Julia is a Senior Archaeologist having started working at Far Western’s Bay Area branch in 2023. She received a BS double major in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology from Kent State University in 2012, a MS in Archaeological Science from Durham University in 2014, and a Grad Cert. in GIS from Eastern Washington University in 2016. She has 10 years experience in CRM project management, having spent the majority working in the Northwestern US, encompassing the Plateau, Great Basin, and Northwest Coast cultural areas. She has managed projects at all levels and even briefly owned and operated her own CRM firm in Washington State. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Arizona State University and serves as the Vice President of the Association for Washington Archaeology.
Her PhD research is focused on emerging social complexity within prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities on the Plateau of northwestern North America. Other research interests include isotope studies, GIS and spatial analysis, 3D data analysis, and bridging the gap between academic archaeology and cultural resources management. She stays actively engaged in archaeological research by regularly presenting at national and regional conferences.
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Julia’s Featured Presentations
Bush, Kelly and Julia M. Furlong
2023
A case for early outreach designed to recruit CRM professionals at the high school and early college levels. Talk presented at the 88th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Portland, OR.
Furlong, Julia M.
2022
Modeling Prehistoric Population and Cultural Change throughout the Plateau of Northwestern North America. Poster presented at the 87th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Chicago.
Furlong, Julia M.
2019
Geochemical Analysis of Crystalline Volcanic Rock Artifacts from Three Olcott Sites along the Elwha River, Clallam County, Washington. Poster presented at the 84th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Furlong, Julia M. (organizer/moderator),
2019
Cultural Resources, Technology, and the Public: Organizing Looting-focused Outreach Efforts for the Protection and Management of Cultural Resources. Panel Discussion at the 72nd annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Kennewick, Washington.