Archaeological Staff
Drayton Archaeological Research staff includes a principal investigator, project managers and field technicians with a wide range of pertinent archaeological skills, all with extensive experience in Washington and Pacific Northwest archaeology. Our senior staff meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Professional Archaeology as defined in 36 CFR 61.
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Originally from Blaine Washington, Garth grew up near Drayton Harbor, a small saltwater bay that opens into the Strait of Georgia. The bay is where the company’s name was derived. Blaine is situated in northwest Washington along the coast and US / Canadian Border. After a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1988-1992, Garth earned a B.A. and M.A in Anthropology (2001 & 2003) from Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham. The subject of his thesis was Paleolithic archaeology from the Caucasian Mountains of Russia. Since then work has been closer to home, like coastal shell matrix sites. Garth has had the privilege to work in numerous precontact burial sites performing what can be called “Industrial Recovery” after construction projects have inadvertently disturbed cemeteries and individual burials. He has also conducted and participated in investigations on the eastern Washington plateau. Garth worked as an archaeologist with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for three years (2004-2007). When he left the WSDOT, Garth was the principal archeologist in charge of NEPA compliance for Section 106 projects at the Highways and Local Programs Division. His particular skills include spatial analysis, shell matrix excavation, tribal consultation, burial recovery and assessment, and mediation. |
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Camille Mather, M.A.
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Camille Alvis Mather grew up in rural Whatcom County. She spent her childhood rambling in the woods, fields and gullies of her ‘backyard’ that often extended many county roads over. Her artist and naturalist father strongly shaped who she became, taking her for long walks in the woods, teaching sketching and plant and animal identification. After finishing Bellingham High School in 1996 where track and cross-country were her life, she pursued degrees from Whatcom Community College (1998) and Western Washington University, graduating with a B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology in 2000. The following years were filled with wildland firefighting with Baker River Hotshots (2001), living out of a truck rock climbing the western U.S., working as an archaeologist with the Lummi Nation (2002), moving to Colorado and working for San Juan National Forest as an archaeologist/fire archaeologist (2003), succeeding to lead archaeologist at Lummi Nation (2004), working both full time and by contract with various CRM firms (2005-2008), and getting married to Josh in April 2005, her love and best friend she met in Geology class at WWU in 1999. Camille received her M.A. from WWU in spring 2009, completing a thesis on 45SK46 located at Deception Pass, WA, analyzing the settlement type represented in the faunal and artifact remains excavated at a field school that she participated in as an undergraduate. She temporarily moved to Kettle Falls, WA for the summer of 2009 and worked for the National Park Service at Roosevelt Lake NRA. Camille now lives in Bellingham with her husband and two dogs, Nissa and Faelan, and loves backpacking, camping, skiing, cooking, gardening, and studying the magnificent Northwest Coast. |
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Matthew I. Gill, M.S.
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Matthew is a Project Manager with Drayton and has 10 years experience in the archaeology field. Matthew has directed excavation and analysis of pre-contact and historic sites, participated in federal, state and tribal consultation, and has prepared technical reports and compliance documentation for local and state transportation agencies. Matthew’s more significant Washington State work included managing an archaeological excavation program of the Department of Transportation’s Hood Canal Retrofit Project in Port Angeles. Currently, he is excavating a historic pioneer cemetery while also trying to complete historic and pre-historic investigations for multiple projects throughout the Puget Sound area. Matthew’s skill set includes a somewhat now antiquated suite of GIS and total station experience with more current interests in regional ethnography. When not working, Matthew competitively races in the regional adventure racing and road bike scene while also maintaining his addiction to disc golf, snow boarding, hiking and mountain biking. Throw in gardening, beer making and cooking and Matthew can be pigeon holed rather easily. |
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Stephanie Neal, M.A.
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Stephanie Neil grew up on a farm in Belfair, Washington and has always enjoyed playing in the dirt. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology from Western Washington University in 2000. After earning a B.A. she worked as an archaeologist for the U.S. Forest Service in California and for several contracting companies throughout California and Louisiana before returning to school in 2002. Stephanie earned her M.A. in Anthropology from Washington State University in 2004. Her graduate studies focused on Geoarchaeology producing a thesis entitled Soil and Alluvial Formation at Cox Ranch Pueblo, New Mexico. Most recently Stephanie worked as a biologist and archaeologist with the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho (2004-2007). Stephanie and her husband Jeff recently started a family and moved back to western Washington. Stephanie is enjoying being home again and getting back into Northwest Coast archaeology. Some of her personal interests include quilting, gardening, traveling, skiing and running. She plans to run a marathon in all 50 states (with 5 down and 45 to go). |
