Chronicle Heritage

09/17/2026

Bottoms up!

Adam Guinard, Field Director, and Joel Thompson, Staff Archaeologist, found a vintage can of Busch b**r in pristine condition on a project site in Kansas. The aluminum can was almost completely lodged into the side of a muddy bluff above a slow-moving waterway. Its position buried within the bluff side seems to have aided in its preservation, as the can was full of dirt.

Our research suggests that the can dates to between 1979 – 1984, as the label of the can reads “BUSCH Beer”, and Anheuser-Busch used the “Busch Bavarian” name from 1955 until the company dropped “Bavarian” and rebranded as “Busch” in 1979, and the hole in the lid is from a full detachable pull-tab. Detachable pull-tabs were phased out across the U.S. b**r industry from the late 1970s into the early 80s as states passed litter laws requiring stay-tabs.

Once Adam and Joel documented the can and wrapped up their shovel testing, these members of our Colorado and Denver Office team were ready to “Head for the Mountains” again 😉

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09/08/2026

Dr. Heidi Luchsinger, Geoarchaeologist and Senior Director of Project Management, was recently featured on the Keen On Green podcast with Evan Rigsby.

Dr. Luchsinger discusses her academic and professional journey as a geoarchaeologist and why she turned from academia to cultural resources management.

Click the link to learn more and listen to the podcast in its entirety 👇

Dr. Heidi Luchsinger, Geoarchaeologist at Chronicle Heritage, was recently featured on the Keen on Green podcast.

09/04/2026

Robert Watson, Regional Principal - Midwest; Sam O'Keefe, Account Executive - Midwest; and Victoria Shakespeare, Account Executive - East, are attending RE+ Events Midwest next week in Chicagoland.

If you're going to the event, make sure to connect with them 🤝

09/02/2026

You might be asking yourself whether you need cultural resource management for your project.

Our extensive guide has you covered. From CRM laws, to FAQs, to CRM by sector, we address it all.

Follow the link to learn more 👇

Cultural resource management identifies historic and archaeological resources on a project site and resolves them through documented process.

08/27/2026

Congratulations to Dr. James Delle, Senior Archaeologist and Regional Principal-East Coast, and his wife, Dr. Mary Ann Levine, Lewis Audenreid Professor of History and Archaeology at Franklin & Marshall College, for authoring a chapter in the recently published book, “Grappling with Monuments of Oppression”.

In the chapter, titled “Catharine’s Town and the 1779 Sullivan Expedition against the Haudenosaunee”, Delle and Levine grapple with the reality that the landscape of the United States is littered with historical markers “erected to celebrate what can best be described as colonial conquest.”

Read on to learn more 👇

Dr. Jim Delle co-authors chapter titled “Catharine’s Town and the 1779 Sullivan Expedition against the Haudenosaunee” for recent book.

08/25/2026

Our California team is growing!

Please join us in welcoming Amy Gatenbee as our new Subject Matter Expert in the Golden State 👏 👏 👏

Amy brings nearly 20 years of experience in California and Great Basin archaeology to our firm, including expertise in lithic and ceramic studies.

She completed her BA at the University of California, Davis, and her MS at the , and continued her graduate coursework at the University of South Florida, where she specialized in GPR data collection and tribal consultation.

It's great to have you on board, Amy!

08/20/2026

We’re proud to sign on and join Cultural Heritage Partners, the Fight Back Coalition, and others in raising concerns about proposed changes to Section 106 and other federal protections for America’s historic places and cultural heritage.

For organizations that share our concerns, you can add your name here 👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_NNBbxAitoZlAMk-Sp1MbBiZGlOrPwssMRc3j3dKiKMftfg/viewform

There is room for thoughtful conversation about how Section 106 can work better. This is an important issue for our industry, our clients, Tribal Nations, government agencies, communities, and anyone involved in developing and stewarding America’s infrastructure and cultural heritage. We encourage stakeholders across the spectrum of this conversation to read up on the specific changes being proposed and what is at stake.

This article on our website written by Steve Karacic, President at Chronicle Heritage, outlines those changes 👇

https://www.chronicleheritage.com/2026/08/05/section-106-regulatory-update-what-do-the-proposed-revisions-to-36-cfr-part-800-mean-for-your-projects/

Cultural Heritage Partners and the Fight Back Coalition is organizing a letter to Congress opposing the unprecedented regulatory, legislative, and executive attempts to eviscerate Section 106 and federal protections for America's historic places and cultural heritage. We welcome sign ons from Tribal...

08/12/2026

Come by Booth No. 311 at the Georgia Environmental Conference to connect with our team of cultural resources experts:

• Steve Karacic, President
• Heidi de Gregory, Tallahassee Office Principal
• Victoria Shakespeare, East Coast Account Executive
• Michael Foster, Subject Matter Expert

We’d love to share our current projects and how we can help with your archaeological needs. We’ll also have fun giveaways, and will be raffling off a prize.

See you on Jekyll Island! 🌴

07/31/2026

Meet the Rosetta Stone of Chronicle Heritage's California team.

Mike Mirro is a geo-archaeologist who speaks fluent technologist — they’ve done the fieldwork, and they build the tools. Since helping open our SoCal office in 2017, Mike has led advanced GIS and 3D modeling for our projects, including aerial and ground-based photogrammetry that captured cliff dwellings in Ute Mountain Tribal Park south of Mesa Verde in partnership with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Their superpower? Problem-solving for archaeologists. If there's a gap between what the field needs and what technology can do, Mike helps fill the gap — it's why they lead our innovations program and champion Codifi across Chronicle.

They haven’t left the field behind, either: they co-direct the Rio Frio Regional Archaeological Project (RiFRAP) in Belize on their PTO stints from Chronicle.

More information about RiFRAP can be found here: https://rifrap.org/

We're proud to be rebuilding California with people like Mike.

07/30/2026

Last week, Chronicle Heritage’s Underwater Program team members assembled in Pensacola, Florida, to conduct an annual refresher on surface-supplied air diving protocols and procedures. Although Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Gulf and quickly ended any plans to dive offshore, 10 of our Maritime Archaeologists shifted operations to nearby Vortex Springs for several days in the water and running topside diver support. This training emphasized equipment maintenance; familiarity with our in-house systems; review of emergency and rescue procedures; and in-water drills. At the end of the week, several team members received certifications as Surface Supplied Diving Supervisors, and all staff are cleared for participation in project dive operations.

Many thanks to Dan Marelli, President at Scientific Diving International, for overseeing this training and sharing his vast experience with the team.

This training further contributes to Chronicle's strong internal culture of safety, procedural consistency, and camaraderie.