Services

• American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Assessor

• Building Archaeology for Dating and/or Chronological Evolution of Buildings

• Historic Structure Reports (HSR)

• Condition Reports/Conditions Surveys

• Architectural Documentation

• Archival Research

• Request for Proposals (RFP)/Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

• Grant Writing and Assistance

• Workshops, Lectures, and Presentations

Building archaeology is a disciplined approach to the study of historic structures. This practice combines site work to examine and record a building’s physical fabric, with archival research, and often material testing/analytical analysis, such as cross section paint microscopy or dendrochronology, in an effort to understand a building’s history and chronological evolution. The process utilizes aspects of archaeology, architectural history, materials science and construction technology to identify and date a building’s phases of construction and alteration. Understanding both the physical fabric, in combination with the archival record, often reveals valuable information about the cultural, social and economic contexts of how a building was used and lived in.