TORY HARDING (M.A., RPA)

has over 15 years of experience conducting archaeology throughout the United States with a focus in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. She has performed archaeological investigations on Phase I, II, and III Cultural Resource Management projects, acting as Archaeology Operations Manager, Principal Investigator, Field Director, and Crew Chief, and have authored, co-authored, or contributed to numerous cultural resources management reports. She is qualified under the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications (Archeology) (36 CFR 61) and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists. 

Tory has experience managing large and small scale projects, running teams, conducting research and fieldwork, technical report writing, precontact and historic artifact analysis, Tribal Historic Preservation Office and State Historic Preservation Office consultation, ARPA permits, monitoring, burial monitoring, and writing cultural resource reports, proposals, and budgets.

[DEGREES?] CERTIFICATIONS & PERMITS

  • M.A., Applied Archaeology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014

  • Masters Certificate, Geographic Information Systems, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014

  • B.A., Anthropology and B.A., Fine Art, St. Lawrence University, 2009

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & AWARDS

  • Registered Professional Archaeologist

  • American Cultural Resource Association

  • Society for American Archaeology Member

  • Eastern States Archeological Federation Member

  • Graduate Student Research Grant: Awarded for Master’s Thesis Research

  • Zooarchaeological Research, Award Winner for Student Research

  • Indian University of Pennsylvania

  • Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

  • Trimble GPS

  • Total Station Training

  • Trimble R8 Training

  • Metal Detecting

  • Remotes Sensing