Society for California Archaeology

NEWSLETTER Volume 29 Number :l_ March 1995

Mus-Yeh-Sait-Neh Village and Cultural Landscape Property Ken Wilson, Tom Keter, And Heather Busam, Six Rivers National Forest

Mus-yeh-sait-neh, CA-DN0-314/H, is located near the town of Gasquet (Del Norte County), twenty miles inland from the Pacific coast within the Smith River National Recreation Area (NRA). The forty acre prop­erty,_ histo~ic~lly named Pappas Flat, was acquired in a land exchange- with a-· piivate-party · m--nmr:---Rumors of a village site had existed, but they were not confirmed until the government acquired the property. Upon visiting the site, we realized that we had a very unique cultural resource, and immedi­ately began identification efforts in partnership with the Tolowa community.

1\vo loci with midden and housepits were identified on the flat. Locus 1 contained several housepits, a deep well-defined midden, and flake and ground­stone artifacts. Locus 2 has two possible housepits, but no other cultural materials. At first we identified the property as the ethnographic village "Mus-yeh," but then learned that this village site was located up river. We could find no other ethnographic .:references naming the site. After consultation with the Tolowa, the property was named "Mus-yeh-sait-neh," which means "down below Mus-Yeh."

In l 962Richard Gould collected ethnographic information which ide:r;i.tified the village site and Oregon oak grove on the flat. A number of artifacts, includ­ing groundstone and projectile points, were col­lected by Gould and curated at the American Museum of Nat­ural History.

Information from Gould and the Tolowa assisted us in identifying

tural landscape of Mus-yeh-sait-neh. According to architect and historian Robert Melnick, "In a cul­tural landscape, the factor is culture, as it interacts, over time, with the medium of the natural landscape to finally result in the landscape we see and expe­rlerrc-e-:-Another wa5n-o-s-a:ytlris-1s--m-artne--cultural landscape is a tangible manifestation of human actions and beliefs set against and within the nat­ural landscape." The most significant aspect of the cultural landscape is the existence of the Oregon oak woodland and grasslands vegetation community. The survival of this plant community since the- end of the xerothermic period, when it was much more widespread in this region, is primarily a result of anthropogenic burning practices. There are only a few Oregon oak groves remain on the 300,000 acre Smith River NRA. These groves are associated with major village areas. Ethnographic information indi­cates that Tolowa from different villages along the coast travelled to the specific groves at Big Flat and Gasquet Flat to collect acorns. We believe that the evidence for prehistoric and ethnographic manipula­tion of the landscape by cultural burning practices is the driving force in identifying this property as a cul­tural landscape.

the features District Ranger Brian Morris and Totowa Passport in Time participants. Photo courtesy of

The Forest Ser­vice and the Tolowa are plan­ning to initiate a controlled burn within the next year to maintain the cultural landscape. If we don't burn, the natural succes­sion of conifers will crowd out and eliminate the Oregon oak grove. The dis­trict ranger has organized an interdisciplinary team of resource specialists to participate in (Cont. page 3)

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SCA Executive Board 1994-95

President - Julia Costello Foothill Resources, Ltd. P. 0. Box 288 Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245 w/h(209)286-1182,FAX(209)286-1794

Immediate Past President - John Johnson Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2559 Puesta del Sol Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 w: (805) 682-4711 Ext. 306, FAX (805) 569-3170 h: (805) 964-8559

President's Message by.Julia G. Costello

-----·--1 am reporting with regret (but acknowledging a well-deserved retirement) that Marty Rosen has decided to step down as Editor of the Proceedings of the Soci­ety for California Archaeology. Marty has worked on the Proceedings since its inception in 1987 and has served as Editor for the past 6 issues. The Pro­ceedings is one of the most significant accomplish­ments of the SCA Designed to disseminate informa­tion presented at the Annual Meeting, it is regarded by the Executive Board and the membership not only with a great deal of pride, but with respect for its major contribution to California archaeology.

The Proceedings was the brain-child of Susan President Elect - Mary Maniery Hector, who made its realiza!ion one of the major PAR Environmental Services Inc. goals of her term as SCA President (1987-1988). As P.O.· Box i6o75(f ___ ----- --'----- -------··- -Edit-0r-for---Voh11'~.es-l-and-:-2.-sr-xe-e~hed the s t CA 95816-0756 precedent for a timely, efficient, and accessible pub-

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meetings in Redding. That production standard has been maintained over the succeeding 7 volum~s. Marty Rosen assisted as Co-Editor for Volume 2 and served as Editor through Vol. 8 (to be available at Eureka). Also key in the production have been assistant editors Lynn Christenson (Vols. 1-6), Tim­othy Gross (Vols. 1-4), and Don Laylander (Vols. 5-7). Susan Hector returned as assistant editor for Vols. 6-7.

The impressive statistics of the Proceedings through 1994 include seven completed volumes, 158 papers, and nearly 2200 pages. The SCA membership voiced its support for the new venture in 1989 by shouldering a dues increase to fund the volumes, and by regularly submitting contributions. The ini­tial Style Guide for the Proceedings was revised in 1990 and has served well since. Initially, papers sent by the members were treated as camera-ready; in 1990 text was computerized and the formatting standardized. Continued attention to both improv­ing the appearance of the publication and mini­mizing costs led, in 1994, to a double-column format and a bottom-page reference line.

We commend Marty, and are enormously grateful, for his eight years of service on this vital SCA pub­lication. We now need to turn to the membership to find his replacement. For a strong and productive volunteer society such as the SCA, everyone needs to spend some time in service. Society tasks must rotate throughout the membership to not only share the load but to tap our talent. Consider your own interests and time commitments, or those of friends of colleagues: serving as Proceedings Editor might (Continued on page 3)

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prove to be a most interesting and satisfying chal­lenge. Please call me or any Board member with your suggestions.

Before closing this, my last "President's Message," I would like to thank those of you who have taken the time to read these ramblings. I have found both challenge and enjoyment in my year as President. Particularly I am greatly impressed with the dedica­tion and en'.thusiasm of the SCA members involved in various projects and committees. Motivation for this involvement comes as much from shared enjoy­ment of archaeological topics and personal friend­ships, than any compelling sense of duty. Our annual meetings also focus on these best aspects of our Society: papers on interesting topics and visiting with friends. I am looking forward to the Annual Meeting in Eureka, where we can share-information, socialize, and spend some fun time together.

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ecosystems-type research related to this project, including the study of vegetation succession in response to fire, the effects of fire on the current wildlife and insect populations, fire ecology, and range and forage values.

The two acre oak grove is very unique for Del Norte County and has been described by visitors as "taking your breath away," and "like walking into an orchard." Tolowa elders who have visited the site have identified numerous botanical resources that they would like to collect.

Three natural features associated with the cul­tural landscape include a portion of the Smith River; Two Rocks, where eels were taken; and a small waterfall, which is an anadromous fishing location. As Melnick. has observed, "Rural cul­tural landscapes can appropriately serve as both a model and a study area for understanding that blend of natural and cultural splendor."

The Mus-yeh-sait-neh Village and Cultural Land­scape Property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. An historic homestead site on the flat was determined to be a non­contributor element to the National Register prop­erty. All that remains are a few boards, some apple trees, and two chestnut trees.

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The Forest S~rvice plans to mana,gie Mus-yeh­sait-neh in partnership with the Tolowa. During July 1994, a Passport in Time (PIT) project occurred at Mus-yet-sait-neh over a thr~-~-9:9-Y period. At the beginning and end of the project, Tolowa traditional leader Loren Bommelyn gave a blessing in the Tolowa language. This was prob­ably the first time in 150 years that Tolowa was spokenthere. Twenty-four Tolowa youths were guided through three modules, giving them '1:1 active part in determining the future of this unique Tolowa property. In the first module, the children planned an interpretive trail that high­lights important aspects of the cultural land­scape. In the second module, they worked with Forest Service archaeologists on an archaeolog­ical test excavation at Locus 2, confirming the existence of cultural materials. In the third module Loren Bommelyn and the students exnlored cultural uses ofthe_area.ancltraditional Toiowa values. Over fifty students, parents, and Forest Service employees worked together to gain a better understanding of this area.

During the PIT project, the students were able to take part in the past, present, and future of Mus­yeh-sait-neh. They received hands-on experience in archaeological excavation techniques, and they educated the archaeologists at the same time. While excavating outside a possible housepit, a compact stone-lined floor was discovered. The students and parents informed the archc;teologist~ that the feature was a porch, common m Tolowa houses. Numerous groundstone artifacts were found, approximately 5: 1 ratio to flaked stone, and after group discussion, it was hypothesized that the area was used in conjunction with the adjacent Oregon oak grove as an _acorn pro­cessing center. Loren showed the children some of the important plants in Tolowa culture. They also ground acorns for a Feather Dance and dis­cussed the importance of Mus-yeh-sait-neh to their heritage. The students are the future Tolowa sentinels for the site. By the end of the project Forest Service employees had a deeper understanding of the significance of the area and new ideas for cooperative management with the To low a.

This positive Passport in Time project was under­taken in partnership with the Del Norte Unified School District, Smith River Rancheria, Elk Valley Rancheria, Six Rivers National Forest Heritage Resources staff, and the Smith River National Recreation Area staff. Students, parents, and Forest Service personnel all agreed that we want to return to Mus-yeh-sait-neh for more coop­erativeprojects.

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Windows on the Past Award G. Lynn Sprague Regional Forester

The Pacific Southwest Region is very pleased to present Gerald R. Gates (Forest Archaeologist, Modoc National Forest) with the Chiefs Windows on the Past Award for his superb efforts coordinating for­eign and domestic Heritage Program volunteers. Gerry developed and implemented a program to solicit volunteer applications and coordinate the Her­itage Program to place volunteers on the National Forest nation-wide.

Over the past three years, the program has placed scores of foreign and domestic volunteers who have provided unique skills and thousands of hours of enthusiastic assistance to Heritage Programs on numerous Forests. Volunteers have provided tech­nical skills illustrating cultural materials and design­ing interpretive displays; professional skills sur­veying, excavating, recording, and evaluating sites; managerial skills curating artifacts, records, archives and many other contributions.

Gerry's work has benefited the entire Heritage Pro­gram, stretching limited program funds and pro­viding good will for the Forest Service, nationally and internationally. The success of this program has demonstrated the true spirit of partnerships for her­itage preservation. We appreciate a job well done.

SCA Archaeology Week 1995 Elyn Walker and Beth Padon

There's good news to rteport about Archaeology Week 1995. Due to the efforts of our SCA Executive Board, there are many more sponsors for this year's activities. To date, the following agencies, com­panies, groups and individuals have donated to Archaeology Week 1995. Our thanks are extended to those listed below and we encourage others to add their names to the list of sponsors, which will be published in the next issue of the Newsletter. Cur­rent donations range from $50.00 to $5,000 !:

Bureau of Land Management Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Far Western Anthropological Research

Group, Inc. Foothill Resources~ Ltd. Susan Lindstrom Infotec Research, Inc. Archaeological Services, Inc. RMW Paleo-Associates, Inc. National Park Service National Forest Service Tulare County Historical Society Cal trans

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Thanks are also extended to those members who replied to the opinion poll for Archaeology Week. A total of 40 surveys were sent, and 10 replied. The comments addressed the need to reach out to schools, and how to more effectively distribute-­Archaeology Week material. The survey indicated that various county representatives are working with their local Avocational Society, while others are receiving help from the Anthropology Department of their nearby college and/ or university.

Archaeology Week is right on schedule. We have received several listings for the Events Program, as well as responses to our essay contest. The poster and educational brochures are getting ready for delivery. Don't forget to mark your calendar for Archaeology Week 1995, May 14-21, 1995.

Please plan to attend the next Archaeology Week Planning Session, to be held Friday, April 7 at 4:30 p.!!L at the AmmalMeeiingin_EJJreka. ____ _

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Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

by Kristina Roper & Susan Lindstrom

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In lieu of a grey literature review, the authors have chosen to describe an ongoing ecosystem assess­ment study which is of interest to archaeologists, Native Americans, and others concerned with past and present human populations and their rela­tionship with Sierran environments. Federal land management policy has shifted its focus from man­agement of specific resources to a broader ecos­ystemic approach. At present ecosystem Continued on page 5)

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management targets public land, but it ultimately pertains to the management of all landscapes, as artificial administrative boundaries have little rel­evance in the understanding of ecological processes. A ~roadened appli_cation of the approach has impli­cat10ns for promotmg the protection and use of infor­mation from cultural resources on private as well as public land.

