Society for California Archaeology 2010 Annual Meeting

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GLENN, Ryan J.
Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles
see NETHERTON, Elizabeth
GOODWIN, Riordan
LSA Associates
The Archaeology of Patton's Desert Training Center in Chuckwalla Valley
• Poster Session 3 (Ben H. Lewis Hall North); Friday, 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Shortly after the beginning of World War II, General George S. Patton established the expansive
Desert Training Center (DTC) in the remotest areas of the California and Nevada deserts as the
major training area for the U.S. Army's armored units participating in Operation Torch (the
invasion of North Africa). The training left some of the most ephemeral traces on the landscape,
and only recently have small areas of the DTC begun to be surveyed by knowledgeable historical
archaeologists able to interpret the echoes of World War II in the desert landscape.
GREEN, Scott
California State Parks
Cultural Preserves: Sub-classifications that offer further protection, recognition, and
interpretation for archaeological or historically significant areas within California State
Parks
• General Session 8 (De Anza South); Saturday, 9:15 AM
The Cultural Preserve sub-classification provides for elevated status in Parks, additional
management guidelines, identification of appropriate use, recognition of the past human use of
the land, relationship building with tribal groups, interpretation, education and opportunity to
enhance the visitor experience. 15 Cultural Preserves currently exist within the Department. 10
new ones are being planned at Anza-Borrego Desert, Topanga, Red Rock Canyon, and Tolowa
Dunes State Parks
GRIFFIN, S. Joe
Sacramento State University
A Signature of Calamity
• General Session 2 (De Anza South); Friday, 10:15 AM
Sweeping ahead of the first European settlers in California was a wave of deadly diseases. An
archaeological signature of this tragedy is present at upland sites in Lake County, California. A
few sites seem to have been the locations of small semi-permanent late-prehistoric settlements,
yet all of the local ethnographically documented villages are located in lowland areas, along
waterways or on the lakeshore. This striking shift may be understood in light of a patch choice
model. Decimated population levels decreased competition for resources in the favorable
lowland patches and eliminated the necessity of intensive upland occupation.
GRIFFITH, Gina
US Forest Service
MASON, Travis
U.S. Forest Service
San Bernardino National Forest OHV Archaeological Stewards