Vol. 07 No. 03 June 1973
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SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY • VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 JUNE '73 annual report issue• Fall Meetings THrs I8 THE LAST NEWSLETTER You[ WILL RECEIVE IF YOU HAVE NOT NORTH AND SOUTH PAID YOUR 1973 DUES. SEE BACK OF NEWSLETTER FOR THE BUSINESS The SCA' s first FALL MEETING$ will take place in OFFICE ADDRESS AND SEND TN October. The purpose of thes.e meetings is to provide a forum to present the preliminary results of summer field YOUR MONEY. work and to get together again for the first time in the fall ____: after the summer bre<ik. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA will meet at Ventura College ELECTIONS from B:OO AM to 5:00 PM on October 20, to be followed by a 7:00 PM Open Executive Board Meeting. Bob Lopez will be hosting the even~ and Rick Hanks •. as Southern California Mike Moratto announced the newly elected SCA officers VP will organize it. Participants should send Rick abstracts at the May 3rd Annual Business Meeting in San Francisco. They are: before Sept. 1 and indicate if a projector will be needed • Write to Bob wpez for inform a ti on about hotelS, maps to the President: Chester King college, and local arrangements (267 Petit, Ventura, CA Northern Vice President: Thomas F. King 9:W03). Southern Vice President: Rick Hanks NORTHERN CALIFORNIA will meet at the Novato Secretary: Mary Lou Ruppenthal • Treasurer: Bobby Greenwood. Prehistory Museum on Oct. 13. Various portions of the operation will be held in the Museum, in the adjacent park, As thin9 s had bee11 planned, Mike Moratto was to and in San Marin High School, which is n.earby. All remain president for an additional !973-197 4 year. those who expect to make regular presentations (a.s However, for personal and professional reasons he opposed to just rapping) should inform Tom King, organizer regretfully submitted his resignation from the office. of the event, at the Dept. of Anthropology, Cal State Chester, as President-elect, has agreed to serve as College, Sonoma, Rohnert Park, GA S4 92B, and should president for this year. spe.cify whether they plan to show slides or otherwise Thanks are due to Fritz Riddell, who handled the large require a darkened room prior to October. The meeting will job of elections chairman. begin at 9:00 and.will be followed by a 7:00 PM Open Executive Meeting. SAN FERNANDO MISSION CHAPEL TORN DOWN As a result of damage suffered in the 1971 earthouake Task Force the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. ' condemned the Chapel at San Fernando Mission. Application The fifth draft of the Archaeological Task Force's for a demolition permft was made on April 18, 1973, to proposed legislation has been completed, and on August 8 the Cultu.ral Heritage Board, which granted the permit on there will be open hearings on the biil in the Resources April 19. A news release was sent to KNXT, but no Building in Sacramento; on August 9, a final Task Force nDtification to archaeolog.ists, historians, etc. was made. Meeting to make last-minute revisions7 and on The structure, which contained Indian murals, has been August 12, it will be introduced to the legislature. leveled, and the Catholic Archdicose plans to put up a Brace yourselvi:s fQr an important campaign! reconstruction. The Convento, crlso damaged, has been restored. The Chapel was both a State Historical Landmark and a City of Los Angeles Cultural Monument . • As anyone might have anticipated, the bulldozers NEXT DEADUNE FOR NEWS: Sept. 15, 1973. As has been demolishing the Mission have encountered a slight snag; the custom in past years, there will be no summer is sue of namely, the bones of two of the five Padres known to have the NEWSLETTER; the fall issue will be a double one. been buried there! V.reckers also found six successive floors in the Chapel, all the way back to the original one of 1801. The priests' remains will be reburied under the reconstruction BUSINESS OFFICE: This has been a troubled year for our As a result of the above, Roger Kelley at Northridge business office. Stan and Beth Van Dyke, who had has now been granted a permit for two weeks oi volunteered a staggering number of days on our behalf, excavation. left for the University of Calgary in June. Business • For purposes of either protest or information, contact operations limped and fumbled throughout the summer, Cultural Heritage Board, Mrs. Ileana Welch, Executive impeded by the fact that only one of my fingers ever Secretary, Room 1500, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90012 learned how to type. Then, in October, Tom Jackson and Fr. Eugene Frilot, Mission San Fernando, 15151 San capably assumed the duties of Business Manager {Tom Fernando Road, San Fernando 91342. types with at least 2 fingers) and was 'compensated by BOBBY GREENWOOD