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Founded 1966 Volume 39, Number 4<br />
December 2005<br />
Laylander on<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>History</strong><br />
Pettigrew on<br />
The <strong>Archaeology</strong> Channel
2<br />
A quarterly newsletter of articles and in<strong>for</strong>mation essential<br />
to Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology. Contributions are welcome.<br />
Lead articles should be 1,500-2,000 words. Longer articles<br />
may appear in installments. Send submissions as hard<br />
copy or on diskette to: SCA Newsletter, Department of<br />
Anthropology, CSU Chico, Chico CA 95929-0401 or as<br />
email or attachments to:<br />
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The SCA Executive Board encourages publication of a<br />
wide range of opinions on issues pertinent to Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
archaeology. Opinions, commentary, and editorials<br />
appearing in the Newsletter represent the views of the<br />
authors, and not necessarily those of the Board or Editor.<br />
Lead article authors should be aware that their articles<br />
may appear on the SCA web site, unless they request<br />
otherwise.<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
Managing Editor . . . . . . . Greg White (530) 898-4360<br />
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Field Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sampson<br />
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Regular Features<br />
Volume Volume 39, Number Number 4<br />
December December 2005<br />
From the President<br />
Shelly Davis-King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
SCA Business and Activities<br />
Legislative Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation Center Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
CASSP Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
SCA at INAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Bennyhoff Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
NorCal Data-Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Executive Board Minutes, July 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Executive Board Minutes, July 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
2006 Annual Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Position Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
New Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Web Sites of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
News and Announcements<br />
Meetigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
On-Line Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
In Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Articles<br />
The Structure of Califdornia <strong>Archaeology</strong> as Seen in the SCA <strong>Proceedings</strong>, 1985-2005<br />
Don Laylander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
The <strong>Archaeology</strong> Channel<br />
Richard M. Pettigrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
From the President<br />
Writing this column during<br />
Thanksgiving week allows<br />
me to marvel again at our<br />
dedicated membership and to be<br />
thankful <strong>for</strong> those of you who commit<br />
your time and energy to the functions<br />
of the SCA. Let me start with the folks<br />
who put on the Southern and Northern<br />
Data Sharing meetings that were<br />
stimulating and well attended. Many<br />
thanks to Karin Anderson, Northern<br />
VP, <strong>for</strong> her efficient organization of the<br />
Northern meetings at San Francisco<br />
State and <strong>for</strong> arranging student and<br />
member lodging at the Presidio<br />
barracks. Thank you also to Dr. Robert<br />
Corrigan, President of SFS, <strong>for</strong><br />
allowing us to have the meetings on<br />
campus, and Professors Jeff Fentress<br />
and Mark Griffin who were very<br />
helpful in setting up the meeting.<br />
Thanks also to Sannie Osborne <strong>for</strong><br />
allowing the Executive Board to hold<br />
our quarterly meeting in the<br />
impressive Presido Trust <strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
Laboratory.<br />
What a two-day event Southern VP,<br />
Andy York, and Sandy and Fran Rogers<br />
(Maturango Museum) put on <strong>for</strong> the<br />
Southern Data Sharing meetings this<br />
year at the Ridgecrest City Council<br />
Chambers! Attendees were greeted by<br />
Russ Kaldenberg (China Lake Naval<br />
Air Weapons Station) who handed out<br />
fabulous logo briefcases to all SCA<br />
members. Nonmembers were given a<br />
Maturango book bag. The Maturango<br />
Museum also hosted a reception in<br />
honor of Agnes Bierman Babcock<br />
whose presence at the meetings was an<br />
inspiration to many <strong>for</strong> her early<br />
archaeological explorations in the<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia desert. Day two of the<br />
Southern meetings took us <strong>for</strong> an<br />
excursion of wonder and curiosity in<br />
marveled and discussed the rock art<br />
there. This trip, normally costing $60-<br />
70 dollars per person, was provided<br />
free-of-charge by Russ Kaldenberg, his<br />
site stewards, and those who drove<br />
their own vehicles. These folks are<br />
also deserving of a big thank you.<br />
Look elsewhere in this Newsletter <strong>for</strong><br />
a Nothern DSM summary and next<br />
issue <strong>for</strong> the Southern DSM wrap-up.<br />
Also this month were the INAH<br />
meetings (see pp. 8-10) that were well<br />
attended by more than 30 SCA<br />
members. All attendees were treated<br />
to the hospitality of the Mexican<br />
Instituto Nacional de Antropología y<br />
Historia, in Tijuana, Mexico <strong>for</strong> a<br />
three-day event that included<br />
simultaneous translation of symposia<br />
papers, a Mexican fiesta, and a jaunt to<br />
the new Tijuana Brewing Company.<br />
Many thanks go to last year's Mark<br />
Harrington award winner, Julia<br />
Bendimez Patterson and her staff,<br />
especially Elinor “Pinky” Topete <strong>for</strong><br />
their graciousness and hard work to<br />
make these days successful.<br />
During this holiday season, while<br />
you are pulling out your Festivus<br />
decorations, please look around <strong>for</strong><br />
three things: (1) items to donate to the<br />
Silent Auction—not your old junk, but<br />
items that might truly be salable and<br />
help support SCA; (2) books or other<br />
archival material that might have<br />
value to the <strong>Society</strong> archives; and (3)<br />
officer files. This latter is one area<br />
where we truly need your help—if you<br />
served the SCA in some Executive<br />
Board capacity, as an outgoing board<br />
member, your files and materials<br />
should be part of the SCA archives and,<br />
according to our Bylaws, should be<br />
sent to the SCA Business Office within<br />
30 days of leaving office. Please check<br />
to see what you might have at home or<br />
the office.<br />
The Annual Meeting Committee<br />
is working hard on getting<br />
arrangements made <strong>for</strong> the Ventura<br />
meeting in March and early April.<br />
There is plenty of in<strong>for</strong>mation inside<br />
this Newsletter to help you make your<br />
annual meeting decisions. A<br />
Little Petroglyph Canyon, where we<br />
provocative<br />
(continued page 23)<br />
SCA SCA Executive Executive Board<br />
Board<br />
200 2005-200 200 -200 -2006 -200<br />
President: Shelly Davis-King<br />
Davis-King & Associates<br />
P.O. Box 10, Standard, CA 95373-0010<br />
Tel: (209) 928-3443<br />
e-mail: shellydk@mlode.com<br />
Immediate Past President: Amy Gilreath<br />
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.<br />
2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA 95616<br />
Tel: (530) 756-3941<br />
e-mail: amyj@farwestern.com<br />
President-Elect: Frank E. Bayham<br />
Department of Anthropology<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University, Chico<br />
Chico, CA 95929-400<br />
Tel: 530-898-4540<br />
e-mail: FBayham@csuchico.edu<br />
Southern Vice-President: Andy York, EDAW Inc.<br />
1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 620<br />
San Diego, CA 92101<br />
Tel: (619) 233-1454<br />
e-mail: yorka@edaw.com<br />
Northern Vice-President: Karin Anderson<br />
Redwood National and State Parks, Cultural Resources<br />
P.O. Box 7, Orick, CA 95555<br />
Tel: (707) 464-6101 x 5210<br />
e-mail: Karin_Anderson@nps.gov<br />
Secretary: Janine Loyd<br />
P.O. Box 7602, Cotati, CA 94931<br />
Tel: (707) 584-8200<br />
e-mail: loyd@origer.com<br />
Treasurer: Ted Jones<br />
PO Box 579, Valley Ford, CA 94972-0579<br />
Tel: (707) 876-9415<br />
e-mail: tedjones@ap.net<br />
SCA Business Office: Greg White<br />
Department of Anthropology, CSU Chico<br />
Chico, CA 95929-001<br />
Tel: (530) 898-4360<br />
e-mail: gwhite@csuchico.edu<br />
SCA Business Office<br />
Department of Anthropology<br />
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Tom Origer (707) 584-8200;<br />
origer@origer.com<br />
Annual Annual Annual Meeting Meeting Local Local Arrangements<br />
Arrangements<br />
Colleen Rivera-Delaney (805) 378-1400, ext 1725;<br />
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Annual Annual Meeting Meeting Program Program Chair<br />
Chair<br />
Clay Lebow (805) 737-4119;<br />
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<strong>Archaeology</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> Month Month Representative<br />
Representative<br />
Laura Leach-Palm (530) 756-3941;<br />
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Patricia Mikkelsen (530) 756-3941;<br />
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CA CA Arch Arch Site Site Stewardship Stewardship Program<br />
Program<br />
Chris Padon (562) 432-1801;<br />
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Beth Padon (562) 432-1801;<br />
bpadon@discoveryworks.com<br />
Curation Curation Curation Representative<br />
Representative<br />
Cindy Stankowski 760-291-0370;<br />
cstankowski@sandiegoarchaeology.org<br />
Fundraising<br />
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Federal Federal Legislation<br />
Legislation<br />
The National National Historic<br />
Historic<br />
Preservation Preservation Act Act Amendments Amendments Act<br />
Act<br />
(S. 1378), sponsored by Sen. Talent (R-<br />
MO) was introduced on July 11 and is<br />
pending be<strong>for</strong>e Energy and Natural<br />
Resources Committee. This bill is a<br />
new, modified version of legislation<br />
that was considered, but not passed, in<br />
the previous Congress. It would<br />
reauthorize the Historic Preservation<br />
Fund through 2011, increase the<br />
number of members on the Advisory<br />
Council on Historic Preservation,<br />
permanently authorize the ACHP,<br />
allow the ACHP to solicit donations,<br />
and allow the ACHP to enter into<br />
cooperative agreements with federal<br />
agencies to review and improve any<br />
historic grants and assistance programs<br />
that those agencies may operate. A<br />
hearing on the bill was held on<br />
September 22. A similar bill, H.R.<br />
3446 (see below), is pending in the<br />
House.<br />
A companion National National Historic<br />
Historic<br />
Preservation Preservation Act Act Amendments Amendments Act<br />
Act<br />
(H.R. 3446), sponsored by Rep. Rahall<br />
(D-WV) was introduced on July 26 and<br />
is pending be<strong>for</strong>e House Resources<br />
Committee. This is the House version<br />
of Sen. Talent’s bill to reauthorize the<br />
Historic Preservation Fund and the<br />
ACHP. It differs slightly from the<br />
Talent bill in that it does not allow the<br />
ACHP to solicit donations.<br />
Complicating this issue is the desire<br />
by House Resources Chairman<br />
Richard Richard Pombo Pombo (R-CA) to use the<br />
legislation as a a vehicle vehicle <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> changing<br />
changing<br />
the the NHP NHPA, NHP A, including including including Section Section 106<br />
106<br />
and and its its review review procedures procedures. procedures procedures In this<br />
case, in<strong>for</strong>mation gathered on the<br />
negative aspects of Section 106 would<br />
be used to “justify” a legislative<br />
initiative to “gut” the 106 process.<br />
The House House Task ask ask Force Force on<br />
on<br />
Updating Updating the the National National<br />
National<br />
Environmental Environmental Environmental Policy Policy (NEP (NEPA) (NEP A) Act<br />
Act<br />
held its sixth and final hearing on<br />
November 17 and heard from federal<br />
officials and national representatives<br />
on their NEPA experiences. At issue<br />
are two cases brought by<br />
environmental organizations against<br />
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ projects<br />
in the Gulf Coast region, which were<br />
filed under NEPA. The federal law<br />
requires federal agencies to disclose to<br />
the public federal actions that impact<br />
the environment, prepare<br />
environmental impact statements <strong>for</strong><br />
major projects, and consider less<br />
harmful alternatives.<br />
The Task Force will culminate all<br />
of the testimony and comments<br />
received over the last eight months<br />
and present its final recommendations<br />
to the House Committee on<br />
Resources. Witnesses testified about<br />
the reasons <strong>for</strong> delays associated with<br />
NEPA litigation and federal agencies<br />
trying to implement the law’s<br />
procedures. Several witnesses<br />
highlighted the time consuming<br />
nature lawsuits can bring to the process<br />
of approving a project, causing delays<br />
of six to ten years. In other instances<br />
witnesses spoke to the nature in which<br />
lawsuit were filed, mainly because<br />
opponents disagree with the project
and want to delay its approval or even<br />
attempt to stop the project entirely.<br />
Some congressional Democrats<br />
have objected to the inquiry, including<br />
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), ranking<br />
member of the House Judiciary<br />
Committee. Conyers called on the<br />
Justice Department to explain its use<br />
of government resources <strong>for</strong> such an<br />
investigation. In a September 16<br />
letter to Attorney General Alberto<br />
Gonzales, Conyers said he is<br />
“concerned that the motivation may<br />
be perceived as political, rather than<br />
an attempt to pursue a legitimate law<br />
en<strong>for</strong>cement goal or objective, which<br />
should be the Department’s primary<br />
goal.” A spokesman <strong>for</strong> the Sierra<br />
Sierra<br />
Club Club, Club Eric Antebi, said Sept. 19 that<br />
the congressional debate over the role<br />
of lawsuits is being used by opponents<br />
of NEPA to weaken the law.<br />
According to Antebi, the hearings on<br />
the law are meant only to gather<br />
evidence of environmental obstacles,<br />
not to gather ideas <strong>for</strong> improving the<br />
legislation. “These task <strong>for</strong>ce<br />
members all say they want to look at<br />
doing things better, but they’re<br />
obviously intent on completely<br />
weakening the law and making it<br />
irrelevant,” he said.<br />
The Task Force will now begin the<br />
work of finalizing a draft report to<br />
House House Resources Resources Committee<br />
Committee<br />
Chairman Chairman Richard Richard Pombo Pombo. Pombo The<br />
report will be issued within the next<br />
month and will include the comments<br />
and testimony received from previous<br />
hearings and any recommendations<br />
the Task Force may have on<br />
improving NEPA.<br />
On October 19, the National Park<br />
Service (NPS) released its Draft<br />
Draft<br />
National National Park Park Service Service Service Management<br />
Management<br />
Policies Policies update. The Management<br />
Policies include the NPS’<br />
interpretation of the statutes that<br />
authorize NPS activity, and thus set<br />
<strong>for</strong>th the operational procedures <strong>for</strong> the<br />
planning, protection, use, and<br />
conservation of the Parks and the<br />
natural and cultural cultural resources resources within<br />
them. The administration states that<br />
the procedures are being updated “to<br />
improve their clarity and to keep pace<br />
with changes in laws, regulations,<br />
socio-economic factors and<br />
technology.”<br />
Critics of the Draft have noted that<br />
previously, the Policies were usually<br />
updated every 10 to 15 years, and were<br />
last updated in 2001. They have<br />
questioned the need to update the<br />
Policies just four years after the last<br />
rewrite. But the largest amount of<br />
controversy has stemmed from the<br />
Draft’s shifting of management<br />
emphasis away from conservation of<br />
Parks’ resources. For many years,<br />
when conflicts have arisen between<br />
use and enjoyment of the Parks and<br />
conservation of their resources and<br />
values, conservation has trumped use.<br />
This standard is reflected in the<br />
current Management Policies. The<br />
Draft Draft plan plan, plan however, appears appears to<br />
to<br />
replace replace the the current current Policy’ Policy’s Policy’ s clear<br />
clear<br />
language language in in favor favor favor of of conservation<br />
conservation<br />
with with with a a much much much “fuzzier” “fuzzier” “fuzzier” standard standard standard that<br />
that<br />
could could could be be interpreted interpreted to to to place place as as<br />
as<br />
much much much emphasis emphasis on on use use as<br />
as<br />
conservation<br />
conservation.<br />
conservation<br />
Six GOP Senators recently sent a<br />
letter to Secretary Secretary Norton Norton criticizing<br />
the new Draft, questioning the need<br />
<strong>for</strong> a rewrite and warning that the new<br />
plan also contains provisions that<br />
might weaken NPS’ ability to protect<br />
air quality in the Parks. Public<br />
comments on the Draft will be<br />
accepted through January 19. You can<br />
access the document at http://<br />
parkplanning.nps.gov/waso.<br />
The house adopted legislation<br />
(HR 1492) on November 16 to<br />
preserve preserve World orld War ar II II internment<br />
internment<br />
camps camps camps. camps camps The legislation is aimed at<br />
ensuring the country does not <strong>for</strong>get<br />
the period when tens of thousands of<br />
Japanese Americans, many of whom<br />
were from Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, were interned.<br />
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bill<br />
Thomas (R-Bakersfield), authorizes up<br />
