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Society for CaliforniaCalifornia ArchaeologyArchaeology Newsletter Founded 1966 Volume 39, Number 1 March 2005 Cypress & Mandela Projects — See you at the Annual Meeting, April 21-24, Sacramento! 2 Society for California Archaeology Newsletter Volume 39, Number 1 A quarterly newsletter of articles and information essential to California archaeology. Contributions are welcome. March 2005 Lead articles should be 1,500-2,000 words. Longer articles may appear in installments. Send submissions as hard copy or on diskette to: SCA Newsletter, Department of Anthropology, CSU Chico, Chico CA 95929-0401 or as email or attachments to: <[email protected]> Regular Features The SCA Executive Board encourages publication of a From the President wide range of opinions on issues pertinent to California Amy Gilreath . 3 archaeology. Opinions, commentary, and editorials appearing in the Newsletter represent the views of the SCA Business and Activities authors, and not necessarily those of the Board or Editor. Committee Reports . 4 Lead article authors should be aware that their articles Symposium on SB18 . 8 may appear on the SCA web site, unless they request otherwise. Nor-Rel-Muk NAPC Workshop . 9 Mechoopda NAPC Workshop . 11 Editorial Staff Web Sites of Interest . 13 Managing Editor . Greg White (530) 898-4360 Board Minutes, 09/10/04 . 14 Contributing Editors Annual Meeting Preliminary Program . 16 Avocational News . Elena Nilsson Curation . Cindy Stankowski News and Announcements Education . Elena Nilsson Exhibits . 18 Federal Agency News . Russ Kaldenberg Workshops and Tours . 18 Field Notes . Michael Sampson Historical Archaeology . open On the Web . 19 Information Centers . Lynn Compas Conferences . 19 Membership . Vicki Beard New Publications . Denise Thomas New Publications OHP . Michael McGuirt Denise Thomas . 21 Legislation . Stephen Bryne CASSP . Chris and Beth Padon Out of the Pits State Agency News . open CRM Writers and Reviewers Don Laylander. 22 Newsletter Deadlines For Issue . Deadline Articles March . February 20 June . May 20 September . August 20 Friends of Sierra Rock Art and Tahoe National Forest Site Monitoring Program December . November 20 Kyle Ross . 23 Calendar Submissions position open: . temporarily send submissions PCN Petroglyphs Discovered on the Mendocino Coast to [email protected] J. Charles Whatford . 24 Advertising Rates* 1/4 page . $70 In the Sheep: Aspen Carvings as Indicators of Land Capacity and Use 1/2 page . $100 Kristina Crawford . 26 Full page . $175 * - Ads that run three or more consecutive Mandela Park & Ride Project issues receive a 15% discount. Thad M. Van Buren. 29 On the Cover: Mandela Project Ceramic Gaming Token, Courtesy of the Anthropological Studies Cypress Project Center, Sonoma State University. Mary Praetzellis and Thad M. Van Buren. 30 SCA Newsletter 39(1) 3 From the President hosted by Judith Marvin and Tom Frye?; and who wouldn’t be excited SCA Executive Board about having an inside look at our SCA Executive Board Golden State’s archaeological 2004-2005 collection at DPR’s Resource Center in West Sac.?). A great big thanks to Rich Olson for spearheading the Silent Auction/Wine & Beer Tasting Event. President: Amy Gilreath, Far Western Anthropo- And thank you, Lynn Compas, for logical Research Group, Inc., 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA 95616; W: (530) 756-3941. handling all the contacts and email: [email protected] arrangements associated with the Book lrighty, then. I’m clicking out Room. From here forward, several Immediate Past President: Elena Nilsson, URS my last “From the President” other czars will be kicking their efforts Corporation, 1550 Humboldt Road, Suite #2, column. June’s column will be A into a higher gear, including Darrell Chico, CA 95928; W: (530) 893-9675. courtesy of incoming President Shelly Cardiff with the meeting volunteers, email: [email protected] Davis-King. I’d like to thank the Board and John Sharp with the Auction side Members, as well as Far Western folks, of the Friday-night event. President-Elect: Shelly Davis-King, Davis-King & for their dedication to, support of, and Associates, P.O. Box 10, Standard, CA, 95373-0010. high level of volunteer involvement Pre-Registration packets were Tel: (209) 928-3443. in our Society these past 12-24 mailed February 17 & 18. Tom Origer e-mail: [email protected] months. Of the former, the shift is over and Associates graciously donated the for Elena Nilsson, Terry Jones, and labor and the lion’s share of the direct Southern Vice-President: Terry Jones, Social Stacy Schneyder. Please, when you costs for this task. If you have not Sciences Department, CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, 1 see them at the Annual Meeting next received yours by now, or need Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407; W month, pat them on the back and thank another for a friend, please let our (805) 756-2523; them for their service to the SCA. Business Office know, or download email: [email protected] They have each contributed from our website, SCAhome.org. A immensely their time