funding from CSU-SF' s student assistant budget. Crisis May 7, 1973 befell the office in January, when the department's budget was slashed, and the Executive Board decided to 1) seek donations and 2) pay Tom a small compensation until a permanent solution to the problem could be arr.ived at. We now, happily, seem to have matters under control, Largely through the efforts of Bonnie Sharpe, the business office has been moved to the Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton. CSUF has agreed SCA to provide a student assistant, faculty supervision, and ~NEWS regular mail servke (excluding bulk mailings) to the SC.l\ at no cost to the Society. My deepest thanks are extended to the Van Dykes, Tom Jackson, and to Bonnie Sharp for FROM THE OUT-GOING PRESIDENT their considerable efforts to maintain and improve My br.lef report here is intended to, be a synopsis of the business seivices. , Society's efforts and accompHshments during the past year. ARCHIVES: The R.E. Schenk Memorial Archtves of Calif Through committee work, deliberation;> at five Executive ornia conttnue to grow in number and are increasingly in Board meetings, and the general election, the Society has demand by indivtdual scholars and libraries throughout moved to restructure its internal affairs and to develop the West. Jim Dotta, managing editor, is to be commended significant programs and policies in the midst of a for his continued maintenance and distribution of the more political maelstrom. than 40 volumes now available. MEMBERSIDP: There were only ca. 270 paid members in the SCA a year ago. /!1 vigorous membership campaign launched MUSEUM ANTIQUITIES POUCY: Although the SCA had by Nancy Walter and Rick and Julie Hanks expanded our developed a policy statement regarding the acquisition and numbers to 419 by the end of 1972. Approxtmately 370 disposition of artifacts by museums, continued illicit sales had paid their dues for 1973 by May. Thus, with additional and purchases by some of the most "reputable" museums membership drives in the near future and early in the fall, in the state prompted us to renew our efforts to improve it is entirely realistic to expec,t enrollment levels to reach museum practices. Rob Edwards distributed (about six • 500 or more by the end of 1973. months ago) a useful restatement of the SCA' s policy and appended citations relating to the antiquities policies of DUES: During the course of business at the January leading archaeological societies and museums. These Executive Board meetings in San Francisco and Los Angeles, materials were sent to all of the known museums in the it was learned that SCA operating costs had risen to the state. Subsequently, the SCA has established a full extent that additional funding would by needed to committee 1 under the chairmanship of Keith Dixon, to guarantee present activity levels. The Executive Board investigate current museum policies regarding antiquities voted to, place a dues-increase proposal on the· general and to draft rather detailed findings and recommendations,, ballot. The increase was approved 120:34 by the members. I want to acknowledge my sincere thanks to Rob Edwards, , Hence, Chapter III of the Constitution and Bylaws stands Keith Dixon, Margaret Weide, and the others who have amended: worked on this delicate problem. In this vein, Paul "Dues for membership in the Society shall be three Schumacher expended a good deal of time and effort dealing dollars for each calendar year for students and seven with the museums of southern California. Thanks go to all dollars for each calendar year for all other members." these people. This revision will first apply to memberships granted ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: The Society has been more for the 19 7 4 calendar year. active in matte~s of environmental policy than in any other CONTRIBUTIONS: Pres.ident Osborne of SW.A.A and I issued field. During the past year we have l) provided input into a plea earlier this year for contributions to sustain the the general plan for California being prepared by the Office bus.iness office and other societal functions. The of Research and Planning; 2) prepared and disseminated a _ detaUed memorandum concerning the California Environment response was extremely gratifying / with about 40 SCA members donating a total of $513.00 to the Society. Each al Quality Act and the preparation of Environmental Impact benefactor was individually thanked by letter for his or Studies; 3) offered continuing criticism of the guidelines her generosity. The funds have been partially expended for EIR' s being prepared by the Secretary of Resources; in support of the business office; some,"!nonies were used 4) supported local archaeologists in the development of to send a delegate to the meetings in Fayetteville; and new county archaeological ordinances; and 5) we have the remainder is as yet uncommitted.