Craig M. Picka, M.S., RPA

Craig received a B.A. in Anthropology Emphasis on Archaeology from Minnesota State University Moorhead (2009). He went on to receive a M.S. in Applied Anthropology from the Missouri State University (2012) specializing in the study of heat treatment of stone raw materials. His thesis work involved an exercise in experimental archaeology to analyze the effects of heat treatment on two lithic raw material types in Missouri.

At In Situ Archaeological Consulting, Craig is a Principal Investigator and is responsible for developing scopes of work, project management, personnel management, scheduling, supervising, and conducting archaeological investigations, authoring technical reports, fostering communications with clients and regulatory agencies, and overseeing QA/QC control process to ensure investigations meet or exceed federal, state, and local regulations. His experience includes supervising and conducting cultural resource surveys, supervising and conducting test excavations, overseeing QA/QC control process to ensure project quality, conducting multiple file searches with various state agencies, lab analysis, and conducting geophysical surveys with magnetometry, electrical resistivity, and down-hole magnetic susceptibility.

He has archaeological experience in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Texas, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Craig’s understanding of regulation comes from his involvement with a variety of projects in various markets including transmission lines, pipelines, wind farms, oil and gas, seismic exploration, building development, and wetland mitigation. He meets state and federal standards for archaeological supervisor and principal investigator and is listed on the Register of Professional Archaeologists.

Email: Cpicka@insitucrm.com