Lance Estep
archaeologist
Fayetteville,AR
Summary
I possess over 19 professional certificates related directly to my field from archaeo-astronomy to evaluating scientific proposals for cultural resources in Wilderness. I'm a dependable always on time team player who can also excel flying solo. My exploits in archaeology have covered 9 states - Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. Ambitious thirst for knowledge, creative thinking with an eye for detail, and adherence to science are what I bring to any and every project I work on.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
On-call Archaeologist
WSP USA
09.2023 - 03.2024
- phase III ARDOT highway project - Springdale, Arkansas
- Federal Bureau of Prisons construction monitoring - Leavenworth, Kansas
Assistant Archaeologist
Sol Solutions LLC
12.2022 - 02.2023
- co-authored and conducted historical research for SHPO reports
- compiled and organized archival records
Survey Archaeologist
The Ottery Group LLC
06.2022 - 07.2022
- 20 mile phase II survey for Midwest Power Administration
- personally discovered the foundations of the Treaty House used for Indian affairs when Arkansas was a Territory.
- located Chief Bullfrog's camp.
- personally discovered & named the Stolen Saddle site.
Passport in Time Lab Tech
United States Forest Service
10.2021 - 10.2021
- Identify and record the 5 aspects of debitage recovered from our 2018 excavations in the DeSoto National Forest
Temp. Exhibit Operations Officer
Nelson Atkins Museum Of Art
03.2021 - 05.2021
- conduct opening and closing procedures
- set up and take down outside exhibit
- assist the public with information
Archaeology Technician
United States Forest Service
01.2021 - 02.2021
- Applied critical thinking to address weather related survey issues.
- conducted historical research
Archaeological Technician
United States Forest Service
05.2020 - 10.2020
- Used specialized techniques to safely remove artifacts
- applied principles of landscape archaeology to study sites in geographic context
- Maintained compliance with recordkeeping standards
- flagged sites for timber crews
- cleaned up a historical cemetery
- phase I & II surveys
- digitized & updated thousands of site forms for easier employee access in the Heritage database.
Headstone Hunter
MO. Gravestone Project
08.2019 - 08.2020
- locate, record and preserve lost graves through research, photography, database entry and occasional application of cleaning techniques
Preservationist
Hasty Cow Historic Farm
06.2019 - 12.2019
- clean up and conserve a 200 acre 200 year old farm for public use
Survey Archaeologist
Percheron LLC
07.2019 - 07.2019
- 12 mile phase II survey for the CJ Express oil pipeline
Archaeology & Paleontology Lab Tech
Bureau Of Land Management
06.2018 - 11.2018
- serve as visitor center archaeologist giving public presentations and conducting tours
- assist park rangers on roves and with back country permits
- phase I road surveys
- excavations on the Kaiparowits Plateau
- assembly, conservation and mounting of prehistoric fossils
- creating language and signage for trail heads re: archaeological and paleontological sites
Passport in Time Excavation Team
United States Forest Service
08.2018 - 08.2018
- excavations of two middle Woodland sites
Salvage Archaeologist
National Parks Service
04.2018 - 05.2018
- artifact salvage of the 1872 Neosho Colored School relocation project
- create archaeological research design plan
- metal detecting, flagging, ground excavation
- collect, research and record cultural materials for future exhibits at George Washington Carver National Monument
- findings published in the Missouri Archaeologist Quarterly, Volume 37, number 1 edition, Jan. - March 2020
Education
Associate of Arts - Commercial And Advertising Art
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, MOBachelor of Science - Anthropology
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO04.2017
Skills
- Presentation and Lecturing Skills
- Site Investigations and Interpretation
- Quantitative Research
- Site Photography and Artifact Illustration
- Survey - Phases I, II, III
- Artifact Identification
- Field Logistics, Mapping, Sampling
- Excavation
- Laboratory Procedures
Accomplishments
- discovered and named the campsite of Chief Bullfrog in Arkansas (Stolen Saddle Site)
- discovered and named a Pueblo IV site (Bull Pasture Pueblo) in Arizona
- 2013 Missouri Archaeological Society Annual Meeting poster contest - 2nd Place (collaboration with Jack Ray)
Test Excavations at the Horseshoe Fossil Spring Site, Lawrence County
- 2015 Missouri Archaeological Society Annual Meeting poster contest - 1st Place (collaboration with Elizabeth Sobel) The Testing and Utility of Window Glass Dating Methods in SW Missouri
- 2015 Photo Spiva exhibitor
- 10 + years and counting as the Ozark Land Trust site steward of Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas
Timeline
On-call Archaeologist
WSP USA
09.2023 - 03.2024
Assistant Archaeologist
Sol Solutions LLC
12.2022 - 02.2023
Survey Archaeologist
The Ottery Group LLC
06.2022 - 07.2022
Passport in Time Lab Tech
United States Forest Service
10.2021 - 10.2021
Temp. Exhibit Operations Officer
Nelson Atkins Museum Of Art
03.2021 - 05.2021
Archaeology Technician
United States Forest Service
01.2021 - 02.2021
Archaeological Technician
United States Forest Service
05.2020 - 10.2020
Headstone Hunter
MO. Gravestone Project
08.2019 - 08.2020
Survey Archaeologist
Percheron LLC
07.2019 - 07.2019
Preservationist
Hasty Cow Historic Farm
06.2019 - 12.2019
Passport in Time Excavation Team
United States Forest Service
08.2018 - 08.2018
Archaeology & Paleontology Lab Tech
Bureau Of Land Management
06.2018 - 11.2018
Salvage Archaeologist
National Parks Service
04.2018 - 05.2018
Associate of Arts - Commercial And Advertising Art
Ozarks Technical Community College
Bachelor of Science - Anthropology
Missouri State University
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