Archaeologist

M.S., Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, Central Washington University, 2020
B.A., Anthropology, Marquette University, 2016

Julia received her bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2016. She attended an archaeological field school that focused on cultural resource management methods at the L.T. Murray Wildlife Area and at a central Washington historic site.

In 2020 she received her master’s degree and completed her thesis focused on the recorded precontact archaeology of Lopez Island, Washington.

Julia has cultural resource management experience doing shovel probe surveys, archaeological monitoring, pedestrian survey, data recovery, and report writing in western and central Washington for both precontact and historic-era archaeology.

In 2019 she was one of the primary archaeological monitors for the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition, and she more recently conducted monitoring, data recovery, and sediment sampling at the Lower Russell Levee Setback project.

Julia joined WillametteCRA in the fall of 2020, and assists with fieldwork, writing, and technical editing.

She is a member of the Association for Washington Archaeology. Her research interests include Salish Sea culture history, resource intensification, and public archaeology.