Darby C. Stapp (email) (B.A., University of Denver; M.A., University of Idaho; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) and Julia G. Longenecker (email) (B.A., University of Wyoming; M.A., University of Idaho) began their archaeological careers during the 1970s in the Rocky Mountain region of North America. After finishing their M.A. degrees at the University of Idaho, they moved to the Philadelphia area so that Darby could pursue his Ph.D. in historic archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation research on the Overseas Chinese miners and mining communities of the 1870s brought them back to Idaho a few years later.
For the last 30 years, they have been working for various CRM Programs in the Northwest, specifically in the Columbia River Basin. For 20 years, Darby was the Cultural Resources Program Manager for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) at the Hanford site in southwestern Washington before retiring to form his own CRM firm, Northwest Anthropology. Much of his work involves assisting local Tribes and the Wanapum to protect and preserve areas of cultural significance.
Julie also worked for PNNL in the CRM program for a brief period before being hired by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), Cultural Resources Protection Program (CRPP). Here, she was able to use her expertise in human and non-human bone identification. Her job also included CRM work assisting the Tribe with National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance and cultural resource protection at the Hanford site. Since retiring from the Tribe in 2017, she has been able to assist Northwest Anthropology with publishing and distributing the Journal of Northwest Anthropology (JONA) and other Northwest Anthropology Memoirs.
Contact information
Email: nwa@northwestanthropology.com
Phone: (509) 554-0441
Office location: 3100 George Washington Way, Suite 154, Richland, WA 99354
Hours: M–F, 9am–5pm PST
Mail: P.O. Box 1721, Richland, WA 99352
Northwest Anthropology Staff
Andrea Presler
Senior Scientist
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Annie was raised in a family of twelve on a small acreage in Iowa, where they raised most of their own plants and animals and also fished, hunted, and harvested from the wild. Her mother was the first to introduce her to a few of the local edible and medicinal plants and at an early age her passion for everything wild blossomed.
After obtaining a B.A. from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in Anthropology and Biology, Annie took on several seasonal positions throughout the country working as an archaeologist and naturalist. She served as curator of Coker Arboretum at UNC’s North Carolina Botanical Garden for eight years and then spent five years at De Anza College in California as a curator and Instructor in Environmental Studies. Annie then received her M.A. in Applied Anthropology with a focus on the Environmental Change and Ethnobotany in Quillabamba, Peru.
In 2010 Annie moved to Roslyn, WA and began teaching part time as an adjunct in Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Central Washington University. In 2013, she began working with Northwest Anthropology, LLC as a Senior Scientist and Ethnobotanist. In her spare time she likes to hike, kayak, fish and enjoy being outdoors with her dogs.
Clarice B. Paul
Wanapum Tribal Technician
Senior Technical Specialist
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Clarice is a mother of two sons. She is an avid artist of many styles of Native American crafting skills including: Tule Mat weaving, hand twining traditional string of hemp and sinew, basketry, beadwork, dentalium shell jewelry, traditional attire, moccasin sewing, and porcupine quillwork.
Clarice enjoys working with ethnobotanical plants and assisting in archaeological survey monitoring. She traveled for many years with the Wanapum Native American Discover Unit travel museum funded by the Grant County Public Utility District and the Wanapum Cultural Resources department. The travel museum is utilized as an in-class and public events education tool for the Wanapum Heritage Center Museum and the culture of the Wanapum people.
Victoria Boozer
Production Editor
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Victoria graduated from Washington State University (WSU) Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Humanities with specialties in Anthropology, English Literature, and Classical Humanities. During her time at WSU, she worked as a Consultant for the on-campus Writing Center and as a Student Grader, while also serving as the Treasurer for the English Club. Victoria undertook her own research project, titled “Creating Space for Creative Writing at the Writing Center,” which she presented alongside colleagues and peers at the Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association Conference in 2019 at Yakima Valley Community College. Since graduating, Victoria has maintained her Grader position for WSU while also joining the NWA and JONA team.
Megan Marion
Junior Technical Specialist
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Megan grew up on farmland outside of Boise, Idaho. When she met her husband, she moved to the city and got married. Boise is where she was encouraged to pursue an education. She fell in love with History and Anthropology. She followed her husband to Kennewick, Washington, and completed her Associate Degree from Columbia Basin College (CBC) which emphasized Anthropology. At CBC Megan worked as a student worker in the Biology Lab stockroom. Megan then transferred and graduated from Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSU-TC) with a B.A. in History and a concentration in Anthropology. During her time at WSU, she participated in two clubs: World Research and History. In her last semester she served as Vice President of the History Club. Megan also completed an internship with MCBONES Coyote Canyon Mammoth site (CCMS) at WSU. She produced a local history research project for MCBONES and currently holds a seat on the MCBONES Board of Directors. In 2021 NWA hired Megan as a Junior Technical Specialist. Megan enjoys spending her time with her family, volunteering at CCMS, maintaining her aquariums, camping, and taking long walks.
George Lucei
Wanapum Tribal Technician
Senior Technical Specialist
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George was brought into his current line of work when he was 17 years old. He specializes in cultural resource monitoring. It was his mother Reamona Buck Lucei who guided and trained him, along with his aunt Lenora Seelatsee who got his foot in the door when bringing him in this line of work. He has also had training and encouraging words by his father, Melvin Lucei, and his uncles Frank Dean Seelatsee, Lester Umtuch, Richard Buck, and Rex Buck Jr. when building experience for field work. They taught him how to take care of himself and what to watch for when working and how to deal with it when we do find culturally important things on a work site. He has been working with Northwest Anthropology since 2018 on different types of projects throughout the Columbia Basin area. While working with Northwest Anthropology from 2018 to present day, he has learned new experiences and has been reminded of old places and new places that are also old places of where we come from and who we are as Wanapum people. He really hopes to continue to experience, learn, and teach through this line work and what we are becoming as a company, so this much he has to say at this time.