• Executed office tasks in printing and scanning assignments and maintaining student files
• Managed high-stress deadlines and demands in grading and entering class assignments and exams
• Facilitated 6-8 study open labs per semester through the organization of lab casts and offering one-on-one student support for educational success.
• Crafted and presented anthropology lectures in Human Osteology and The Beginnings of Bipedalism
• Held weekly office hours for personalized student advising and study support.