Ecosyst~m management is being operationalized on the reg10nal lever through the Sierra Nevada Eco­system Project (SNEP), a congressionally mandated assessment of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion, con­ducte?- by a team of 19 scientists with expertise in the diverse areas related to this study. The overall goal of SNEP is to provide an accurate ecosystem assessment. A key element ofthis study is the con­nections between humans and other components of the Sierra Nevadan landscape, and an examination of past conditions and the range of variability of those conditions. Two workshops have been con­ducted a~ _Part of the Project which have provided opportumties for archaeologists, historians, and ~ative Americans, among others, to present informa­tic:in cc:'ncerni~~ variation in Holocene ecological and climatic condit10ns and coincident cultural changes, and the role of human populations in effecting change in Sierran environments.

The first workshop, held in Placerville at the Institute of Forest Genetics on November 1-2, 1994, examined ecological and climatic conditions in the Sierra Nevada during significant intervals over the last 20,000 :y:ears. ~ile the focus of the workshop was on physical environments and their corresponding plant and animal communities, the human dimen­sions of the region were addressed by attending archaeologists Michael Moratto, Tom Jackson, Bob Bettinger, Susan Lindstrom, Jim West. and Wally Woolfenden. Examples of coincident late Holocene climatic and cultural changes in the Sierra Nevada were presented to the group to illustrate the role of c?rnate a~ a sign~cant influence on human adapta­tions to Sierra environments during the past several thousand years. .

The second workshop was held at Sierra College in Rocklin on December 10-11, 1994, and focused on reconstruction of an 1800s Sierran landscape. The organizing themes involved humans as significant components of Sierran ecosystems; accordingly, a ~ost of prehistorians, historians, and Native Amer­i~8:ns liv~g and_ :vorking in the Sierra Nevada par­ticipated, m add1t10n to natural scientists and others with ~esearch interests focusing on the changes in the S1erran landscape during the past 200 years. The goal of the workshop was to provide an historic baseline for evaluating the current health of the

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Sierra Nevada ecosystem with specific subtopics including:

• reconstruction of climate, vegetation, and hydrology, ca. 1750-1840; ------·

• reconstruction of protohistoric human populations and impacts; and,

• assessment of spatial patterns of landscape change, 1826-1900.

Summaries of discussions will be prepared by Scott Stine, Michael Moratto and Kat Anderson, and David Beesley, respectively. The results of both workshops will be included in separate chapters in the SNEP final report to Congress at the end of 1995. The out­come of these studies is anticipated with high expec­tations. Findings will represent the first com­prehensive synthesis of Sierra Nevada ecosystems, integrating high caliber scientific research and tradi­tional knowledge and ethnic values in a way that ~~~f~~;a~~:ure JancLmanagemenLpolicies for the

In the next Newsletter, we plan to review the Frame­work for Archaeological Research and Management (FARM), prepared by Biosystems Analysis, Inc., for the National Forests of the North-Central Sierra Nevada (Tahoe, El Dorado, Stanislaus, Lake Tahoe Basin, Management Unit). This document attempts to forge the first strong link between natural and cul­tural resource management under the umbrella of Ecosystem Management and Research, and is a fit­ting follow-up to our current presentation.

It's Time For A Change by Valerie A. Levulett, Editor

1991-1995

The time has come to say good-by and pass the duties of the Newsletter over to our new editor, Sharon Waechter. The Newsletter is a multi-faceted forµm, providing information on current research ~d issues, agency activities, membership accom­plishments, career opportunities, and avocational interests, The content of the Newsletter is depen­dent upon your submissions, so don't let Sharon down .. Keep up the good work, and remember, your work, ideas, and contributions are what make SCA a diverse and healthy organization.

I want to thank all the many contributors to the Newsletter during my time as editor. Special thanks are extended to Judy Tordoff (Historical Archae­ology), Sandy Elder (News and Views from the Office of Historic Preservation), Ann Duffield-Stoll (News ~roID: the Avocatic:inal Societies), Lynn Dunbar (Leg­islation), and Phil DeBarros (Native American Pro­grams). In addition, we have several new contrib­uting editors (Karen Nissen-Federal Agency, Thad Van Bueren-State Agency, Donna Day--Calendar (Continued on page 6) '

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and the 14 new regional literature reviewers) who are committed to providing the membership with current news. Over the years several people have rendered editorial assistance. As the Newsletter grew in size and complexity, it would have been impossible to produce without the help of Bob Orlins, Bob Pavlik, Georgie Waugh, and Donna Day. Last but not least, Doug Bryce (layout and production) has worked dil­igently and with professional rigor throughout my tenure. Doug, thank you for all your help and crea­tive ideas.

The Road to Eureka by E. Breck Parkman

Last year, when the SCA asked if I'd be willing to serve as Program Chair for the 1995 Annual Meeting in Eureka, I must admit I wondered how many of you would attend a conference in such a remote, albeit lovely, corner of the state. At first, I envisioned the 1995 conference as a small and intimate affair, perhaps with no concurrent sessions. I was wrong! By all reports, many, many of you have decided to attend, and most of you are giving papers, bringing posters, or showing videos. Indeed, there is every reason to believe that this will be one of the biggest meetings in SCA history. Our program certainly sup­ports such a belief, as do the hotel bookings and pre-registrations received to date.

As an anthropologist, it has been fascinating to watch the group dynamics that appear to be at work here. The people with whom I've spoken (and I've been talking to a lot of you) appear to be traveling to Eureka for a number of reasons. First, and foremost, is the desire to participate in the conference, and to take in the varied presentations. As you will see, there will be presentations on numerous exciting and timely topics this year. Secondly, many plan to make their attendance a mini-vacation. Eureka is a lovely place to visit in the springtime, and the scenery will be breathtaking for those visiting California's North Coast for the first time. The wildflowers should be in full bloom, the trees in great foliage, and the rivers full and swift. (As there is always the chance of a few spring showers, I suggest that you bring an umbrella or raincoat just in case). Finally, it appears that some of us plan on attending in part due to a strange and wonderful energy that this conference is beginning to generate. There has been a lot of talk about the meeting in Eureka, and we feel compelled to attend less we miss out on something special. I know quite a number of people who have already made their reservations at the Eureka Inn, who less than six months ago told me there was no way they would make the meeting!

The final program, a preview of which appears in

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this Newsletter, is packed with exciting and stim­ulating presentations on just about every aspect of California archaeology. In all, there are over 200

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papers to be presented. At our largest meeting_tQ _____ _ date, Asilomar 1993, we had about 160 presenta-tions. The Eureka conference will also include pres­entations by 14 panelists and 8 discussants, and will have 11 posters and 4 videos exhibited/ screened in special poster and video sessions.

Naturally, the meeting's program will be a bit thick. It is being printed by Lynn and Spencer Ewert of Ewert Graphics Printing in Sebastopol, California. After consulting with Lynn and Spencer, I chose "soapstone and cream" as an appropriate color scheme. I had hoped to go with "soapstone and pewter" so as to keep the historic archaeologists happy, but the two colors clashed. Besides, soap­stone and cream sounded palatable for archae­ologists!

By no means will Eureka be a small and intimate affair. Instead, it will be packed with people, papers, ideas, stimulation, fun, and excitement. It may remind some of the national meetings they have attended, such as the SHA, SAA, or AAA. Naturally, we will have to contend with numerous concurrent sessions, and there will be some very difficult choices to make about where to spend one's time. As Pro­gram Chair, I regret that you will not be able to hear all of the presentations that you will be interested in, but, as the SCA continues to grow, this may become a reality for our future conferences.

Ken Wilson and Tom Keter, our Local Arrangements Chairs, have done an admirable job. They are espe­cially pleased to offer an affordable banquet with an impressive menu and delightful entertainment, all for just $29.00. Our entertainment is courtesy of the Ukiah Players, who will present a performance of "Voices," a dramatization of the primary historical characters in the story of the Frolic, the Baltimore clipper that wrecked off the coast of Mendocino in 1850. Symposium 15, organized by Thomas Layton, examines the story of the Frolic in depth, and has been scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Tom and Ken have also planned a beer and wine tasting to be held Thursday night at the Eureka Inn. Some of you may remember that we had originally planned a wine-tasting event at the Clark Museum. but we were forced to relocate the event to the Eureka Inn once it became apparent that we were going to draw a large crowd. The beer tasting will fea­ture several local micro breweries. For non-beer drinkers, we plan to have wine and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as appetizers.

I have scheduled a video session for the same time as the above event, in a room nearby. Those mem­bers seeking an alternative to the beer tasting, or merely wishing to take a break from it, may want to (Continued on page7)

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view one or more of the four videos that we intend to screen. Anna Noah has heroically volunteered to forgo most or all of her share of the beer so as to chair the video session.

One of the more interesting aspects of this year's meeting is the distance many of our presenters are traveling. Thanks to the efforts of the Program Com­mittee, especially Elena Nilsson, Scott Byram, Glenn Farris, Don Manuel, Russell Kaldenberg, and Michael Sampson, we will have presentations by archaeologists from a number of other states, including Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Col­orado, Texas, Idaho, Michigan, Virginia, Rhode Island, Indiana, Tennessee, as well as the Canadian provinces of Albert.a and British Columbia.

During this conference, we have ignored con­temporary political boundaries. Chasing instead to examine the historic and prehistoric archaeological continuum, extending from California into the Great Basin, the desert Southwest, and the Northwest Coast. Sessions organized by Elena Nilsson and Scott Byram, Don Manuel, and Michael Sampson, will reveal the strengths of this approach.

I am very impressed with the number of presenters coming from sou them California. In the beginning, some of us were afraid that we might lose much of our southern contingent because of the remoteness of the meeting. Thanks to the efforts of Gerrit Fenenga, Mark Campbell, Stephen Van Wormer, Russell Kaldenberg, Patricia Martz, and Steven Schwartz, among others, we are assured a very healthy representation from the southlands.

I am also impressed with the participation by the SCA's historical archaeologists. Through the efforts of Mary Praetzellis, Michael Sampson, Glenn Farris, and Stephen Van Wormer, among others, we are assured a varied and exciting lineup of historic ses­sions. In addition, John Foster has organized a mar­athon session on marine archaeology, that will undoubtedly become a landmark in the appreciation for California's underwater cultural resources. Thomas Layton's symposium on the Frolic rounds out the historic component of this year's meeting.

There were so many volunteered papers this year that we have created four general sessions, orga­nized around the topics of subsistence and environ­ment, technology, curation, and theory, and the archaeology of southern and northern California. Joseph Chartkoff, Mark Sutton, Richard Fitzgerald, and John Parker have volunteered to chair these sessions.

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' Rock art enthusiasts will be happy to hear that we have scheduled two rock art sessions. Jeff Fentress has organized a symposium on rock art, which examines theoretical issues as well as management concerns, and Leigh Jordan has prepared a work----- -shop on petroglyph terms and typology.

A second workshop, a hands-on approach to remote sensing, has been organized by SCA member Lewis Somers. Lewis is a geophysicist by profession, and a remote sensing instructor in National Park Service archaeological training programs.

Interpretation and public involvement, a growing interest of the SCA, will be covered in a session orga­nized by Dick Markley and Chuck Whatford. One way to interpret archaeology is by way of the poster, thus we are pleased to have 11 posters in this year's poster session. Interpretation will also be offered in our organized tours on Sunday morning. Janet Eids­ness, Larry Felton, Kathl§ep. Stanton, and Susie Van Kirk have. gradorisTy volunteered to lead us through Fort Humboldt, Sumeg Village, and the historic town of Ferndale. Before leaving the subject of inter­pretation, a planning meeting for the SCA's "Archae­ology Week" will be held Friday evening, and SCA members are invited to attend. See your program for details.

We are delighted that there will be considerable Native American participation in the Eureka meeting. Robert Orlins and Ann King-Smith have organized a session which will examine Native American per­spectives on cultural resource projects. Additionally, Native American presenters will appear in several of the other sessions, such as Thomas Layton's Frolic symposium, and the Fort Hunter-Liggett session organized by Janet Eidsness, Thomas Jackson, and Susan Alvarez. The latter session, which will be co­chaired by LTC Thomas McNerney, the base com­mander of the U.S. Army's Fort Hunter-Liggett, promises to be an important event, and will be of interest to many of us.

All of our sessions examine some aspect of archae­ological theory. Several of the sessions are devoted almost exclusively to the subject, especially those organized by Terry Jones, Herb Dallas, and Kent Lightfoot and Antoinette Martinez.

