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Mission
Established in 2018, Antiquity Consulting strives to set new standards in cultural resource management in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to provide our clients with superior archaeological and historical services with integrity, efficiency, equity, and excellence. We recognize that excellent professional heritage management reduces risks to projects while honoring the Pacific Northwest’s diverse and complex heritage. Our work culture prioritizes pride in heritage preservation; professional development; personal growth; and appreciation for the cultures, resources, and landscapes of the Northwest.
Decolonizing Cultural Resource Management
We acknowledge that contemporary archaeological and historical research in the Northwest is rooted in the history of colonization of Indigenous peoples, and that contemporary cultural resource management (CRM) is a colonial enterprise undertaken by federal, state, and local governments with the support and influence of private industry. The purpose of CRM has been to balance the needs of society (typically regarded as “progress”) with heritage preservation, and CRM has historically favored “progress” over protection or due diligence. We seek to build relationships with Tribes to support their heritage preservation objectives and views. We respect that decolonization of CRM is a long-term process that should be addressed by all CRM professionals with urgency. Reckoning with the history of colonization is uncomfortable, and we accept that we will be humbled continuously. We will not support lip service, window dressing, or virtue signaling in the name of decolonization, but strive for engagement and transformation.
Land Acknowledgement
Our office is in the land of the Medicine Creek Treaty Tribes and the people of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. Our work intersects with the histories of many Indigenous peoples and societies who have who have stewarded the land and its history from time immemorial, including the ancestors of the sovereign nations who are today known as the Chinook Indian Nation, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Hoh Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Makah Indian Tribe, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Quileute Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Skokomish Indian Tribe, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe, and Suquamish Tribe. Through our archaeological and historical research, we aim to respectfully preserve histories for the people of the past, present, and future.