Martin E. McAllister, a Registered Professional Archaeologist, is the founder of Archaeological Resource Investigations (ARI). ARI is a unique private contracting firm that specializes in investigation, damage assessment and expert witness services for damage to archaeological resources and other types of violations.

ARI offers expert witness services for cases or potential litigation involving damage to archaeological resources. Expert witness testimony can be provided for all investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by ARI. Expert witness services, including testimony, also can be provided for investigation and damage assessment 0perations conducted by others and later analyzed and evaluated by ARI.

ARI investigators have extensive training and experience in courtroom testimony. They have testified on numerous occasions in federal, tribal and state courts. This experience includes testifying extensively before U.S. Magistrate Judges and in U.S. District Courts before federal judges and juries in a wide variety of criminal cases. In addition, investigators affiliated with ARI have testified in administrative hearings in civil cases before federal Administrative Law Judges.

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Christopher D. Dore, Ph.D., a Registered Professional Archaeologist, provides expert witness services in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and cultural resource/heritage management. Expert services focus on investigations, damage assessment, and valuation of damage resulting from impacts to archaeological resources under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and other laws. With an MBA in addition to his doctoral degree in anthropology, Dr. Dore is particularly sought after for cases involving the valuation of damage.

Dr. Dore has participated on both criminal, including international antiquity trafficking, and civil cases. He has worked on case work directly and indirectly for a variety of U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, as well as for private clients. Dr. Dore has provided training in damage documentation to professional archaeologists, lectured at the University of Arizona’s College of Law, and was a co-author of the Society of American Archaeology’s Professional Standards for the Determination of Archaeological Value.

Dr. Dore is accomplished, credible, and well recognized in the archaeological community. He has held faculty positions at five major research universities and received research grants from sources including the National Science Foundation. He has served as the president and as a director of the American Cultural Resources Association. He also has served as the treasurer and as a director of the Society for American Archaeology. Dr. Dore specializes in the archaeology of the southwest United States, California, and Mexico.