Finally, two of our sessions examine the numerous contributions of two important California archae­ologists. Russell Kaldenberg has organized a session in tribute to Ruth Dee Simpson's almost 60 years of archaeological discovery, Richard Hughes, Dave Fre­drickson, and Randy Milliken have organized a ple­nary session honoring the work of the late James Bennyhoff.

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and events. It's certainly a conference that no one is going to want to miss. Ken, Tom, and I have felt priv­ileged to assist the SCA in organizing this confer­ence, and we look forward to its arrival.

In conclusion, let me end this update on a rather serious note, by putting to rest a rumor that's been making its way around the state. In spite of what you may have heard, President Saddam Hussein of Iraq did not refer to our upcoming Eureka meeting as the "Mother of all SCA conventions," in a televised interview aired by one of the major U.S. networks last month. What he actually said was that," Eureka may become the Woodstock of California archae­ology." I'm kidding of course, but I like the part about Woodstock. · -

Twenty-six years ago, when I was a young archae­ologist-to-be living on the East Coast, some hippie friends of friends of friends had a school bus which they were planning to drive to a rock concert in upstate New York, about 800 miles away. The hip­pies said that we were all welcome to go with them. A bus filled with hippies sounded uncomfortable, and New York seemed a bit too far away, so I declined. I've regretted it ever since! Something spe­cial happened at Woodstock during those few days in 1969. In spite of the rain and mud, the crowds of people, and the miles of travel, those who found their way there did not regret it. Ken, Tom, and I believe that those of you who travel the road to Eureka will not regret it, either. Our conference this year has the promise of a "happening" that will be long remembered.

Native American Programs Committee Meets in Santa Cruz

by Philip de Barros

On Saturday, January 28, from noon to 9 p.m., the Native American Program Committee met at the home of Janet Eidsness near Santa Cruz, to discuss the philosophy, goals, and curricular content of the proposed regional workshops for Native Americans [SCA Newsletter 29 (1)). Scrumptious food was pro­vided by host Janet.

The philosophy behind the workshops is that of open, two-way communication between archae-

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ologists and Native Americans. The two major goals are: 1) establish better rapport and better working relationships; 2) provide information and contacts to help Native Americans more effectively inter:v:ene. ... in the cultural resource management process. Present at the meeting were: Janet Eidsness, Ann King Smith (Arcata), and Michael Jablonowski (Roh­nert Park) from northern California; Karen Nissen (Fresno) and Lorrie Planas (Choinumne Yokuts,, Kings River National Forest) from Central California, and ethnohistorian David Earle (Palmdale), and Philip de Barros (San Marcos) from sou them Cal­ifornia. Salinan Tribal Council member, Gregg Castro, also attended.

While the committee did not finish its work, enough was accomplished to help prepare a draft program statement for our next meeting, to be held at the SCA Annual Meeting in Eureka, on Saturday, April 8, at 4:30 P.M.. It is scheduled right after the Native Aniericaff·symposium-orga:nize-d-by-Rohert Orlins. Its purpose will be to obtain input and comments on the draft program frorp. Native American and archae­ologist participants and attendees.

The Santa Cruz meeting concluded that:

+ an up-to-date, state-wide mailing list of California Native American groups needs to be prepared for a letter announcing the content of the proposed workshops and soliciting interest for specific regional workshops;

+Workshops will be limited to 3-4 consecutive Saturdays, from 9:00 to 3 p.m. with a lunch break;

+ The Fall is not a good time for the workshops because the Native American calendar is jammed with various meetings and world renewal ceremonies;

+Workshops should generally be limited to 15-20 participants;

+ The workshops will be staffed by local I regional archaeologists, agency and planning commission representatives, and Native Americans.

+ a tentative format for workshop activities was developed:

The following is a preliminary workshop program.

Day 1:

(1) Introduction of staff and participants, including background and personal experiences.

(2) Round-table discussion of how Native Americans, archaeologists, and historic preservation laws differ in their conception and

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definition of cultural resources and sites.

(3) Overview of the Cultural Resource Management Process using case studies/hypothetical scenarios ("what if .... ?).

(4) Provide Sourcebook for participants with copies of CRM laws, regulations, and procedures; agency, and archaeological contacts; and a glossary of terms.

Day 2:

(1) Key elements ofCRM Laws.

(2) Guidance in effective intervention in the CRM process through presentations and round-table discussions of "what if ... "scenarios" and Sourcebook. Topics discussed would include:

(a) agency contacts and mailing lists

(b) checklist: "What I must do to be effective?"

(c) what questions should be asked and when (e.g., site significance and site integrity, impacts, environmental calendar, site vandalism, monitoring for human remains, etc.).

(d) request for site visits and CRM documents

(e) insisting on adequate review time for documents

(f) preparation for testifying in public

(g) alternative strategies in the face of NAE determination

(3) Site recording and site boundary issues.

Day 3: How to review CRM documents.

Day 4: Optional - Possible topics according to inter­est:

(1) Special Use Permits-access to traditional cultural properties.

(2) Developing a cultural resources database.

(3) Artifact analysis and the past.

(4) Special problems of particular Native American communities

(5) Monitoring and human remains

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increased communication between Native Amer­icans, agency personnel, and archaeologists to solve problems relating to the protection and preservation-·--­of cultural resources.

For comments on the proposed workshop content or for more information regarding the upcoming com­mittee meeting in Eureka, please call me at (619)

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Archaeological Investigations For The Mission Hiiis/ Santa Ynez Extension Of The Coastal Aqueduct by Barry A. Price, lnfotec Research, Inc.

The Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) is build­ing a 39-in.-diameter underground aqueduct to supply waterto-various-communities-in-S-anta Bar"" -bara County. Referred to as the Mission Hills I Santa Ynez Extension of the Coastal Aqueduct, the project extends 42 miles from Vandenberg Air Force Base south and east through the Santa Ynez Valley to Lake Cachuma. The project is the final leg of the State Water Project's Coastal Aqueduct, Phase .II, which is designed to deliver water from the Cal­ifornia Aqueduct to the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

Permits and authorizations for construction of the Mission Hills/Santa Ynez Extension were required from various federal and state agencies including the Los Angeles District of the Corps of Engineers (CoE) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). Thus, the project is considered a federal undertaking as defined in 36 CFR 800.2(0). In September 1993, a Programmatic Agreement (PA) governing treatment of historic properties within the Project's APE was exe­cuted by the CoE, California SHPO, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), with the California Department Water Resources, CCWA, the San Luis Obispo County Engineering Department, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and VAFB as concurring parties. The PA set forth spe­cific procedures for the identification and evaluation of cultural resources: required the development and implementation of a Historic Properties Treatment Plan (HPIP), Construction Monitoring Plan, and Dis­covery Treatment Plan: established procedures and schedules for agency review of the HPIP and other archaeological reports and documents; outlined pro­cedures to be followed in the event of Project changes; identified applicable curation standards; and specified approaches for the treatment of human remains. All subsequent archaeological work on the project was designed to comply with the PA.

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anticipated that some previously undiscovered archaeological sites might be encountered during construction. The Project' HPTP (SAIC1994d) out­lined procedures for construction monitoring and for the evaluation and treatment of cultural resources discovered during construction.

Since July 1994, archaeologists from Infotec Re­search, Inc. have been monitoring construction of the Mission Hills/Santa Ynez Extension. Monitoring is guided by a sensitivity model which delineates areas to be inspected during clearing, topsoil re­moval, and pipeline trenching. In defining archae­ologically sensitive locations, the model considers Native American·concerns, the distribution of known archaeological sites, current landforms and environ~ mental characteristics, as well as geomorphological data and models of landscape evolution.

Chumash monitors have worked side-by-side with the archaeologists during the monitoring effort. Together, we have discovered twenty-two prehistoric and historic archaeological sites during construction. Prehistoric sites range from simple, sparse lithic scatters to large and complex residential settlements. Of particular note is CA-SBA-2696, a large multi­component site discovered on VAFB. This 140-cm­thick cultural deposit contains several well-preserved and well-delineated cultural strata capped by 70 cm of sterile alluvium. Faunal remains are particularly well-preserved, and represent mammals, birds, fish, and shellfish. Three radiocarbon dates on charcoal recovered from stratified contexts indicate that the site was occupied between about 1500 and 2600 RYBP (uncorrected).

Historic sites discovered during construction repre­sent military, ranching, Depression era, and indus­trial themes. Industrial sites include abandoned and operating oil wells, transportation features, and res­idential loci related to the Lompoc Oil Field, which was established by Unocal in 1902. Infotec prepared a historical overview and evaluative context for the Lompoc Field to assess the significance of the oil­related features.

The discovery of numerous previously unknown cul­tural resources during construction presented unique research and management challenges. The CoE, VAFB, Chumash· representatives, and other agencies worked closely with CCW A and Infotec to develop evaluative techniques, consultation pro­cedures, and other management practices which per­mitted prompt response to mid-construction dis­coveries, rapid acquisition of relevant data, stream­lined reporting procedures, and expedited review and comment by agency officials. As a result, many new

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resources were discovered, their significant values were protected, and the project continues on sched­ule and within budget.

SCA Conference Session on Pacific Coast

· Presidios and Forts

On a hill dominating the city of Eureka is the site of Fort Humboldt. This 1850s American Army fort inspired the decision to organize a symposium on the subject of fortifications along the Pacific Coast. Papers will be presented on the presidios of San Diego, San Francisco, and Monterey. In addition, a different type of fortification, the gun battery known as Fort Guijarros will be discussed. Other presenta­tionswiii--cover the-Russia:n-Fo1t4:~n-s-s-;-t1re Sonoma headquarters of the northern frontier of New Spain and the Hudson's Bay forts of the Pacific Northwest. The very idea of the need to create fortification was an interesting concept, well-ingrained in the Euro­pean and American populations on the "Frontier." The purposes varied from protection from other European powers to a need to dominate the indig­enous tribes of Indians. The differences and similar­ities will be explored in a symposium at the SCA annual conference in Eureka this April ..

Development of the SCA "Strategic Plan"

by Dick Markley

Introduction

Competition in the market place, changing public needs and demands, and stress on limited fmancial and human resources are all aspects of con­temporary reality. This reality has made strategic planning a common, and essential, activity of many organizations and businesses struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of life in the 1990s. Like other organizations, the SCA is finding that increasing demands, and seemingly endless challenges and opportunities, are becoming more and more difficult to meet. It is not always clear how needs should be met, which projects should receive immediate atten­tion, and how the limited resources of the SCA can best be put to work to serve the membership and California archaeology.

Faced with the prospect of increasingly tough deci­sions affecting the activities of the Society, and lack­ing a clearly stated vision for the future, the SCA ini­tiated a strategic planning process in 1992. This plan represents an important milestone in a process that is, and must be, on-going. It represents the (Continued on page 11)

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Society for California Archaeology 29th Annual Meeting

Eureka, California April 5-9, 1995

Wednesday Afternoon, April 5

2:00-7:00 SCA Executive Board Meeting. Boardroom.

Wednesday Evening

7:00-9:00 No Host Bar. Lounge.

Thursday Morning, April 6

Symposium 1: Plenary Session - An Appreciation of James A.Bennyhoffs Contributions to California Archaeol­ogy, Richard E. Hughes, David A. Fredrickson, and Ran­dall T. Milliken, Organizers and Chairs. Colonnade.

8:30 Ken Wilson and Tom Keter, Local Arrangements Chairs. Nancy Fleming, Mayor of Eureka. Julia Costello, SCA President. Breck Parkman, Program Chair.

9:00 Introduction, Richard E. Hughes.

9:10 Bennyhoff, Typology, and the Great Basin, Francis A. Riddell.

9:30 A Cultural Chronology of Solano County, California, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal.

9:50 A Look at a Middle/Late Transition Site in Central California: The Mustailg Site (CA-YOL-13), William H. Olsen.

10: 10 A Typology of Marine Shell Artifacts from Texas, Meredith L. Dreiss.

10:30 Break

10:50 Temporally Sensitive Attribute Combinations of Late Period Serrated Arrow Points in Sonoma County, David A. Fredrickson.

11: 10 A Call for Smaller, Thinner Pigeon Holes, Randall T. Milliken.

11:30 Bennyhoffs Contributions to Linguistic Archaeology in California, Kenneth W. Whistler.

11:50 Closing Remarks

Thursday Afternoon

~ Symposium 2: The Construction of Native Group Boun­daries in Northern California Archaeology. Kent Lightfoot and Antoinette Martinez, Organizers and Chairs. Large Lodge.

1:30 The Construction of Frontiers and Boundaries in Northern California, Kent Lightfoot.

