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Derek M. Wingfield

Director of Information Technology
dmwingfield@crai-ky.com
Derek & Heather

Experience and Expertise:

Prehistoric Archaeology
Historic Archaeology
Industrial Archaeology
Historic Research
Historic Materials Analysis
Computer Programming
Computer Aided Design
Geographic Information Systems
Architectural History
Desktop Publishing
Scientific Illustration

Education:

B.A. in English/Anthropology/Archaeology: University of Virginia, Charlottesville 1993

Employment:

January, 2001 to Present. Director of Information and Systems Technology. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.

January, 2000 to January 2001. Staff Archaeologist, Step II. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.

December 1998 to January, 2000. Staff Archaeologist/Technology Specialist. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.

October 1995 to December 1998. Staff Archaeologist. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.

April 1995 - October 1995. Field Technician. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.

July 1993 - March 1995. Field Technician. Goodwin and Associates, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.

September 1992 - December 1992. Student Lab Technician. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

June 1992 - August 1992. Student Field Technician. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Field and Laboratory Skills:

Field skills include: surface collecting; excavation of units by arbitrary or natural levels; recognition and excavation of features; map reading; site surveying; 35mm photography skills; backhoe and heavy equipment monitoring and cartography. Laboratory skills include cleaning, sorting, cataloging, classifying, photographing artifacts and curation. Mr. Wingfield also has been responsible for processing and sorting flotation samples and the operation of water screens. He has been responsible for processing, analysis and interpretation of faunal remains. In addition, his skills include the use of land surveying equipment: surveying transit; level; and EDM. Mr. Wingfield has been responsible for archival research using a variety of local and national resources. Mr. Wingfield has been active in all aspects of contract management.

Computer Skills:

Mr. Wingfield has a proficient knowledge of the Windows and DOS operating platforms. He is experienced in word processing programs (Word and WordPerfect), spreadsheets (Excel) and database management programs (dBase, Paradox and Access). Mr. Wingfield has extensive training and experience in a variety of GIS and CADD applications including: ArcView GIS, MicroStation and AutoCAD.

Professional Organizations:

Society for Historical Archaeology
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists
Virginia Archaeological Society
The MicroStation Community
GIS Bluegrass Users Group
West Virginia Archaeological Society

Archaeological Work Experience

Since 1992, Mr. Wingfield has participated in field research in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. This experience has included field and laboratory work on more than two hundred phase I surveys, twenty phase II National Register evaluations, and fifteen phase III mitigation projects. Mr. Wingfield has authored, or co-authored, over one hundred separate technical reports.

Employee Profile:

Mr. Wingfield has been an employee with Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. since April 1995. During this time he served as a field supervisor for phase I survey level projects. Mr. Wingfield also has participated as a field technician and staff archaeologist on phase I survey level projects and phase II National Register evaluations. From the computer aided drafting of simple site maps to the development of complex spatial and relational geographic information systems, Mr. Wingfield is responsible for the majority of CAD and GIS operations at Cultural Resource Analysts. Mr. Wingfield has developed the corporate cartographic symbology for all Department of Transportation mapping. Mr. Wingfield recently developed a GIS of the archaeology at the Bluestone Reservoir for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. The Archaeology at the Bluestone Reservoir GIS package included: an 86 page report; 8 quadrangles; 126 site descriptions; 98 site photographs; 6 aerial photographs, 74 historic maps; and over 1300 data files. The site descriptions, photographs and maps were linked to polygons on the digital quadrangle, which represented the location of the site on the surface of the Earth. This provided the client with a huge amount of information about the cultural resources of the Reservoir all on one small, portable compact disk. With Mr. Wingield's expertise, Cultural Resource Analysts is able to accept and produce data in a variety of map projections, coordinate systems and platforms.

Publications:

Maslowski, R. F., C. M. Niquette and D. M. Wingfield
1995 The Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia Radiocarbon Database. West Virginia Archeologist 47(1&2).

Wingfield, Derek M., Michael D. Richmond and Henry S. McKelway
1997 Archaeological Remains of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Brick Clamp: A First Look at Brick Clamps in Kentucky. Ohio Valley Historical Archaeology (12): 68-88. Symposium on Ohio Valley Urban and Historic Archaeology, Wickliffe.


Years of Experience: 8

   

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