DREW MANN PALLETTE

Associate Archaeologist

dpallette@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• 1987 B.A. California State University, Long Beach, Department of Anthropology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Pallette has a B.A. in Anthropology from California State University, Long Beach and more than 15 years of archaeological field experience with particular emphasis in southern California and Arizona desert archaeology. His experience includes all phases of field supervision, including surveys, testing, and data recovery. He has co-authored numerous technical reports. In addition, he is founder and past president of the Coachella Valley Archaeological Society, and has served as a member of the Riverside County East Area Planning Council and the City of La Quinta’s Historic Preservation Commission.

Mr. Pallette is primarily responsible for directing surveys, National Register evaluations, and data recovery investigations in southern California. He has supervised more than 200 projects, including approximately 65 testing, data recovery, and surveys for Caltrans, Bureau of Land Management, and the Army Corps of Engineers. His experience with Caltrans projects includes surveys of portions of State Routes 56, 65, 78, 86, 94, and 98, and Interstate 8, and testing and evaluation programs for State Route 125, and testing and evaluation studies for Interstate 5 and State Route 76. He has conducted large-scale survey programs at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Fort Irwin, and the Yuma Proving Grounds, as well as testing and data recovery programs at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Mr. Pallette served as Field Director for a Class II, 60,000-acre survey and a Class II 20,000-acre survey on Fort Irwin. He has also conducted large-scale surveys of portions of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake near Ridgecrest, California.