Cultural Resources Specialist,
Project Manager
Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC
Elizabeth is an archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist with over two decades of experience in the field. She is strong advocate of Tribal sovereignty especially as it relates to traditional cultural landscapes. At CHP she brings a special focus on cultural heritage issues related to communities’ ecological knowledge and traditions and the role of environmental resources as cultural resources. Elizabeth supports the CHP legal team in reviewing reports and documentation, building fact patterns to support legal claims related to National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and state and local preservation laws. Elizabeth also assists the legal team in in advising clients in complex consultations. She also provides critical project management services for the firm.
Prior to joining CHP, she ran the University of Arkansas, Arkansas Archaeological Survey’s Plum Bayou Mounds Research Station. She has worked on field projects in Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, and the Dhofar province of Oman, as well as macrobotanical studies for sites from Arkansas, North Carolina, Indiana, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and more. She has also worked intensively on issues of professional ethics in the field of archaeology. Elizabeth continues to be a practicing archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist.
“Building a sustainable archaeology in an uncertain era”
(2025) SEAC Student Affairs Panelist
"Erasure, Disrespect, and Delays: The Costs of Inaccurate Tribal Histories in Cultural Resource Management."
(2025) With Ellen Chapman.
“The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology.”
(2014) With Maureen S. Meyers, Edmond A. Boudreaux, Stephen B. Carmody, Alice P. Wright and Victoria G. Dekle