to $38 million in federal funds to<br />
preserve and restore 10 internment<br />
camps, including Tule ule Lake Lake Lake near the<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia-Oregon border and<br />
Manzanar Manzanar in the eastern Sierra. The<br />
bill also includes the preservation of<br />
17 assembly centers in places such as<br />
San Bruno, Sacramento, Salinas, and<br />
Stockton. Nonprofit groups and local,<br />
state and tribal governments would<br />
have to come up with 75 percent of the<br />
money <strong>for</strong> projects. Rep. Doris Matsui<br />
(D-Sacramento) said, “It is essential<br />
that the internment camps and sites be<br />
preserved and maintained. In<br />
SCA SCA SCA SCA SCA Liaisons Liaisons Liaisons Liaisons Liaisons 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Council Council <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> the the<br />
the<br />
Promotion Promotion of of of <strong>History</strong> <strong>History</strong> <strong>History</strong> Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Steve Mikesell (916) 757-2521;<br />
smike@ohp.parks.ca.gov<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation In<strong>for</strong>mation Center Center Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Lynn Compas (916) 739-8356; archytype@sbcglobal.net<br />
Legislation Legislation Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Stephen Bryne<br />
stephen_bryne@dot.ca.gov<br />
Native Native American American Heritage Heritage Commission Commission Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Frank E. Bayham (530) 898-4540;<br />
FBayham@csuchico.edu<br />
Publicity Publicity Publicity Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Noelle Shaver w: (951) 506-4038;<br />
c: 949-400-1617;<br />
nshaver@jsanet.com<br />
OHP OHP Liaison Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Michael McGuirt (916) 653-8920;<br />
mmcguirt@ohp.parks.ca.gov<br />
<strong>Society</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Historical Historical Historical <strong>Archaeology</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
R. Scott Baxter (209) 223-2790;<br />
scott@past<strong>for</strong>wardinc.com<br />
<strong>Society</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> American American American <strong>Archaeology</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Katherine M. Dowdall<br />
(707) 527-7511; dowdall@sonic.net<br />
State State Historical Historical Resources Resources Commission Commission Liaison<br />
Liaison<br />
Frank E. Bayham (530) 898-4540;<br />
FBayham@csuchico.edu<br />
Other Other Other Other Other Contacts Contacts Contacts Contacts Contacts 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006<br />
SCA Business Office<br />
Robin Hogan (530) 898-5733;<br />
SCAoffice@csuchico.edu<br />
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protecting them, we are reaffirming<br />
our belief in the Constitution and the<br />
rights and protections it guarantees <strong>for</strong><br />
each and every American.” Matsui<br />
was born in the Poston internment<br />
camp in Arizona and her late husband,<br />
Rep. Robert Matsui, was sent as an<br />
infant to the Tule Lake camp with his<br />
parents. The National National Park Park Service<br />
Service<br />
has opposed Thomas’ legislation,<br />
because they say that the agency does<br />
not have the necessary funds to<br />
implement it.<br />
In the Senate, identical legislation<br />
(S S 1719 1719) 1719 has been introduced by Sen.<br />
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, a Medal of<br />
Honor recipient who during World War<br />
II fought in Italy and France with the<br />
Army 442nd Regimental Combat<br />
Team, a unit made up of Japanese<br />
Americans whose families were<br />
interned by the same government they<br />
served in combat.<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Legislation<br />
Legislation<br />
SB SB 922 922, 922 which expands the public<br />
disclosure exemptions <strong>for</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
about Native American sacred sites,<br />
was signed into law by the Governor<br />
Schwarzenegger on October 7, 2005.<br />
Current state planning law requires<br />
local governments to consult with<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Native American tribes <strong>for</strong><br />
the purpose of protecting Native<br />
American cultural places. SB 22<br />
amended the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Public<br />
Records Act (PRA). The PRA requires<br />
state and local agencies to make<br />
public records available upon request.<br />
SB 922 expressly exempts exempts records records of<br />
of<br />
specified specified Native Native American American graves,<br />
graves,<br />
cemeteries, cemeteries, and and sacred sacred places places from<br />
from<br />
disclosure disclosure. disclosure As a result of the passage<br />
of SB 922, the Governor’s Office of<br />
Planning and Research (OPR) is<br />
currently updating and re-publishing<br />
the Tribal Consultation Guidelines,<br />
Supplement to the General Plan<br />
Guidelines to reflect the changes in<br />
the PRA. Look <strong>for</strong> the updated<br />
guidelines soon at www.opr.ca.gov<br />
Existing federal law, the Indian<br />
Regulatory Act of 1988, provides <strong>for</strong><br />
the negotiation and execution of<br />
tribal-state gaming compacts <strong>for</strong> the<br />
purpose of authorizing certain types of<br />
gaming on Indian lands within the<br />
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state. Existing law expressly ratifies a<br />
number of tribal-state gaming<br />
compacts between the State of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and specified Indian tribes.<br />
SB SB 935, 935, as amended, would ratify the<br />
amendment of a tribal-state gaming<br />
compact entered into on June 7, 2005,<br />
between the State of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and the<br />
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma<br />
Indian Reservation. The The Topock opock<br />
cleanup cleanup report report report portion portion of of this this bill bill<br />
bill<br />
would have required the Department<br />
of Toxic Substances Control to report<br />
to the governor and Legislature on the<br />
progress of the site evaluation and<br />
cleanup of groundwater contamination<br />
at PG&E’ PG&E’s PG&E’ s Topock opock Compressor<br />
Compressor<br />
Station Station Station. Station However, the cleanup<br />
portion of the bill was stripped out in<br />
the latest amendment to the bill.<br />
References<br />
References<br />
Lindsay, David<br />
2005 SAA Government Affairs<br />
Program: Monthly Washington,<br />
D.C. Update, October 2005.<br />
San Francisco Chronicle. House Oks<br />
funds to preserve WWII<br />
internment camps. November<br />
17, 2005.<br />
Websites ebsites<br />
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation Center<br />
Liaison Report<br />
Eric Alison and Lynn Compas<br />
The Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Historic<br />
Resource In<strong>for</strong>mation Center<br />
(CHRIS) Rules of Operation<br />
Manual still undergoing<br />
revisions. The In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Centers (IC) and the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
State Office of Historic<br />
Preservation (OHP) are<br />
working together on next draft.<br />
The IC Operations Manual<br />
will be a topic of discussion at<br />
the statewide CHRIS meeting<br />
on December 2, 2005. A<br />
revised draft of Operations<br />
Manual should be posted online<br />
shortly after that meeting, but no<br />
specific date is set. Please look <strong>for</strong> this<br />
to be posted, review and comment as<br />
the ICs need your input.<br />
OHP and the ICs have restarted<br />
discussions regarding State<br />
Regulations <strong>for</strong> the CHRIS. This will<br />
also be a key topic at the CHRIS<br />
meeting in December. The State<br />
Historic Resource Committee’s<br />
(SHRC) In<strong>for</strong>mation Center<br />
Procedural Advisory Committee<br />
(ICPAC) will be reconvened in the<br />
near future to address this and other<br />
CHRIS issues. The SCA IC Liaison is<br />
a participant in this committee.<br />
The draft Statewide Historic<br />
Preservation Plan, a five-year planning<br />
document OHP is required to produce,<br />
was approved by the SHRC at its<br />
November meeting. The Plan should<br />
be available online at OHP’s web site<br />
shortly.<br />
Last but not least, do not <strong>for</strong>get that<br />
the IC’s usually change their hours<br />
over the holidays. Since they vary<br />
please check with the IC you need to<br />
work with to find out what they are.<br />
Happy Holidays!
CAAMP Report<br />
Tom Origer, Myra Herrmann,<br />
Mike Sampson, and SueAnn Schroder<br />
(707) 584-8200<br />
(707) 584-8300 (Fax)<br />
CAAMP has been active in<br />
searching <strong>for</strong> our 2009 Annual<br />
Meeting venue. Recently, Janine<br />
Loyd and Tom Origer visited the<br />
Radisson and adjacent Convention<br />
Center in Fresno and the Doubletree<br />
Hotel in Modesto. Both have very<br />
adequate facilities, and we now are<br />
awaiting their proposals. Once the<br />
proposals are received, the Executive<br />
Board will have the opportunity to<br />
study them, and make a selection. It is<br />
hoped that we will be well into the<br />
process of negotiating a contract early<br />
in 2006.<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Archaeological<br />
Site Stewardship Program<br />
(CASSP) Report<br />
Chris and Beth Padon<br />
CASSP is a statewide program of<br />
volunteers who promote the protection<br />
of archaeological and historical<br />
resources through site monitoring,<br />
research, and public awareness. CASSP<br />
volunteers, under the coordination of a<br />
professional archaeologist, make<br />
regular visits to known sites to monitor<br />
and report on their conditions. CASSP<br />
is an SCA program. CASSP is<br />
completely supported by grants,<br />
contracts, and in-kind services from<br />
agencies (the Off-Highway Motor<br />
Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR)<br />
Division of the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks,<br />
the Bureau of Land Management, the<br />
US Forest Service, and units of the<br />
National Park Service) and from the<br />
550+ public volunteers who have<br />
participated in CASSP events.<br />
Volunteer olunteer Work ork<br />
Weekend eekend eekend at at at Carnegie Carnegie<br />
Carnegie<br />
On January 7 and 8, 2006, CASSP<br />
and the OHMVR Division of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks will host the<br />
third annual volunteer work weekend<br />
at the site of the historic Carnegie<br />
Brick and Pottery Company at<br />
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation<br />
Area. This park is located on Tesla<br />
Road, if you are driving east from<br />
Livermore, or on S Corral Hollow<br />
Road if you are driving west from<br />
Tracy.<br />
The historic site mainly consists of<br />
foundations of the brick plant which<br />
operated from 1902 to 1911. It<br />
provided brick and terra cotta <strong>for</strong> many<br />
buildings in Oakland, San Francisco,<br />
and Los Angeles. <strong>History</strong> of Tesla, A<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Coal Mining Town, by Dan<br />
L. Mosier and Earle E. Williams,<br />
contains a wealth of historic<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation and photos about the brick<br />
works, the adjacent ghost town of<br />
Tesla, and the people who lived here.<br />
Two previous volunteer work<br />
weekends confirmed the locations and<br />
revealed construction details and other<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about the main plant<br />
buildings. This year, volunteers will<br />
focus upon clearing areas and pathways<br />
that will be used by visitors when this<br />
part of the park is opened to the public.<br />
We encourage participants to wear<br />
layers (it may get chilly) and bring<br />
work gloves. Lunches, and work tools<br />
will be provided. If you plan to come,<br />
please call (562-432-1801) or e-mail<br />
(bpadon@discoveryworks.com) so we<br />
know how many to expect. This event<br />
is open to everyone, not just CASSP<br />
volunteers. A map <strong>for</strong> locating<br />
Carnegie, and links to the OHMVR<br />
Division web page on Carnegie and to<br />
the Mosier and Williams book can be<br />
found at the CASSP web site at<br />
.<br />
Volunteer olunteer Training raining Workshops orkshops<br />
In order to become a site steward,<br />
CASSP volunteers attend a two-day<br />
workshop about CASSP, local<br />
archaeology, Native American<br />
concerns, safety, and legal topics. A<br />
volunteer training workshop was held<br />
on October 22-23 at the BLM Field<br />
Office in Bishop. The speakers at the<br />
Saturday classroom session included<br />
Joe Pollini, Kirk Hal<strong>for</strong>d, and Ranger<br />
Mike Hubbard from the Bishop Field<br />
Office. David Lee, Raymond Andrews<br />
7<br />
and Mike Holt also spoke and<br />
answered questions. The Sunday<br />
session consisted of a field trip to the<br />
Volcanic Tablelands just north of<br />
Bishop, where we viewed extensive<br />
rock art sites and practiced filling out<br />
the site visit <strong>for</strong>m. The field trip ended<br />
by early afternoon, but it was difficult<br />
to leave this beautiful area and our<br />
new friends.<br />
The Bishop Field Office has an<br />
active and productive group of<br />
volunteer site stewards, thanks to the<br />
strong support from the Field Office<br />
and the hard work of the archaeologists<br />
and CASSP volunteers. The Inyo<br />
Register <strong>for</strong> October 22 & 23 featured<br />
a front page article about the workshop<br />
and the BLM’s ef<strong>for</strong>ts to protect<br />
archaeological and historical sites.<br />
A volunteer training workshop <strong>for</strong><br />
new volunteers will be offered in<br />
February, 2006, in Lake Isabella <strong>for</strong><br />
the Sequoia National Forest. The<br />
workshop will consist of a full-day,<br />
classroom session on Saturday, and a<br />
field trip on Sunday that ends by midafternoon.<br />
By the end of Saturday,<br />
participants who want to become<br />
CASSP volunteers sign a<br />
confidentiality agreement and commit<br />
to making regular site visits. On<br />
Sunday, we visit one or more actual<br />
sites. Volunteers may train at a distant<br />
workshop, and then join an existing<br />
CASSP team closer to home.<br />
Notebooks and lunch are provided <strong>for</strong><br />
Saturday, but plan to bring your own<br />
snacks or lunch <strong>for</strong> the Sunday field<br />
trip.<br />
The workshop will be held with<br />
Sequoia National Forest, but the<br />
specific date and location have not<br />
been confirmed at the time of this<br />
writing. Please visit the CASSP web<br />
site at or use the<br />
contacts below to obtain the latest<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Registration is required, and the<br />
workshop fee is $25 per person,<br />
payable to the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong>. To register <strong>for</strong> this<br />
volunteer training workshop, please<br />
send your name, address, and phone<br />
number or e-mail address to Beth<br />
Padon, Discovery Works, Inc., 235<br />
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East Broadway Suite 980, Long Beach, CA 90802 (or phone:<br />
562-432-1801, fax: 562-432-1811, e-mail:<br />
bpadon@discoveryworks.com). Please register by the<br />
Monday be<strong>for</strong>e the weekend of the workshop. Fees can be<br />
paid at the door, if you have already registered.<br />
Advanced Advanced training training workshop<br />
workshop<br />
One of the benefits received by CASSP volunteers is the<br />
opportunity to attend advanced training workshops. These are<br />
special CASSP sessions that focus upon a specific set of skills<br />
that site stewards can use in their volunteer work. There is no<br />
workshop fee; only CASSP volunteers are eligible to<br />
participate.<br />
An advanced training workshop in laboratory analysis of<br />
historical artifacts will be offered at the <strong>Archaeology</strong> Lab of<br />
The Presidio of San Francisco on January 21-22. Participants<br />
will learn about screening, sorting, cleaning, and cataloging<br />
historic artifacts and documents from The Presidio. Lodging<br />
at The Presidio’s temporary housing at no cost will be<br />
provided <strong>for</strong> Friday and Saturday nights. The workshop also<br />
includes lunches <strong>for</strong> Saturday and Sunday. There will be a<br />
brief orientation lecture, and then participants will divide into<br />
small activity groups to work with trained archaeologists on a<br />
particular type of task in the Lab.<br />
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If you are a CASSP volunteer and want to attend this<br />
workshop, then please pre-register. If you also want to stay at<br />
The Presidio, then it’s essential to pre-register at least one<br />
week in advance. Contact Beth Padon at Discovery Works,<br />
Inc., 235 East Broadway Suite 980, Long Beach, CA 90802<br />
(or phone: 562-432-1801, fax: 562-432-1811, e-mail:<br />
bpadon@discoveryworks.com).<br />
SCA at INAH Symposium<br />
Shelly Davis-King<br />
SCA was, <strong>for</strong> the third year running, treated to the<br />
collegial and spectacular hospitality of archaeologists who are<br />
staff of or conduct archaeology permitted by the Mexican<br />
Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Historia (National<br />
Institute of Anthropology and <strong>History</strong>, otherwise known as<br />
INAH). The 6 th Bi-National Symposium “2005 Balances and<br />
Perspectives: The Dominican and Franciscan Frontier in<br />
Upper and Lower Cali<strong>for</strong>nia” was held just across the border<br />
in Tijuana, Mexico’s wonderful hotel, the Camino Real. The<br />
three-day symposium included SCA President, Shelly Davis-<br />
King, in the opening ceremony and presentations in<br />
appreciation <strong>for</strong> SCA’s sponsorship of the event. At that<br />
opening, Shelly recognized SCA Executive Board Members,<br />
Workshop participants included several teachers and professors, a mechanic, a planner, a <strong>for</strong>mer YMCA director and a<br />
director of a child care center, a biologist, a tour guide, a real estate appraiser, a marketing assistant, retirees, and some archaeologists.
