March 2004 - Society for California Archaeology
March 2004 - Society for California Archaeology
March 2004 - Society for California Archaeology
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Field Notes<br />
Gundrum left Fort Irwin to work at the US Navy Southwest<br />
Division office in San Diego. Jan Townsend, <strong>for</strong>merly at the<br />
National Register Office, has promoted to head of the<br />
Cultural and Natural Resources Program at Southwest<br />
Division. Rod McLean has vacated his position at US Army<br />
Corps, Los Angeles to join LSA Associates as a project<br />
manager. Sources tell us John Killeen will assume the Rod’s<br />
archaeology duties at the LA Corps. Andy Yatsko has taken on<br />
new responsibilities <strong>for</strong> the US Navy’s cultural resources<br />
program in southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, though, we could not confirm<br />
their scope at this time.<br />
Deborah McLean has received a nice promotion to<br />
Principal at LSA Associates, an employee-owned consultant<br />
firm in Irvine. The Irvine office of LSA does a lot of work in<br />
Orange County and the immediate region. Steve James<br />
joined the Anthropology faculty at Cal State University,<br />
Fullerton in the Fall 2003. Steve previously had worked <strong>for</strong><br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks in Sacramento. CSU Fullerton now<br />
have two active Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Archaeologists on their teaching<br />
staff, with the earlier hiring of Colleen Delaney-Rivera. (We<br />
hope this trend can be followed by other Cali<strong>for</strong>nia colleges.)<br />
Philippe Lapin has transferred from Caltrans District 12 in<br />
Orange County to District 4 in Oakland. Tim Gross, Principal<br />
Archaeologist at Affinis Environmental Services of San<br />
Diego, has become President of the Board of Trustees <strong>for</strong> the<br />
San Diego Archaeological Center. The Center, located in the<br />
San Pasqual Valley, provides curation services and public<br />
outreach <strong>for</strong> San Diego County and beyond. Carmen Zepeda-<br />
Herman, <strong>for</strong>merly at Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks, has taken a fulltime<br />
staff archaeologist position at Recon, a consultant firm in<br />
San Diego. Shannon Gilbert earlier joined the archaeology<br />
staff at BF Smith and Associates in San Diego. SWCA<br />
Environmental Consultants has opened an office in San<br />
Diego; Alex Wesson is their Program Director <strong>for</strong> cultural<br />
resources.<br />
This year marks the 40 th year of operation <strong>for</strong> the Malki<br />
Museum in Banning, the oldest Indian-managed museum in<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. They are planning a celebration of this milestone<br />
on Memorial Day Weekend. Katherine Siva Saubel,<br />
respected Cahuilla Elder and past SCA Honoree, was a<br />
founder of the Museum and serves as President of the<br />
Museum Board. The Malki Museum Press has joined <strong>for</strong>ces<br />
with Ballena Press to publish and market their books. Both<br />
organizations publish works significant to Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
Ethnology and Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>Archaeology</strong>.<br />
We will end this column with sad news. Scott Fulmer, a<br />
long-time personality in San Diego County <strong>Archaeology</strong> and<br />
historic preservation planning, passed away in January. Scott<br />
helped <strong>for</strong>m one of the earliest cultural resources consultant<br />
companies operating in San Diego County, ASM Affiliates.<br />
An obituary <strong>for</strong> Scott is planned <strong>for</strong> an upcoming issue of the<br />
Out of the Pits (continued from page 13)<br />
Schaefer, Jerry<br />
1994 Stuff of Creation: Recent Approaches to Ceramics<br />
Analysis in the Colorado Desert. In Joseph A. Ezzo<br />
(ed.) Recent Research Along the Lower Colorado<br />
River: Proceedings from a Symposium Presented at the<br />
59th Annual Meeting of the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> American<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong>, Anaheim, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, April 1994.<br />
Statistical Research Technical Series No. 51, Tucson, pp.<br />
81-100.<br />
Waters, Michael R.<br />
1980 Lake Cahuilla: Late Quaternary Lacustrine History of the<br />
Salton Trough, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. Master’s thesis, Department<br />
of Geosciences, University of Arizona.<br />
From the President (continued from page 3)<br />
discussion. I’m pleased to in<strong>for</strong>m the membership that,<br />
through stringent financial planning and cost cutting ef<strong>for</strong>ts,<br />
this year’s operating budget provides adequate funding to<br />
finance the <strong>Society</strong>’s activities and functions. To keep pace<br />
with operating costs, however, annual membership rates will<br />
be raised effective <strong>March</strong> 17, <strong>2004</strong>. The new rates will be<br />
implemented at the Annual Meeting Membership desk, and<br />
will be posted to membership page of the SCA website.<br />
This is my final “From the President” column and, at times,<br />
it’s difficult to believe how quickly the year has passed. It has<br />
been both my honor and my pleasure to have served as the<br />
<strong>Society</strong>’s president and, in this role, represent its scientific<br />
and educational goals of research, understanding,<br />
interpretation, and conservation of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s rich cultural<br />
heritage. During this past year, I learned first and <strong>for</strong>emost<br />
that the SCA exists through the collective ef<strong>for</strong>ts of many<br />
dedicated professionals and colleagues—it truly does take a<br />
village to keep our organization running smoothly. I extend<br />
my deepest thanks and gratitude to the Executive Board—<br />
Dana, Amy, Terry, Rick, Vicki, and Stacy—<strong>for</strong> their abiding<br />
support and unfailing assistance in all matters. Also, many<br />
thanks to Greg White and the SCA Business Office staff <strong>for</strong><br />
their dedication and timely execution of all tasks they were<br />
asked they undertake. I would also like to acknowledge the<br />
friendship and support of past Executive Board members<br />
Sannie Osborn, Tom Origer, Ken Wilson, and Greg Greenway,<br />
who were always there to help with recreating “historical<br />
memory” and were great sounding boards. To my URS<br />
colleagues, particularly Mike Kelly, know that I sincerely<br />
appreciated the daily encouragement you provided this past<br />
year. Those of you who know me well know that I cannot<br />
leave office without extending my thanks to Rachel who, in a<br />
way only a daughter can, provided my greatest source of<br />
spiritual support. Thank you all <strong>for</strong> a truly memorable year.<br />
Amy, the chair is yours.<br />
— Elena Nilsson<br />
SCA Newsletter 38(1)