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14 Field Notes Field Notes Michael Sampson Karin Anderson is the new Cultural Resources Program Manager for Redwood National and State Parks, located in the NW corner of our state. Cari Kreshak assumed the Heritage Resource duties at beautiful Lassen Volcanic National Park in early 2002. Nelson Siefkin has taken a new position within the National Park Service as the Archaeologist-Fire Management Specialist for the Pacific West Region, Pacific Great Basin Support Office. Nelson generally works from home, where he has an agricultural enterprise and a new baby on the way. Lynn Compas now works for PG & E (Sacramento) as a cultural resource specialist. James Barnes has taken a position as an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office. Denise Thomas recently vacated her position as Environmental Planner with Caltrans Fresno to accept an appointment with California State Parks as Associate State Archaeologist in the Sierra District, an office located on Lake Tahoe (tough duty!). The purview of Denise’s new job will include parks in the Lake Tahoe area, world-famous Bodie State Historic Park, and Plumas-Eureka State Park. Barbara Voss, who received her Ph. D. from UC Berkeley in 2002, is now serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University. Far Western has announced that Kimberly Carpenter and Jeff Rosenthal have become junior partners in the Davis cultural resources consulting firm. Far Western opened a new branch in Virginia City, Nevada under the direction of Dr. D. Craig Young; this new office is staffed by Daron Duke, Steve Neidig, and Teresa Wriston. Brian Ramos has been promoted to District Branch Chief for Cultural Resources, Mitigation and Monitoring at Caltrans District 4 (Oakland). Dan Bell, long-time archaeologist with California State Parks, now works for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Sacramento. Jelmer Eerkens, with Ph. D. in hand from UCSB, has joined the faculty of the Anthropology Department at UC Davis as an Assistant Professor. Jelmer has been involved in several important projects in recent years, including, a comprehensive study (with Jeff Rosenthal) of obsidian usepatterns through time at the Coso Volcanic Fields. Bill Hildebrandt and Kelly McGuire have been continuing debates with Frank Bayham and Jack Broughton about the rise of big-game hunting in California prehistory in American Antiquity. Whether one agrees with either side or neither one, we can all agree that articles and comments in regional and national journals reflect well upon the health of Archaeology in California. The important discussion by Rick Fitzgerald and Terry Jones about the Cross Creek Site and the recent works of Bob Bettinger, Brian Fagan, Lynn Gamble, Glenn Russell, Jeanne Arnold, John Johnson, Glenn Farris, and many others in national and international journals provide additional evidence of the significance of California in a global sense. Bill Hildebrandt and Kim Carpenter submitted a draft of “Native Hunting Adaptations in California: Changing Patterns of Resource Use from Deep in the Prehistoric Past to European Contact” to the editors of Volume 3 of the Smithsonian Handbook of North American Indians. Bob Bettinger and Eric Wohlgemuth submitted a draft chapter entitled “California Plant Use.” The subjects of Volume 3 of the Handbook series will be environment, origins, and population. Governor Schwarzeneggar appointed Michael Chrisman Secretary of the Resources Agency and Karen Scarborough as Undersecretary in recent months. This office is important to the affairs of Archaeology in California, as the Resources Agency has authority over several land-managing state agencies, conservancies, commissions, and boards. They include, California State Parks, CDF, Water Resources, California Fish & Game, the California Coastal Commission, and many more. In other Sacramento agency news, Steade Craigo left his position as Cultural Resources Division Chief at California State Parks, and now works in the Grants Unit of OHP. Walter Gray, formerly head of the California State Archives, has assumed the position of Cultural Resources Division Chief at State Parks. Michael Hilton has taken a job as the Assistant Forest Archaeologist for the Inyo National Forest. Ann Huston is the new Cultural Resources Specialist at Channel Islands National Park in Ventura, an office with land managing duties over the northern Channel Islands. It is our understanding Channel Islands NP also has a new Archaeologist, but, we could not confirm a name at this time. Twenty-Nine Palms Marine Base has a new Base Archaeologist, Meg McDonald; Marie Cottrell, formerly in that position, has promoted up within the Base command structure. Stan Berryman moved back to his old position as Base Archaeologist at Camp Pendleton from a short-lived job at the Cleveland National Forest. The Cleveland NF position is now vacant. Darrell SCA Newsletter 38(1)
