Society for California Archaeology 2010 Annual Meeting

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undertaken in the areas of conservation education and outreach, which create partnerships with
various stakeholders in the care of artifacts within California. This paper will discuss several of these
endeavors, including work done in an academic setting, in museums, in the field and using web 2.0
technologies. In addition, the authors hope to engage the audience in a discussion about the unmet
needs regarding conservation of California sites and cultural materials.
MUSSER-LOPEZ, Ruth
USDI-FWS, Desert National Wildlife Refuge
Ancestral and Modern Site Stewardship in the Mojave Desert
• Symposium 12 (Arlington); Friday, 1:45 PM
In 1980, a novel mission of recruiting volunteers to assist with invasive species eradication and
installation of access barriers to protect cultural resources at springs expanded to monitoring by
volunteers at “adopted” sites. Volunteerism spread, a training program and written direction
were prepared for a similar program across the River in Arizona, which became the foundation
for subsequent formal site stewardship programs in California and Nevada. Issues faced then are
still with us: what sites should be monitored, what constitutes “At Risk Sites,” site secrecy,
program expense, efficiency and sustainability, the benefits of standardizing written guidance is
explored.
MUSSER-LOPEZ, Ruth
USDI-FWS, Desert National Wildlife Refuge
MILLER. Steve
Bureau of Land Management, Lake Havasu, Arizona
Archaeological Trails and Ethnographic Trails: Can They Meet?
• Symposium 13 (La Sierra); Saturday, 9:00 AM
Compliance archeology has tended to focus on specific locations of artifacts, while the broader
landscape of traditional use areas, travel corridors, and places named in tradition, is often
overlooked. An opportunity for landscape level analysis presented itself in a proposed large
OHV open area adjacent to the Colorado River. While a continuous Salt Song Trail may not be
physically manifest, researchers found evidence of a corridor including trail segments, shrines,
and short-term camps. When taken into consideration with events and places named in
ethnographies and current traditional practice, these fragmented segments may be components of
the Salt Song Trail.
MYREN, Robin
University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University
Provenance Factors for Antiquities Acquisitions
• General Session 4 (Citrus Heritage); Friday, 8:15 AM
Recent museum scandals involving improper acquisition of antiquities have garnered significant
publicity, but they have not necessarily generated clear standards for future acquisitions. This
paper begins with a review of the building blocks for a sound acquisition policy – museum
association ethical standards and international treaty standards. These are not always in sync. It
then uses three case histories, each involving ancient Greek vases, to compare provenance and to
describe acceptable provenance documentation. The report encourages curators and collectors to
demand specific provenance data from those who deal in antiquities.