Kari M Pittman

About Kari M Pittman

Passionate, Independent, Inquisitive, Driven, Adventurous, Reliable, Brutally-Honest, Intellectual, Rock Art Hound, and Creative. I only compete with myself, so I always Win. Secretary of the Interior-qualified (36 CFR part 61) professional archaeologist with over 10 years of experience in cultural resource management, collections management, tribal consultation, and archaeological and rock art research. I also have over 10 years of experience utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to manage cultural resources on military lands. I have been involved with projects throughout the United States, including extensive experience in American Southwest and southern Great Plains. These projects have included prehistoric and historic archaeological inventories; built environment; National Register of Historic Places evaluations and determinations; authorship of Section 106 consultation documents; Native American government-to-government consultations; Programmatic Agreement (PA) development support; Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) development support; development of alternative mitigation strategies; resource protection strategies; formulation of management protocols; predictive modeling; geodatabase design; cartographic production; database administration; cloud-based mobile data-collection systems development, and knowledge and appropriate application of federal and state laws and regulations. I have worked for/or cooperated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Army Environmental Command, State of Colorado, State of New Mexico, University of Colorado, Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation (BREC); Native American tribal governments, local governments and municipalities, various DOD contractors, and state and local avocational and professional archaeological organizations.

Experience

1. Archaeologist

   Us Army

   Apr 2020 — Present

   Archeologist with the Army Installation Management Command.Wild land firefighter (in-training)Manage and protect cultural resources to facilitate troop readiness.

Education

• Pikes Peak State College

  Associate of Arts (A.A.), Anthropology

  2001 — 2003

• University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Applied Geography & environmental science

  2008 — 2013

• University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  B.A. Double Major, Anthropology-Geography and Environmental Science

  2003 — 2007