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consultants and adjunct personnel to help meet the research, fieldwork, and laboratory <br /> requirements for projects of large scope. In geographical scope, the firm's professional staff <br /> has broad experience and expertise. Peak & Associates conducts projects throughout <br /> California, the Great Basin, Nevada, Oregon, and the Southwest. <br /> Peak & Associates has the capability to carry out archeological and cultural resource <br /> projects of many types: <br /> ■ intensive archeological and historical field surveys; <br /> ■ archeological/historical sections of environmental impact reports and statements; <br /> ■ research services, archeological monitoring, and test excavations for evaluating <br /> the significance of archeological sites; <br /> ■ site-specific historical research for legal issues; <br /> ■ data recovery excavations; <br /> ■ lithic analysis; <br /> ■ preparation of nomination forms for the National Register of Historic Places; and <br /> ■ professional analytical reports on all types of sensitive archeological and cultural <br /> resource project sites. <br /> Since the firm's incorporation in 1975, Peak& Associates has completed successfully <br /> over 900 projects in the fields of public archeology and cultural resource management. <br /> These projects have ranged in scale from subdivision surveys to a survey of a 560-mile-long <br /> power line corridor; from single-unit test excavations through the large-scale North Fork <br /> Stanislaus River hydroelectric development data recovery project; and from the evaluation <br /> of single-family residences for historical significance through the preparation of a historic <br /> Coulterville report and the nomination of the Colterville Main Street Historic District to the <br /> National Register of Historic Places. <br /> Peak & Associates strives to maintain its record of quality work that is responsive to <br /> the needs of the client, related to pertinent research concerns, sensitive to the concerns of <br /> Native American communities, and consistent with planning and preservation goals. As <br /> evidence of this record, almost half of the firm's annual revenues in recent years have come <br /> from single-source contracts with repeat clients. <br /> Professional consultants for Peak& Associates provide specialized expertise in many <br /> fields related to archeological and cultural resource studies: <br /> ■ palynology and radiometric dating; <br /> ■ faunal analysis; <br /> ■ obsidian hydration and obsidian trace analysis; <br /> V-8 <br />