15 Field Notes Gundrum left Fort Irwin to work at the US Navy Southwest Division office in San Diego. Jan Townsend, formerly at the National Register Office, has promoted to head of the Cultural and Natural Resources Program at Southwest Division. Rod McLean has vacated his position at US Army Corps, Los Angeles to join LSA Associates as a project manager. Sources tell us John Killeen will assume the Rod’s archaeology duties at the LA Corps. Andy Yatsko has taken on new responsibilities for the US Navy’s cultural resources program in southern California, though, we could not confirm their scope at this time. Deborah McLean has received a nice promotion to Principal at LSA Associates, an employee-owned consultant firm in Irvine. The Irvine office of LSA does a lot of work in Orange County and the immediate region. Steve James joined the Anthropology faculty at Cal State University, Fullerton in the Fall 2003. Steve previously had worked for California State Parks in Sacramento. CSU Fullerton now have two active California Archaeologists on their teaching staff, with the earlier hiring of Colleen Delaney-Rivera. (We hope this trend can be followed by other California colleges.) Philippe Lapin has transferred from Caltrans District 12 in Orange County to District 4 in Oakland. Tim Gross, Principal Archaeologist at Affinis Environmental Services of San Diego, has become President of the Board of Trustees for the San Diego Archaeological Center. The Center, located in the San Pasqual Valley, provides curation services and public outreach for San Diego County and beyond. Carmen Zepeda- Herman, formerly at California State Parks, has taken a fulltime staff archaeologist position at Recon, a consultant firm in San Diego. Shannon Gilbert earlier joined the archaeology staff at BF Smith and Associates in San Diego. SWCA Environmental Consultants has opened an office in San Diego; Alex Wesson is their Program Director for cultural resources. This year marks the 40 th year of operation for the Malki Museum in Banning, the oldest Indian-managed museum in California. They are planning a celebration of this milestone on Memorial Day Weekend. Katherine Siva Saubel, respected Cahuilla Elder and past SCA Honoree, was a founder of the Museum and serves as President of the Museum Board. The Malki Museum Press has joined forces with Ballena Press to publish and market their books. Both organizations publish works significant to California Ethnology and California Archaeology. We will end this column with sad news. Scott Fulmer, a long-time personality in San Diego County Archaeology and historic preservation planning, passed away in January. Scott helped form one of the earliest cultural resources consultant companies operating in San Diego County, ASM Affiliates. An obituary for Scott is planned for an upcoming issue of the Out of the Pits (continued from page 13) Schaefer, Jerry 1994 Stuff of Creation: Recent Approaches to Ceramics Analysis in the Colorado Desert. In Joseph A. Ezzo (ed.) Recent Research Along the Lower Colorado River: Proceedings from a Symposium Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, California, April 1994. Statistical Research Technical Series No. 51, Tucson, pp. 81-100. Waters, Michael R. 1980 Lake Cahuilla: Late Quaternary Lacustrine History of the Salton Trough, California. Master’s thesis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. From the President (continued from page 3) discussion. I’m pleased to inform the membership that, through stringent financial planning and cost cutting efforts, this year’s operating budget provides adequate funding to finance the Society’s activities and functions. To keep pace with operating costs, however, annual membership rates will be raised effective March 17, 2004. The new rates will be implemented at the Annual Meeting Membership desk, and will be posted to membership page of the SCA website. This is my final “From the President” column and, at times, it’s difficult to believe how quickly the year has passed. It has been both my honor and my pleasure to have served as the Society’s president and, in this role, represent its scientific and educational goals of research, understanding, interpretation, and conservation of California’s rich cultural heritage. During this past year, I learned first and foremost that the SCA exists through the collective efforts of many dedicated professionals and colleagues—it truly does take a village to keep our organization running smoothly. I extend my deepest thanks and gratitude to the Executive Board— Dana, Amy, Terry, Rick, Vicki, and Stacy—for their abiding support and unfailing assistance in all matters. Also, many thanks to Greg White and the SCA Business Office staff for their dedication and timely execution of all tasks they were asked they undertake. I would also like to acknowledge the friendship and support of past Executive Board members Sannie Osborn, Tom Origer, Ken Wilson, and Greg Greenway, who were always there to help with recreating “historical memory” and were great sounding boards. To my URS colleagues, particularly Mike Kelly, know that I sincerely appreciated the daily encouragement you provided this past year. Those of you who know me well know that I cannot leave office without extending my thanks to Rachel who, in a way only a daughter can, provided my greatest source of spiritual support. Thank you all for a truly memorable year. Amy, the chair is yours. — Elena Nilsson SCA Newsletter 38(1)
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