Moore Archeological Consulting

Much of my initial work came through the kinds offices of two agencies: Harris County and METRO. Among my first independent consulting projects was the 1980 archeological analysis of drilling cores for a proposed METRO subway along Main Street. Although this initiative was ultimately rejected by voters, I continued to consult for METRO on bus, rail... , transit center, and other projects in the subsequent decades. This work was a continuation of my academic focus on urban archeology that begun as a graduate student in the City of Galveston. My urban consulting continued with additional work at the Ashton Villa House Museum in Galveston and prior to the construction of the Galveston Trolley Project. But the focus for my very large urban infrastructure projects soon shifted to the Houston Central Business District. My early work for Harris County came closer to the norm for North American archeology, searching for much older Native American prehistoric sites in more rural parts of the County. Much of this work, initiated in the 1980s was in the northern reaches of the County, initiated by County Judge Jon Lindsay's vision to purchase land along Cypress and Spring creeks for what came to be known as the "Cypress Creek Park System. Early MAC surveys along these streams included Jesse Jones Nature Park, Pundt Park, Telge Park, the Mercer Arboretum, Burroughs Park, and others. This work resulted in continuous advancement of our archeological survey (site discovery) standards, along with ample demonstration that human occupation of Spring and Cypress creeks extended back no less than 12,000 years. MAC conducts what is known formally as contract archeology, that is, one that conducts investigations required by state and/or federal law prior to certain kinds of construction projects. Simply put, we go out and survey a road or pipeline alignment, a new park, a Corps of Engineers-permitted ship terminal, etc. (the list is quite diverse) and determine if there are any heretofore undiscovered archeological sites within the ...Read More