SCA at INAH, left to right: President-Elect Frank Bayham, President Shelly Davis-King, Past-President Ken Wilson,<br />
Immediate Past-President Amy Gilreath, Past-President Lynn Gamble, Past-President Sannie Osborn<br />
Past President Amy Gilreath, President-Elect Frank Bayham,<br />
and Southern Vice President, Andrew York, along with nearly<br />
30 SCA members who stood up when asked to acknowledge<br />
their membership! A number of SCA members including Eric<br />
Blind, Alan Bryan, Richard Carrico, Matt Des Lauriers, Bill<br />
Eckhard, Glenn Farris, Lynn Gamble, Kevin Hunt, Don<br />
Laylander, Kent Lightfoot, Sannie Osborne, Lee Panich, Eric<br />
Ritter, Tsim Schneider, and Alex Wesson (please excuse any<br />
omissions) presented papers on their research in the Baja<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia region. Simultaneous translation is provided to all<br />
participantsB the translators are incredibly capable of<br />
handling the terminology of the discipline and rapidly move<br />
from Spanish to English.<br />
The meetings held roughly chronological sessions on<br />
prehistory, with a Day 1 emphasis on Dieguito through late<br />
prehistoric sites, Day 2 discussion of Colonial, Mission period<br />
and other historic sites discussion along with considerations of<br />
indigenous groups, and Day 3 discussing impacts to<br />
archaeological sites as a result of off-road vehicles (OHVs).<br />
All attendees were treated to a first night a champagne<br />
reception in the historic Casa de Cultura, followed by a fourcourse<br />
Mexican dinner featuring Mole Poblano, complete<br />
with ballet folklorico, fiesta, and events. The following night,<br />
the group attended the new Tijuana Brewing Company who<br />
graciously hosted all attendees with a tour of the brewery, a<br />
tasting of all beers along with homemade tapas, and<br />
importantly, the bus ride back to our hotels! Truly a wonderful<br />
exchange where strategies on conservation, research<br />
domains, and data analysis were discussed.<br />
SCA’s INAH sponsorship happens each year because the<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides<br />
funding to SCA who in turn provides the money to INAH.<br />
The commitment and dedication of Ken Wilson (BLM State<br />
Archaeologist) and BLM Director Mike Pool in their support<br />
of the INAH programs has assisted this active partnership<br />
aimed at creating and maintaining research interests and<br />
protecting archaeological resources . In 2005, funding was<br />
also provided by the United States Forest Service, Region 5,<br />
and especially the Cleveland National Forest. You might ask<br />
what interest BLM and Forest Service have in Baja<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia? The United States government has a national<br />
agreement with the government of Mexico to work with<br />
INAH along the joint border to address resource damage and<br />
other issues. This may include impacts to archaeological sites<br />
as a result of OHV use, or addressing the effects of OHV<br />
activities associated with the Baja 500 or Baja 1000 (Google<br />
9<br />
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Baja 500 or Baja 1000, and you will find the off-road events in<br />
Baja Cali<strong>for</strong>nia that USA folks attend). These are American<br />
impacts to Mexican resources, since it is the Americans who<br />
own and operate the majority of OHVs. Just imagine the<br />
number of archaeological resources that might be<br />
encountered over a 600 mile race course, and you might<br />
begin to understand the concern. Many of these resources are<br />
in pristine condition with excellent preservation. Alta and<br />
Baja Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeologists are working together to protect<br />
sites, while encouraging “ecotourism,” and promoting<br />
research issues. Consider attending next year’s November<br />
conference in Ensenada.<br />
Money <strong>for</strong> SCA Student Researchers!!!!<br />
Call <strong>for</strong> Proposals, James A. Bennyhoff<br />
Memorial Fund Award<br />
SCA student members are invited to submit research<br />
proposals <strong>for</strong> the James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Award. The<br />
award is intended to support original student research on the<br />
prehistory of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and the Great Basin.<br />
Special consideration will be given to projects that are<br />
consistent with the scholarly interests held by Dr. Bennyhoff<br />
in relation to Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and Great Basin prehistory,<br />
specifically those emphasizing analyses of artifacts in<br />
existing museum collections or regional repositories, and/or<br />
those reported in inventories and reports. Appropriate<br />
research would include: (1) the development, significant<br />
refinement and/or modification of time–sensitive typologies<br />
or seriation studies useful in identifying prehistoric spatial or<br />
temporal units, or (2) relating primary data to revision of<br />
existing culture historical taxonomic frameworks.<br />
Projects may involve more than one subdiscipline of<br />
anthropology and may have objectives beyond those of<br />
culture history; nonetheless, a significant portion of the study<br />
must involve direct work with artifacts or other primary source<br />
data (e.g., mission registers, historical/archival documents),<br />
and must show promise to enhance the scientific<br />
understanding of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and Great Basin prehistory.<br />
Research projects may involve preparation of a thesis,<br />
dissertation, or a <strong>for</strong>mal refereed publication.<br />
Funds from the award (up to $1,000) may be used by the<br />
recipient <strong>for</strong> any purpose directly related to the study; e.g.,<br />
travel <strong>for</strong> the purpose of studying collections, photography,<br />
illustrations, graphics, radiocarbon studies, or obsidian<br />
analyses. Additional support is available to conduct up to 100<br />
obsidian hydration readings (courtesy of Origer's Obsidian<br />
Laboratory), up to 50 obsidian source analyses (courtesy of<br />
Richard Hughes at Geochemical Research Laboratory)and<br />
AMS dates courtesy of the CAMS facility at the Lawrence<br />
Livermore National Laboratory.<br />
Application <strong>for</strong> the Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award<br />
should include:<br />
* a concise statement of the research problem to be<br />
addressed;<br />
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* a detailed budget;<br />
* a time–line <strong>for</strong> completion of different phases of the<br />
project;<br />
* a resume, and;<br />
* a letter of support from a faculty advisor.<br />
The applicant must complete the proposed research and<br />
submit a report to the committee within one calendar year of<br />
receipt of the award. Applications should be mailed to:<br />
Chair, Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award Committee<br />
2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A<br />
Davis, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia 95616<br />
Any questions about the award can be directed in writing<br />
to the address above or e–mailed to the Committee Chair,<br />
Ms. Pat Mikkelsen. All required materials must be received<br />
at the address above no later than February 10, 2006. We will<br />
Jim Bennyhoff at Ca-Lak-510, 1982
ATTENTION SCA STUDENT MEMBERS<br />
RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE<br />
FROM THE<br />
JAMES A. BENNYHOFF MEMORIAL FUND AWARD 2006<br />
� Up to $1,000 cash<br />
� Up to 50 free obsidian source identifications donated by Richard Hughes<br />
� Up to 100 free obsidian hydration readings donated by Thomas Origer<br />
� Up to four AMS dates donated by the CAMS facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<br />
Award funds may be used <strong>for</strong> any purpose directly related to original research on Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and Great Basin<br />
prehistory that builds on the research of Dr. Bennyhoff, an inimitable scholar who focused on the fine details<br />
of critical chronology-building using beads, artifact seriation, radiocarbon dating, and obsidian hydration to<br />
elucidate culture-history.<br />
A final report (publication or monograph) is required, and must<br />
be submitted to the committee within one year of the award.<br />
Prior winning proposals include:<br />
� Meganos intrusion into the Bay Area<br />
� Regional chronology of the Northwest coast<br />
� Use of geomorphology to identify early sites near Cache Creek<br />
� Dating shell fishhooks on the Channel Islands<br />
� Dating beads in Oregon and Tulare Lake<br />
� Obsidian exchange systems in San Diego County<br />
� Obsidian geochemical makeup in Yosemite Valley<br />
� Discontinuities in radiocarbon and hydration in Solano County<br />
Visit www.SCAHome.org/educational_resources/bennyhoff.html<br />
<strong>for</strong> descriptions of award-winning topics from previous years.<br />
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 10, 2006<br />
Please submit:<br />
� a concise (1-3 pages) statement of your research problem<br />
� a simple budget request (1 page)<br />
� a general time-line <strong>for</strong> completion of the study<br />
� a letter of support from a faculty advisor<br />
Send requested materials and address any questions to:<br />
Pat Mikkelsen<br />
Chair, Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award Committee<br />
2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A<br />
Davis, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia 95616<br />
or e-mail pat@farwestern.com<br />
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in<strong>for</strong>m the applicants of the outcome in March, and if a<br />
Memorial Fund Award is granted, the recipient will be<br />
announced during the banquet awards ceremony at the 2006<br />
SCA Annual Meeting in Ventura.<br />
For a list of past winners and brief synopses of past<br />
winning proposals, visit the SCA Awards page at:<br />
http://www.scahome.org/about/awards.html#8.<br />
Northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Data-Sharing<br />
Meetings a Great Success<br />
Karin Anderson<br />
On Saturday October 22, 2005, the SCA held its annual<br />
Northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Data Sharing Meeting at San Francisco<br />
State University. With only a few technical difficulties the<br />
meeting went rather smoothly. Turn out was good. Over 100<br />
people came to hear 14 presentations. Paper topics were<br />
refreshingly varied in topic. One of my personal favorites of<br />
the day was actually a very simple one. It was Charlene Gross<br />
asking the attendees <strong>for</strong> advice in determining if a rock<br />
<strong>for</strong>mation she had encountered was in fact a kiln complex in<br />
Southern Napa County. In a room full of professionals, I’m<br />
not sure that Charlene walked away with an answer, but aren’t<br />
these types of challenges what make our jobs so interesting.<br />
Since this was my last data share meeting, I would like to<br />
ask the SCA membership <strong>for</strong> a little input on the meetings.<br />
One of the things I tried to do in my brief tenure was to<br />
continue the rotating regional theme first recommended by<br />
Bill Hildebrandt and Rick Fitzgerald three years ago. This<br />
posed somewhat of a challenge in getting a full agenda. And<br />
also, I received some comment from people who wanted to<br />
present, but were disappointed that their subject matter didn’t<br />
meet the regionally themed program. Personally, I would like<br />
to see a balance in future data share meetings. Perhaps having<br />
regionally themed presentations in morning session and then<br />
opening it up <strong>for</strong> other northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia presentations in<br />
the afternoon. If you have an opinion on the matter, or just<br />
want to provide constructive criticism or suggestions <strong>for</strong><br />
future meetings, please feel free to contact me and I will be<br />
sure to pass this in<strong>for</strong>mation on to your soon-to-be newly<br />
elected Northern VP.<br />
I’d also like to thank in no particular order the following:<br />
Jeff Fentress, Mark Griffin, Gary Pahl, Andrew Galvan, the<br />
entire SCA board, SFSU Anthropology Students, CSU Chico<br />
Anthropology Students, Greg White, Noel Shaver, Shannon<br />
Tushingham, and all of this year’s presenters <strong>for</strong> assisting me<br />
in pulling off this year’s meeting. Without you there would be<br />
no meeting. Thank you also to those who gave monetary<br />
contributions to the meeting. From your ef<strong>for</strong>ts we raised<br />
approximately $40 in donations this year, which helps us to<br />
continue to offer this meeting to SCA members free of<br />
charge. And thanks <strong>for</strong> all the fish...<br />
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SCA Executive Board Meeting,<br />
Minutes, Meeting of July 8, 2005<br />
Location:<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University, Chico<br />
Board Members Present:<br />
Shelly Davis-King, President<br />
Amy Gilreath, Immediate Past-President<br />
Frank Bayham, President Elect<br />
Andy York, Southern Vice President<br />
Karin Anderson, Northern Vice President<br />
Ted Jones, Treasurer<br />
Janine Loyd, Secretary<br />
Greg White, Business Office Manager<br />
The meeting was called to order at 9:12 a.m. by Amy Gilreath.<br />
Old Old Business<br />
Business<br />
Approval of the minutes was deferred until July 9, 2005<br />
meeting.<br />
2005 Annual Meeting Recap<br />
Printouts were provided of the Annual Meeting costs and<br />
attendance breakdown. We were all reminded that the 2006<br />
meetings are expected not to do as well financially because<br />
they are in the south.<br />
The breakdown showed that the only events not to break<br />
even were the banquet and the Mines and Vines tour. The<br />
banquet generally does not pay <strong>for</strong> itself, and the tour was<br />
scheduled <strong>for</strong> Sunday.<br />
Shelly Davis-King mentioned that scheduling workshops or<br />
tours <strong>for</strong> after the meetings is historically not profitable.<br />
Discussion of workshops ensued, with the result that<br />
everyone agreed that workshops can do well financially, and<br />
the note that flint knapping had been requested as a workshop<br />
topic and that shellfish identification could be a good<br />
workshop and would tie in well with the Ventura location.<br />
2005 Treasurer Projection<br />
Ted first noted that the <strong>Society</strong> has control issues regarding<br />
how records get submitted to the Archives. This was inspired<br />
by the fact that treasurer’s records <strong>for</strong> 2001 and 2002 are<br />
nowhere to be found.<br />
Ted had some questions regarding Business Office invoices.<br />
Greg offered to get Ted a logon so that he can directly access<br />
the BO accounting at Chico.<br />
Ted discussed bank fees, which past financials have show to<br />
be over $1,000.00 per year. Many of the fees are <strong>for</strong><br />
transactions over a certain number, and are incurred during<br />
the Annual Meeting season. Ted has discussed these with the<br />
bank and has arranged to have some of them reimbursed. The<br />
remainder reflects credit card transaction fees and is the price<br />
of doing business with plastic. Ted has negotiated the rate<br />
down to 2.6%.<br />
The 2005 budget does not look good. We have at least three<br />
years of operating in the red. This has been covered by our
savings accounts, but we cannot continue this way.<br />
Shelly will meet with Ted be<strong>for</strong>e the fall meeting to draft the<br />
2006 budget. Frank was invited to attend as well to get<br />
oriented in the process.<br />
The bi-annual bookkeeping review has not happened since<br />
2000. Ted will arrange <strong>for</strong> an independent review by an<br />
accountant <strong>for</strong> the years 2001-2004.<br />
The Wells Fargo foundation could be a source <strong>for</strong> a grant of<br />
$1,000.00. Ted will draft a letter of inquiry/application.<br />
Project <strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
A series of essays has been written, and once they have been<br />
edited and <strong>for</strong>matted, they will be ready to present on the<br />
website. Amy asked that members of the Board volunteer to<br />
edit different sections to the project can be completed.<br />
Executive Board Manual<br />
The manual was provided on CD to each Board member by<br />
Amy. Each officer is to review the description of his or her<br />
office and recommend changes to the manual to reflect the<br />
current operation of the <strong>Society</strong>. Shelly requested that one<br />
overall <strong>for</strong>mat change be the inclusion of a footer with the<br />
date of the manual.<br />
Edits are due to Greg by December 15, 2005. Greg will<br />
