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COMPANY INFORMATION
The extensive regional experience of Archaeological Resource Service has given us the technical expertise to provide quick and accurate service to all clients. We maintain and continually update our database so that we can accurately assess:
Since 1973 Archaeological Resource Service has provided input on municipal and county general plan elements, assessments of archaeological sensitivity, cultural resource assessment, and general consultation on regional modeling of cultural resource distribution and function. The Archaeological Resource Service library contains numerous documents pertaining to soils, hydrology, geology, geomorphology, and natural history as well as historic topographic and geodetic survey maps which can be utilized in order to understand the distribution and function of cultural resources in their environmental context. While our particular geographic specialization centers around the greater San Francisco Bay region, related to the firm's geographic location in the North Bay area, the collection also includes pertinent natural historical and socio-cultural data on central and southern California, Baja California, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Basin, and the Plains. Archaeological Resource Service maintains its own laboratory facilities where the analysis of the bulk of material recovered from survey and testing takes place. Laboratory technicians, graphic artists, and photographers assist in the analysis of recovered artifacts. We maintain a conservation laboratory where materials such as animal bones as well as metal or glass are cleaned, reconstructed, classified, and preserved for comparative purposes or museum display. We also assist private and public clients in arranging temporary or permanent storage facilities for analyzed collections. We also assist museums and tribes in complying with the provisions of the federal Native America Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in regards the proper treatment and disposition of human skeletal remains that may be held in the museums’ possession. Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo. Professional CertificationWilliam G. Roop is a registered professional archaeologist with ROPA Professional Memberships and Supported OrganizationsBoth of the Archaeological Resource Service principals, Katherine Flynn and William Roop, were listed in the latest DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ARCHEOLOGISTS, published by The Society of Professional Archeologists. This listing has been replaced by the Registry of Professional Archaeologists. William Roop is currently listed in the Register of Professional Archaeologists (ID number 15428).
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Archaeological Resource Service Copyright © 2003-2020 Archaeological Resource Service
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Archaeological Resource Service was begun by Dr. Thomas Fulling King in 1972. The company has been conducting cultural resource evaluations under the present management of 
Archaeological Resource Service maintains an extensive inventory of field and laboratory equipment to handle a variety of field circumstances. The firm pioneered the definition of site boundaries using hand augers and designed specialized field survey, excavation, construction monitoring, and data recordation techniques to deal with the various kinds of cultural resources that may be found during the development process.
Records are currently maintained for the following 18 counties in northern California: