Our Services

• SouthArc has created exhibits on careers in archaeology, African-American archaeology, and the archaeology of Alachua County for local public schools. We have a long-term commitment to an Alachua County elementary school as part of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Partners in Education Program. As part of this program, we regularly give talks on archaeology at local schools, have led school visits to archaeological projects, and have given tours of local historic properties.

Mitigation is designed to address the impacts of projects on a significant site. It can take the form of additional documentation, large-scale data recovery excavations, or development of preservation plans for significant resources.

Phase III, Mitigation of Impacts

Documentation is designed to record specific information for archaeological, historical or architectural resources; this task includes completion of state site file forms, mapping, artifact analyses and photography.

Site Documentation

Historic structures are those buildings or structures over fifty years in age. Such structures must be documented on state site file forms and assessed for significance in terms of their architectural or engineering qualities, their historic associations, their potential contribution to historic districts and their integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, association and feeling.

Historic Structures

Completion of literature reviews and historic research to obtain existing information on a property and write property histories.

Archival and Historical Research

Interpretation may include development of exhibits, presentations, or literature for education, public relations and marketing purposes.

Site Interpretation & Public Education

SouthArc offers a wide range of legal support services including document collection as well as expert witness testimony.

Expert Witness and Litigation Support Services

SouthArc takes an interdisciplinary approach to cultural resource management studies, integrating a variety of analytical methods to produce a comprehensive finished product. We regularly integrate geo-spatial analysis, faunal analysis, macrobotanical analysis, radiocarbon dating, pottery analysis, lithic analysis and other specialized studies that support historic and archaeological research investigations. Our location in Gainesville Florida provides us with unique access to Florida databases, regulatory agencies and university resources.

SouthArc has a comprehensive understanding of local, state and federal compliance regulations governing cultural resource management. We work closely with the Florida Department of Historic Resources and other agencies to ensure prompt service and execution of projects.

SouthArc offers a full range of cultural resource management services which are detailed below. Please contact us to fulfill your cultural resource management needs.

Our Services

Studies designed to determine the potential for cultural resources within a tract and identify the level of effort which may be required for cultural resource permitting.

Feasibility Studies & Constraint Analyses

A minimum level of effort designed to identify previously known archaeological or historical sites within a property and identify areas which may contain additional sites.

Reconnaissance Surveys

Level of investigation which entails archaeological subsurface testing (shovel, posthole, or auger) and visual surface inspection designed to locate, document and provide preliminary assessments of archaeological, historical or architectural resources within a property.

Phase I Intensive Surveys

Once sites have been located, an assessment is designed to determine the potential significance and eligibility of the sites for the National Register of Historic Places, based on site integrity, potential of the site to yield significant information and it’s relationship to other sites in the area.

Phase II Site Assessments