1:50 Blurred Boundaries of the Nineteenth Century Kashaya Pomo, Antoinette Martinez.

2:10 Drawing the Line: Archaeological Definitions of Cultural Boundaries, Thomas Jackson.

2:30 The Supernatural Frontier in Pomoan Cosmology, E. Breck Parkman.

2:50 Linguistic Archaeology and the Use of Ethnolinguistic Boundaries, Stephen W. Silliman.

3:10 Break

3:20 Geographic Variation in Native Alaskan Ethnic Boundary Markers, Ann M. Schiff.

3:40 Ecological Buffer Zones and Artiodactyl Use at the Sierran-Great Basin Interface, Frank E. Bayham.

4:00 Obsidian Studies and Social Boundaries in Sonoma County, Implications for the Development of Sociopolitical Complexity in Central California, David Fredrickson.

4:20 Friends or Foes: Social Boundaries within the KI10J<:'ITil!e l..oC:a1it:y,~lan Bramlette.

4:40 A Review of the Meganos intrusion along the San Francisco and San Pablo Bayshores, John Rolson.

Symposium 3: The Town and the Country: Historical Ar­, chaeology in the East Bay Area. Mary Praetzellis, Organiz­er, Adrian Praetzellis, Chair.

. Dining Hall.

1 :30 Introduction, Adrian Praetzellis.

1 :35 The Cypress Replacement Project: Cal trans Meets the Challenge, Janet Pape. ·

1 :55 West Oakland: A Terminus of the Urban West, Michael D. Meyer.

2:15 "Sunshine Comer": Archaeology and the Domestic Reform Movement in West Oahland, Mary Praetzellis, Adrian Praetzellis, and Aicha Woods.

2:35 The Quest for "Dad" Moore: Theme, Place, and the Individual in Historical Archaeology, William A. Spires.

2:55 Oakland - Privy to the Past, Jack Mc Ilroy.

3:15 Break

3:30 Tales of the Vasco, Mary Praetzellis and Adrian Praetzellis.

3:50 Ethnic Spaces: Bocce Ball Play Among Emigrant Tenant Farmers in the Vasco, Karana Hattersley­Drayton.

4:10 Social Networking in the Vasco, Bright Eastman.

4:30 Excavation at the Vasco Adobe: Preliminary Findings, Grace H. Ziesing and Michael Stoyka, III.

4:50 DisGussant's Comments, Marley R. Brown, III.

>f Symposium 4: Rock Art Studies. Jeff Fentress, Organiz­er and Chair. Rathskeller.

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1 :30 Status of Site Management at Three Public Petroglyph Locations in Northern California, Robert Mark and Evelyn Newman.

1:50 Rock Art of the Vasco Caves, Jeffrey B. Fentress.

2: 10 Discovering Ethnographic Rock Art in the Clear Lake Basin, Paul A. Peterson.

2:30 PCN's, Donna L. Gillette.

2:50 Break

-;. 3: 10 Fertility in the Mojave Desert: Geographic and Ecological Agendas, Edra Moore.

~ 3:30 Gender in Stone, Galal Gough.

3:50 The Fish and Chips Hypothesis, Mark Gary.

4: 10 The Incised Line Petroglyph Element Found in Pomoan Ethnographic Linguistic Territory of the Southern North Coast Ranges, Leigh Jordan.

Symposium 5: Nearly 60 Years of Discovery: A Sympo­sium Honoring Dee Simpson's Contributions to the Ar­chaeology of the Mojave Desert, Russell Kaldenberg, Orga­nizer and Chair. Small Lodge.

1 :30 An Examination of Dee Simpson's Role in the Development of California Desert Archaeology, Russell Kaldenberg.

1 :45 Pre-Late Wisconsin Populations with Pre-Upper Paleolithic Technology in Northern Siberia and Western Canada, Alan Bryan.

2:05 The Long and Short of It: California Archaeology Varnish Dating and the Peopling of the Americas, David S. Whitley, Ronald I. Dom, and Joseph M. Simon. ·

2:25 Geomorphological Time and Cultural Continuity at San Diego, George C. Carter.

2:45 Early Man Site Search Strategies: An Assessment of the Manix Type Section, Central Mojave Desert, California, Fred Budinger.

3:05 Break

3:15 Stratigraphic Environments of the Calico Hills Early Man Site, Roger Baty and Phillip Seff.

3:35 Thoughts on the Lake Manix Complex and Its Relationship to the Peopling of the New World, Claude N. Warren.

3:55 Pleistocene Indian Trails of the Lake Manix Basin, Near Barstow, California, Henry J. James.

4: l 0 An Analysis of Early Rock Alignments in the Mojave Desert, Jay von Werlhof.

4:30 What Is a Fish? Stone Effigies from Central California, Clay Singer.

4:50 Discussant's Comments, Carol Rector.

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Archaeology, Steven J. Schwartz and Patricia Martz, Orga­nizers and Chairs. Colonnade.

1 :30 An Overview of Recent Archaeological Research on San Nicolas Island, Steven J. Schwartz. --- __ _

1 :50 Cultural Ecology and Resource Management of a Coastal Dune Site:Test Excavations at CA-SNI-161, Rene Vellanoweth.

2: 10 A Partial Reconstruction of the Plant Resources Used by the Indigenous Peoples of San Nicolas Island, Lisa Thomas.

2:30 A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Abalone Collection Sites on San Nicolas Island, Steven J. Schwartz.

2:50 Break

3: 10 Geophysical Studies at the Eel Poirit Site, San Clemente Island, Andrew Yatsko.

3:30 A Progress Report on Analysis of Vertebrate Fauna - -- -from tlie&r Pomt STte, Sanclemente lslanel.

Judith Porcasi.

3:50 9,000 Years of Maritime Cultural Evolution, A Summary of Recent Excavation Results from the Eel Point Site, San Clemente Island, Mark Raab and Katherine Bradford.

4:10 Discussion

Workshop 1, Part 1: Remote Sensing Data Processing and Analysis. Lewis Somers, Organizer and Chair. Boardroom. 1:30--4:30.

Thursday Evening

5:00--6:00 SCA Business Meeting. Colonnade.

6:00-7 :00 Federal Archaeological Program Leaders Meeting, Russell Kaldenberg, Coordinator. Boardroom.

7:00-10:00 Beer and Wine Tasting. Colonnade.

7:30-10:00 Symposium 7: Video Session. Chair to be Announced. Simpson.

•Sharing the Neighborhood, Mary J. Huffman and Bill Levinson.

•A Transportation Enhancement Activities Proposal to Enlarge the Menifee Archaeological Preserve in Riverside County, California, Paula Sutton, Stephen Hammond, and Terry Snyder.

•History in the Shade of Skyscrapers, David Hanna and Anna Noah.

•Presidio of San Francisco: Guardian of the Golden Gate, Barb Voss.

Friday Morning, April 7

Symposium 8, Part 1: Decompressing the Data: A Survey of Underwater Archaeology in California, John W. Foster, Organizer and Chair. Small Lodge.

9:00 Introduction

9: 10 Black Abalone, Coal, and Chinese: the Wreck of the Goldenhom, Don P. Morris.

9:30 The Archaeology of Scattered, Beach Shipwrecks: An Archaeological Investigation of Three Pacific Coast Lumber Schooners Wrecked in Channel Islands National Park, Matthew Russel.

9:50 Port Los Angeles, Patrick Smith.

10:20 Break

10:40 An Archaeological Reconnaissance for the San Francisco Ocean Beach Storm Damage Reduction Study, Michael Yablonowski.

11: 10 Search for the Il'men: Preliminary Field Survey, James M. Allan.

11 :30 Ahjumwai Stone Fish Traps: An Underwater Perspective, John W. Foster.

Symposium 9, Part 1: Archaeological Interpretation and Public Involvement. Dick Markley and Chuck Whatford, Organizers and Chairs. Simpson.

9:00 Introduction, Chuck Whatford.

9: 10 A Short Course on How to Be Popular, Malcolm Margolin.

9:30 Sharing the Neighborhood: The Anderson Flat Public Report, Vera-Mae Fredrickson, Rose White, and Elyn Walker.

10:00 Interpretive Video: The Anderson Flat Case, Mary J. Huffman and Bill Levinson. .

10:20 Break

10:40 Bringing the Past to the Public: Archaeology and Interpretation, Daniel F. Murley.

11:00 Archaeology and Local Government: Fostering a Positive Relationship in San Diego, Rebecca Allen.

11:20 Caltrans Contributions to Public Interpretation: Roadside Rest Displays, Teny L. Jones.

11 :40 Discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

Symposium 10, Part 1: Investigations of Work Camps in the Western United States. Michael Sampson, Organizer and Chair. Large Lodge.

8:30 Introduction to Work Camps, Michael Sampson.

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8:40 "Stay On Your Own Side of the Creek:" Chinese and American Camps at CA-SAC-344/H, Mary L. Maniery.

9:00 19th Century Chinese Gold Miners in the Yuba River Region of California, Dick Markley.

9:20 Rice Bowls in the Diggings: Chinese Miners in Northeastern Oregon, Priscilla Wegars.

9:40 Temporary Poverty, Future Ambition: Contextualizing Work Camps of the Eureka, Nevada Charcoal Industry, Ronald L. Reno.

10:00 Break

10:20 The Native Alaskan Village at Fort Ross: A Marine Mammal Hunter's Base Camp on the California Coast, Thomas A. Wake.

10:40 Work Camps or Ethnic Villages? The Chinese Shrimp Camps of San Francisco Bay, Peter D. Schulz.

11 :00 Building a Dam in Gum San: The Excavation of Yema-po, A 19th Century Labor Camp in San Lenadro, California, George R. Miller.

11 :20 Dove Springs: A Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct Camp in Kem County from the Early TWentieth Century, Mark R. Faull.

11 :40 Discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

Symposium 11, Part 1: Modem Borders and Cultural Re­alities: The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Northern Cal­ifornia and Southern Oregon. Elena Nilsson and Scott By­ram, Organizers and Chairs. Dining Hall.

9:00 Introduction, Elena Nilsson and Scott Byram.

9:10 Beyond the Border: An Assessment ofRegio~al Cultural Patterns for Northwest California and Southwest Oregon, Tom Connolly and Elena Nilsson.

9:30 -The Prehistory of the Upper Klamath River: What Happens after AD. 900, Joanne M. Mack.

9:50 Environment, Settlement, and Subsistence Change in the Middle Pit River, California, James H. Cleland.

10:10 Break

10:30 Distribution and Use of Medicine Lake Highlands Obsidian, Amy Gilreath, Bill Bloomer, Teny Ozbun, John Fagan, and Douglas Wilson.

10:50 The Interpretation ofLithic Sites in Southern Oregon-Northern California Coastal Prehistory, Rick Minor and Ruth L. Greenspan.

11: 10 Marine Mammal Hunting Adaptations on the California and Oregon Coasts, William R. Hildebrandt, Teny L. Jones, and R. Lee Lyman.

11 :30 Reflections on the Archaeology of the Sou them Northwest Coast, Jon M. Erlandson and Madonna L. Moss.

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12:00 Lunch Break

Symposium 12: Integration of Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) Cultural Resources Management and Land Use: Develop­ment and Implementation of an Historic Preservation Plan. Chairs: Thomas L. Jackson and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas K. McNerney. Organizers: Susan H. Alvarez, Janet P. Eidsness, and Thomas L. Jackson. Discussants: Thom­as L. Jackson, Janet P. Eidsness, Susan H. Alvarez, LTC. Thomas K. McNerney, Donna Haro, Gregg Castro, and Gary Reinoehl. Colonnade.

Part I, HPP Development

8:30 Introductions

8:35 Overview of the Ft. Hunter Liggett Historic Preservation Plan, Janet P. Eidsness and Thomas L. Jackson.

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Liggett Historic Preservation Plan, Sue Watson.

9:05 The Revitalization of the Salinan Nation and Preservation oflts Culture in the Heart of the Homeland: Ft. Hunter Liggett, Donna Haro and Gregg Castro.

9:20 Discussion

Part n, HPP Programs

9:30 Fort Hunter Liggett Cultural Resources Inventory: Objectives and Results of Archaeological Survey within the Historic Preservation Plan Context, John L. Edwards.

9:45 Examination of the Programmatic Approaches to Managing Certain Classes of Archaeological Resources Developed for the Historic.Preservation Plan at Ft. Hunter Liggett, Brian Wickstrom.

10:00 Break

10: 15 Inventory and Management of Historic Period Archaeological Resources at Ft. Hunter Liggett, Julia Costello.

