Ethnography
Native American Consultation Coordination Cultural Resource Management

ASM Affiliates, Inc. (ASM) is a certified Small Business Enterprise specializing in archaeological and historical studies for compliance with local, state, and federal environmental requirements. Since incorporation in 1977, the firm has successfully completed more than 3,000 cultural resource investigations for both private sector and public agency projects throughout California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. Our clients include local, state, and federal agencies, public utilities, construction and engineering firms, planners and developers. One of the firm's specialties is Native American ethnography, including:

• Tribal consultation coordination, providing assistance to Federal and state agencies for National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation and California S.B. 18 compliance
• Ethnographic/ethnohistoric contexts and ethnographic overviews for cultural resource analyses
• NHPA cultural resource mitigation analysis for impacts to historic properties of traditional and religious significance
• Traditional Cultural Properties and Cultural Landscapes data collection and assessments
• Oral history data collection
• Assistance with NAGPRA compliance
• Liaison with Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs)
• Sacred sites studies, including rock art sites and waterways

ASM has assembled a team of anthropologists and ethnographers with over 200 years of combined experience working with Native American tribes, tribal issues, the ethnographic record and appropriate archival sources. We are pleased to offer the services of our specialists to agencies, project applicants, and land planning and CRM firms.

For many years ASM has conducted ethnographic research and assisted federal and state agencies with Native American consultation and the identification of traditional cultural places for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the NHPA.

Cultural Resource Services Provided by ASM

ASM personnel are experts in cultural resource management  (CRM) compliance and practice. Our award-winning scientists are acknowledged as leaders in the profession for their comprehensive understanding of the laws that govern historic preservation and their knowledge of the resources themselves.

ASM is able to immediately respond to requests for all types and sizes of projects. We have 53 qualified historic preservation specialists who can respond immediately to your needs. ASM's efficient size eliminates the bureaucracy and expenses inherent with large, multi-service environmental firms and because we specialize in CRM, our resources are many times greater than those of the larger firms.

Over 250 Years Of Collective Experience

ASM personnel are experts in CRM compliance and practice. Our award-winning scientists are acknowledged as leaders in the profession for their comprehensive understanding of the laws that govern historic preservation and their knowledge of the resources themselves.

ASM is proud to be recognized by agency CRM personnel and decision makers as practitioners of state-of-the-art scientific research and, importantly, by our clients as being problem solvers. Our unrivaled expertise allows projects to progress seamlessly from start to finish.