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Harris Anthropological Research LLC

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Delving into Humanity's Insights. Rising to Today's Challenges.

Services

At Harris Anthropological Research LLC (HAR), we believe research should not be limited to numbers and charts—it should also include the people, stories, and the invisible forces shaping industries, communities, and cultures. Data may whisper patterns, but we listen for the full conversation—the unspoken motivations, behaviors, and histories that influence real-world decisions.

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Through User Experience Research & Design (UXR) and Consumer Behavior Research, HAR helps clients decode consumer behavior, refine products, strengthen customer relationships, and navigate an ever-changing landscape with insights that go beyond the surface. HAR’s Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Research & Consulting ensures businesses, institutions, and communities engage responsibly with cultural heritage through expert-driven insights and legal precision. Our Deep Time Commons research hub fosters collaborative archaeology and historical ecology, bridging cultural resource management, archaeology, and environmental research through crowdsourced knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration.

 

Whether you’re designing for the future, forging deeper customer connections, or preserving the past, HAR transforms complex research into strategies that resonate, endure, and evolve alongside the real-world dynamics shaping industries and communities. Explore what we offer below for more detail. 

User Experience Research & Design

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and Consumer Behavior Research

  • User Research & Behavioral Insights - Know Your Customer Like Never Before​

Wondering why your page views are down? Do you know your audience as well as you think? ​Your customers are telling you what they need—HAR helps you listen effectively. Through interviews, surveys, ethnographic studies, content analysis, persona development, and contextual inquiries, we uncover the motivations, frustrations, and hidden behaviors that shape user experiences. We go beyond surface-level feedback, delivering deep, actionable insights that guide smarter business decisions and keep your customers happy by making what you offer more user-friendly.

  • Usability Testing & Task Evaluation - Smooth Out Every Interaction, Maximize Conversions

Are you losing potential clients simply because your website/product isn't as easy to use as it could be? Every hesitation, frustration, and abandoned action in the user journey costs you business. HAR’s usability testing, competitor audits, and behavioral mapping pinpoint where users struggle—and why. We don’t just fix inefficiencies; we create intuitive, frictionless interactions that turn visitors into loyal customers.

  • UX Design & Prototyping – Build with Confidence, Test with Precision

Are you designing for users- or just guessing what they need? Your vision deserves more than guesswork. HAR ensures every wireframe, interactive prototype, and redesign is informed by real user data and behavioral science. Whether refining your digital presence or launching a new product, our structured approach ensures every design decision is strategic, tested, responsibly designed, and optimized for success.

Cultural Heritage Management

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Research and Consulting

  • Cultural Resources Assessment - Compliance, Feasibility & Risk Analysis 

Successfully navigating cultural resource laws requires more than just meeting compliance standards—it demands strategic foresight to avoid costly delays, unexpected redesigns, and regulatory pitfalls. At Harris Anthropological Research (HAR), we provide comprehensive assessments that go beyond basic records checks, ensuring your project is both legally sound and culturally responsible. Our Cultural Resources Assessment acts as a fatal flaw analysis, feasibility study, regulatory risk analysis, constraints mapping, and site selection study—all in one. By identifying potential challenges early, we help businesses, planners, developers, attorneys, and organizations proactively address risks, ensuring smooth project approvals while safeguarding heritage.

  • Artifact Analysis and Identification – Preserve the Past with Precision

Artifacts aren’t just objects—they hold stories, significance, and invaluable cultural insights. At Harris Anthropological Research (HAR), we specialize in expert artifact identification and analysis, ensuring every piece is carefully examined, documented, and understood. Whether you’re a private collector, museum curator, attorney, Tribal organization, or researcher, we provide detailed assessments and historical context that bring artifacts to life. Our Cultural Resources Assessment acts as a fatal flaw analysis, feasibility study, regulatory risk analysis, constraints mapping, and site selection study—all in one. By identifying potential challenges early, we help businesses, planners, developers, attorneys, and organizations proactively address risks, ensuring smooth project approvals while safeguarding heritage.

  • Archaeological Services - Safeguarding the Past, Informing the Future​

Not sure where an archaeological site begins or ends? Unsure if it’s still eligible for the National Register? Harris Anthropological Research provides expert-driven Phase I surveys, NRHP reassessments, site boundary delineation, artifact processing, disaster recovery analysis, and compliance audits to ensure proper documentation and protection. Whether uncovering new sites, updating past site determinations, or integrating heritage into land-use decisions, we make archaeology work for you.

  • Oral History Interviews - Preserving Voices & Cultural Heritage​

Oral histories are more than memories—they are essential records of lived experiences, community identity, and historical continuity. At Harris Anthropological Research (HAR), we specialize in expert oral history interviews, ensuring stories are documented with accuracy, sensitivity, and cultural integrity. Whether for historic preservation, archaeological site research, disaster recovery planning, or Section 106 compliance, HAR helps individuals and organizations capture narratives that shape history.

  • Historical Research & Interpretation - Reveal Your Place's Story​

Expert historical research and interpretation tailored for landowners and institutions seeking official recognition. Whether verifying historic significance for markers, assessing NRHP eligibility, or preserving site heritage, we provide trusted documentation, professional reports, and interpretive storytelling to honor the past and secure its legacy.

  • Cultural Property Legal Consulting – Expert Insights for Complex Cases

Navigating cultural property law requires deep expertise in archaeology, compliance frameworks, and historical preservation. HAR provides specialized consulting for attorneys, offering research-backed insights, regulatory guidance, and strategic expertise to strengthen legal arguments, case evaluations, and litigation strategy. Whether assessing archaeological practice, compliance requirements, or administrative procedures, HAR delivers precise, authoritative expertise to support informed legal decision-making. As an expert witness, we provide courtroom testimony, litigation support, and compliance analysis, ensuring complex legal issues are presented with clarity, accuracy, and credibility.Our Cultural Resources Assessment acts as a fatal flaw analysis, feasibility study, regulatory risk analysis, constraints mapping, and site selection study—all in one. By identifying potential challenges early, we help businesses, planners, developers, attorneys, and organizations proactively address risks, ensuring smooth project approvals while safeguarding heritage.

  • The Deep Time Commons - Find or Share Hard-to-Find Archaeological Data​

The Deep Time Commons is HAR’s dedicated research hub designed to advance archaeological inquiry and historical ecological analysis through crowdsourced knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration. This dynamic platform serves as a bridge between field archaeology, cultural resource management, and environmental research, offering a growing repository of identification tools, archival materials, and analytical datasets.

What's New

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Check out what is coming out soon and what has just been published here.

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