10:30 Excavations ofTWo Adobe Sites at Ft. Hunter Liggett, Rebecca Allen.

10:45 Managing Historic Buildings at Ft. Hunter Liggett: Hearst Hacienda and Gil Adobe, Daryl Allen and Gil Sanchez.

Part ill, On-Site Implementation: Issues and Objectives Beyond Compliance

11 :00 On-Site Integration of Cultural Resources Management and Land Use at Ft. Hunter Liggett, Susan H. Alvarez.

11: 15 User Perspective of Integration Objectives, Lieutenant Colonel Mary Fuller.

11 :30 Closing Comments: On-Site Implementation of the Historic Preservation Plan.Lieutenant Colonel Thomas K. McNerney.

11:45 Discussion

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9:00 Sex, Gender, and Health Among the Chumash: An Archaeological Examination of Prehistoric Gender Roles, Sandra E. Hollimon.

9:20 Cultural Ecology of Mugu Lagoon, Patricia C. Martz, J. David Miller, and Caprice Harper.

9:40 ORA-1357 and Settlement Patterns of the Terminal Late Prehistoric in Lower Aliso Creek, Philip De Barros.

10:00 Lithic Material Type as a Chronological Indicator in the Archaeological Record of San Diego County, Andrew R. Pigniolo. ·

10:20 Break

i0:40 InitiafAiiaiysiS mtheMafi1e Harding Collection as represented by the Mable Harding Site #27, Christa La Flam.

11 :00 A Kawaiisu Healing Cave, Christine M. McQueen.

11 :20 The Archaeology of the Kawaiisu Creation Cave, Mark Q. Sutton. ·

11:40 Material Culture and World View in TWentieth Century America, Patrice L. Jeppson, Dorothy Fleagle, and David J. Scott.

Workshop 1, Part 2: Remote Sensing Data Processing and Analysis. Lewis Somers, Organizer and Chair. Boardroom. 9:00-12:00.

Friday Afternoon

Symposium 9, Part 2: Archaeological Interpretation and Public Involvement. Dick Markley and Chuck Whatford, Organizers and Chairs. Simpson.

1:30 Introduction, Dick Markley.

1 :40 Partnership Preservation: The Site Steward Program of Los Padres National Forest, Janine McFarland and Stephen Horne.

2:00 Native American Involvement in Cultural Resources Management: Lessons Learned from the Central Sierra Me-Wuk Cultural and Historic Preservation Committee, Shelly Davis-King.

2:20 Archaeology in the 21st Century: The Critical Role of Public Relations, Kirstine Johnson.

2:40 Break

3:00 Using Volunteers as Your Only Field Crew: The Challenge Met, Joanne M. Mack.

3:20 Joining the Club: A Report from California's Avocational Societies, Ann Duffield-Stoll.

D 3:40 Borax Lake Site Management and Education Project,

Elyn Walker.

4:00 Discussion

Symposium 10, Part 2: Investigations of Work Camps in the Westem United States. Michael Sampson, Organizer and Chair. r..arge Lodge.

l ·30 Work Camps in the Santa Ana Canyon, San · Bernardino County, John M. Foster.

1 :50 Standard Timber Company Camps in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, James E. Ayres.

2: 10 Redwood Lumber Camps and Settlement of Califomia's North Coast, Anmarie Medin.

2:30 Using Historical Archaeology to Determine Socioeconomic Behavior at Two 1920s Central Oregon Work Camps, Lester A. Ross and LyndaJ. Sekora.

2:50 Break

3:00 'With Infinite Toil:" Historical Archaeology in the Beveridge Mining District, Inyo County, California, Karen Swope.

3:20 Late Nineteenth Century Mining Camps in Red Rock Canyon, Kem County, California, Michael Sampson.

3:30 Life in an Early 20th Century Petroleum Camp, R. Scott Baxter.

3:40 Discussant's Comments, Jim Rock.

4:00 Discussant's Comments, Adrian Praetzellis.

4:20 Discussion

Symposium 11, Part 2: Modem Borders and Cultural Re­alities: The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Northern Cal­ifornia and Sou them Oregon. Elena Nilsson and Scott By­ram, Organizers and Chairs. Dining Hall.

1:30 Perishable Technologies from Intertidal Wet Sites of the Southern Northwest Coast, Scott Byram.

1 :50 CA-HUM-513 I H, A Borax Lake Pattern Site Located in a Coastal Setting, James Roscoe.

2:10 The Archaeology ofCA-PLU-969/H, Drakesbad, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Jerald J. Johnson and Elena Nilsson.

2:30 Break

2:50 Archaeology in Apwaruge Territory: Site Investigations along Russell Dairy Creek, James Gary Maniery.

3:10 Myth, Ritual, and Resource Stress among the Klamath and Modoc, Elizabeth Sobel.

3:30 Archaeological Research in Drews Valley: Early to Late Holocene Human Adaptations in a Mid­Elevational Setting on the Western Great Basin Periphery, Lake County, South Central Oregon, Dennis L. Jenkins.

3:50 Discussioii,for Afternoon Papers and Concluding Remarks.

. ?Symposium 14: General Session: Papers on Technology, 'Curation, and Theory. Joseph L. Chartkoff, Chair.

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1:30 Bussing Tables and Stacking Plates: A BriefReview of Central California Charmstones as Cultural Tracers, Pete Rhode.

1 :50 Scraper Planes Revisted, Jeanne Day Binning.

2: 10 Hammerstone Debitage: An Unappreciated Data Source for Site Formation Analysis, Mari Pritchard­Parker and John A. Torres.

2:30 Innocents Abroad: Lessons Learned on the Road to a Regional Curation Facility, Andrew Yatsko and Lynne E. Christenson.

2:50 Break

3:10 ArchaeofogiCal CoTiecfions m C-alifomfa;-Peter v. Lape.

3:30 Politically-Correct Archaeology, Gerrit L. Fenenga.

3:50 The Culture of California Archaeology and Cultural Resistance to Synthesis, Joseph L. Chartkoff.

Symposium 15: The Frolic Shipwreck Project: Getting Ar· chaeology Back to the Community. Thomas Layton, Orga­nizer and Chair. Small Lodge.

1:30 Welcome by Captain Edward Horatio Faucon, Master of the Frolic. Michael Oaks [Ukiah Players Theatre).

1 :32 The Frolic Shipwreck Project: The Archaeological and Archival Background, Thomas Layton.

2:00 History Close to Home: Community Involvement with the Journey of the Frolic Project, Mark Rawitsch.

2:30 Marketing Mania: When the Golden Goose Nests on Your Front Porch, Daniel Taylor.

3:00 Break

3: 15 A Native American Perspective on the Frolic, Linda Noel.

3:45 Chinese-American Perspective on the Frolic, Lorraine Hee-Chorley.

4: 15 Packaging a Multicultural Message, Victoria Patterson.

Symposium 16: Trouble in Paradise: Environmental De­terioration During the Middle/Late Transition and its Ar­chaeological Implications. Terry L. Jones and L. Mark Raab, Organizers and Chairs. Colonnade.

1 :30 Social Response to Crisis: Environment, Diet, Mobility, and Social Organization During the Middle/Late Transition on the Big Sur Coast, Terry

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1 :50 End of an Era: Lower California in Transition, Dennis R. Gallegos.

2: I 0 Late Holocene Environment and Culture in the Central Mojave Desert, Andrew L. York and W. Geoffrey Spaulding.

2:30 Medieval Droughts and Cultural Ecology in the Sierra Nevada, California, Michael J. Moratto.

2:50 Break

3:05 Animal Resources and the Evolution of Craft Specialization on Santa Cruz Island, Philip L. Walker.

3:25 Trouble in Paradise: The Late Holocene Paleoenvironment and Cultural Change in Coastal Southern California, L. Mark Raab and Daniel 0. Larson.

3:45 Prehistoric Cultural and Paleoenvironmental Changes, A.D. 1000.:.. 1300: Perspectivesfiom llie Colorado Plateau, Ga:iy M. Brown and Janet L. McVickar.

4:05 Discussant's Comments, Robert Bettinger.

4:25 Discussant's Comments, Scott Stine.

q [jorkshop 2: Petroglyph Terms and Typology. Leigh Jor­an, Organizer and Chair.

Boardroom. 1 :30-4:30.

Friday Evening

5:00-6:30 Central California Archaeological Foundation Meeting. Ric Windmiller, Coordinator. (SCA members welcome).

Boardroom

5:30-6:30 "Archaeology Week" Planning Meeting. Beth Padon and Elyn Walker, Coordinators. (SCA members welcome).

Simpson

5:30-6:30 Open House. Clarke Museum.

6:30-7:00 No Host Bar. Colonnade.

7:00-10:00 Banquet and the Ukiah Players. Colonnade.

Saturday, Morning, April 8

7:00-8:30 Brainstorming Breakfast for 1994-1996 SCA Meeting Organizers. Julia Costello, Coordinator. Bristol Rose Cafe, Eureka Inn.

Symposium 8, Part 2: Decompressing the Data: A Survey of Underwater Archaeology in California, John W. Foster, Organizer and Chair. Small Lodge.

9:00 To California by Sea: The Historical Context of Gold Rush Maritime Archaeology, James P. Delgado.

9:20 Underwatei- Archaeology in the Sacramento River: Then and Now, Stephen R. James, Jr.

9:50 Inside the Gate, Dick Swete.

10: 10 Mapping the Frolic - A Progress report, David --­Buller.

10:30 Break

10:50 Ship's Anchors: Fundamentals of their Evolution, Use, Lore, and Legend, Jack Hunter.

11:10 The Archaeological Potential of Historic Small Craft, John C. Muir.

11 :30 Bones in the Sand: Reconnaissance and Test Excavation ·of the Nineteenth Centu:iy Barken tine Jane L. Stanford, Marco Meniketti.

12:00 Lunch Break

Symposium 17: General Session: Papers on Subsistence anffEirvll'onment. Gfiair to oe Announced. Colonnade.

8:30 To Forage or to Collect, That is the Question? Moro Cojo and the Late Period of Monterey Bay Prehisto:iy, Richard T. Fitzgerald and Laura Melton.

8:50 Freshwater Mussels: An Ecological Perspective fo'r California Archaeologists, Laura June Melton.

9:10 Fish Exploitation at Several Sites Near Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California, Brian K. Glenn.

9:30 Some Observations on Late Period Resource · Patterns as Reflected in a 3500- Acre Survey of

Several Near Coastal Areas of South Central San Diego County, Theodore G. Cooley.

9:50 Site Variability and Wetland Occupation at Fish Slough: Changing Land- Use Patterns and Continuous Exploitations of a Reliable Micro­Environment on the Volcanic Tablelands, Mono and Inyo Counties, Mark A. Giambastiani.

10:10 Break

10:30 Native American Use of Vernal Pool Plants, Jan Culbert.

10:50 Low Tides and Sandy Beaches: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Donax gouldii (Bean Clam) Exploitation, Seetha N. Reddy.

11: 10 Shell Middens and Littoral Adaptations: Late Holocene Hunter- Gatherers of camp Pendleton, Sou them California, Brian F. Byrd.

11 :30 Historical and Archaeological Evidence of Agriculture and Irrigation Practices Among the Cahuilla ofTahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, Jer:iy Schaefer.

Symposium .18: Pacific Coast Presidios and Forts, Glenn _ Farris, Organizer and Chair. Large Lodge.

G:oo Archaeological Investigations of the North Wing of l - thePresidioofSanDiegol993-1995. JackS. F

Williams and Anita Cohen-Williams.

9:20 Evidence for the Shape of Spanish California Cannon Batteries: The Fort Guijarros Model, Ronald V.May.

9:40 Historical and Archaeological Analysis of the Evolution of the Monterey Presidio, Anita Cohen­Williams and Jack S. Williams.

10:00 Sonoma Barracks, the Northernmost Outpost of Mexico in California, Glenn J. Farris.

10:20 Break

10:40 From Presidio to Post: Recent Archaeological Discoveries of the Spanish, Mexican, and American Periods at the Presidio of San Francisco, Barb Voss and Vance Bente.

11:00 Historical Archaeology of 19th-Century Hudson's Bay Company Forts in the Pacific Northwest, Lester A. Ross.

11 :20 Krepost' Ross: The Russian- American Company Fortification on the Sonoma Coast, Glenn J. Farris.

11 :40 Discussion

Symposium 19: New Research Within the Northeastern California and Northwestern Great Basin Interface, Don Manuel, Organizer and Chair. Dining Hall.