complete the final edits and print the revised manual.<br />
Shelly asked that Karin and Andy (possibly with in-put from<br />
Terry Jones) review and update the Data Sharing appendix to<br />
the Manual.<br />
Business Business Office Office Report Report<br />
Report<br />
Shelly provided an overview of Business Office in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
The Business Office is required to make a quarterly report to<br />
the Board and the three Presidents carry out a review of<br />
Business Office operations and per<strong>for</strong>mance annually near<br />
the end of their contract period.<br />
Question was raised regarding additional invoices <strong>for</strong> fiscal<br />
year 2003/2004 and it was explained that those expenses<br />
were covered under amendments to the original Business<br />
Office contract.<br />
Greg expressed the need to track telephone and postal<br />
communication more effectively. He believes they receive<br />
6-12 call and roughly six postage items daily. Responding to<br />
these has created a pressure on the Business Office budget in<br />
the past. He hopes that better tracking will reduce the need to<br />
scramble <strong>for</strong> money.<br />
Ted asked how the shortfalls have been handled. Greg<br />
indicated that the money was always found within the<br />
existing Business Office budget.<br />
Frank asked if the calls and letters can be stratified so not all<br />
get immediate or personal response.<br />
The consensus was that the personal touch is too important to<br />
let items slide. Some things can be referred to the web site.<br />
Greg and Melinda are both committed to staying <strong>for</strong> at least<br />
one more year.<br />
Greg provided an inventory of SCA gear that they currently<br />
have.<br />
Newsletter<br />
The fall issue of the newsletter is scheduled to be dedicated<br />
to in<strong>for</strong>mation about site stewardship. The deadline <strong>for</strong><br />
submittals is August 20. An issue regarding NAGPRA<br />
treatment in State Parks collections was raised in the June<br />
issue of the Newsletter. Shelly suggested that further<br />
discussion be included in the September issue.<br />
The editor is looking <strong>for</strong> a theme <strong>for</strong> the December issue.<br />
There was discussion of how to deal with the fact that almost<br />
half of the membership does not receive the June digital<br />
newsletter. The conclusion was that the best course would be<br />
to post the June issue to the website when it is sent out to the<br />
membership. The remaining issues will not be posted to the<br />
web <strong>for</strong> one year after publication. This ensures that there is<br />
value to members that is not immediately available to the<br />
general public.<br />
The issue of distribution will be revisited next year to review<br />
how it is working.<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong><br />
Only 15 submittals had been received as of the meeting. No<br />
‘cajoles’ had been used. The Board directed Greg White to<br />
cajole <strong>for</strong> more papers.<br />
The question was raised whether in<strong>for</strong>mation on awards<br />
presented at the Annual Meetings should be included in the<br />
proceedings volume. No decision was reached.<br />
Web Site<br />
Discussion of content resulted in directions <strong>for</strong> the next round<br />
of web posting. Old news (e.g., 2005 Annual Meeting<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation) needs to be taken down. In<strong>for</strong>mation on the<br />
2006 Annual Meeting, Northern and Southern Data Sharing<br />
Meetings, and in<strong>for</strong>mation award recipients needs to be<br />
posted.<br />
Archives<br />
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The subject of the Societies archives was brought up. The<br />
archives need to be organized so that important in<strong>for</strong>mation is<br />
more readily accessible.<br />
Janine will look into archival standards <strong>for</strong> organizations, and<br />
explore budget question <strong>for</strong> archival quality storage.<br />
A sub-committee of Janine Loyd, Greg White, and Melinda<br />
Pacheco was discussed.<br />
Committee Committee Reports<br />
Reports<br />
The bulk of committee reports were compiled by Karin<br />
Anderson (attached).<br />
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Regarding Annual Meeting 2006, Barry Price has agreed to<br />
take on fundraising duties temporarily until Deb Argel feels<br />
she can contribute more. On the fundraising topic, it is agreed<br />
that the <strong>Society</strong> needs to reign-in independent fundraising.<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong> Month<br />
There was discussion of the possibility of moving<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong> Month to November to bring it more in line<br />
with the K-12 curriculum in the state, which generally covers<br />
Native American issues in the fall.<br />
Bennyhoff Committee<br />
Transcripts have been made of 12 Bennyhoff lectures of 28<br />
that are archived on tape. Thank you due to Rose White <strong>for</strong><br />
that ef<strong>for</strong>t. There are also lecture notes in the Bennyhoff<br />
archive. The committee hopes to publish these lectures and<br />
notes, and is looking <strong>for</strong> $5,000.00 seed money with revenue<br />
going to SCA. The Board requested a written proposal.<br />
Committee <strong>for</strong> Advanced Annual Meeting Planning<br />
(CAAMP)<br />
We are currently booked <strong>for</strong> Annual Meeting venues <strong>for</strong> the<br />
next three years.<br />
CASSP<br />
The Memorandum of Understanding is still out <strong>for</strong> signatures.<br />
They expect to hear back on a current grant application<br />
around December.<br />
CEQA Task Force<br />
Is working on incorporating curation language and<br />
professional qualifications into CEQA. Shelly expects this<br />
will be her Past Presidential project. Frank expressed an<br />
interest in following up on this with Shelly as it progresses.<br />
CISS<br />
Ken Wilson Shelly Davis-King and Merv George are<br />
planning to meet to discuss the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Indian Site<br />
Stewardship program. I particular they are interested in<br />
exploring some level of co-sponsorship <strong>for</strong> the program.<br />
Avocational<br />
The Avocational <strong>Archaeology</strong> Committee has been<br />
disbanded. There is a need <strong>for</strong> some kind of “closure” <strong>for</strong><br />
those who have contributed to the committee over the years.<br />
There was discussion of ways to incorporate those <strong>for</strong>merly<br />
active in the avocational front into the <strong>Archaeology</strong> Month<br />
program.<br />
Publicity<br />
Noelle Shaver has agreed to work on this committee, but she<br />
needs guidance as to what the committee’s role actually is.<br />
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Northern Data Sharing Meeting<br />
The meeting will be held at San Francisco State University.<br />
There will be some student housing available at the Presidio.<br />
Southern Data Sharing<br />
The Southern meeting will be held at Ridgecrest City<br />
Council chambers.<br />
The Board agreed that charging a fee <strong>for</strong> data sharing<br />
meetings was not a good idea, but putting a donation jar out<br />
would be o.k.<br />
Nominations Committee<br />
Names were floated <strong>for</strong> committee chair, as well as possible<br />
candidates <strong>for</strong> positions becoming available (President,<br />
Northern V.P. and Secretary).<br />
General Committee Topics<br />
We need a chair <strong>for</strong> the Membership Committee. Rich Olson<br />
was discussed as a possible Chair, with a well organized<br />
deputy to help keep track of details.<br />
General General Business<br />
Business<br />
The August State Historical Resource Commission meeting<br />
will review the recent activity regarding Section 106.<br />
Regarding the complaint by R. Orlins about the fate of his<br />
silent auction donation, Shelly will draft a letter, and policy<br />
will be clarified <strong>for</strong> future auctions.<br />
Meeting adjourned at 5:19 p.m.<br />
SCA Executive Board Meeting,<br />
Minutes, Meeting of July 9, 2005<br />
Location:<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University, Chico<br />
Board Members Present:<br />
Shelly Davis-King, President<br />
Amy Gilreath, Immediate Past-President<br />
Frank Bayham, President Elect<br />
Andy York, Southern Vice President<br />
Karin Anderson, Northern Vice President<br />
Ted Jones, Treasurer<br />
Janine Loyd, Secretary<br />
Greg White, Business Office Manager<br />
The meeting was called to order at 8:06 a.m. by Shelly Davis-King.<br />
Old Old Business<br />
Business<br />
Minutes <strong>for</strong> April 21 Executive Board Meeting were<br />
presented.<br />
Amy Gilreath: “I move that we approve the minutes.”<br />
Second: Frank Bayham
In Favor: All<br />
Minutes <strong>for</strong> April 22 Executive Board Meeting were<br />
presented.<br />
Frank Bayham: “I move that we approve the minutes.”<br />
Second: Ted Jones<br />
In Favor: All<br />
Minutes <strong>for</strong> April 23 Business Meeting were presented.<br />
A misspelling was noted on page two, and the wording <strong>for</strong><br />
the CISS on page 3 needed to be reworked slightly.<br />
Frank Bayham: “I move that we approve the minutes,<br />
with corrections.”<br />
Second: Karin Anderson<br />
In Favor: All<br />
The discussion was reopened regarding providing a copy<br />
of the <strong>Proceedings</strong> to student members who are primary<br />
authors of papers in the volume. The board was in general<br />
agreement, but no <strong>for</strong>mal action was taken.<br />
The floor was opened <strong>for</strong> additional discussion of CASSP<br />
getting involved with an out of state program. The Board<br />
declined to pursue it at this time.<br />
The Fall Board meeting is scheduled <strong>for</strong> October 21 at<br />
the Presidio de San Francisco. The meeting will start at 8:00<br />
a.m.<br />
Ted Jones and Shelly Davis-King will meet in mid<br />
September to discuss the upcoming budget.<br />
January Executive Board Meeting is scheduled <strong>for</strong> Friday<br />
the 13 th of January 2006.<br />
The subject of the MOU between CDF and the<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation Centers was reopened with the note that the<br />
Board is not being asked to take any action. The question was<br />
asked, “Why do we want to pick a fight with CDF and not<br />
State Parks?”<br />
Frank: In this case OHP is a signatory to the MOU and<br />
that creates a national precedent <strong>for</strong> dealing with resources.<br />
Greg explained his feeling regarding the CDF program.<br />
Conclusion: Frank will track the CDF program as a part of<br />
his Standards & Guidelines interest.<br />
The subject of a site map <strong>for</strong> SCAhome.org was reopened.<br />
Greg will arrange it, and add in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding the Data<br />
Sharing Meetings to the site also.<br />
End End End of of carryover carryover items items from from July July 8.<br />
8.<br />
Strategic Plan Discussion<br />
First question following on the heals of the website<br />
arrangements was:<br />
Do we want to put the Strategic Plan on the web?<br />
Amy: No, not as it is<br />
Shelly: If it is <strong>for</strong> the membership it needs to be made<br />
available to them.<br />
Frank: “make a more readable, accessible Plan available”<br />
Shelly: can we use the ‘Mission Statement” area of the<br />
web page to provide the Plan in<strong>for</strong>mation to the<br />
membership?<br />
Amy: Are we opening up a can of worms <strong>for</strong> people to<br />
complain about?<br />
The existing plan was parsed line by line <strong>for</strong> several<br />
hours.<br />
JL: Lets post a priority list with contact in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong><br />
membership input.<br />
SDK: Past President is a good person to arrange this.<br />
The Past President will prepare a draft strategic plan <strong>for</strong><br />
presentation to the Board at the Summer meeting. In<br />
preparing the Strategic Plan the Past President and the<br />
President will work together to reassign priorities, and duties.<br />
The Past President will prepare a report to the<br />
membership based on the approved Strategic Plan and<br />
highlight what has been accomplished.<br />
Greg asked that the nominations committee provide<br />
copies of the Strategic Plan to at least the Presidential<br />
candidates so they can write their plat<strong>for</strong>m to the priorities of<br />
the <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
The Board agreed that was a good plan.<br />
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The closing discussion revolved around providing the<br />
Plan to the membership. There was concern expressed that<br />
there is a potential to overwhelm people with too much<br />
detail. It was suggested that presenting the in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
simply as a “President’s Column” would provide sufficient<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation. It was agreed that that could be appropriate, but<br />
that perhaps something along the lines of an “Annual Report”<br />
would be a good addition to the column.<br />
SDK: Janine please finalize the Strategic Plan based on<br />
our discussion today.<br />
Ted Jones: “I move to adjourn.<br />
Second: Karin Anderson<br />
In favor: all<br />
Meeting adjourned 1:35 p.m.<br />
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2006 Annual Meeting Update<br />
Clay Lebow, Program Chair<br />
(clebow@appliedearthworks.com)<br />
Colleen Delaney-Rivera, Local Arrangements Chair<br />
(sca2006@hotmail.com)<br />
The SCA 2006 Annual Meeting will be held in<br />
Ventura, at the newly renovated Ventura Beach<br />
Marriott. Ventura has a little bit of something <strong>for</strong><br />
everyone—museums, San Buenaventura Mission, antique<br />
shops, great restaurants, music venues, beaches. And to top it<br />
off, the Marriott is adjacent to San Buenaventura State Beach<br />
and only a block from the water.<br />
The Ventura Beach Marriott is currently taking<br />
reservations. Rates are $99 <strong>for</strong> single/double. Reservations<br />
may be made online at www.marriott.com or by calling 1-888-<br />
236-2427. Enter socsoca socsoca in the GROUP GROUP GROUP CODE CODE CODE box when<br />
making your reservation online. Make your reservations<br />
early to ensure a room. Please note that the SCA group rate is<br />
valid only through February 27, so people should register<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e that time.<br />
Roadrunner shuttles can pick up passengers from various<br />
airports and train stations, which will make it easy <strong>for</strong> out-oftown<br />
SCA members to attend without a car. Negotiated rates<br />
(one way, fuel surcharge additional) are: LAX, $34; Burbank<br />
or Santa Barbara Airports, $47; Oxnard Airport and the<br />
Montalvo Amtrak/Metrolink Station, $34. Please call 1-800-<br />
247-7919 to make your reservations (48 hour notice<br />
SCA Newsletter 39(4)<br />
http://www.scahome.org/events/<br />
AM06_AnnualMeeting.html<br />
required). You should also call this number if you are<br />
delayed.<br />
Second Second Call Call <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Papers<br />
Papers<br />
Proposals <strong>for</strong> organized symposia, workshops, and poster<br />
sessions were due by 30 November 2005—hopefully, if you<br />
were planning a symposium, workshop, or poster session you<br />
already submitted your proposal.<br />
Abstracts <strong>for</strong> individual contributed papers and posters are<br />
due by 31 December 2005 and should be emailed to<br />
clebow@appliedearthworks.com as an attachment (preferably<br />
as a Microsoft Word file). Alternatively, a hard copy can be<br />
mailed to Clay Lebow, Applied EarthWorks, Inc., 515 E.<br />
Ocean Ave., Suite G., Lompoc, CA, 93436. Submission <strong>for</strong>ms<br />
can be downloaded from the SCA website by going to<br />
www.scahome.org/events/AM06_AnnualMeeting.html.<br />
Abstracts should not exceed 100 words. Individual symposia<br />
and poster session organizers are responsible <strong>for</strong> bundling<br />
their participant’s <strong>for</strong>ms (complete with abstracts) together <strong>for</strong><br />
submission by the end of the year.<br />
The maximum length <strong>for</strong> individual papers is 15 minutes.<br />
The SCA is obtaining slide and overhead projectors <strong>for</strong> each<br />
session room. Projectors and computers <strong>for</strong> multimedia<br />
presentations such as Power Point will not be provided—it<br />
will be the responsibility of each symposium/workshop<br />
organizer to ensure that participants using multimedia have<br />
the proper equipment and that laptops, projectors, and<br />
software are compatible.
