AboutMargarita J. de Guzmana senior project archaeologist in Alberta. She has managed a large number HRIAs, recording numerous historic resource sites throughout her consulting career. These include projects for oil and gas developments, as well as those relating to infrastructure and residential development, to name a few. She has also managed HRIAs and HRIMs on a large scale, including those of complex multi-component campsites for large developments.Our principal archaeologist is Margarita J. de Guzman, who has over ten years of experience in archaeology. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and Durham University, with degrees in Economics and Archaeology, Margarita lived and worked in Europe for 5 years before returning to Canada in 2006, quickly establishing herself as a senior project archaeologist in Alberta. She has managed a large number HRIAs, recording numerous historic resource sites throughout her consulting career. These include projects for oil and gas developments, as well as those relating to infrastructure and residential development, to name a few. She has also managed HRIAs and HRIMs on a large scale, including those of complex multi-component campsites for large developments.
Margarita has extensive experience and knowledge in all services related to historical resource consulting. Most recently, she founded and co-directed the SVG Public Archaeology Program on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, which just completed its second season of public excavations. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact her. Margarita J. de Guzman, M.A., Principal Archaeologist Publications2011 How to Deal with Historic Resources. The Negotiator / June 2011. |
Margarita's work during her Masters studies involved relational artefact analysis of three sites in Central Europe, in Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic, with a research focus on formation processes and stratigraphic analyses, as well as ritual, material culture and objectification. Her work in Europe included various projects in England, Austria, Italy and Armenia, including an Iron Age hillfort, a complex Roman bath site and an Urartu fortress.