8:30 Environmental Archaeology in the Tri-Comers Region, Alanah Woody, Julie Tipps, and Don D. Fowler;

8:50 The Archaeology of CA-LAS-549 at Christie Beach, Eagle Lake, Russell W. Bevill.

9: 10 An Historic/Prehistoric Fort Overlooking Secret Creek, Lassen County, California, Blossem Hamusek.

9:30 Prehistoric Land Use in an Upland Environment: An Example from Buffalo Hills, Northwestern Nevada, Renee Kolvet.

9:50 Thunder Over Pine Forest, Regina Smith.

10:10 Break

10:25 The Archaeology of the Northern Great Basin -Shaped by Fire and Water, Hugh Bunten, Jr.

10:45 Cops and Robbers, David Bums.

11 :05 Desert Side-notched Points as a Numic Population Marker in the West- Central Great Basin, Michael G. Delacorte.

11:25 Prehistoric Site TYPes and Distribution on the Basin/California Frontier, Jaxnes Hutchens and Robert Kautz.

11 :45 Discussion

Symposium. 20: Archaeology in the Tulare Lake Basin, Gerrtt L. Fenenga, Organizer and Chair. Rathskeller.

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9:00 Archaeological Investigations at the Van Den Enden Site, Tulare Lake, California, Jill Gardner, Kimberley Pinney, Hubert Switalski, and Athene Mitchell.

9:20 Archaeological Investigations at the Corral Site, Tulare Lake, California, Douglas Manifold, Patricia Manifold, and Greg Reza.

9:40 Further Analyses at the Flooterville Site: A Late Pleistocene Camp on Tulare Lake, Summer Spohn, Keith Terintino, and Jon Suter.

10:00 Break

10:20 Archaeological Investigations at the Mr. Ed Site, Tulare Lake, California, John Loveall, Jim Cassidy, and Ryan Bloching. ·

10:40 Man and Pleistocene Fauna at Tulare Lake, Gerrit L. Fenenga.

11:00 Aboriginal Foraging Involution in the Tulare Lake Basin, Bill Preston.

11:20 Aboriginal Trails1n-theSouthem San Joaquin Valley, California, Nelson Siefkin.

Saturday Afternoon

, Symposium. 8, Part 3: Decompressing the Data: A Survey of Underwater Archaeology in California, John W. Foster, Organizer and Chair. Small Lodge.

1:30 Underwater Cultural Resource Significance Assessment: Contemporary Underwater Cultural Resource Significance Assessment: Contemporary Evaluation Technology, Roy Pettus.

1:50 California's First Underwater Shipwreck Park, Sheli 0. Smith.

2: 10 Interpreting Historic Shipwrecks as a Preservation Strategy, Charles D. Beeker.

2:50 Break

3:10 The Brother Jonathan Found, Now What?, Peter Pelkofer.

3:40 Video Presentation: "The Brother Jonathan."

4:10 Discussant's Comments, Margaret Purser.

Symposium 21: Antelope Valley. Mark M. Campbell, Or­ganizer and Chair. Simpson.

1:30 Preliminary Evaluations of the Historic Period Site of Muroc, Edwards Air Force Base, California, Barry L. Boyer.

1:50 Homesteading Around Muroc, Scott Hudlow and Laura Silsbee.

2:10 Pancho Barnes, Rancho Oro Verde, and the Happy Bottom Riding Club, Jan B. Lawson.

2:30 The Numic Frontier in the Western Mojave Desert After European Contact: Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Oral Traditions, David D. Earle.

2:50 Break

3: 1 O Private Collections: A Second Chance, Jane Kam plain.

3:30 Small Temporary Camps Along Roger's Lake, Mark M. Campbell.

3:50 The Cart Before the Whores: Research Design in CRM, Jackson Underwood.

4: 10 Brief Progress Report ori Regional Research Design, Mark M. Campbell.

X Symposium 22: Native American Perspectives on Cultural Resource Projects. Robert I. Orlins and Ann King Smith, Organizers and Chairs. Participants: Penny Hurt (Sali­nan), Steven Pfingst (Kumeyaay), Kathleen Smith (Pomo), Dwight Dutschke (Miwok), Otis Parrish (Pomo), Yurok Tri­bal Members and Thomas Gates, Tolowa Tribal Members and others. Colonnade.

1 :30 Introduction

1 :40 Presentations

3:00 Break

3:20 Presentations

4:00 Discussion

Symposium 23: General Session: Papers on Northern California Archaeology. John Parker, Chair. Dining Hall.

1 :30 Late Prehistoric Population Boundaries and Movements on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, Matthew Moore.

1:50 Processes and Associations: High Sierran Archaeological Materials and Glacial Sand Deposits, Karen Miller, Kim Myer, and Jerome V. DeGraff.

2:10 "Nobody's Fault But Mine" ... Geo/Archaeological Investigations at CA-SMA-134, the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Site, San Mateo County Coast, Mark G. Hylkema.

2:30 Now You See EM, Now You See More of EM: Watching a Frontier Fill Up Over Time. Data from the Clear Lake Basin, John Parker.

2:50 Break

3: 10 1\vo Sixteenth-Century Porcelain Cargoes at Drakes Bay, Edward Von der Porten.

3 :30 A Prehistoric Persp~ctive of the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California: A Study in Obsidian Hydration Analysis, Joanna Freund.

3:50 The Sugarloaf Ridge Archaeological Project: An Update, William Stillman, Sue- Ann Schroder, and Patricia Leary.

4: 10 Archaeological Evidence Supporting the Hypothesis that Lake Earl Was Once an Estuarine Environment, Darrell Cardiff.

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Symposium 24: ·' A New View of California Archaeological Theory: Implications on Prehistoric Hunter I Gatherer Studies. Herb Dallas, Jr., Organizer and Chair. Partici­pants: Robert Bettinger, Herb Dallas, Jr., Jon Erlandson, Dennis Gallegos, Lynn Gamble, William Hildebrandt, and Michael Moratto. -------Large Lodge.

1 :30 Opening Statements

3:00 Break

3: 15 Participants' Discussion

4:15 Summation

Symposium. 25: Historic Archaeology in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Stephen R. Van Wormer, Organizer and Chair. Rathskeller.

1:30 Revealing Cultural, Status, and Ethnic Differences Through Historic Artifact Analysis, Stephen R. Van_ Wormer. -----------

1 :50 Urban and Rural Patterns of Faunal Deposition from 1880-1920, Lynne E. Christenson.

2:10 Historic Native American Pottery from Euro­American Mining and Residential Sites on the Lo\Yer Colorado River, Jerry Schafer.

2:30 Spanish Colonial Rancho Architecture in Southern California, Christopher L. Shaver.

4:30-5:30 SCA Native American Programs Committee Meeting. Philip De Barros, Coordinator. Colonnade.

Saturday Evening

5:30-8:30 SCA Executive Board Meeting. Boardroom.

6:00-7:00 No Host Bar. Rathskeller.

Sunday Morning, April 9

8:30-12:30 Organized Tours. Depart from Eureka Inn.

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work and contributions of a number of people who participated in numerous meetings, . the Asil?mar workshop, and provided their suggest10.~1s and ideas for the future of the SCA Key contributors were Jamie Cleland, Dick Markley, Julia Costello, John Johnson, Joanne Mack, Mike Kelly, Mary Maniery, Mike Sampson, Elena Nilsson, Kathleen Hull, Con­stance Cameron, Mike Glassow, Jim Woodward, Sonia Tamez, Susan Hector, Beth Padon, Rob Edwards, Valerie Levulett, Phil de Barros, Lynn Dunbar, Ro Lisk, Joe Chartkoff, Gary Maniery, Christian Gerike, Ann Duffield-Stoll, Thad Van Bueren, and Kathleen Long.

Background

Since its founding in 1966, the Society for California Archaeology has established itself as a leader in the preservation of California's rich cultural heritage. Beginning with a handful of charter members. the Society has grown steadily through the years and now represents nearly 1000 professional and avoca­tional members from throughout California. The activities of the SCA today are accomplished by a handful of dedicated Executive Board members, committee chairs, and volunteers who carry on the Society's basic programs and activities. Th~se include the Annual Meeting and Fall Data Sharmg Meetings, and publication of the Newsletter and Proceedings. A business office manager provides essential administrative support.

The President establishes committees to carry out other important activities of the Society. Com­mittees provide for organizational flexibility and are an essential component of the Society. Committee involvement provides an opportunity for the mem­bership to participate in Society affairs. The Soci­ety's structure and organization have proven to ~e successful in bringing the talents of the membership together to meet tough challenges, establish new programs to reach out to an ever greater number of Californians, and encourage positive State and local legislation. Through these efforts the SCA has dev~l­oped a reputation as a strong and ~espec::ted y01ce representing archaeological concerns m Califorma.

Strategic Planning

In 1991, the Society celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was a time to reflect on past accomplishments, but also a time to look to the future. Judging by the ever-growing complexity of Society affairs, it was clear that the next 25 years would bring with it even greater challenges and opportunities. The notion that SCA needed to better anticipate and plan for the future, began to be voiced in the SCA Newsletter. In

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his January 1992 President's Message, Jamie Cle­land asked "Where should the Society be in the year 2000?" He went on to propose several goals and objectives for membership, finance, political advo­cacy, and organizational structure.

Later in 1992, Jamie's successor, Dick Markley, began to focus the SCA's attention even further towards the future. He asked the membership: What is the SCA's agenda or strategy for the future? What are our plans for meeting the challenges of the 1990s and beyond? Which of our existing programs need greater emphasis? What new programs are needed to meet current and future needs? What will be the role of SCA in helping to shape the future of his­torical preservation in California?" He went on to propose that the SCA develop a "strategy for the future" with the goal of developing a "Strategic Plan". Such a plan would include short term and long term goals and objectives to help guide the work and pro-grams of the Society. By setting su~h goals .. the __ _ nope-was tn:atthe a:nrru.aracflvitles ancrprc:Tgrams 01

the SCA could move forward in a coordinated, con­sistent, and directed manner.

The ideas of the membership were solicited through the Newsletter, and at the Annual Meeting at Asil­omar in April of 1993 where "strategic pla~ning" worksheets were distributed to the membership. A formal strategic planning workshop was also held at Asilomar where current and former Executive Board members, committee chairs, and other active mem­bers were invited to express their ideas for the future of the SCA. Twelve members made formal presenta­tions at the workshop which was well attended and generated much discussion by those in the audience. A number of others provided written suggestions for incorporation into the plan. The end result of this effort was an impressive six page list of ideas, sug­gestions, goals, and objectives relative. to ~CA orgc:i-n­ization, membership, fiscal and legislative affairs, public programs, and the practice of archaeology and cultural resource management in California.

In December 1993, the SCA Executive Board met, with a facilitator, in an extended planning session to review the list of goals, establish priorities, identify and explore implementation strategies, and chart the next steps in the planning process. The board first drafted a statement of the overall mission of the SCA, and reached agreement on the prinlary go::i-ls of the Society. This crucial step provided the basis for establishing priorities among the numerous ideas and suggestions contributed by the membership. The Board found that each of the individual ideas and suggestions could be subsumed under one or more of the more broadly stated goals (listed below). The Board then spent the remainder of the meeting in small working groups taking each idea, goal or task and developing a specific plan for action.

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SCA Mission Statement

'The Society for California Archaeology is dedicated to the research, understanding, and conservation of California's archaeological resources. By inter­preting the context of the past, we put the present into perspective."

Priorities For Action

In order to establish a plan for action, and to provide for the wise use of the Society's resources, the Exec­utive Board agreed that the principal goals of the Society, in priority order, are as follows:

1. Dissemination of information to the public and .. the archaeological comlllunity. · - -

2. Preservation of archaeological sites, collections, and records.

3. Participation in governmental activities such as monitoring legislation, encouraging agency preservation efforts, and effecting positive legislation.

4. Promotion of cooperation among archaeologists.

5. Facilitation of the inclusion and cooperation of diverse cultural groups in archaeological conservation.

6. Improvement of the SCA infrastructure.

Monitoring And Updating The Plan

As strategic planning is a process, not a product, the plan will require updating and augmentation as opportunities or needs for action occur. It will be the responsibility of the Executive Board to monitor the accomplishment of action items and to identify _new action items needed to fulfill the goals of the Society. The President may establish a Strategic Planning Committee to Track Plan accomplishments and to make periodic reports to the Board and the Society.

