James,
 
In Virgina the DOT has a large archaeology and architectural history staff
spread among several regions. This staff does much of architecture
entirely in-house these days. The archaeologists do a lot of smaller
projects, categorical exclusions, and the like. They also do som Phase I
(identification) surveys. They still farm the majority of the larger
Identification surveys, and probably all the evaluations, data recoveries,
etc. to consultants. People to talk to would be Antony Opperman or Mark
Wittkofski in the central office of VDOT, Environmental Div., in Richmond.
 
Glad you didn't ask my opinion of this system, however.
 
Dan Mouer
Virginia Commonwealth University
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, James P. Harcourt wrote:
 
> Does anyone know of  a state in which a large percentage of the
> archaeological work is done in-house AND the cultural resource
> staff is non-centralized and functions out of a region or
> administrative district?
>
> Thank you,
>
> James P. Harcourt
>