Erik joined Lifeways in 2024, and is a permit holding archaeologist and heritage specialist with over 24 years of archaeological experience. He has worked on and directed projects throughout Alberta’s varied ecozones, including the plains, parklands, boreal forest, foothills, and mountains, as well as in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. In addition to Western Canada, Erik has worked in archaeological consulting in the American Southwest, Southeast, and along the Atlantic Seaboard, and has completed projects of varying sizes and complexity for oil and gas, forestry, energy, transportation, aggregate extraction, and urban developments. Beyond his experience in Cultural Resource Management, Erik has conducted archaeological research in Mongolia, Russia, Greece, and in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, and has published archaeological papers in refereed scientific journals on topics ranging from Early Precontact Period sites in Alberta to genetic and isotopic analyses in Eurasia. He is well versed in several areas of archaeological study, including lithic and faunal analysis, and brings a diverse skillset and solutions to a wide variety of field and regulatory challenges.

Academic Degrees:
Ph.D. (Archaeology), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011;
M.A. (Classical Archaeology), University of Arizona, 2003;
B.A. (Archaeology/Anthropology), University of Arizona, 2000.

Membership in Professional Associations: Registry of Professional Archaeologists, Association of Consulting Archaeologists (Alberta), Canadian Archaeological Association, Society for American Archaeology, Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads.