Archaeology for the future.

Carpe Futurum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established in 2024, recognizing a need for cross-disciplinary collaboration in heritage management. Places of cultural heritage, biodiversity, and natural resources often face similar threats, and the recognition of significant overlap in “biocultural” environments is growing. Our founders apply expertise in archaeology, environmental science, statistical analysis and modeling, and conservation to landscapes of human and natural wonder. We develop strategies for concurrently protecting and providing access to cultural and natural heritage sites. Our outputs include the creation of educational materials and we have a robust history of capacity building in archaeology, art conservation, and GIS with local collaborators.

Who are we?

Heather Hurst, Ph.D., president, is an accomplished illustrator and archaeologist with extensive experience in heritage sites of Latin America. Robert Griffin, Ph.D., vice-president, is an applied Earth scientist and environmental anthropologist with over two decades of experience working in Latin America. Kelsey Herndon, applied remote sensing scientist with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and Charles Bettigole, Director of GIS at Skidmore College, bring global expertise in earth systems science, conservation planning, GIS, and statistical analysis to our Board of Directors.