and energy to DEADLINE REMINDER: March 25 Northern Vice-President: Karin Anderson, Redwood keeping the SCA on an even keel – is the cut-off date for room reservations National and State Parks, Cultural Resources, P.O. and this on top of their full-time jobs. at our conference rate ($99 a night for Box 7, Orick, CA 95555. Tel: (707) 464-6101 x I’m determined to be an enthusiastic the downtown Hyatt), and the cut-off 5210. Past President, and I look forward to date for the pre-registration rate. The e-mail: [email protected] working with the incoming Board former may be reasonably expected to Secretary: Janine Loyd, P.O. Box 7602, Cotati, CA, Members. jump to $130/night after the deadline; the latter jumps from $80 (pre-reg. rate 94931. Tel: (707) 584-8200. At the time of this writing, ) to $100 on site. (For those who like e-mail: [email protected] Proceedings 18 is at the printers. It to comparison shop, SAA annual dues Treasurer: Stacy Schneyder, Jones&Stokes includes about 40 papers from last are $120; pre-registration dues for Salt Associates, 2600 V Street, Sacramento, CA 95818; year’s Annual Meeting, and three Lake City are $105; on-site reg. fees W: (916) 739-3000; email: mistakenly left out of an earlier issue. for Salt Lake are $130; and to sleep at [email protected] For those who were members-in-good the Salt Lake Marriott with the standing last year, look for it in your conference rate is costing $132/night.) SCA Business Office: Greg White, Department of Registration Packet at Sacramento. If Anthropology, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929-001; your ’04 dues got away from you, The Program has nearly 200 (530) 898-4360; email: [email protected] you’ll be able to purchase a copy from presentations/posters, arrayed into the Business Office table at the Annual about 20 session (15 organized and Meeting. five general sessions), in addition to two Poster Sessions and a Roundtable SCA Business Office Department of Anthropology By now, too, Glenn Gmoser, Local Session. Thank you, fellow-Far California State University, Chico Arrangements Chair for the Annual Western volunteers Kelly McGuire Chico, CA 95929-0401 Meeting, and his panel of “czars” are and Bill Hildebrandt for being Ph (530) 898-5733 beginning to see the fruits of their Program Co-Chairs. Fx (530) 898-4220 labor. Among the heavy-lifters to date, M/Th: 8:00-5:00 we applaud Glenn, of course, but also I’d like to draw your attention to W: 12:00-5:00 Tina Biorn, who has pulled together a the SCA Liaisons Sidebar, and the new great array of four Education/Learning names that appear. Kathy Dowdall has [email protected] recently Workshops and a series of (continued page 20) extracurricular tours (who doesn’t want stepped forward to go on the Mines and Wines tour SCA Newsletter 39(1) 4 SCA Committees 2004-2005 Advanced Annual Meeting Planning SCA Tom Origer (707) 584-8200; [email protected]. Annual Meeting Local Arrangements, 2005 Glenn Gmoser (916) 651-8167; Business and Activities [email protected] Annual Meeting Program Chairs, 2005 Kelly McGuire (530) 756-3941; [email protected] Bill Hildebrandt (530) 756-3941; [email protected] Committee and Affairs Committee, please contact Archaeology Month Representatives Shannon Tushingham at Laura Leach-Palm(530) 756-3941; Liaison Reports [email protected] [email protected] Bennyhoff Memorial Award Patricia Mikkelsen (530) 756-3941; [email protected] Introducing… SCA at the SHA Annual CA Arch Site Stewardship Program Meeting, York, England Chris Padon (562) 432-1801; The SCA Student [email protected] Beth Padon (562) 432-1801; Scott Baxter, Past Forward, Inc. [email protected] Affairs Committee Curation Representative Shannon Tushingham The annual SHA meeting was held Cindy Stankowski (619) 239-1868; this year in York, England in early [email protected] This year the Society for California January, 2005. California Education/Avocational Elena Nilsson (530) 893-9675; Archaeology formed its first ever archaeologists and California topics [email protected] Student Affairs Committee. The made a strong showing at the meeting. Fundraising primary goal of the Committee is to The following is a brief summary of Elena Nilsson (530) 893-9675; promote student involvement in SCA those presentations, in roughly [email protected] alphabetical order. Rebecca Allen Dana McGowan (916)-739-3095; meetings and events. If you are an [email protected] undergraduate or graduate student presented an overview of environmental changes brought on by Membership interested in California archaeology, Vicki Beard (707) 584-8200; getting involved in the Committee is a the introduction of non-native species [email protected] great way to network and contribute to during the Mission Period. Stacey L. Native American Programs student participation and input in the Camp, Eleanor Conlin, and Bryn Janet Eidsness (530) 629-3153; Williams talked of how archaeology [email protected] SCAs! can be used to debunk the many Newsletter Our first meeting is tentatively Greg White (530) 898-4360 stereotype of Chinatowns presented in [email protected] scheduled for Saturday morning during popular media.