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he following individuals are generally key personnel assigned by BASIN to a project with the twin objectives of providing direct Principal and Senior Staff involvement as well as “hands-on” managers and professionals committed to working with our clients.
COLIN I. BUSBY (President) Resume
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(40 years with firm)
Project Principal Investigator/Senior Project Manager
Registered Professional Archaeologist
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4 years cultural resources management experience involved with all aspects of cultural resource assessment and NEPA and CEQA regulatory compliance. Experience includes the design, direction and execution of the cultural resource components of EISs, EIRs, EAs and other investigations for federal, state and municipal governments, private industry, land developers, the military and the scientific community in the western United States. Specialties include program management, contract and financial administration, client, discipline specialist, Native American and general public liaison, editing and report production, regulatory agency coordination, research design formulation, Section 106 compliance and field project implementation and direction.
Dr. Busby has either acted as the Principal or co-Principal Investigator/Project Manager for over 1000 cultural resource assessments, mitigation programs and regulatory compliance programs associated with land development, water resources and wastewater management, energy development, mining exploration and urban development throughout northern and central California and Nevada.
CHRISTOPHER CANZONIERI Resume
M.A. Anthropology (Archaeology & Biological Anthropology Options), CSU Eastbay
(18 years with firm)
Biological Anthropologist/Archaeologist
Registered Professional Archaeologist
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20 years experience in cultural resource assessment/management and NEPA and CEQA regulatory compliance. Mr. Canzonieri is an experienced archaeologist and biological anthropologist with expertise in California. He has an extensive background in human osteology both in the field and in laboratory analysis. He has conducted analysis on prehistoric and historic archaeological materials. He presently serves as Supervising Archaeologist, Biological Anthropologist (Human Osteologist), and Native American Liaison and Facilitator. He has supervised both large and small-scale inventories and archaeological monitoring programs, participated and supervised archaeological site testing programs and extended data recovery projects in California and conducted focused, project specific research. Prior to his employment with Basin Research Associates, Mr. Canzonieri worked with other cultural resources firms in Northern California.
Mr. Canzonieri has contributed to over 400 manuscripts and reports including site assessments, field inventories and evaluations and osteological reports. Mr. Canzonieri research interests are in human osteology, particularly paleopathology and trauma, taphonomy,with other interests in prehistoric migration, human evolution, the peopling of California, photography, and GIS.
DONNA M. GARAVENTA Resume
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(40 years with firm)
Senior Research Scientist/Technical Project Manager
Registered Professional Archaeologist
10185
42 years experience in all aspects of cultural resource assessment/management and NEPA and CEQA regulatory compliance. Experience includes design, direction and execution of cultural resource projects for the federal government, state and municipal agencies, private industry, land developers, the military and the scientific community in California and Nevada. Specialties included literature/archival research, records management, prehistoric and historic material culture studies, collections management, historic architectural research and evaluation, Section 106 compliance and focused research on Native Americans and Chinese peoples of California.
Dr. Garaventa has acted as Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager for over 900 cultural resource assessments, mitigation programs and regulatory compliance programs associated with land development, water resources and wastewater management, energy development, mining exploration and urban development throughout northern and central California and Nevada.
STUART A. GUEDON Resume
M.A. Geography (Historical), California State University, Hayward
(36 years with firm)
Archaeologist/Assessment Specialist/Graphics/Geographer
40 years experience in cultural resource assessment/management and NEPA and CEQA regulatory compliance. Mr. Guedon is an experienced historical geographer with expertise in California and Great Basin archaeology and geography. He presently serves as a Field Supervisor, Supervisory Archaeological Monitor, Assessment Specialist and Research Cartographer. He has supervised small-scale inventories and archaeological monitoring programs, participated in site testing programs and extended data recovery projects in California and Nevada and conducted focused, project specific research to obtain historic background materials and cartographic information. Prior to his employment with Basin Research Associates, Mr. Guedon worked with many other cultural resources firms throughout California gaining wide experience within the state.
Mr. Guedon has contributed to over 300 manuscripts and reports including site assessments, historic bridge inventories and evaluations and National Register evaluations. His research interests span the disciplines of archaeology and geography and include historic cartography, industrial archaeology, settlement patterns, urban and rural development, land tenure, architectural history, vernacular architecture, transportation development and population migration.
MELODY E. TANNAM (Vice President) Resume
A.B. Anthropology/Geography, University of California, Berkeley
(39 years with firm)
Historic Preservation/GIS Specialist/Planning/Graphics/Assessment Specialist/Project Management
39 years experience in cultural resource assessment/management, graphics and project administration. Ms. Tannam is a multi-talented, experienced archaeologist and physical anthropologist with expertise in California and Great Basin archaeology and osteology. Ms. Tannam presently serves as a Field and Graphics Supervisor, assistant Laboratory Supervisor and human osteologist as well as implementing project administration. She has participated in numerous small-scale inventories, site testing programs, archaeological monitoring and extended data recovery projects in California and Nevada and elsewhere. Prior to her employment with BASIN, she worked for the Department of the Environment in London, England on numerous archaeological projects either in the field or in the laboratory. Additional work experience has included digital cartographic editing, map production, drafting and aerial photographic analysis and GIS research.
Ms. Tannam has contributed to over 600 manuscripts and reports. Her research interests span the disciplines of archaeology, physical anthropology, geography and planning and include California and Great Basin archaeology, human osteology, American material culture, photogrammetry and remote sensing, landform analysis including cultural landscapes, and cartography as well as the use of GIS in historic preservation.
Josie Twigg
MSc. Osteoarchaeology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Biological Anthropologist/Archaeologist
(6 years with the firm)
14 years experience in cultural resource assessment/management, and NEPA and CEQA regulatory compliance. Ms. Twigg meets the Secretary of the Interior professional archaeologist qualifications. She has conducted analysis on prehistoric and historic archaeological materials. She presently serves as Supervising Archaeologist, zooarchaeologist, and bioarchaeologist. She has supervised both large and small-scale inventories and archaeological monitoring programs, participated and supervised archaeological site testing programs and extended data recovery projects in California and conducted focused, project specific research.
Ms. Twigg has contributed to over 100 manuscripts and reports including site assessments, field inventories, evaluations and project reports. Ms. Twiggi research interests are in zooarchaeology and paleontology. Ms. Twigg worked with other cultural resources firms in Northern California.