All symposia, workshop, and poster session participants<br />
must be members in good standing with the SCA. Make sure<br />
your SCA membership is paid in full if you plan on<br />
participating.<br />
Events<br />
Events<br />
Planning is underway <strong>for</strong> a public speaker on Wednesday<br />
evening and <strong>for</strong> a plenary session on Thursday morning. To<br />
cut costs, no <strong>for</strong>mal Wednesday evening reception is<br />
currently planned.<br />
A Silent Auction/Reception with beer and wine tasting<br />
will be held at the Albinger Archaeological Museum on<br />
Thursday evening. This event has become one of the SCA’s<br />
best fundraisers but its success depends on membership<br />
participation. Businesses can make tax-deductible donations.<br />
Any items that can be auctioned are welcome—in the past<br />
few years the donations have become more diverse and<br />
included art, textiles, food and wine, and gift certificates in<br />
addition to the typical archaeology-related items. Questions<br />
should be addressed to auction czar Barry Price<br />
bprice@appliedearthworks.com (phone 559-229-1856).<br />
Donated items can be mailed to Barry Price, Applied<br />
EarthWorks, Inc., 5090 N. Fruit Ave., Suite 101, Fresno, CA<br />
93711. Alternatives can be arranged <strong>for</strong> large or heavy items.<br />
The annual banquet will be held Friday evening.<br />
Planning <strong>for</strong> the banquet speaker is ongoing. Dina Ryan<br />
(Dina.Ryan@vandenberg.af.mil) and Chris Ryan<br />
(Christopher_Ryan@dot.ca.gov) are coordinating the banquet.<br />
An all-day tour of eastern Santa Cruz Island will be held<br />
on Sunday, April 2, departing around 8 am and arriving back at<br />
the harbor around 5:30 pm. Transport will be via boat (Island<br />
Packers), with landing at Scorpion Ranch pier. Cultural<br />
resources staff from the Channel Island National Park will<br />
provide an interpretive briefing upon arrival. Participants<br />
must be able to climb a short ladder from ship to pier, and<br />
should wear hiking shoes and prepare <strong>for</strong> variable weather<br />
and sea conditions. Attendees will need to bring their own<br />
food and water. The cost <strong>for</strong> the tour has not yet been set<br />
because they will vary, depending on the number of<br />
participants. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on the islands, visit the<br />
websites <strong>for</strong> Channel Islands National Park (www.nps.gov/<br />
chis/) or Island Packers (www.islandpackers.com/<br />
santacruz.html). Ann Munns<br />
(amunns@appliedearthworks.com; phone 805-737-4119) is<br />
coordinating the tour. Because transportation to the island<br />
must be arranged in advance, only people who sign up <strong>for</strong> the<br />
tour during pre-registration will be able to attend.<br />
Registration<br />
Registration<br />
Pre-registration packets <strong>for</strong> SCA members will be mailed<br />
or emailed by late January and will be due be<strong>for</strong>e 1 March.<br />
To receive a packet, please make sure that the SCA business<br />
office (SCAOffice@csuchico.edu) has your correct email and/<br />
or physical addresses. Pre-registration packets will also be<br />
posted on SCA’s webpage.<br />
SCA 2006 Annual Meeting<br />
Contact In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Program Chair<br />
Clay Lebow; clebow@appliedearthworks.com<br />
(805) 737–4119<br />
Local Arrangements Chair<br />
Colleen Delaney–Rivera; sca2006@hotmail.com<br />
(805) 378–1400, ext 1725<br />
Silent Auction Coordinator<br />
Barry Price; bprice@appliedearthworks.com<br />
Volunteer Coordinators<br />
Debbie McLean; Debbie.McLean@lsa–assoc.com<br />
Terri Fulton; Terri.Fulton@lsa–assoc.com<br />
Book Room Coordinator<br />
Lynn Compas; archytype@sbcglobal.net<br />
2003–2005 Annual Meeting Program<br />
and Abstracts Now On-Line<br />
visit http://www.scahome.org/events/<br />
index.html#annualMeeting<br />
Browse through recent SCA<br />
Annual Meeting programs and<br />
abstracts to see the extent<br />
and diversity of heritage<br />
activity in the Golden State.<br />
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Election Election ‘06<br />
‘06<br />
Position Position Position Position Position Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements:<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> President President President President President<br />
» Steve Steve Steve Horne Horne, Horne Associate State Archaeologist, Bureau of<br />
Land Management, Sacramento, Retired.<br />
Background: B.A. Anthropology (1971), UC Santa<br />
Barbara; M.A Anthropology (1973); Ph.D. Anthropology<br />
(1981), UC Santa Barbara.<br />
Steve Horne has specialized in cultural resource<br />
management, being one of the first archaeologists hired<br />
by the Forest Service in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. His interests include<br />
fire and archaeology, marine archaeology, rock art,<br />
volunteer programs, and stabilization of historical<br />
structures. He served as Forest Archaeologist <strong>for</strong> Los<br />
Padres National Forest between 1975 and 1983 and, later,<br />
between 1990 and 2001—with stints in planning and<br />
recreation in between. From 2001 to last September, he<br />
worked as Associate State Archaeologist <strong>for</strong> the BLM,<br />
which included work in Sacramento in the area of fire and<br />
fuels and fieldwork responsibilities in northeastern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. Over the course of his work in cultural<br />
resources management he has served as the principal<br />
investigator of numerous projects, served on MA<br />
committees, owned his own small consulting firm, and<br />
continued his research interests in the inland Chumash.<br />
He has served the <strong>Society</strong> as annual meeting program<br />
chair, as Southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Vice-President, and on the<br />
CASSP Committee. He is currently Vice-President of the<br />
Board of Directors <strong>for</strong> Forest Service Employees <strong>for</strong><br />
Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) and does some private<br />
consulting.<br />
Position Statement: Our <strong>Society</strong> has made great progress<br />
toward solid financial and organizational footing. SCA<br />
continues to show strength in the areas of conducting<br />
lively professional meetings and events, producing high<br />
quality publications, and doing essential work through<br />
committees of volunteers. I am committed to<br />
furthering these crucial programs. The next few years<br />
will bring many exciting and interesting opportunities<br />
and challenges <strong>for</strong> the <strong>Society</strong>, including<br />
membership development, funding, curation,<br />
protecting advancements in legislation, and public<br />
service.<br />
I am convinced of the importance of CASSP as a<br />
vehicle <strong>for</strong> site preservation and public awareness; I<br />
hope to ensure the Program’s future success and to<br />
help it diversify. I am encouraged by ef<strong>for</strong>ts toward<br />
developing a companion stewardship program in<br />
partnership with the Native American community<br />
and I will support those ef<strong>for</strong>ts. I will encourage the<br />
<strong>Society</strong> to pursue more diverse funding sources <strong>for</strong><br />
our stewardship programs.<br />
As the <strong>Society</strong> moves ahead, I would like to see us<br />
achieve a better balance of our membership between<br />
north and south and increased involvement of<br />
academic institutions. I would like to address these<br />
participation issues through committee memberships and<br />
through a program of directed outreach.<br />
The legal basis <strong>for</strong> consideration of cultural resources in<br />
development and planning is at some risk in our current<br />
political environment. I intend to work with the <strong>Society</strong>’s<br />
Legislative Liaison to monitor the legislative situation<br />
and to seek opportunities to spread the message of the<br />
importance of cultural resource preservation. I believe<br />
the <strong>Society</strong> can play a more prominent role in bringing<br />
significant archaeological findings to the general public<br />
and also will seek opportunities to develop this role.<br />
I have retired, but there’s been no diminution of my<br />
enthusiasm. I find myself looking <strong>for</strong>ward to the chance<br />
to direct my time and energy toward continuing the<br />
success of SCA.<br />
» Rebecca Rebecca Apple, Apple, Principal and Senior Archaeologist<br />
EDAW, Inc., San Diego, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
Background: I received my M.A in anthropology in 1995<br />
from San Diego State University and am on the Registry<br />
<strong>for</strong> Professional Archaeologists (R.P.A.). I have been<br />
involved in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology since the early 1970s<br />
and early in my career worked <strong>for</strong> several cultural<br />
resources firms and agencies including CALTRANS and<br />
State Parks. I have worked throughout the state, but have<br />
spent most of my time in southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. I currently<br />
oversee the EDAW cultural resources group in San Diego.<br />
I have previously served on the SCA Board and I am<br />
aware of the responsibility and time commitment that are<br />
required. I am organized and work well with people. As a<br />
long-time member of SCA and the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia
archaeological community, I am excited <strong>for</strong> the<br />
opportunity to help guide the future of SCA.<br />
Position Statement: As President of SCA I will continue<br />
to emphasize professionalism in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology. I<br />
will raise the visibility of the SCA and will by meeting<br />
with key figures in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia government bring SCA’s<br />
mission and our concerns regarding historic preservation<br />
to the decision-makers. I will continue the support of<br />
important programs, including our work with Native<br />
Americans, avocational groups, and site stewardship. With<br />
the support of the Board, I will organize a SCA Speakers<br />
Bureau to provided schools access to professional in the<br />
field. I will also carefully oversee the fiscal resources of<br />
the society to ensure that we can continue our vital role as<br />
advocates <strong>for</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s cultural heritage.<br />
Position Position Position Position Position Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements:<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Northern Northern Northern Northern Northern Vice-President<br />
Vice-President<br />
Vice-President<br />
Vice-President<br />
Vice-President<br />
» Jennifer Jennifer Jennifer M. M. Farquhar Farquhar Farquhar, Farquhar Albion Environmental, Inc., Santa<br />
Cruz<br />
Education: M.A. Anthropology 2003, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State<br />
University, Sacramento; B.A. Anthropology 1989,<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia at Santa Cruz<br />
Background: I have over 16 years experience in<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology, with additional training in Mexico<br />
and Belize. Most of my experience has been in the<br />
private sector working as a contract archaeologist. Like<br />
most of us working in CRM, my career began as a field<br />
and laboratory technician, later working into supervisory<br />
positions. My current position as Senior Archaeologist at<br />
Albion has given me the opportunity to work with<br />
archaeologists from all walks, including academic<br />
institutions, local governments, and State and Federal<br />
agencies.<br />
Position Statement: As Northern Vice Present, I would<br />
focus on two main tasks: 1) increasing SCA membership;<br />
and 2) organizing thought provoking and engaging<br />
regional data-sharing meetings.<br />
Membership has long been a difficult issue <strong>for</strong> the<br />
<strong>Society</strong>. As Past Present Amy Gilreath has declared, there<br />
are far too many practicing archeologists who “play but<br />
don’t pay” (SCA Newssletter 39{1}). The archaeological<br />
community is incredibly diverse, made up an array of<br />
professionals including hard working, transient “shovelbums,”<br />
aspiring graduate students, stressed-out project<br />
managers, and overworked and under appreciated<br />
government employees. Each has different professional<br />
needs and motivations, and accordingly, different reasons<br />
<strong>for</strong> joining the SCA. Recognition of these differences will<br />
aid in the development of focused membership drives,<br />
designed to highlight the benefits of participation. As<br />
Northern Vice President, I would also focus attention on<br />
reinvigorating the current membership, encouraging folks<br />
to step-up and serve the <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
As <strong>for</strong> Data-Sharing meetings, if selected <strong>for</strong> Northern VP,<br />
I will continue the recently established tradition of<br />
organizing regionally focused meetings. I will work<br />
diligently to select locations/venues that will inspire<br />
participation and promote dialog.<br />
Thanks <strong>for</strong> your consideration.<br />
» Michael Michael Newland Newland, Newland Anthropological Studies Center,<br />
Sonoma State University<br />
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Background: Mike Newland received his BA in<br />
Anthropology from the University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia at Davis<br />
in 1993 and his MA in Cultural Resources Management<br />
from Sonoma State University in 2000. He has been a<br />
Staff Archaeologist at the Anthropological Studies Center<br />
(ASC) since 2000, during which time he has expanded<br />
internship programs <strong>for</strong> graduate students, revived the<br />
center’s interpretive outreach program, and had designed<br />
several popular classes <strong>for</strong> 6-12 grade students through<br />
Sonoma State’s EXCEL Program <strong>for</strong> Youth. For over a<br />
decade Mr. Newland has worked on literally thousands of<br />
sites throughout northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, and has focused<br />
much of his current research on excavations at Fort Ross,<br />
large placer mining complexes in the Sierran foothills, the<br />
immigrant experience in 19th century Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, and<br />
ethnographic village sites within the North Coast Ranges.<br />
Position Statement As Northern Vice-President, I would<br />
be absolutely committed to bringing archaeology to a<br />
larger audience through building and strengthening ties<br />
between outreach programs throughout northern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and finding innovative ways of involving the<br />
