Society for California Archaeology 2010 Annual Meeting

66 Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting 2010
This paper will provide a brief overview of the papers in this session on archaeological
conservation and the Wednesday workshop on conservation and the timeliness for the members’
participation in this SCA meeting in Riverside. Furthermore, I will discuss the kinds of concerns
and challenges that archaeological materials and the people who curate them are facing, whether
in the field or in the lab in California archaeology, and the issues of funding and training that
underlie the whole current state of affairs, and possible solutions to help “fix” the problem.
GALLEGOS, Dennis
Statistical Research, Inc.
San Diego Coast to Colorado Desert: Application of 155 Linear Mile Inventory for
Probability Modeling
• Symposium 3 (De Anza South); Thursday, 3:00 PM
The San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Sunrise Powerlink project proposed a 155 mile long
500/230-kilovolt (kV) electrical transmission line extending from the Imperial Valley Substation
in southwestern Imperial County, via Anza Borrego, to the Peñasquitos Substation in coastal San
Diego County. The Class I record search and literature review for this proposed northern
corridor identified 1,193 cultural resources, which were site typed and analyzed by climate zone
in order to develop a site type distribution model to guide preparation of the research orientation
for the Class III inventory. Following completion of the Class III archaeological inventory, the
model was tested using the results of the survey to determine the validity of the existing record
as a site type and density predictor. Results of this coast to desert inventory will be discussed as
well as recommendations provided for future large-scale inventories.
GAMBLE, Lynn
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sniffing out the Past: A Test of Forensic Dogs in the Detection of Cemeteries
• Symposium 1 (La Sierra); Thursday, 1:40 PM
In the spring of 2008, a team of Human Remains Detection Dogs (HRD) from the Institute for
Canine Forensics visited CA-SDI-860, an archaeological site at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park,
best known as the type site for the Cuyamaca Complex identified by D. L. True. True excavated
the site in the early 1960s and noted three loci -- the cemetery, the living area, and the milling
area. A team of dogs from HRD surveyed the site and successfully identified the cemetery area
where True had excavated numerous cremations.
GARCIA-HERBST, Arleen
ASM Affiliates, Inc.
IVERSEN, Dave
WILLIAMS, Brian
LAYLANDER, Don
ASM Affiliates, Inc.
Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things: Assessing the Cultural Resources along
Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line Corridor
• Symposium 3 (De Anza South); Thursday, 3:15 PM
The Sunrise Powerlink project is a 118-mi. 230-kV/500-kV transmission line traversing from
San Diego Gas & Electric Company’s (SDG&E) Imperial Valley Substation near El Centro in