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nup 1`)6Kristen Zschomler SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Over the past ten years,Kristen Zschomler has managed numerous archaeological, architectural, historical, and public education projects throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and the Caribbean. Archaeological studies have ranged from numerous cultural resources assessments and Phase I archaeology surveys throughout Minnesota; to survey of the Denis Bay Sugar Plantation Historic District, United States Virgin Islands; to testing at the Parris Island Military Base, South Carolina; to a data recovery at a Late Archaic/Late Woodland site in Alabama. Kristen is member of the Register of Professional Archaeologist(RPA)and has a focus on fur trade period archaeology. She recently co-authored a paper on trade bead chronology in Minnesota at the joint Plains/Midwest Conference. Kristen has also served as historian and architectural historian on various evaluations of eligibility, surveys, in-depth historic context studies, and HABS/HAER projects. Examples of historical and architectural projects include the in-depth documentation of a diversified farm in Olmsted County, Minnesota; the archival mitigation report on a pipeline crossing of the Illinois and Michigan Canal near Channahon, Illinois; the Illinois HABS Level III recordation of a Midwestern Feeder swine barn in Techny, Illinois; and the HABS Level I recordation of five Memorial bridges in Alabama. Kristen has been actively involved in the preparation of educational outreach materials and teaching guides for archaeology in Minnesota and Alabama. She meets the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for archaeology,architectural history,and history. EDUCATION 1997 M.A., Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1991 B.A., History and Anthropology, University of Minnesota,Morris PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1999-date The 106 Group,St. Paul,MN CRM Manager and Senior Archaeologist, Historian, and Architectural Historian • Principal Investigator responsible for writing research designs, proposals, reports, budgets and field work for all phases of cultural resources management including survey, testing, and data recovery. • Principal Investigator and Project Manager for the determination of eligibility for the Stewart-Cepro grain elevator in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the in-depth documentation of a diversified farm in Olmstead County, Minnesota; the Phase I architectural history investigation for the Proposed Guardian Pipeline Project in Illinois and Wisconsin; the Cultural Resources Assessment for the Faribault County Unity Trail Project, Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota; the Phase I and II Architectural History Survey for the Near Northside Redevelopment Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Phase I archaeological survey for the East Street Bridge project,Blue Earth,Minnesota. •