Most of our clients know that we provide heritage and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services in British Columbia and Alberta, but we also service Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon and Northwest Territories! In all of these places, we can provide our suite of services: field assessment (HRIA/AIA), desktop assessments (SoJs/AOAs), GIS, monitoring, and anything else you … Read More The What How Why Behind Geographic Information Systems

A Blog, By Jennifer Gainer, B.Sc.   Every year, November comes around, and most of us are relieved to get some well-deserved, well-needed time off. Then February comes by, and Balzac Billy tells me, “Six more weeks of winter,” and like any sane individual, I start to PANIC! Six weeks??? I thought I never had … Read More Getting Ready for Field Season

By: Margarita de Guzman   In honour of International Women’s Day this week, I thought I’d get a little personal here to share what it means for me to be a woman working in archaeology. I have been lucky enough not to feel discriminated against in my career due to gender. Within the places and … Read More What It Means To Be a Woman Working in Archaeology

The year 2022 officially marks 12 years since Circle CRM Group was formed. But did you know Circle’s story also includes the story of Altamira Consulting Ltd? I know what you’re thinking… What? Who? But I’ll do you one better. Before there was Altamira, there was the Alberta Archaeology Company, which was founded in 1994 … Read More 25 Years of Altamira

By: Shannon Wright   To be an archaeologist, a degree is definitely required; how many is the real question. The answer to that is simple; it depends on what you want to do. Starting out, a bachelor’s degree is all you need. But a bachelor’s in what you ask? Well, archaeology or anthropology is an … Read More Education and Archaeology in Canada

By: Alexandra Burchill   Forestry archaeology, otherwise known as the most badass type of archaeology, is as close as one can get to a lifestyle similar to Indiana Jones in 2022. Although we don’t often encounter snake pits, spike walls, or lost arks; we do encounter boreal wildlife, archaeological sites that are way older than … Read More Forestry Archaeology