MOS RESEARCH, LLC
MOS Research, LLC provides technical services including ethnographic, geospatial, historical, and archaeological research to support community-driven research projects. With over 30 years of combined professional experience in the field, our team has the expertise to support the applied research needs of Native American tribes and diverse stakeholders including federal and state agencies, public institutions, non-profit organizations, and private industry. Our outcome-driven approach to community-based research means that we deliver timely and on-budget deliverables that meet client needs.
Expertise
Ethnographic Studies
Traditional Resource Use Studies
Oral History Research
National Historic Preservation Act Compliance
Traditional Cultural Property Identification and Evaluation
Qualitative and Quantitative Surveys
Community Preservation Planning
Resource Management Planning
Tribal Historic Preservation Office Applications
Cultural Resources Geospatial Database Development and Management
Environmental Law and Policy Research
Team
Sean O'Meara, M.A.
Principal
sean@mosresearch.com
Sean O’Meara, M.A., is an applied anthropologist with over 17 years of professional experience conducting ethnographic, ethnobotanical, and ethnohistorical, and oral history research. He has particular expertise in ethnobotanical research in which he connects with communities through their cultural use of plants, and uses ethnobotanical research to document communities' connections to place. Sean has developed long-standing collaborative relationships with communities through his thorough and caring approach to community-based research.
M.A., American Indian Studies, University of Arizona
Graduate Certificate, Administration and Management of Native American Natural Resources, University of Arizona
B.A., History, University of Arizona
Registered Cultural Anthropologist with the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office
Affiliated Research Anthropologist, School of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University
AmeriCorps Alumni
Michael Spears, M.A., R.P.A
Principal
mike@mosresearch.com
Michael Spears, M.A., R.P.A., is an applied anthropologist with over 15 years of experience as a historic preservation professional. His areas of expertise include place-based ethnographic research to document Native American history and connections to place, oral history research, the identification and evaluation of traditional cultural properties, and the development of cultural resources geospatial databases. He is also a recognized expert in the laws and regulations associated with Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs), and has assisted numerous tribes in developing federally-recognized THPOs.
M.A., Anthropology, University of Arizona
B.A., Anthropology, Ithaca College.
Registered Cultural Anthropologist with the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office
Registered Professional Archaeologist.
Researcher, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.
Former President, New Mexico Archeological Council
