MARK GIAMBASTIANI, PH.D., RPA

Principal

mgiam@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• 2004 Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Department of Anthropology
• 1991 M.A., University of California, Davis, Department of Anthropology
• 1988 B.A., University of California, Davis, Department of Anthropology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dr. Mark Giambastiani has experience in conducting Phase I, II and III studies throughout California and has served as Principal Investigator on a number of data recovery projects in northern and central California. Dr. Giambastiani was Assistant Director at the Archaeological Research Center at California State University, Sacramento from 1995 until 2000 and senior archaeologist for a private CRM firm from 2000 until 2003.

Dr. Giambastiani has led a number of archaeological projects for Caltrans in Kern, Mono, and Inyo, as well as other counties. He has also conducted projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service.
Dr. Giambastiani has also worked as Principal Investigator and Project Archaeologist at a number of military installations in California including the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, Fort Hunter Liggett, Edwards Air Force Base and Fort Irwin.

Dr. Giambastiani's dissertation focused on prehistoric obsidian use on the Volcanic Tableland in Owens Valley, Inyo County.
His research included extensive sourcing data and explored the implications of obsidian use with respect to technological change and settlement patterns.