Northland Research, Inc. is an Arizona Corporation specializing in contracted research services. The majority of its activities consist of cultural resource research, but complete environmental analyses also are performed. Formed in 1978, Northland is an independent operator, with no parent company or subsidiary relationships. The owner of Northland is also its manager, involved in the day-to-day direction of the firm's activities. At its Flagstaff office, Northland conducts management and administration of Northland's operations.

Since its formation in 1978, Northland has conducted thousands of cultural resources investigations of all kinds throughout the intermountain West. Projects undertaken have ranged from small-scale clearance surveys of less than an acre to full-scale, intensive excavation of archaeological sites. Within this wide range, Northland has also performed assessments of archaeological sites, ruins stabilization, Class I archaeological site files and literature searches, Class II sample surveys, Class III intensive surveys, monitoring of construction, and specialized analyses. Our operations are focused on rapid turnaround. Our experienced, full-time staff normally begins a typical survey within seven days of acceptance of the contract; reports of findings are generally finished within seven business days of conclusion of the survey. In emergency/discovery situations, a Northland archaeologist can be on his/her way within minutes of receiving the call. Clients include federal, state, municipal, and Native American agencies as well as private companies. An additional measure of Northland's renown is that its staff and services are often subcontracted to other companies.

Northland is a strong supporter of disseminating results of investigations in publications and presentations. Technical reports are routinely sent to fellow cultural resources firms, museums, libraries and federal, state and municipal agencies. Copies are on file at Northland's offices and always available to qualified individuals. Four manuscripts based on our recent projects are currently in the final stages of submission to professional journals and we routinely present our findings at regional and national conferences.

Northland is a leader in public involvement programs for archaeological work. Our public program at the Heritage Square Archaeological Project was the 1995 Governor's Award, Education category recipient. Public outreach and multimedia productions are a regular offshoot of our research. Northland participates in Arizona Archaeology Awareness Month, and personnel routinely make presentations for school classes and other groups. In conjunction with Echo Productions, a nationally recognized video-production company located in Flagstaff, we have produced publicly available videos on previous projects. Most recently, we have produced an interactive CD on our work on the Grewe Archaeological Research Project (click here for more information on this project).