Native Anthropological Services

contact: Jon Shellenberger (enrolled Yakama, Cowlitz and Wintu decent) (owner)

Phone: (509)985-8224

Email: nativeanthro@gmail

Figure 1. owner with daughter, setting up GPR for cemetery work.

Native Anthropological Services (NAS) is a native-owned business located in central Washington. It is owned and operated by Jon Olney Shellenberger, MS, who has a background in archaeology, ethnography, geophysical field methods (ex, GPR survey), and training in forensic anthropology. The owner is SOI qualified as an archaeologist and an ethnographer.

Figure 2. GPR unit at a local project are for unmarked burial detection

Jon has conducted investigations pursuant to a wide range of cultural resource compliance laws including, but not limited to:

NEPA
NHPA
ARPA
NAGPRA
CERCLA
EO 05-05
EO 21-02

Jon has over 20 years of experience working with tribes across the American West and conducting anthropological investigations including tribal oral histories and Traditional Cultural Property (TCP) inventories. He has served many clients including federal, state and local clients (not exhaustive ):

Walla Walla Corps of Engineers
Portland Corps of Engineers
Bonneville Power Administration
Department of Energy
Chelan County PUD
Grant County PUD
Snohomish County PUD
Pacificorps
City of Yakima
City of Kennewick
Washington State DNR
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Yakama Nation ERWM
Yakama Nation Housing Authority

Because of Jon’s diverse background in CRM, he is able to provide a number of different services to satisfy your compliance needs. If it’s not on the list below, please ask.

Ground penetrating radar detection
Pedestrian survey
Shovel testing
Formal NRHP site evaluation
Site condition monitoring
Construction monitoring
Natural resource damage assessment (tribal services loss)
TCP inventories and NRHP evaluations
TCP management plans
Historic Property Management Plans
Archival research
Oral history interviews

Recent Projects:

Fort Simcoe Indian Boarding School unmarked burial GPR Survey
Pomeroy GPR survey
Winlock Cemetery GPR survey
Camano island Cemetery GPR survey

Figure 3. Screen taking a rest at the end of a hard days digging.