Tom Lewis, Ph.D., RPA

Tom Lewis, Ph.D., RPA

Field Director and Laboratory Supervisor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Archaeology Group Senior Manager at Edwards-Pitman Environmental

  • Education

    • University of Alabama

      2003 - 2008
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Anthropology/Archaeology

      Advising Professor: Dr. Ian W. BrownFocus: Late Prehistoric ArchaeologyRegion: Southeastern United StatesDissertation: Excavations at the Chittoloosa Site: Exploration of a Late Prehistoric Frontier in the Lower Big Black Region of West-Central Mississippi

    • University of Alabama

      1998 - 2002
      Master of Arts - MA Anthropology/Archaeology

      Advising Professor: Dr. Ian W. BrownFocus: Ethnohistory and ArchaeologyRegion: Southeastern United StatesThesis: Yellowed Pages and Faded Print: Nineteenth Century Indians in Southwest Alabama Newspapers

    • University of North Carolina at Wilmington

      1997 - 1998
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Political Science and Government

      Focus: International Relations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      1992 - 1994
      Bachelor of Arts - BA HISTORY

      Focus: Ancient and Medieval History

  • Experience

    • Panamerican Consultants, Inc.

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2008
      Field Director and Laboratory Supervisor
    • Edwards Pitman

      Sept 2008 - Sept 2014
      Senior Archaeologist

      As Senior Archaeologist I managed cultural resource projects ranging from Phase I archaeological survey to large Phase III data recovery projects for the transportation sector. Duties included scoping and budgeting, staffing and logistics, field management, laboratory management, report production, and QA/QC. Other related work included the production of predictive model planning studies, research designs, and agency consultation.

    • Cardno

      Sept 2014 - Nov 2018
      Senior Project Scientist/Archaeologist IV

      As Senior Project Scientist with Cardno I managed cultural resource projects of all sizes for work in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Washington D.C. My work was focused in the energy sector and on military installations. Duties included proposal development, scoping and budgeting, field management, specialized laboratory analysis, compliance and construction monitoring, Tribal Consultation, public meetings and outreach, client liaison, third party compliance review for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and SHPO coordination. I worked with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as private concerns, in preparing documents and successfully ushering them through the review process in accordance with Section 106 and Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Show less

    • Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.

      Nov 2018 - now

      I currently serve as the Senior Manager of Edwards-pitman Environmental's Archaeology Group. The group is presently comprised of 38 archaeologists, including 13 Principal Investigators. We work primarily in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee and specialize in Section 106 and due-diligence work for the transportation and energy sectors. As Senior Archaeologist I managed cultural resource projects ranging from Phase I archaeological survey to large Phase III data recovery projects for the transportation sector. Duties included scoping and budgeting, staffing and logistics, field management, laboratory management, report production, and QA/QC. Other related work included the production of predictive model planning studies, research designs, and agency consultation.

      • Archaeology Group Senior Manager

        Oct 2023 - now
      • Senior Archaeologist

        Nov 2018 - Oct 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Registered Professional Archaeologist

      Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA)