Our Staff

Chris has over thirty years of professional archaeological experience, spending the last eighteen in the Pacific Northwest.  He has directed over four-hundred archaeological/ historic preservation projects in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and meets the secretary of interior guidelines for both archaeology and historic preservation.  

From 1995-2002, prior to his current position, Christopher was the Tribal Archaeologist for the Yakama Nation.  There, he directed a wide range of projects, from cultural surveys to compliance work.  He has experience in all areas of cultural resources management, and has developed strong ties with Native American groups throughout the Northwest.  

Chris was active in the Wana-Pa-Koot Koot cultural resources working group along the Columbia River, and has helped guide the discovery, protection and interpretation of archaeological sites within the region.

From 2006-2012 Christopher was an adjunct instructor in Anthropology at the Yakima Valley Community College.  In 2013 and 2015, he presented papers on both archaeological aspects of mining sites, and interpretational paradigms related to irrigation sites in the Columbia Basin of Washington State, and, with Reiss-Landreau research,  is an active participant in the archaeology of the Pacific Northwest.

 Josh has been a professional archaeologist for 11 years, starting with a B.S. from the University of Idaho in 2012 and completing a M.S. from Central Washington University in 2020. His first job was a lab technician rehabilitating archaeological collections for the University of Idaho. Josh initially trained in historic archaeology working in Idaho and Nevada. Since then, he has worked primarily in Washington, California, and Oregon for multiple private Cultural Resources Management firms. Josh now co-owns and manages RLR Cultural Resources, Inc. based in Ellensburg, WA.  

Josh has experience working and supervising all phases of field work, site documentation, laboratory analysis, and project research.  Josh meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for precontact and historic archaeology. He works with clients to guide them through cultural resources compliance and permitting processes at municipal, state, and federal levels in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Josh is on the Association for Washington Archaeology Board of Directors and a member of the Register of Professional Archaeologists. 

Mallory is an archaeologist and cultural resources management specialist with eight years of cultural resource management experience. Mallory oversees environmental, prehistoric, property history, and historic background archival research as well as compliance with Federal and State cultural resource protection laws including the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and their state counterparts. Mallory’s skills include lithic, historic-era artifact, geomorphology, and soils analysis. Mallory has nearly completed her Masters Thesis.