RUSSEL L. TANNER

Senior Archaeologist

rtanner@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• 1995 M.A., American Studies/University of Wyoming, Laramie
  
  1980 B.A., Anthropology/University of Wyoming, Laramie

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Russ Tanner has more than 30 years of experience in conducting cultural resource studies throughout the western United States. He received his Master’s degree in American Studies, a multidisciplinary field that combines history, literature, and cultural studies, from the University of Wyoming in 1995. Mr. Tanner has worked in the cultural resources field since 1976. He is a former archaeologist and historian for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming, and is the Principal of Kyak Marook Heritage Research, a cultural resources management firm specializing in archaeological, historical, and anthropological studies and Section 106 compliance.

Mr. Tanner served as Staff Archaeologist and Resource Area Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming, from 1986-2001 and from 2005-2006. He has prepared historic context studies and served as technical lead for numerous cultural resource projects requiring compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.  Mr. Tanner also served as the contracting officer's technical representative on numerous contracts for the Bureau of Land Management.