Heberling Associates, Inc.

12/22/2021

All of us at Heberling Associates wish you a joyous holiday season and a happy and healthy 2022!

12/08/2021

Heberling Associates has an immediate opening for a field and laboratory director based at our office in Alexandria, PA. The successful candidate will have an M.A. or M.S. degree in anthropology/archaeology and substantial experience in the supervision of field projects and laboratory analytical tasks. Excellent organizational abilities, experience with GPS, GIS, and MS Office applications and willingness to travel for field assignments are essential. Successful candidate must be willing to relocate to the Huntingdon-State College-Altoona area, which offers access to abundant recreational opportunities, great natural beauty, and low cost of living. We offer a competitive starting wage, holiday/vacation/personal time, and company subsidies for health insurance. If interested please submit letter of interest and resume to Paul Raber at [email protected].

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06/30/2021

Today we remember our good friend Terry Ayers, staff accountant and bookkeeper at Heberling Associates for the past 23 years. Tragically, Terry died unexpectedly this past Sunday morning after a brief illness. His passing leaves a void at our company and in hearts of his friends that will be impossible to fill. For over two decades he kept the financial part of our business running smoothly and seamlessly, and he made it all look so easy. We will miss him tremendously. Godspeed Terry.

12/16/2020

Ahh...the glamour of archaeology!

09/17/2020

COVID and non-COVID photos of Scott's Vogel Prize from the Society for Industrial Archaeology.

08/06/2020

Our new fleet vehicle.

07/26/2020

Archaeology in the Covid Era...working at the American Fort Presque Isle in Erie, PA.

07/05/2020

With heavy hearts we share the sad news that Paul Heberling, founder and co-owner of Heberling Associates, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the age of 98. Prior to forming the company, Paul was a professor of anthropology, sociology, and archaeology at Juniata College where he created and developed its archaeology program in the 1960s and 1970s. In a period when our state universities were working abroad, he was one of the very first to take a professional interest in the prehistory of the Juniata Valley. He directed surveys and excavations throughout the region, recording countless native and historic archaeological sites. For more than 25 years he spearheaded a long-term archaeological study at Greenwood Furnace State Park, funding much of the work himself. Later he assisted in running youth archaeology camps at the Park for many years. Paul was an inspiring teacher and a gifted public speaker who gave hundreds of talks to local groups during his long career. To many he was the public face of archaeology in the Juniata Valley--the first person they turned to with a question about archaeology, prehistory, or indeed, anything that was "old." Paul served on the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board and the Board of Preservation Pennsylvania for many years, and was a tireless advocate for archaeology and historic preservation. In the early 1980s he formed Heberling Associates, Inc., one of only a very few cultural resource management companies to be based in central Pennsylvania, then or now. He considered this to be one of his proudest achievements, and he remained actively involved almost to the very end. Paul created the company in his own image, founding it on core principles of professionalism, integrity, intellectual rigor, and a commitment to giving back to the public. Thirty-five years later we remain committed to his vision. Rest easy Paul, you did well.

06/07/2020

Congratulations to Scott Heberling for receiving the Society for Industrial Archaeology's 2020 Vogel Prize. The work in the Blacklog Narrows was one of our favorite projects and best of all, it was in our own back yard. Thanks to all past and present staff who contributed!

Congratulations to Scott Heberling, recipient of the Society for Industrial Archeology’s 2020 Vogel Prize recognizing the author of the best article to appear within the last three years of the Society’s peer-reviewed journal, IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology.

Heberling’s article, “The Archeology of Failure: An Example from the Juniata Iron District of Pennsylvania,” appeared in Vol. 41 Nos. 1&2 of IA and focuses on the Rockhill Furnace and the Wi******er Furnace, both created in the early 1830s in the Blacklog Narrows near Orbisonia, Pennsylvania

Visit the SIA web site for more details:

https://www.sia-web.org/2020-vogel-prize-winner-scott-heberling/

The photo shows Scott standing on an iron feature in an excavation unit at Cromwell Mill in the Juanita iron district of Pennsylvania in 2001. The Cromwell Mill site was part of the same project that produced Heberling’s winning article, “The Archeology of Failure: An Example from the Juniata Iron District of Pennsylvania.”

09/13/2019

Today we reluctantly bid farewell to our talented friend and colleague Staci Spertzel Black who is embarking on a new chapter after 11 years as our Field/Lab Director. We will miss Staci very much but appreciate her many contributions and wish her the best in all things!

06/05/2019

Heberling Associates, Inc. is currently recruiting archaeological field technicians in connection with a transportation project in southern Butler County, PA. Phase I and Phase II field work is expected to last until October 2019. If interested, and for more information, please contact Paul Raber at [email protected]. Please feel free to share with others who may be interested.