Implementation of the Strategic Plan by Julia G. Costello·

The first Strategic Plan was produced at the Decem­ber 1993 Executive Board workshop. Virtually all of the potential SCA "activities" identified by the mem­bership at Asilomar and through other forums, were assigned to one of the six goals: ( 1) Disseminate Information, (2) Archaeological Preservation, (3) Leg­islation and Lobbying, (4) Cooperation among

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Archaeologists, (5) Cultural Groups, and (6) SCA Infrastructure (see Dick Markley's article). The activities under each goal were then arranged in pri-ority order. -------

In chart form, we then followed each Activity by the following columns: Who (party responsible for com­pleting the task); Time-Line (when it would be com­pleted); Resources (money, time, equipment, etc.); and Evaluation (how we identify a completed task). In June of 1994, the completed Strategic Plan chart was sent to all the Committee Chairs to help guide them in their planning and budget making.

In January 1995, the Board of Directors gathered early for the regular Board Meeting and spent a day at this task. We reviewed every activity identified on the 1994 chart and evaluated our accomplishments. We also took a hard look at our ambitions for 1995 and outlined a new version of the Strategic Plan for the upcoming-y:ear.

Several lessons were learned during this review pro­cess.

+ Specific names need to be under the "Who" column: general identification such as "the

· Board," or a committee name to carry out an activity does not insure results.

+ Where tasks are associated with a committee, this should be clearly identified.

+ Accomplishing a task often depends on monetary support beyond the SCA's means; this money needs to be raised as part of the activity's implementation plan.

+There are limits to what we can expect from our members and our goals need to be realistic.

+We cannot accomplish all of our goals at once, but will need to phase our efforts.

Our accomplishments have been impressive. Nine­teen of the 38 activities identified in 1994 were either successfully implemented or initiated, and many of these are now incorporated as regular SCA procedure.

The 1995 Strategic Plan includes both activity revi­sions and format improvements. New activities were added under goals, some suggestions were put on an "Indefinite" time-line, and several priorities rear­ranged. The new plan has been mailed to all Com­mittee Chairs and copies will be available at the SCA Business Office table in Eureka. If you would like to have one mailed to you, call the Business Office. Strategic Planning is a society-wide event and regu­lar input from the members is critical to its success.

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Summary of Minutes of January 21, 1995 Executive Board Meeting

The Executive Board meeting was held at the offices of PAR Environmental Services, Inc. in Sacramento. The meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m. by President Julia Costello and was attended by all Board members, as well as Business Office Manager Kathleen Long. The minutes of the September 30, 1994 Board Meeting were reviewed and accepted with changes.

President-elect Mary Maniery reported on continued progress in planning for the 1995 Annual Meeting in Eureka. Program Chair Breck Parkman has re­ceived abstracts for 210 papers, and has planned for six concurrent sessions through Saturday after the initial Plenary Session on Thursday morning. In addition, two tours are scheduled for Sunday, a beet tasting (with wine and non-alcoholic beverages) will be held on Thursday, and the Clark Museum will be open to SCA members prior to the banquet on Friday. Southern Vice President Michael Sampson reported on continuing plans for the 1996 Annual Meeting in Bakersfield. Andy Yatsko will serve as Program Chair; the meetings are scheduled for April 5-7, 1996. Maniery reported on potential sites for the 1997 Annual Meeting, indicating that some northern California locations previously considered were too small for SCA needs. She is focusing efforts in Santa Rosa and Sacramento. Sampson reported on potential rates and dates for the pro­posed 1998 meetings in San Diego, and he also indi­cated that Riverside might be suitable for a southern California meeting.

In other old business, Immediate Past President John Johnson reported on his continued efforts to revise the Executive Board Manual and the Annual Meetings Manual. Secretary Kathleen Hull and Northern Vice President Jerry Johnson reported recent events regarding the CA-Teh-1560 easement, focusing on correspondence with attorneys. The Board also briefly reviewed progress in dealing with other SCA easements; Jerry Johnson indicated that he will be looking for individuals to visit sites in their area. Maniery distributed a draft letter indi­cating SCA support for the CDF training program and the Board approved the draft letter with minor changes. Treasurer Constance Cameron provided the Board with a review of the 1994 budget, and the Board also reviewed budget data specific to Archae­ology Week. Costello reported that a recent external auditor review had indicated that the SCA books are in good order.

With regard to SCA appointments. committees. and the business office, Costello reported that Sharon Waechter of Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. will be taking over for retiring Newsletter editor Valerie Levulett, while Marty Rosen will be

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stepping down as editor of the Proceedings after the volume for the Eureka meetings. John Johnson reported that the Native American Programs com­mittee is meeting January 28 and 29, 1995 in Santa Cruz to plan regional training workshops proposea----- ·· by Chair Phil de Barros. In addition, they will develop committee goals and philosophy. There will be a follow-up meeting in conjunction with the Annual Meeting in Eureka. Business Office Manager Kathleen Long reported on plans to expedite mem­bership renewal and ballot processing, and she also reported on her recent efforts to enroll the SCA in the SM Council of Affiliated Societies. As a final note, she also discussed the high cost of mailing Pro­ceedings to members not attending the Annual Meetings and similar mailings of back Newsletters to new members. Given the transient nature of many members, such additional mail costs are mounting

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and she wants to encourage members to notify the Business Office of address changes to minimize returned w..ailings_

This Board meeting was also the time to finalize the budget for 1995. The Board discussed the budget at length, with several preliminary allocations and potential programs ultimately dropped due to lack of funds. The Board discussed the need to increase revenues, particularly if the SCA is to continue to support diverse projects for Archaeology Week.

In other new business. the Board discussed policy regarding the distribution of the SCA mailing list. awards for the Annual Meetings in Eureka, and progress of the Nominations Committee in iden­tifying potential candidates for the Board. Costello reported that the membership committee still has no chair, while the PastNet group of the Legislation Committee needs to be expanded. Costello also reported on a meeting proposed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to identify critical issues in the state. This meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held sometime between March 30 and May 3, 1995, and Costello will be attending for the SCA. Maniery reported that the formal testing group of the Heritage Resource forms has decided to continue for another year. The primary form and site record form have been modified based on com­ments from the first year of testing. Maniery also noted that many people are not using the form and need to be encouraged to do so. She also reported that the next meeting of the State Historic Resources Commission will be February 3, 1995 in Oceanside. She also attended a recent Information Center Advi­sory Group meeting. A draft procedure manual for the Information Centers is being developed and is available, including defining access policies.

The next Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday April 5, 1995 at the Board Room at the Eureka Inn, beginning at 2:00 p.rn.

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News and Views From The Office Of Historic Preservation

by Sandra J. Elder, Public Information Coordinator

The Office of Historic Preservation is one of the part­ners in Historic Preservation Partners For Earth­quake Response along with the National Park Ser­vice, National Trust for Historic Preservation, California Preservation Foundation, Los Angeles Conservancy, and Getty Conservation Institute.

With almost $4 million allocated from the President's Disaster Fund, the Partners provided more than 75 grants to owners of historic buildings that were dam­aged in the Northridge Earthquake. The grants have been crucial to preventing demolition and have helped hasten the restoration of historic buildings. · ·

The grant programs offered funds for technical assis­tance and construction projects for properties in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties damaged in the earthquake that are either listed in or deter­mined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

More than half-million dollars were awarded for 53 technical assistance grants, which funded a variety of preservation activities, such as damage assess­ment, structural analysis, feasibility studies, plan­ning and design assistance, publications, and tech­nical workshops.

Construction grants totaling more than $3.3 million are being utilized to protect, stabilize, preserve, restore, and rehabilitate 25 historic structures, including single-family residences, apartment build­ings and commercial buildings.

An omission by the City of Los Angeles in its ordi­nance dealing with chimneys damaged in the North­ridge earthquake will be addressed in a program· funded by the Partners. Coordinated by architect Tom Michali, the Technical Assistance Program for Chimney Repair is intended to offer guidelines to the City that would allow the repair of brick chimneys on historic homes-an issue not addressed in the emergency ordinance adopted following the January 17, 1994, temblor.

Some of the 53 technical assistance grants are the El Adobe Studio Building and French American Building in Hollywood (both using technical assis­tance and construction grant funds), the Shrine Auditorium and Peace Theological Seminary in Los Angeles, the Castle Green Apartments in Pasadena, and two workshops (adobe technical assistance and a workshop put on by the California Preservation Foundation).

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Some examples of the 75 bricks and mortar grants are two Craftsman-style bungalow homes in Holly­wood, the Fillmore Towne Theater, and the Case Study House #18 in Pacific Palisades (this home--­built in 1948 as part of the internationally-acclaimed Case Study House program sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine is one of the few buildings that is less than 50 years old to receive historic pres­ervation grant funds.)

The Office of Historic Preservation has received an additional $3.5 million and now the Partners will be able to fund even more projects.

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Jeanne Binning brought to our attention that an edi­torial change to one of the sentences in her article entitled-Evaluation of-Arehaeoleg'-ceal-Resources uJ1der-· ·· CEQA: A Pandora's Box, which appeared in the last issue of the Newsletter, changed the intent of the article. The following is the sentence as it appears at the bottom of page ten of the Newsletter:

'IThe evaluation criteria developed by the State His­torical Resources Commission for inclusion of cul­tural resources in the California Register of His­torical Resources are the ones that will be used to determine if they are significant under CEQA."

This statement is not necessarily true and should read, as originally written:

"The evaluation criteria developed by the State His­torical Resources Commission for the inclusion of cultural resources in the California Register of His­torical Resources are the ones that will be used to evaluate structures in the built environment to determine if they are significant under CEQA."

According to Binning ". . . the point of the article is that there is ambiguity in the CEQA statute and the appendices to the CEQA Guidelines regarding the evaluation of archaeological resources under CEQA. There is no such ambiguity when it comes to non-archaeological, cultural resources because the Deddeh provisions, Appendix K, and Supplementary Document J only address archaeological resources. Non-archaeological resources (structures, built dis­tricts, landscapes, etc.) must be evaluated under CEQA using the historical resource definition and the criteria being developed by the State Historical Resources Commission for the inclusion of cultural resources in the California Register of Historical Resources."

A second correction is also necessary for the gray lit­erature column. The last sentence was dropped from Mark Hylkema's review of the two volume report, entitled Archaeological Test Excavations at (Continued on page 15)

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Fourteen Sites Along Highway 101 and 152, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, California, by William Hildebrandt and Patricia Mikkelsen. The last sen­tence should have read "In addition to the archae­ological studies, Volume 2 includes a detailed Mis­sion Period ethnohistory of the tribal communities aftHiated with the region, and a post-Mission Period ethnohistory documents the lives of selected Ohlone descendants."

The Newsletter regrets any confusion these mistakes may have caused the reader.

Curation News -

by Georgie Waugh

NAGPRA Courses

Several courses in implementation and application of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatria­tion Act (NAGPRA) are being offered:

1) Native American Grave and Protection Act: hnplications and Applications. Date and Location: March 16-18, Nachitoches, LA; March 30-April 1, Juneau, AK. Contact: Leanne Stone, University of Nevada, Reno, Division of Continuing Education/048, Reno, NV 89557. Telephone (702) 784-4046.

2) Implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Date and Location: Specific dates TBA; Denver CO, and other locations. Contact C. Timothy McKeown, Archaeological Assistance Division (436), P.O. Box 37127, Washington, D.C. 20013-7127. Phone (202) 343-1142.

Museum Related Courses

1) Museum Collection Management. Date and Location: Spring, 5 days to be announced; Pacific Grove, CA. Primarily for California Department staff, but possible openings for staff from other institutions. Contact: Pauline Spear, California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 653-4381.

2) Introduction to Curatorial Methods. Date and Location: 2 weeks to be arranged, Harpers Ferry, WV. Contact Anthony M. Knapp, National Park Service, Curatorial Services Division, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, D.C. 20013-7127. Phone (202) 343-8141.

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The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Stud­ies in Mount Carroll, Illinois offers training for those in the field of historic preservation, collections care, and conservation. Financial assistance for a num­ber of courses is available through support frem---­grants from the National Endowment for the Hu­manities and the National Endowment for Arts. Courses of interest in the Archaeological and Eth­nographic Core Curriculum include:

Materials Examination and Documentation. June 20-30, 1995; Environmental Monitoring and Control, September 12-16, 1995; Management and Planning, September 18-22, 1995.

Other courses of interest include Museum Hazards Workshop, July 13-15, 1995 and Computer Software for Collections Management, August 24-26, 1995.

For information on registration course cost, and financial assistance, contract: Campbell Center for Histofic-t>reservatiort -- P-:-0--:-Box 60,Mt-:-Carroll, 1r:· 61053. Phone (815) 244-1173.