public in archaeological research through websites,<br />
volunteer opportunities, and school programs. I also<br />
strongly believe that a greater ef<strong>for</strong>t needs to be made to<br />
include Native American concerns and viewpoints into<br />
our work. I am a fierce advocate of comprehensive<br />
education, mentorship, and training of undergraduate and<br />
graduate students in academic archaeology, cultural<br />
resources management, and professional ethics. By<br />
increasing the public understanding of archaeology, and<br />
by better preparing students to conduct professional<br />
archaeological work, I believe we can improve both the<br />
quality, and public support, of archaeological work<br />
conducted in our state.<br />
Position Position Position Position Position Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements: Statements:<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary<br />
» Risa Risa Huetter Huetter, Huetter Sentinel Archaeological Research, LLC<br />
Education : M.A. interdisciplinary program in progress.<br />
Cultural Resource: Planning, Policy, and Procedure,<br />
Sonoma State University projected finish date May of<br />
2006; B.S. Anthropology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Davis<br />
2002.<br />
Position Statement: I have lived in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>for</strong> the<br />
majority of my life. I appreciate Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s diversity and<br />
all the resources it has to offer. I am passionate about<br />
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ethical cultural resource management and contributing to<br />
research. As part of my Master’s program, I am working<br />
with the County of Sonoma to produce a more stringent<br />
and streamlined review of projects involving cultural<br />
resource management issues. For the last year, I have<br />
acted as a SCA student representative at Sonoma State<br />
University. Recently I proposed the Adopt a Student<br />
program to SCA board members, which I hope to be<br />
approved by early 2006.<br />
Every year SCA members elect a few of the most active<br />
minds in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology to sit in one room and<br />
uphold SCA’s mission. I would like to in<strong>for</strong>m SCA<br />
members about the board’s ideas and decisions, so that<br />
members may make in<strong>for</strong>med and valuable contributions<br />
to the SCA. As secretary of the SCA, I will make a<br />
difference not only by reporting accurate, detailed<br />
minutes to members, but by continuing my involvement<br />
with the Student Affairs Committee. My interdisciplinary<br />
background in cultural resource management, business<br />
management, organizational behavior, local land use<br />
planning, and marketing will make me a viable member<br />
of the SCA board. If you have any questions in order <strong>for</strong><br />
you to make a more in<strong>for</strong>med voting decision, please<br />
contact me via email: risa@sentinlecrm.com. Thank you<br />
<strong>for</strong> af<strong>for</strong>ding me this opportunity to serve on the Board as<br />
Secretary.<br />
» Lisa Lisa Pesnichak Pesnichak, Pesnichak Graduate Student, Department of<br />
Anthropology, San Francisco State University (SFSU)<br />
Education: B.A. in Anthropology, Minor in French from<br />
Indiana University, Bloomington. Graduated May, 2000;<br />
Currently a Graduate student at SFSU in the<br />
Anthropology Department with intentions of pursuing a<br />
PhD in archaeology.<br />
Professional Background: I have been working full-time<br />
in the archaeological field <strong>for</strong> 5 years. Over three of those<br />
years were in CRM and focused on San Francisco Bay area<br />
archaeology. This experience inspired me towards more<br />
scientifically based research, particularly of prehistoric<br />
burn pit features. As a result, I entered the graduate<br />
program at San Francisco State University. In addition to<br />
being a graduate student, I am also involved with several<br />
archaeological projects, both within and outside of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia.<br />
Research Interests: Prehistoric burn pit features,<br />
particularly of the San Francisco Bay area are currently of<br />
primary interest to me. Through my work, I will employ<br />
burn pit features as both an analytical and a theoretical<br />
medium. I am also devoted to bridging the CRM realm<br />
and the academic realm through my work.<br />
Position Statement: I aim to diversify my career in<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>Archaeology</strong> by becoming actively involved in<br />
the archaeological community. As I build upon my<br />
knowledge and experience of CRM and academic<br />
archaeology, I would like the opportunity to broaden my<br />
involvement by giving back to a community that supports<br />
my greatest passion. Being Secretary of the SCA would<br />
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allow me to pursue this goal.<br />
Personal strengths that would benefit the SCA as a<br />
whole and attribute to me successfully fulfilling my<br />
responsibilities as Secretary include: self-motivation, an<br />
innate ability towards organization, listening skills,<br />
writing skills, and reliability. I look <strong>for</strong>ward to two years<br />
of serving the SCA community.<br />
» Rhea Rhea Sanchez Sanchez, Sanchez Sanchez Graduate Student, Department of<br />
Anthropology, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University, Chico<br />
(CSUC)<br />
Education: MA program in Anthropology (<strong>Archaeology</strong>)<br />
in progress, CSU, Chico; B.A. in Anthropology, UC<br />
Davis, 2002.<br />
Position Statement: Greetings, SCA members! I am<br />
Rhea M. Sanchez, a second-year graduate student at<br />
CSU, Chico. It is my intention, if elected, to serve the<br />
<strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>Archaeology</strong> as Secretary. Since<br />
receiving my B.A. in Anthropology with archaeological<br />
emphasis from UC Davis in 2002, I have worked as an<br />
archaeological intern <strong>for</strong> a national park, a field<br />
technician in private CRM projects, and as a GS-05 <strong>for</strong> a<br />
national <strong>for</strong>est. I am so happy to both apply what I have<br />
learned academically to my work and learn more about<br />
archaeology from my work. Now, as I pursue my<br />
Master’s degree, I want not only to learn more about our<br />
state’s cultural resources and history, but be directly and<br />
actively involved in the archaeological community of<br />
our home state via the SCA. As your new secretary, I<br />
will commit all the time needed to attend every<br />
Executive board meeting and Annual Business<br />
meeting, maintaining organized records with discretion.<br />
You can count on my enthusiasm to be part of the ef<strong>for</strong>ts<br />
to carry out the mission of the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong>.<br />
I’m looking <strong>for</strong>ward to the voting results already. Either<br />
way, I’m excited to be taking action right now. Thank<br />
you <strong>for</strong> your encouragement, and I’ll be in touch.<br />
How to Vote<br />
Voting members will soon receive via U.S.<br />
Postal mail a copy of these position statements,<br />
a ballot, and self-addressed ballot envelope.<br />
Vote <strong>for</strong> a President, a Northern Vice-<br />
President, and a Secretary, endorse the<br />
envelope seal, and mail your ballot be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
January 31, 2006 to:<br />
SCA Business Office<br />
CSU-Chico<br />
25 Main, Suite 101<br />
Chico, CA 95929-401
<strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
News and Announcements<br />
Meetings Meetings Meetings Meetings Meetings<br />
Shared Interpretations<br />
of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>History</strong>: A Conference<br />
January 14 & 15, 2006,<br />
San Manuel Community Center,<br />
Highlands, CA<br />
The Conference will focus on the weighing of evidence<br />
by federal & state institutions when determining cultural<br />
affiliation <strong>for</strong> the purposes of NAGPRA and other cultural<br />
resource laws. The conference will bring city, county, state,<br />
and federal agencies together with tribal communities to<br />
determine better ways of communicating and appreciating<br />
different types of evidence. There will be panels on specific<br />
NAGPRA and cultural resource cases, SB-18, Consultation,<br />
and the topic of scientific techniques. This event is sponsored<br />
by San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and UCLA Tribal<br />
Learning Community & Educational Exchange within the<br />
Native Natives Law & Policy Center. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
and to register, please visit http://www.tlcee.ucla.edu/<br />
conference or call (310)-794-5216.<br />
Place and Native American<br />
<strong>History</strong>, Literature and<br />
Culture: 2006 American<br />
Indian Workshop<br />
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Please find below the web address<br />
containing full details on the <strong>for</strong>thcoming<br />
conference on “Place and Native American<br />
<strong>History</strong>, Literature and Culture: 2006<br />
American Indian Workshop” to held 29th-<br />
31st March, 2006 University of Wales,<br />
Swansea: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/schools/<br />
humanities/conferences/<br />
american_indian.html<br />
Colleagues working on place and any aspect of American<br />
Indian Studies across time are invited to attend, as well as<br />
researchers within the disciplines of <strong>History</strong>, Literature,<br />
Anthropology, Politics, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, or<br />
American & Canadian Studies.<br />
Please send 250 word abstracts of your proposed paper to<br />
j.porter@swansea.ac.uk by 15th January 2006 and your<br />
completed registration <strong>for</strong>m to a.edwards@swansea.ac.uk by<br />
15th February 2006.<br />
Dr Joy Porter, Department of American Studies<br />
The University of Wales, Swansea<br />
Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP<br />
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visitor-supported service. We also welcome new content<br />
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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA<br />
President and Executive Director<br />
Archaeological Legacy Institute<br />
http://www.archaeologychannel.org<br />
African Diaspora Newsletter<br />
The December, 2005 African Diaspora Newsletter is now<br />
available online at: http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/<br />
newsletter.html<br />
December's Newsletter features articles and essays by<br />
Mary McCorvie, Paul Shackel, Ywone Edwards-Ingram, Sara<br />
Bon-Harper, Kristina Shuler and others, news reports,<br />
conference announcements, calls <strong>for</strong> papers, and a book<br />
review. This issue also includes an article and related<br />
resource lists concerning Cultural Resource Management<br />
reports related to African American archaeology subjects.<br />
Please contact me if you have essays, analysis papers, book<br />
reviews, project reports, announcements, or news updates that<br />
you'd like to contribute to the African Diaspora <strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
Network and Newsletter.<br />
Christopher C. Fennell<br />
Assistant Professor<br />
Department of Anthropology<br />
109 Davenport Hall, MC-148, 607 S. Mathews Ave<br />
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801<br />
phone: (217) 244-7309 fax: (217) 244-3490<br />
http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell<br />
The National Preservation Institute<br />
Workshop Calendar On-Line<br />
The National Preservation Institute seminar calendar<br />
through May 2006 is now online at: http://www.npi.org/<br />
NewsRelease2005/06.pdf.<br />
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Workshops Workshops Workshops Workshops Workshops<br />
National Park Service’s 2006<br />
Archaeological Prospection Workshop<br />
The National Park Service’s 2006 workshop on<br />
archaeological prospection techniques entitled Current<br />
Archaeological Prospection Advances <strong>for</strong> Non-Destructive<br />
Investigations in the 21 st Century will be held May 15-19,<br />
2006, at the Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia.<br />
Lodging will be at the Quality Inn Island House on St.<br />
Simons Island, Georgia. This will be the sixteenth year of<br />
the workshop dedicated to the use of geophysical, aerial<br />
photography, and other remote sensing methods as they apply<br />
to the identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection<br />
of archaeological resources across this Nation. The workshop<br />
this year will focus on the theory of operation, methodology,<br />
processing, interpretation, and on-hands use of the equipment<br />
in the field. There is a tuition charge of $475.00. Application<br />
<strong>for</strong>ms are available on the Midwest Archeological Center’s<br />
web page at . For further<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation, please contact Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist,<br />
National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center,<br />
Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North,<br />
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873: tel: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141;<br />
fax: (402) 437-5098; email: .<br />
Harry W. Lawton, 77<br />
December 5, 2005<br />
In In In In In Passing Passing Passing Passing Passing<br />
Harry W. Lawton, an author and historian whose<br />
nonfiction novel about a deadly manhunt <strong>for</strong> an American<br />
Indian fugitive wanted <strong>for</strong> murder nearly 100 years ago<br />
served as the basis <strong>for</strong> the 1969 movie “Tell Them Willie<br />
Boy Is Here,” has died. He was 77. Lawton had long ties with<br />
the local American Indian community and was instrumental<br />
in founding the Malki Museum on the Morongo Indian<br />
Reservation, the first American Indian museum established at<br />
a Cali<strong>for</strong>nia reservation. He also helped start the nonprofit<br />
Malki Museum Press, which publishes books and pamphlets<br />
about Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Indians. He was a co-founder of the campusbased<br />
Journal of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and Great Basin Anthropology,<br />
helped found the off-campus Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Museum of<br />
Photography, and was an advocate <strong>for</strong> the preservation and<br />
archaeological exploration of Riverside’s Chinatown. He was<br />
a friend to many SCA members. A celebration of Lawton’s<br />
life was held at noon, December 18, in the Monterey Room<br />
of the Mission Inn in Riverside.<br />
excerpted from Dennis McLellan article in the Los Angles Times.
