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Minnesota Statewide Archaeological Predictive Model

Final Report Phases 1-3 (2002)

Acknowledgments

MnDOT would like to thank the following individuals, who all contributed to the success of the MnModel project:

Management Team

  • David Ekern, MnDOT, MnDOT Management
  • Patrick Hughes, MnDOT, MnDOT Management
  • Dick McAtee, MnDOT, MnDOT Project Manager
  • G. Joseph Hudak, MnDOT, MnDOT Project Manager
  • Craig Amundsen, BRW, Principal-in-Charge
  • Doug Differt, BRW, Officer-in-Charge
  • Tom Bailey, formerly of BRW, Phase 1 Project Manager
  • Allyson Brooks, Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (formerly of BRW and MnDOT), Phase 2 BRW Project Manager and Phase 3 MnDOT Liaison
  • Dennis Carlson, formerly of BRW, Phase 3 BRW Project Manager

Management Team

  • Guy Gibbon, University of Minnesota, Phase 1 and 2 Research Director
  • Elizabeth Hobbs, MnDOT (formerly of BRW), Principal Investigator for GIS and Phase 3 Research Director
  • James Gallagher, Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center, Principal Investigator for Archaeology
  • Craig Johnson, MnDOT (formerly of BRW), Archaeologist

Geomorphology Team

  • Curtis M. Hudak, Foth and Van Dyke, Principal Investigator for Geomorphology
  • Edwin Hajik, Foth and Van Dyke

Advisors

  • Kenneth Kvamme, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas (formerly of Boston State University)
  • Frederick Limp, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas
  • Michael Michlovic, Department of Anthropology, Moorhead State University
  • Gary Oehlert, Department of Applied Statistics, University of Minnesota

MnModel Steering Committee

  • Scott Anfinson, Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
  • Elysse Aune, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Historic Preservation Office
  • Rich Berg, Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Brenda Boyd, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Mark Dudzik, Minnesota State Archaeologist
  • Homer Hruby, formerly of Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
  • James Jones, Minnesota Indian Affairs Commission
  • Tom Peters, MnDOT (formerly Federal Highway Administration)

GIS Support

  • Gina Buss, BRW, GIS data conversion
  • Sarada Cherukuri, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling
  • Rene Destrampe, formerly of BRW, GIS data conversion and modeling
  • Mark Ellis, BRW, GIS data conversion
  • Rhonda Groothousen, formerly of BRW, GIS data conversion
  • Guy Harper, MnDOT, technical advice
  • Tatiana Nawrocki, BRW, GIS modeling
  • Peter Pascale, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling
  • Carol Sersland, BRW, GIS data conversion and modeling
  • Etoile Strachota, BRW, GIS data conversion
  • Huilin Wang, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling

Archaeologists

  • Constance Arzigian, Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center
  • Holly Halvorsen, BRW
  • David Kluth, Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program
  • Rose Kluth, Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program
  • Chandra Maki, formerly of BRW
  • Stacey Morris, formerly of BRW

Outreach

  • Kristin Guild, formerly of BRW

Additional Support

  • All landowners who permitted access to their properties for archaeological field work
  • County engineers of Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Nicollet, Stearns, Wabasha, and Wright counties
  • John Craig, assistance to Wright County field crew
  • Dan Hanson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Ecological Classification System
  • Andrea LeVasseur, Chippewa National Forest Archaeologist, archaeological database
  • Gordon Peters, Superior National Forest Archaeologist, archaeological database
  • Crystal Phillips, MnDOT, Final Report editing
  • Staff members of various agencies who helped procure aerial photographs
  • Staff of the Chippewa and Superior National Forests
  • Staff of the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office

The MnModel Final Report (Phases 1-3) is available on CD-ROM. Copies may be requested by visiting the contact page.