Newsletter Founded 1966 Volume 43, Number 2 July 2009
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Society for California Archaeology Newsletter Founded 1966 Volume 43, Number 2 July 2009 What's Inside: Proceedings are now online! Report from the Information Centers Events calendar Name the archaeologists in this photo (answers on page 2) Table of Contents From the President ............................................................................................ 3 As I Write This Column…. ........................................................................... 3 SCA Business and Activities .............................................................................. 4 Committee Reports ............................................................................................. 4 Grants and Fundraising Report .................................................................. 4 Proceedings Report ................................................................................... 5 Nominations Report ................................................................................... 5 CASSP Activities ........................................................................................ 6 Liaison Reports .................................................................................................... 7 Historical Archaeology in the News ........................................................... 7 Legislative Liaison Report .......................................................................... 8 Report from the California Information Centers ......................................... 9 Society for Historical Archaeology/SCA Liaison Report ........................... 11 The Society for American Archaeology News Report .............................. 12 Meeting Reports and Minutes ........................................................................... 13 SCA Executive Board Meeting, July 16-17, 2009 .................................... 13 SCA News and Notes ....................................................................................... 14 Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Is the First State Park in the Nation to Host a Passport in Time Archaeological Project ...................... 14 Thoughts on Receiving the Society for California Archaeology’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 ........................................................................ 15 Inaugural Conference on Lime and Lime Kilns in California History ........ 18 Professional Standards and Ethics:Who Cares?...................................... 19 SCA Calendar of Events ................................................................................. 22 The Society for California Archaeology Newsletter is a Email submissions to [email protected] or mail quarterly newsletter of information essential to them to the SCA Business Office: California archaeology. Opinions, commentary, and 1692 Mangrove Avenue, Suite #153 editorials appearing in the Newsletter represent the view Chico, CA 95926 of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Board or Newsletter co-editors: Editors. Authors should be aware that their contributions Jennifer Farquhar may appear on the SCA website, unless otherwise Stella D’Oro specified. Michelle Treviño On the cover: Left to right and back front Brian Wickstrom, Mark Basgall, Liz Honeysett, Bill Hildebrandt, Robert Jobson, Laurie Swenson, Kathleen Smith in Warm Springs, 1979 (Photograph from SCA Archives). SCA Newsletter 43(2) Page 2 Society for California From the Presidents Archaeology Executive Board As I Write This Column…. 2009-2010 C. Kristina Roper, President President C. Kristina Roper As I write this column, it is the height Sierra Valley Cultural Planning (559) 561-3816 of the summer field season. SCA [email protected] members are scattered around the state and beyond, participating in surveys Immediate Past President Mark Allen and excavations, volunteering as Department of Geography and archaeological site stewards, learning Anthropology, Cal Poly Pomona, and teaching. I get messages from (909) 869–3577 colleagues telling of the pleasures of [email protected] returning to a familiar desert playa or President–Elect coastal bluff, spending hours absorbed Glenn J. Gmoser in the pleasures of discovery. Fun, Caltrans Tel: (916) 651-8167 isn’t it? [email protected] that others throughout the state, both Unless you live under a rock, you children and adults, think what you do Southern Vice President Colleen Delaney-Rivera know that California, along with the is fascinating! You are all potential CSU Channel Islands rest of the United States, promotes the story tellers. Share your work this year [email protected] preservation of our nation’s material by taking the time to give a talk at a culture and heritage during Northern Vice President public forum where you live; create a Jennifer M. Farquhar Archaeology Month. Recently small exhibit for display in your local Albion Environmental, Inc. California changed the month this is (831) 588-1724; library; give a show-and-tell at a [email protected] celebrated from May to October to public school. There are many integrate with California's possibilities. Several SCA members Secretary kindergarten through Grade 12 Adrian R. Whitaker have already stepped forward and Far Western Anthropological Research curriculum on Native American and offered to plan events in their home Group California history. towns. (530) 756-3941 ext. 119 [email protected] OK, now for the pitch: Who can For more suggestions on what you Treasurer possibly better convey the value and could do, check out the list on the John Burge 17 Williamsburg Lane importance of our diverse cultural Archaeology Month page on Chico, CA 95926; heritage than you, SCA members? The SCAHome.org. Become a Fan of the (530) 342-3680 [email protected] success of Archaeology Month Society for California Archaeology on depends on you. As you are working Facebook and post your event. Help SCA Business Office the various puzzle pieces and on your make this year’s Archaeology Month a Denise Wills, E.D. 1692 Mangrove Ave. #153 research projects, gathering and success. Chico, CA 95926 arranging them to tell a story, know (530) 342-3537 [email protected] It all depends on you. SCA Newsletter 43(2) Page 3 Society for California SCA Business and Activities Archaeology Committees Committee Reports 2009-2010 Advanced Annual Meeting Planning Donna Gillette Grants and Fundraising Report [email protected] Submitted by Richard Victor Olson Archaeology Month Representative Laura Leach-Palm As a long-standing SCA member (29 years!), I am pleased to introduce myself as the [email protected] 2009-2010 Grants and Fundraising Chairperson, and to donate my time to support Bennyhoff Memorial Award our professional organization. I would like to take this opportunity to remind the Tom Origer membership of just how important it is to continue to financially support our Society [email protected] during this economic downturn. While we are all experiencing tough fiscal CA Arch Site Stewardship Program challenges at home and at work, we urgently need to continue to keep SCA Beth and Chris Padon financially solvent. [email protected] [email protected] The Society has numerous long-standing Curation Representative programs that need annual funding to keep Cindy Stankowski going, some examples being: [email protected] Grants and Fundraising • The Native American Programs Committee, Richard Victor Olson which includes the California Indian [email protected] Sponsorship Program; Membership • The California Archaeological Site Patricia Welsh McCorkle Stewardship Program (CASSP), which [email protected] sponsors training workshops throughout the Native American Programs state; and, Janet Eidsness • The James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Fund [email protected] and Award, just to name a few. Cassandra Hensher [email protected] Also, without the generous donation and support of volunteer time and underwriter Nominations money, the SCA would have a very difficult time putting on our Annual Meeting, Patricia Mikkelsen year after year. I am appreciative of your generous donations of time and money that [email protected] helped make this year’s 43rd Annual Meeting in Modesto such a success. I am looking for individuals and corporations to "step up to the plate" once again for our Proceedings Sharon Waechter 2010 Annual Meeting to be held in Riverside, at the historic Mission Inn. March is [email protected] just around the corner, so I would love to see your tax deductible donations start to come in as soon as possible. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Checks may be Professional Standards and Ethics Christine McCullom sent to: [email protected] Society for California Archaeology Student Affairs 1692 Mangrove Ave. #153 Shannon Tushingham [email protected] Chico, CA 95926 Website Should you have any questions regarding donations or have fundraising ideas, feel Stella D’Oro free to contact me at: [email protected] (916) 366-0101 (Home) or (916) 274-0606 (Office). I can be reached via email at [email protected]. Or contact Denise at [email protected]; (530) 342-3537. SCA Newsletter 43(2) Page 4 Committee Reports, continued Proceedings Report Nominations Report Submitted by Sharon Weachter Submitted by Patricia Mikkelsen As many of you know by now, Proceedings 22 – papers from the 2008 Annual Meeting – is available as a searchable electronic document on the SCA web site (www.scahome.org/publications/index.html).