From From From From From the the the the the President President President President President<br />
(continued (continued (continued (continued (continued from from from from from page page page page page 3) 3) 3)<br />
3) 3)<br />
plenary session will be focused on what we have learned from<br />
the study of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia skeletal populations with respect to<br />
genetic/migration phenomena, diet and morphology, patterns<br />
of mortality and trauma, age/sex/status differentiation, and<br />
more. Making our meeting a financial and professional<br />
success is important to the health and future of the society.<br />
Staying at the conference hotel is far more important than you<br />
might think. Yes, you might be able to find a room that is<br />
somewhat less expensive than the conference hotel, but each<br />
conference motel room booked is just that much less we have<br />
to pay <strong>for</strong> meeting rooms, and affects the cost of future<br />
meeting fees. Please make your room reservations now at the<br />
Marriot Ventura Beach and help the SCA keep meeting costs<br />
down.<br />
My email box is often loaded with messages from our<br />
members asking SCA to take a position or role in the<br />
protection of an archaeological resource. It has been the<br />
position of the Board and past-presidents to campaign <strong>for</strong><br />
policies and programs rather than individual sites, as we<br />
cannot possibly know all of the issues, and such letters might<br />
pit archaeologist against archaeologist. That said, as<br />
President, I did write a letter about the ancient Kumeyaay<br />
village of Ah-ha’ Kwe-ah-mac’, located where an equestrian<br />
campground is proposed in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. I<br />
believe that State Parks has a wonderful opportunity to repair<br />
insensitive construction in the past and put a new<br />
campground in a place that will not impact human remains or<br />
the archaeological component. This should be a matter of<br />
Parks policy, but Parks Director Coleman, at the Symposium<br />
on Recreation and Tourism, said “CEQA requires full<br />
environmental review <strong>for</strong> new campgrounds, and people want<br />
restrooms with showers... CEQA adds a huge layer of expense<br />
and time that we can’t af<strong>for</strong>d with our budget.” It concerns me<br />
that the state agency head responsible preserving cultural and<br />
natural resources is knocking Cali<strong>for</strong>nia's main environmental<br />
law. We need a champion instead. (Here is the link to the<br />
article<br />
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file'/chronicle/<br />
archive/2005/11/24/SPGVNFT8CR1.DTL.<br />
You have probably been following the antics of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia's own Richard Pombo in Washington recently with<br />
respect to the Endangered Species Act, the National<br />
Environmental Policy Act, and so important to us, Section<br />
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. As House<br />
Committee on Resources Chair, Pombo is actively pursuing<br />
NEPA “changes” (read elimination), and has been holding<br />
workshops in small rural venues—we expect there to be some<br />
action very soon on his recommended changes. The<br />
congressional task <strong>for</strong>ce examining NEPA plans to hold two<br />
additional hearings and offer its re<strong>for</strong>m recommendations by<br />
November 30. Additional in<strong>for</strong>mation on the task <strong>for</strong>ce may<br />
be accessed on the Web at: http://<br />
resourcescommittee.house.gov/nepatask<strong>for</strong>ce.htm.<br />
In the early 1980s, SCA became involved in the<br />
protection of archaeological sites through what were called<br />
“archaeological easements,” or prescribed protection areas.<br />
The purpose of the easements was to protect site deposits<br />
until such time as they could be excavated <strong>for</strong> their data<br />
values. One such site, CA-SHA-1043, on the Sacramento<br />
River south of Redding, required a fair amount of SCA time<br />
this summer and autumn leading me to believe that it is time<br />
<strong>for</strong> SCA to create a more <strong>for</strong>mal and legally appropriate<br />
handling of the easements. Not that I'm looking <strong>for</strong>ward to<br />
leaving office, but as a Past-Presidential duty, with the<br />
assistance of Trudy Vaughan, I will be visiting each of the<br />
sites, their respective jurisdictions, and will try to put some<br />
order to this 25-year issue. The majority of the easements are<br />
in northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, especially in Butte County, with a<br />
smattering in Siskiyou, San Diego, Trinity, Plumas, and<br />
Shasta counties.<br />
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Recently, a Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Teacher of the Year asked me to<br />
host three tables of young students <strong>for</strong> her “Dinner with a<br />
Scientist” program held annually. In a room full of geologists,<br />
biologists, physicists, geochemists, rocket scientists, and<br />
more, it was good to see archaeology represented. I handed<br />
out past SCA Newsletters, and teachers present were<br />
clamoring <strong>for</strong> more. It struck me that if you don't archive your<br />
own Newsletters, consider passing them along to your local<br />
library or an interested K-12 teacher.<br />
Within this Newsletter you will find candidate statements<br />
<strong>for</strong> three positions on the SCA Executive Board: Presidentelect,<br />
Northern Vice President, and Secretary. I will be<br />
pleased to work with ANY of the nominees. Our slate of<br />
candidates <strong>for</strong> the election is particularly interesting in one<br />
major point: <strong>for</strong> what I believe to be an SCA first, we have<br />
three students who are running <strong>for</strong> SCA Secretary! I couldn’t<br />
be more pleased to see student interest in the society and<br />
encourage our student members to become involved in<br />
committees and other SCA activities. We are still looking to<br />
the membership to provide us with award nominations. Who<br />
do you think is deserving of the Lifetime Achievement<br />
Award? Who should be recognized <strong>for</strong> their achievements in<br />
Cultural Resources Management (Thomas F. King Award) or<br />
archaeological conservation (Mark Raymond Harrington<br />
Award)? Other awards in need of nominees are the Martin A.<br />
Baumhoff Special Achievement Award, the Helen C. Smith<br />
Avocational <strong>Society</strong> Award, and the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Indian<br />
Heritage Preservation Award. Please email the Executive<br />
Board with your suggestions and a paragraph or two on why<br />
you think each nominee is deserving. The Executive Board<br />
will be making the decisions at our January Board Meeting.<br />
It was with sadness that we note the passing of William<br />
“Bill” Wallace on September 13 th who is survived by his<br />
widow and partner, Edith Wallace. Bill, a leading figure in<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>Archaeology</strong>, received SCA’s Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award in 1983 and was a strong advocate of<br />
SCA. Early in my career I personally was touched by his<br />
interest in material culture and trying to connect the people<br />
to the artifacts, and looked <strong>for</strong>ward to each edition of the<br />
Southwest Museum Leaflets and Masterkey to which he<br />
contributed so frequently. On another sad note, we have heard<br />
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that SCA Past-President Jay von Werlhof’s health is not good<br />
and he cannot get out of the house much anymore. I’m sure<br />
he would appreciate a telephone call (760 358-7368) or a<br />
note.<br />
And a final note of thanksB to the many SCA members<br />
who email me and let me know of important archaeological<br />
events or problems throughout the state. Without your eyes<br />
and ears, I could not be as effective when I attend meetings<br />
on your behalf. Thank you <strong>for</strong> your feedback and assistance.<br />
Happy Holidays to you all. I wish <strong>for</strong> Peace in the New Year.<br />
SCA Newsletter 39(4)<br />
— Shelly Davis-King<br />
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New Publications<br />
Denise Thomas<br />
This series offers an annotated bibliography of recently<br />
published and some unpublished literature pertinent to<br />
current debates and methods in Cali<strong>for</strong>nian archaeology.<br />
Prehistoric and historical archaeology will appear in alternate<br />
issues. If you have any news or ideas about how this section<br />
can better fit the needs of its audience feel free to email the<br />
author: djaffke@parks.ca.gov. Please limit contributions to<br />
those that can be easily accessed by all members of the SCA<br />
and have appeared within the last five years.<br />
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Michaels, G.<br />
2005 Peck-Marked Vessels from the San José Market Street<br />
Chinatown: A Study of Distribution and Significance.<br />
International Journal of Historical <strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
9(2):123-134.<br />
Artifacts and features associated with Market Street<br />
Chinatown were discovered during archaeological monitoring<br />
<strong>for</strong> a construction project of what is today San José’s<br />
downtown Fairmont Hotel. Salvage operations were<br />
conducted in 1985 and 1986 by Archaeological Resource<br />
Service (ARC). The collection was further processed and<br />
inventoried by Basin Research Associates and submitted to<br />
Barbara Voss of Stan<strong>for</strong>d University <strong>for</strong> analysis.<br />
The artifact assemblage is varied but dominated by ceramics,<br />
faunal remains and glass artifacts. Artifacts recovered from<br />
the southern portion of the Chinatown include an MNV of<br />
1062 ceramic containers; of these, 16 display individual<br />
markings. These markings were intentionally hand-pecked<br />
into the surface of the vessels. Most of the marks are<br />
decipherable Chinese characters while the remainder are<br />
more ambiguous. The markings appear on a wide variety of<br />
vessel <strong>for</strong>ms ranging from large serving bowls to small<br />
condiment dishes. Of the 16 pieces that exhibit the<br />
markings, 12 were translated.<br />
The archaeological map of excavated features was<br />
superimposed over the Sanborn map to assess spatial context.<br />
Marked vessels were then linked with their recorded feature<br />
numbers and matched to their location. Twelve artifacts with<br />
markings were sorted into two categories. Seven of the<br />
pieces refer to individuals or family homes while the<br />
remaining five were identified as wishes or blessings.<br />
Michael reports a strong correlation between the type of<br />
markings and their associated context. It appears that the<br />
majority of the vessels that were marked with blessings or<br />
wishes were associated with buildings identified as family-run<br />
stores whereas, items with family names were located near<br />
buildings identified as tenement houses.<br />
The author suggests that this patterning can be attributed to<br />
either tradition preservation or “hybridized art.” Market<br />
Street Chinatown was one of the earliest Chinese<br />
communities in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. Marking ceramics could have<br />
been one way to maintain cultural heritage in a <strong>for</strong>eign<br />
country. The term “hybridized art” is used to suggest that<br />
individuals and families could likely mark their wares as a<br />
means to identify personal property. It is Michael’s position<br />
that marks found on these vessels are marks of ownership.<br />
Perry, J.E.<br />
2004 Authentic Learning in Field Schools: Preparing Future<br />
Members of the Archaeological Community. World<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong> 36(2):236-260.<br />
Perry raises questions regarding objectives and pedagogies<br />
inherent in the archaeological field school setting and<br />
whether participation in this type of learning environment<br />
better prepares students <strong>for</strong> professional careers in<br />
archaeology. The assessment of archaeological field schools,<br />
in general, is represented in research programs conducted on<br />
San Clemente Island off the coast of southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia.<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Center<br />
<strong>for</strong> Public <strong>Archaeology</strong> at Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University,<br />
Northridge (CSUN) in cooperation with the United States<br />
Navy, have directed eleven field schools between 1983 to<br />
2003 at the island. These programs are discussed in the<br />
context of post-processual theories, particularly the feminist<br />
perspective, to evaluate their educational value in preparing<br />
the next generation of professional archaeologists.<br />
Authentic learning occurs when individuals work collectively<br />
to solve genuine problems through meaningful interactions.<br />
Perry views the field school environment exhibits the basic<br />
characteristics of an authentic research setting in that students<br />
practice archaeology as fellow community members to<br />
actively construct knowledge about past societies through<br />
material remains. One measure of success is the degree to
which the field school provides students with opportunities to<br />
actively participate in the analytical and methodological<br />
aspects of archaeology from data collection to analysis and<br />
interpretation.<br />
Problems and limitations inherent in this type of learning<br />
environment include 1) personality conflicts and group<br />
dynamics, 2) student/faculty ratios and degree of supervision,<br />
3) competing objectives between education, research and<br />
budgets, and 4) Native American and public involvement.<br />
Perry points out that the first three issues pertain specifically<br />
to field schools on San Clemente Island while the last<br />
concern is a general observation. The essential component<br />
of collaborative learning in a group setting is to foster an<br />
atmosphere of mutual support rather than competition since<br />
the latter constrains knowledge construction. Perhaps more<br />
important, is the responsibility of field schools to encourage<br />
students to consider the concerns and values of interested<br />
individuals including Native Americans and the general<br />
public.<br />
Riley, R.<br />
2005 The Notions of Production and Consumption in<br />
Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong>: Towards a Research Agenda.<br />
Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong> Review 27(1):41-47.<br />
In general, most articles pertaining to industrial archaeology<br />
typically focus on mining and manufacturing. This has given<br />
rise to criticism that while the discipline is strong on<br />
production, it is weak on consumption (i.e., wholesaling,<br />
Web Sites<br />
of Interest<br />
retailing and services). Employing a framework of production<br />
and consumption, Riley identifies weaknesses within<br />
Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong> by reviewing articles published in<br />
selected publications. Some 340 publications in The Journal<br />
of Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong>, Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong> and<br />
Industrial <strong>Archaeology</strong> Review were organized according to<br />
the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system <strong>for</strong><br />
comparison purposes.<br />
Riley found that a significant percentage of the topics<br />
presented in these related publications focused on four<br />
industrial groups—metallic mining and processing, nonmetallic<br />
mining and processing, textiles, and food and drink.<br />
He argues that the divergence has less to do with the<br />
classification scheme than with the biased nature of the<br />
discipline. Metallic mining and processing is the<br />
predominant topic, accounting <strong>for</strong> almost one-fifth of all the<br />
articles published. Riley offers reasons as to why certain<br />
topics are regularly studied while others are not.<br />
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The author also found that there is a clear emphasis on 18 th<br />
and 19 th century industrial activities with little attention to<br />
20 th century developments. He suggests that the discipline<br />
should broaden its time frame to study industries based on<br />
sophisticated technologies which emerged in the second half<br />
of the 20 th century. He adds, “...it would be un<strong>for</strong>tunate to say<br />
the least were the discipline to have to accept the remit of<br />
one focusing on the period ending in the inter-war years”<br />
(2005:47).<br />
Louisiana Louisiana Division Division of of <strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/homepage/index.htm<br />
Darw Darwin Darw in is is Hot!<br />
Hot!<br />
http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/PHIL321Fall2005.html<br />
Darw Darwin Darw in Exhibit Exhibit at at AMNH<br />
AMNH<br />
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/<br />
The The <strong>Archaeology</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> Channel<br />
Channel<br />
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/<br />
Johnstown Johnstown Flood Flood Museum<br />
Museum<br />
http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/history.html<br />
Be<strong>for</strong>e Be<strong>for</strong>e Farming: Farming: <strong>Archaeology</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> and and Anthropology Anthropology of of Hunter-Gatherers<br />
Hunter-Gatherers<br />
http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/be<strong>for</strong>efarming/<br />
Prehistoric Prehistoric Relic Relic Owners Owners <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Discussion Discussion Forum<br />
Forum<br />
http://www.prosbb.com/<br />
Santa Santa Cruz Cruz Predatory Predatory Bird Bird Research Research Group<br />
Group<br />
http://www.scpbrg.org/<br />
Multiple Multiple Myloma Myloma Research Research Foundation Foundation Race Race Race <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Research<br />
Research<br />
http://www.mmrfrace.org/<br />
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The<br />
Structure of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong><br />
as Seen in<br />
the SCA<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong>,<br />