Literature Review

A Summary of Cultural Resource Projects Red.­wood National Park by Tom Keter

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Archaeologists and historians working in the north coast of Humboldt and Del Norte counties will find A Summary of Cultural Resource Projects Redwood National Park by Janet Eidness (1988) an excellent resource. The report contains a brief overview of local ethnography, archaeology, and history, and archaeological research methodology. In addition, the report summarizes the results of previous archaeological surveys, test excavation, and artifact analyses conducted by contractors and National Park Service personnel. Various tables document excavation results, listing arti­facts recovered, as well as conclusions regarding site function and chronology. The report also pro­vides a critical evaluation of each project and rec­ommendations for future research in the park. Ann King-Smith, Park Cultural Resources Pro­gram Manager, wrote a chapter on Native Amer­ican consultation. Anyone thinking of working on issues affecting the Native American communities of northwestern California should consult this sec­tion of the report.

This is an excellent source pertaining to the his­tory of the last 25 years of research in the Red­wood National Park. Nearly all of the studies cited in the report are available through the park. The publication is available by contacting Ann King­Smith, Cultural Resources Branch, Redwood National Park, 1125 16th St, Arcata, CA 95521.

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News From The A vocational Societies

by Anne Duffield-Stoll

First order of business to report is that after much deliberation. the winner has been chosen for the 3rd Annual Helen C. Smith Award. The award will be presented to the avocational group making the most significant contribution to California Archaeology in the preceding year ( 1994). An inscribed bronze plaque and check for $200 will be presented to the winner at the Saturday night banquet at the SCA Annual Meeting in Eureka. The seven nominations this year included the following: FoA (Friends of Archaeology, UCLA), FoCal (Friends of Calico Early Man Site). FSRA (Friends of Sierra Rock Art), ' IVCDMS (Imperial Valley College Desert Museum Society), SDCAS (San Diego Count~ ArCb.ae9logj.c:aj Society), SCAS (Santa Cruz Archaeological Society),· and SSAS (Southern Sierra Archaeological Society). Many thanks to all who participated and to the 1994 Award Committee members, Mark Campbell, John Foster, Mary Gorden, Rob Edwards, and Dick Mark­ley.

All the groups nominated as well as all avocationals working for archaeology throughout the state deserve our commendation and recognition. There really isn't just a single winner of this award. The n~mina~on process itself makes every group a wu~ner, i~ that each has been obliged to take stock of its achievements over the previous year. We are also considering the creation of a new SCA awards for the runners-up, even honorable mentions. Dona­tions to fatten the purse, general input and ideas, and thoughts on the matter are always welcome.

Moving on to avocational society news, a sad note first. On January 27, California archaeology lost a ~e friend, Gay W~inberger, 46, after a long battle with cancer. Oldtnne ARA.RA (American Rock Art Research Association) members may remember Gay as the vivacious hostess, tour guide and local arrangements coordinator at the A.KARA. Porterville meeting in 1982. She presented the results of her research at that meeting in a paper entitled "Four Forms of Yokuts Rock Art from Tulare County, Cal­ifornia." Gay taught anthropology and archaeology at Por~erville College for over twenty years and was a foundmg member of SSAS which has established a memorial scholarship for students in her name. She is survived by her husband Walter Weir and young son Jacob; she will be missed.

Meanwhile, SSAS is certainly off and running in 1995 with new president Mark Solomon leading the charge. Past president Don DeLay has retired with quite a record for Mark to beat, including arranging SSAS's incorporation and organization of the Carrizo

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Plain/Painted Rock monitoring project. The mon­itoring project has attracted a number of volunteers including members of the Anthropology Students Club from California State Fullerton and Cal. Poly Pomona. They were scheduled to join SSAS in ·-t-he­field over the Feb. 25-26 weekend.

There is good news to report from the ASA (Archae­ological Survey Association) La Verne lab, thanks to the efforts of a handful of dedicated volunteers, Joanne Mack, Paul Bahn, Susan Gleason and Rosemarie Lippman. Through the ongoing generos­ity of the city of La Verne, several unique and very valuable local artifact collections belonging to the ~SA hav~ _been stored ~or several years in a city facil­ity, awaitmg catalogumg and analysis. The vol­unteers-have been meeting once a week for years to work through the material, mostly from the Mud Springs site, most of which has been catalogued. Problems recently arose, however, when the collec­tions were moved_ to a smaller facility and storage spacewas-re·du-cea~rendetin-g-tlieiab unusable. The crises could be resolved, if surplus materials belong­ing to the ASA could be discarded or relocated, thus freeing much-needed lab space. Remarkably, once the problem came into clear focus, the solution rap­idly materialized. ASA president Margaret Potvin arrived at the lab and the boxes were soon sorted and made ready for transport to their new home, the San Bernardino County Museum Volunteer Rose­marie Lippman donated the use of her flatbed truck, the ASA supplied a small grant to cover the cost of loading labor ( Rosemarie's nephews) and in short order, the La Verne lab was cleared and back in business, ready once again to accommodate local archaeology students on assignment. Currently plans are underway for an open house at the La Verne facility during Archaeology Week

We hope there will be a good attendance of avoca­tional society members at the SCA Annual Meeting in Eureka. It appears that at least two members of PCAS (Pacific Coast Archaeological Society) will set up a display table in the book room. Bill Drake of FSRA has suggested several discussion topics for the roundtable; among them, the planning of an avoca­tional society workshop for the 1996 SCA meeting. See you in Eureka.

March 1995

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II Colendar of Events II * March 31-April 2, 1995. Invitation and call for_ __

papers. CAA-Congress "Interfacing the Past: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology." To receive preliminary information, registration and booking forms contact Dr. Hans Kasermans Institute of Prehistory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands, or E-Mail hans@rulpre. ,Leiden Umiv .nl. .

* April 2-7, 1995. Archaeological Chemistry Symposium held at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California. For more information contact Mary Virginia Oma, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York 10805; or call (914) 654-5302; FAX (914) 654-5387.

* April 5-9, 1995. SCA Annual Meeting, Eureka Inn, Eureka. For more information contact Breck Parkman, Program Chair, (707) 938-9572 or Ken Wilson and Tom Keter (707) 441-3529 (Local Arrangements).

* April 17 -22, 1995. An Introduction to Archival Research. Sponsored by the Smithsonian American Indian Museum Studies Program and designed for American Indians charged with gathering information for use by tribal museums, tribal histories, cultural centers, archives or public programs. Tuition waiver & stipend are available to successful applicants. Contact the S. I. Office of Museum Programs, A&I Building, Rm 2235 MRC 427, Washington D.C. 20560 or call (202) 357-3101 or fax (202) 357-3346.

* April 23-26, 1995. Heritage Partnerships in 1995. Sessions on community partnerships, heritage and ecotourism. Call (717) 569-2443.

* April 25, 1995. The Centre for Theories of Language and Learning, University of Bristol announces a seminar on "The Conservation of Endangered Languages." Background information on the future of the world's languages and preservation of linguistic diversity is available through E-mail or by accessing the C1LL's World Wide Web pages using the following Internet URL: http:/ /www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/ Philosophy/CTIL/index.html For further information contact seminar organizers Dan Brinkley and Andrew Woodfield at: centre-tll@bristol.ac. uk.

* April 26-30, 1995. The Cultural Significance of Wetland Archaeology. Vancouver, Canada. For more information contact Kathryn Bernick (program organizer), or Ann Stevenson

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(conference coordinator), UBC Museum of Anthropology 6393 N.W. Marine Driver, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T IZ2; or call (604) 822-6530; or FAX (604) 822-2974; or EMail stevenso@unixg. u be.ca.

* May 1-2, 1995. Geographic Information Systems. University of Nevada, Cultural Resource Management Workshops. To register call (800) 233-8928 or for workshop information contact the Division of Continuing Education (702) 784-4046.

* May 3, 1995. Photographic Collections Management. Co-sponsored by the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists. Contact The Society of American Archivists, 600 S. _Federal _Suite 504 Chicago, 11 60605, or call (312) 922-0140. - --- - - '

* May 3-7, 1995. The Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Minneapolis Hilton and Towers, Minneapolis, Mn.

* May 14-20, 1995. Archaeology Week. For more information contact Beth Padon at (714) 458-7309 or Elyn Walker at (707) 664-2381.

* May 28-August 12, 1995 and August 20-November 11, 1995. 1Wo Internship sessions at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. Interns will work closely with experienced educators to teach southwest cultures and archaeology to schools and adult programs. Each intern will be required to develop a content lesson and an educations research project. Application deadlines are March 10 for first internship session and June 15 for second internship session. For inforrriation qualifications, stipends and travel allowance contact Pam Wheat, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. 23390 County Road K, Cortez, CO 81321 or phone (303) 565-8975.

* June 1-4 1995. California Preservation Foundatio~. annual conference, Mission Inn Riverside. Ior more information call (213) 749-0119.

* June 6-10, 1995. 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works., Curators, conservators, art historians and others are invited to submit abstracts addressing ethics in conservation. Send abstract to Jay Krueger, AIC vice president and program chair, National Gallery of Art, DCL, 6th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington DC 20565. '

* June 13-17, 1995. Summer course from

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Internationcll Academic Projects, "Prevention Conservation of Geological Materials." This c~urse will be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Course fee is $350.00 before May 15 and $375 after. Transportation, lodging.­and surfboard wax expenses not covered.

This course will focus on the evaluation, care, and preventive conservation of geological-origin materials, including collections in geology (inducing mineralogy and meteoritic I extraterrestrial collections), archaeology, paleontology, art, and architecture. If there is sufficient interest, a one-day workshop on care of in situ materials will be added at no extra cost. Course readings, and other information will be mailed two months in advance of the course. Certification will be provided upon cour~e cm~pletio_n. Participants are encouraged to bnng slides, videos, or specimens of particular problems from their home collections or

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Course instructors are Chris Collins, Geological Conservation Unit, Cambridge, UK, and Sally Shelton, San Diego Natural History Museum. For more information contact: Sally Shelton

' Director, <;ollections Care and Conservation,' San Diego Natural History Museum. P.O. Box 1390, San Diego, CA 92112. Or email LIBSDNHM@CLASS.ORG; phone (619) 232-3821, x226; FAX (619) 232-0248.

* July 2-3, 1995. Sixth Meeting of the Mining History Association. National Hotel, Nevada City, CA. For more information contact Linda Green at the Death Valley National Monument or Rolla Queen at the Desert District Bureau of Land Management, Riverside. Send session or p~per proposals to William H. Mulligan, Dept. of History, Murray State University, Murray KY 42071-3311 by March 1, 1995

CRM Training Directory. The Cultural Resource Training Directory, January - December 1995, is available by contacting Emogene-Bevitt@nps.gov or call 202-343-9561. Compiled by the National Park Service Preservation Assistance Division.

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Cambell Center for Historic Preservation Studies. 1995 Course Catalog is available from Mary Wood Lee, Cambell Center, 203 E. Seminary, P.O. Box 66 Mount Carroll, 11. 61053 or Call 815-244-1173. '

Calendar listings include notices for meetings, mu~~um openings, lectures, educational oppor­tumties, etc. All submissions are welcome. Please send calendar listings to Donna Day, Tahoe National Forest, P. 0. Box 6003, Nevada City, California 95959-6003 or (916) 265-4531, or via internet: /S=D.DAY /0Ul=R05Fl 7A@mhsfswa.attmail.com

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The Society seeks to increase public appre­ciation and support for archaeology in Cali­fornia by: 1) helping planners, landowners and developers understand their obligations

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1994-95 SCA Editors and Committee Chairs

Newsletter

managing editor layout & production historical archaeology avocational societies calendar federal agencies state agencies editorial assistance

Proceedings Editor

Valerie A. Levulett Doug Bryce

Judy Tordoff Anne Q. Duffield-Stoll

Donna Day Karen Nissen

Thad Van Bueren . Bob Orlins,

Donna Day & Bob Pavlik

Martin Rosen (619) 688-6751

1995 Annual Meeting program Breck Parkman (707) 938-9572 local arrangements .

Ken Wilson & Tom Keter (707) 441-3529

!STEA Advisory Council Representatives

Archaeology Week

Paul Chace (714) 540-0800

Elyn Walker (707) 664-2381 & Beth Padon (714) 458-7309

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Bill Dreyer (916) 898-6256

Shelly Davis-King (209) 533-0305

Heritage Task Force Representative Thad Van Bueren (916) 263-3404

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