Chelsea Winter, B.A, Anthropology joined SEARCH in July 2022 as a Lead Archaeologist with five years of experience in archaeology, artifact analysis, and report production. Her fieldwork experience has been focused around the Permian Basin, but has worked in parts of Arizona, Texas, northern New Mexico, and most recently branching out Illinois. Ms. Winter earned her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from University of Alaska Fairbanks and has not yet obtained a master’s degree but is currently looking at grad schools. She completed field school with the University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Mead site in 2012 where she was involved in a project to further understand how the people of interior Alaska utilized their settlement throughout time and space. This site is documented as one of the oldest sites in North America. Ms. Winter holds Bureau of land management and State permits in New Mexico, and her research interests include Southwest lithic technologies.

And: She was born and raised in Alaska and enjoys DIY home projects while listening to scary story podcasts.