About Croft Archaeology

I started Croft Archaeology to provide expert archaeology collections management and materials analysis that supports communities and industry with cultural resource management. Whether your community or organization is just beginning to establish its own repository, archaeology lab, or needs assistance with a research initiative, Croft Archaeology offers the advanced laboratory methods and experience to make your project a success.

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About me

I am an archaeologist with 15 years experience managing and analyzing archaeology collections and am the owner-operator of Croft Archaeology. With a background in scientific archaeology and museum collections management, my strength is in bringing together expertise and understandings from multiple sources and co-creating solutions for collections and archaeological materials analysis projects.

I have deep appreciation and experience working with many First Nations organizations, both directly in archaeology field and lab conditions as well as providing advice about best practice in collections management, conservation, and scientific analysis techniques.

PhD Archaeology, University of York, United Kingdom

Professional Specialization Certificate in Collections Management, University of Victoria

MA Archaeology, University of Calgary

BA Archaeology, Minor Biology Simon Fraser University

Expertise

• Museum collections management

• Management of cultural materials in institutional and archaeological assessment settings

• Technical aspects of cataloguing and database records management

• Conservation practices, including appropriate methods for organic perishable materials

• Paleoethnobotany

• Lithic residue analysis

• Forging relationships with multiple stakeholders and rights-holders

• Commitment to advancing the priorities of First Nations

Values

I am committed to the sensitive and culturally appropriate care of archaeological materials as directed by Indigenous communities, and am led by integrity, transparency, and respect for different ways of knowing and being in the world.

I support the implementation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP 2007), the BC government's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA 2019), Canadian federal government legislation to advance the implementation of UNDRIP via the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIPA 2021).