1988-2005<br />
The contributions published in the SCA <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />
during the past two decades offer clues concerning<br />
the structural characteristics of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
archaeology, as well as some of the trends in its evolution. It<br />
may be of interest to take a look at a few statistical patterns<br />
discernible in the <strong>Proceedings</strong> papers.<br />
Papers Papers Papers Per Per Volume olume<br />
First appearing in 1988, the annual collection now<br />
encompasses 18 volumes and 470 individual papers. The<br />
contents of individual volumes have ranged from a low of 11<br />
papers to a high of 46 (Figure 1). Within the year-to-year<br />
fluctuations in the size of the volumes, there has been a slight<br />
trend toward the inclusion of more contributions, from an<br />
average of 25 in the first nine volumes to 27 in the most<br />
recent nine. (Incidentally, this growth trend will be further<br />
rein<strong>for</strong>ced by next year’s volume.)<br />
Authors’ Authors’ Contributions<br />
Contributions<br />
A total of 402 authors have published papers in the<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong>. With multiple credits <strong>for</strong> individuals and with<br />
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<strong>Proceedings</strong> Editor<br />
co-authorship, this adds up to a total of 632 bylines. A large<br />
majority of the authors (72%) are represented by only a single<br />
paper each, but there have been a fair number of repeat<br />
contributors (Figure 2). The current record holder <strong>for</strong> the<br />
most bylines is Joseph L. Chartkoff, with 14 papers to his<br />
credit, followed by Jon M. Erlandson with 12.<br />
Single-author papers account <strong>for</strong> most of the contributions<br />
(77%), but papers with two authors are not uncommon (16%),<br />
and a few papers represent the work of up to eight<br />
collaborators (Figure 3). As one basis <strong>for</strong> comparison, the<br />
proportion of single-author articles and reports appearing in<br />
American Antiquity during the last decade was much lower<br />
(43%), and it was probably lower still in most publications<br />
within the “hard” sciences (<strong>for</strong> instance, 15% in the Journal of<br />
Geology). On the other hand, within a more humanitiesoriented<br />
field such as history, single-author articles are the<br />
norm (<strong>for</strong> instance, 93% in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>History</strong>).<br />
Authors’ Authors’ Institutional Institutional Affiliations Affiliations<br />
Affiliations<br />
The primary institutional affiliations, as listed in the<br />
authors’ bylines, can be classified as academic (38% of<br />
bylines), governmental (23%), corporate (28%), and other
(such as museums or avocational<br />
organizations) or none listed (10%). These<br />
categories don’t discriminate between<br />
CRM archaeology and “pure research,”<br />
since much CRM work has been done by<br />
universities, and archaeologists with CRM<br />
affiliations have sometimes reported in the<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong> on their personal research<br />
projects. Although varying from volume to<br />
volume (Figure 4), there was no significant<br />
change between the first and second nine<br />
volumes in the average proportions of<br />
contributions coming from the different<br />
sectors.<br />
Academic affiliations embraced 49<br />
0<br />
different institutions, including University<br />
of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia campuses (6), Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Figure 1: Papers per volume.<br />
University branches (15), Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
community colleges (5), private<br />
universities and colleges in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia (4), and out-of-state<br />
institutions (19). By far the most abundantly represented academic<br />
institutions were Sonoma State University (43 bylines) and the<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Berkeley (35), but these two together<br />
accounted <strong>for</strong> only 12% of the total bylines.<br />
Governmental agency affiliations were led by the U.S. Bureau<br />
of Land Management (28 bylines), U.S. Forest Service (27),<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks (24), Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Department of<br />
Transportation (20), National Park Service (15), and U.S.<br />
Department of Defense (11). Eleven other federal, state, local,<br />
and out-of-state agencies accounted <strong>for</strong> 23 bylines.<br />
The listing of corporate affiliations identified 61 different<br />
entities. A part of this diversity may reflect the shifting corporate<br />
allegiances or labels that were adopted by the same<br />
archaeologists, but clearly there was no domination of the field by<br />
a few large companies. The most numerous corporate credits went<br />
to Archeological Resource Management (17 bylines) and<br />
Statistical Research (14).<br />
Regions<br />
Regions<br />
Papers in the <strong>Proceedings</strong> specifically addressed<br />
archaeological studies in all of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s 58 counties, with the<br />
exceptions of Stanislaus, Sutter, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba (Figure 5).<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong> papers also presented studies conducted in the states<br />
of Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, as well<br />
as in Baja Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Japan, and Russia. Most numerous were the<br />
papers that focused on San Diego (63), Sonoma (39), Santa<br />
Barbara (32), and Los Angeles (29) counties.<br />
To look <strong>for</strong> possible contrasts between archaeology in northern<br />
and southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, the northern boundaries of San Luis<br />
Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino counties have been taken as an<br />
arbitrary dividing line. Northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia contains 64% of the<br />
state’s area, and it contained 39% of the state’s population in 2000.<br />
Over all, 46% of the <strong>Proceedings</strong> papers addressed northern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia subjects, 37% addressed southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia subjects,<br />
and 18% either addressed both, were not geographically specific,<br />
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Figure 4: Proportion of bylines, by affiliation.<br />
Figure 5: Papers by subject region.<br />
or concerned out-of-state studies. Because the SCA annual<br />
meetings alternate between northern and southern venues,<br />
odd-numbered volumes of the <strong>Proceedings</strong> primarily<br />
contain papers from meetings that were held in northern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, and even-numbered volumes reflect the output<br />
from southern meetings. Accordingly, ratio of northern to<br />
southern papers is 1.9 <strong>for</strong> the odd-numbered volumes and<br />
0.8 <strong>for</strong> the even-numbered ones, although there have been<br />
conspicuous exceptions to this pattern (Figure 6).<br />
Another way to view regional differences is through the<br />
locations of residence or employment that were listed in<br />
the authors’ bylines. Of these, 52% were in northern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, 32% were in southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, and 16% were<br />
out-of-state or not specified. For comparison, individual<br />
listings in the 2004-2005 SCA Membership Directory were<br />
50% northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nian, 44% southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nian, and<br />
6% out-of-state. The bylines of Northern Cali<strong>for</strong>nian<br />
authors tended more frequently to reflect academic (37%)<br />
or governmental (32%) affiliations, rather than corporate<br />
ones (22%), as compared with the bylines of southern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nian authors (28%, 15%, and 43%, respectively).<br />
Authors’ Authors’ Sex<br />
Sex<br />
A clear majority of the <strong>Proceedings</strong> authors (64%) have<br />
been male. Perhaps surprisingly, this statistic has remained<br />
essentially unchanged during the last two decades (Figure<br />
7). It is also essentially identical across academic,<br />
governmental, and corporate affiliations. For comparison,<br />
the SCA membership listed <strong>for</strong> 2004-2005 was more<br />
evenly balanced: 53% men and 47% women.<br />
Subjects Subjects Subjects Discussed Discussed<br />
Discussed<br />
The subjects of contributions to the <strong>Proceedings</strong> can be<br />
classed as prehistoric (61%), historical (23%), or<br />
encompassing both periods or nonspecific (15%). For the<br />
purposes of this analysis, the “prehistoric” category also<br />
includes protohistoric studies of Native Americans living<br />
in aboriginal contexts, while the “historical” includes<br />
studies of native peoples in such contexts as the missions<br />
or Fort Ross, or during post-Gold Rush times. There has<br />
been a trend toward more historical-period archaeological<br />
studies in the <strong>Proceedings</strong>, although only a fairly slight<br />
one: from 21% in the first nine volumes to 25% in the<br />
second nine (Figure 8).<br />
It would be difficult to pigeonhole the papers<br />
into major topical categories, because the<br />
various aspects of archaeological<br />
description, theory, methodology, and<br />
specialized analyses were so often<br />
closely intertwined within the papers.<br />
One distinction that may be useful,<br />
although it’s still fairly subjective, is<br />
between papers that were primarily<br />
concerned with issues of resource<br />
management or public involvement, and<br />
ones that dealt with the substance of
esearch into prehistory or history. There has been a trend<br />
toward a higher proportion of management/public<br />
archaeology papers in the <strong>Proceedings</strong>, increasing from<br />
10% in the first nine volumes to 16% in the latest nine<br />
(Figure 9).<br />
Some Some Conclusions<br />
Conclusions<br />
Conclusions<br />
A few general observations about the patterns<br />
suggested by these statistics may be in order:<br />
� Stability. Despite sometimes sharp year-to-year<br />
contrasts, the overall characteristics of the <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />
have remained notably stable. Few pronounced trends<br />
are evident from one decade to the next. There has<br />
been a slight increase in the number of contributions<br />
per volume, a small growth in the role of historicalsites<br />
archaeology, and a trend toward more frequent<br />
papers addressing management problems rather than<br />
substantive research issues. However, the number of<br />
contributions, their geographical and institutional<br />
roots, and the numbers and genders of their authors<br />
have all shown few changes. This perhaps suggests that<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology is now a relatively mature field,<br />
primarily conducting “normal science,” to use Kuhn’s<br />
term.<br />
� Diversity. Arguably, an important strength of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
archaeology (and SCA) has been its diversity across<br />
individual, institutional, geographical, and topical<br />
dimensions. The number of different contributors to<br />
the <strong>Proceedings</strong> has been notably large, and there has<br />
been no domination by any particular coterie,<br />
organization, sector, or region. A wide spectrum of<br />
research interests and strategies has been represented<br />
in the papers.<br />
� Dialogue. Perhaps an unwelcome concomitant of<br />
diversity is a certain weakness in the role of critical<br />
discussion and debate within Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology as<br />
it is reflected in the <strong>Proceedings</strong>. Diversity may also<br />
mean that most of the contributors have been talking<br />
past each other, rather than to each other. The<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong> papers have not been peer reviewed, and<br />
the annual meetings sessions at which they were first<br />
presented have rarely included much in the way of<br />
<strong>for</strong>mal discussion. Only a relatively small proportion of<br />
the papers have represented collaborative ef<strong>for</strong>ts, and<br />
few of the authors have offered a personally<br />
cumulative body of work within the <strong>Proceedings</strong>. For<br />
the authors, this may often have meant that they<br />
received little critical feedback concerning their ideas.<br />
For readers, it may mean that they must depend<br />
entirely upon internal evidence or their own expertise<br />
Top — Figure 6: Proportion of bylines, by region.<br />
Middle —Figure 7: Proportion of bylines, by gender.<br />
Bottom —Figure 8: Proportion of bylines, by period.<br />
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in attempting to assess the validity of the data and ideas<br />
presented in the papers. It could be argued that a similar<br />
weakness in critical dialogue also characterizes other<br />
aspects of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia archaeology.<br />
As a final note, our thanks are due to the 402 authors <strong>for</strong><br />
contributing their papers to the <strong>Proceedings</strong> and thus<br />
making possible this glimpse into the structure of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
archaeology, as well as <strong>for</strong> sharing with their colleagues the<br />
data and insights that emerged from their research. Thanks<br />
are also due to Susan M. Hector, the initiator and first editor<br />
of the SCA <strong>Proceedings</strong>, and to her successors as lead<br />
editors, Martin D. Rosen, Judyth Reed, Donna Day, Greg<br />
White, and Sharon Waechter.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on the contents of past volumes of the<br />
<strong>Proceedings</strong>, including indices and abstracts, visit SCA’s webpage<br />
at http://www.scahome.org/publications/content_indices.html.<br />
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http://saa.org/meetings/submissions.html<br />
May May May 19-22, 19-22, 2006. 2006. The American Rock Art Research<br />
Association (ARARA) has tentatively scheduled their<br />
conference in Bluff, Utah.<br />
August August 23-28, 23-28, 2006. 2006. The International Council of<br />
Archaeozoology (ICAZ) will hold their 2006<br />
International Conference in Mexico City. This is the first<br />
call <strong>for</strong> papers. Contact Joaquin Arroto-Cabrales and Oscar<br />
J. Polaco. ICAZ2006@yahoo.com.mx.<br />
November November 27-December 27-December 27-December 1, 1, 2006. 2006. 2006. The American<br />
Anthropological Association’s 105th Annual Meeting will<br />
be held in San Francisco, Ca.<br />
Exhibits<br />
October October 2, 2, 2005-January 2005-January 16, 16, 2006. 2006. “Big Dinos Return”. An<br />
on-going exhibit presenting giant robotic dinosaurs,<br />
adaptations, and the connection between dinosaurs and<br />
birds. A great exhibit <strong>for</strong> adults, children, schools and<br />
educators. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation go to: http://<br />
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/exhibits/bigdinosreturn.html.<br />
March March March 5, 5, 2005-January 2005-January 29, 29, 2006 2006 2006. 2006 “Frozen in Time: Life in<br />
the Pleistocene Ice Age”is now on view at the San Diego<br />
Museum of Man. This exhibits presents past geological<br />
events, examines the extinction of some species of<br />
animals, human adaptation to the extreme cold, and how<br />
human behavior was affected by climate. For further<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation go to: http://www.museumofman.org/html/<br />
exhibits_frozen.html.<br />
January January 9-14, 9-14, 2007. 2007. The <strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> Historical<br />
<strong>Archaeology</strong>’s 40th Annual Conference will be held in<br />
conjunction with the 400th anniversary of the settlement<br />
of Jamestowne. The theme is, “Old Old World/New orld/New orld/New World: orld:<br />
Culture Culture in in in Trans<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
rans<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
rans<strong>for</strong>mation”. rans<strong>for</strong>mation To be held in<br />
Williamsburg, Virginia.<br />
Workshops<br />
May May 15-19, 15-19, 2006. 2006. National Park Service’s 2006<br />
Archaeological Prospection Workshop. Current Current Current Current Current<br />
Archaeological Archaeological Archaeological Archaeological Archaeological Prospection Prospection Prospection Prospection Prospection Advances Advances Advances Advances Advances <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-<br />
Destructive Destructive Destructive Destructive Destructive Investigations Investigations Investigations Investigations Investigations in in in in in the the the the the 21 21 21 21 21st<br />
st st st st Century Century Century. Century Century Held at<br />
the Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia.<br />
Dedicated to the use of geophysical, aerial photography,<br />
and other remote sensing methods as they apply to the<br />
identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of<br />
archaeological resources. 2006 focus: theory of operation,<br />
methodology, processing, interpretation, and on-hands use<br />
of field equipment. Application <strong>for</strong>ms: http://<br />
www.cr.nps.gov/mwac/. For further in<strong>for</strong>mation contact:<br />
Steven L. DeVore email: steve_de_vore@nps.gov.<br />
Research Support<br />
Call Call <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> proposals proposals proposals. proposals proposals James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Fund<br />
Award. In support of original student research on the<br />
prehistory of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and the Great Basin. All required<br />
material must be submitted no later than February 10th ,<br />
2006. For requirements and additional in<strong>for</strong>mation: http://<br />
www.scahome.org/educational_resources/bennyhoff.html.<br />
Books<br />
Bone Bone Building Building Books Books. Books Great reference manuals. Series<br />
published by Lee Post: boneman@xyz.net ~<br />
www.theboneman.com.
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