MICHAEL D. SANDERS
Staff Archaeologist

As Staff Archaeologist with CRM Group, Mike is active in all aspects of archaeological research, analysis, and reporting and is constantly building on a diverse professional background acquired through 13 years of fieldwork. This experience gives him the flexibility to work alone in the completion of small projects or as Crew Supervisor on large projects. With an Honours Bachelor degree from St. Mary's University and course-work completed for a Masters degree from the University of Maine, Mike is prepared to conduct archaeological assessments anywhere in the Northeast.

Through past employment, Mike has investigated archaeological resources of all ages, working extensively throughout the Maritimes, Ontario and Maine. With the University of Maine, the Province of New Brunswick and several Nova Scotian consulting firms, he has assisted in the testing of Precontact sites of the Paleo-Indian, Archaic and Woodland periods, investigating 10,000 years of Mi'kmaq, Maliseet and Penobscot prehistory. While working with St. Mary's University, the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia and Parks Canada, Mike has examined historic resources ranging from early 17th century French fortifications to late 19th century graves, including features within nine of Canada's National Historic Sites.

Prior to the formation of CRM Group, Mike assisted W. Bruce Stewart on more than three dozen archaeological screening, monitoring, assessment and mitigative projects. Those study areas included the Tracadie Range in northeastern New Brunswick; cultural resource screening for the TransMaritime Pipeline Project in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; proposed sewage treatment facility sites on the Miramichi, Mersey, and Stewiacke rivers; candidate subdivisions in Burlington and Halifax; industrial properties in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; pipeline corridors south and northwest of London, Ontario; highway corridors in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario, including Highway 407 north of Toronto; and proposed quarry expansions in Nova Scotia and Ontario.

Mike has been an active member of the Nova Scotia Archaeology Society, the New Brunswick Archaeology Society, the Maine Archaeology Society, the Underwater Archaeology Society of Nova Scotia, the Council for Northeastern Historical Archaeology and the Canadian Archaeological Association, and he is presently a Board Member for the Mersey Heritage Society and the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society. He has workplace hazardous materials (WHMIS) and SCUBA training and has taken underwater archaeology courses through the National Association of Underwater Instruction.

Affiliated with CRM Group since its inception in 1998, Mike has been a key player in most of the firm's Eastern projects. Highlights have included archaeological work undertaken in preparation for the realignment of Highway 103 at Barrington, the twinning of Highway 125 at Sydney, the installation of interpretative structures at Fort Edward National Historic Site in Windsor, the re-flooding of Sandy Lake Reservoir in western Halifax Regional Municipality, the development of a commercial property in the Debert Air Industrial Park, the installation of interpretive signs on the St. George's Church and Little Dutch Church properties in Halifax; and the development of a natural gas distribution system for Sempra Atlantic Gas in the Dartmouth, New Glasgow, and Truro areas.