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SDCAS Newsletter SSSDDDCCCAAASSS Newsletter NNeewwsslleetttteerr November/December 2018 ISSN 0897-2478 Volume 46, Number 6 The mission of the San Diego County Archaeological Society is to promote public understanding and President’s Message appreciation of archaeology in general and to encourage By Lauren Downs the preservation of the cultural resources of San Diego County. Thank you all for helping put together an amazing Arch in the Park 2018. It’s never too early to save the date for next year’s Arch in the Park: Saturday October Calendar 19, 2019. Have a safe holiday season and we hope to see Support your Society! Items in boxes are you at one of our upcoming events. As always, please SDCAS-organized or sponsored events visit our new and improved website for the most up- NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE to-date information (www.sdcas.org). MONTH! Now through December 28 (M-F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) INSIDE Liberty Station Pg. 2 Board of Directors / Meeting Locations 4th Annual Celebrating the Art in Archaeology Art Show Pg. 2 Editor’s Message & Submission Information See announcement inside (Pg. 3) Pg. 3 Members’ News Corner Pg. 4 Upcoming SDCAS Meeting & Speaker November 10 (8 a.m. - Noon) Balboa Park JDRF One Walk Pg. 4 Speaker Synopsis - Mad for a Night… of Visit SDCAS booth and Asylum Archaeology help support Type 1 Diabetes research Pg. 4 Membership Report More info on our website (www.sdcas.org) and at Pg. 5 2018 Arch in the Park - A Big Success! https://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR?fr_id=7509&pg=entry Pg. 7 2018 Art Show Success! November 27 (7:30 p.m.) Los Peñasquitos Pg. 8 Ancient South Americans Tasted Chocolate SDCAS Fourth Tuesday Meeting 1,500 Years Before Anyone Else 4th Annual Kumeyaay Game Night Pg. 8 Laser Mapping Shows the Surprising Complexity See announcement inside (Pg. 4) of the Maya Civilization November 30 (7:15 p.m.) SDSU Pg. 9 Ancient Viking Ship Found Buried Next to AIA Public Lecture: Will They Buy It? Athenian Vase-Painting as Busy Norwegian Freeway Targeted Advertising For Women Pg. 10 New Thoughts on Pompeii’s Last Day See announcement inside (Pg. 3) Pg. 10 Archaeologists Discover ‘Huge’ Ancient December 2 (11 a.m. – 3 p.m.) San Pasqual Battlefield State Building in Egypt Historic Park Battle Day Pg. 11 Ancient Bronze Hand Found in Switzerland See announcement inside (Pg. 6) Mystifies Archeologists See Members’ News Corner inside (Pg. 3) for more Events! November/December 2018 2 SDCAS Newsletter SDCAS Board of Directors SDCAS Office Phone: 858-538-0935 Email: [email protected] ELECTED POSITIONS: President Lauren Downs email: [email protected] President Elect VACANT First Vice President (Programs) Karen Lacy email: [email protected] Second Vice President (Field Trips/Research) Natalie Brodie 760-219-0103 (w) email: [email protected] Secretary Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] Treasurer Mary Robbins-Wade email: [email protected] APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Environmental Review Directions to Los Peñasquitos Ranch House: From I-15 take Mercy Rd. Jim Royle email: [email protected] west, turn right (north) onto Black Mountain Rd. and then take the first Membership left (Canyonside Park Driveway) into Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. Isabel Cordova email: [email protected] Follow the road all the way to the back (past Canyonside Community Park ball fields and through the partially closed gate), and park either in Youth and Community Outreach the small parking area by the barn or along the edge of the dirt entrance Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] road. There is additional parking in the field to the east of the barn. If you put Los Peñasquitos Ranch House into Google Maps, it can also Newsletter Editor give you specific directions. Marla Mealey email: [email protected] Board Meetings take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 pm 619-221-7051 (w) see Editor’s Message for address at the offices of California State Parks’ Southern Service Center in Hospitality Liberty Station (Barracks 26), 2797 Truxtun Rd., San Diego, CA 92106. Alexia Landa email: [email protected] DISCLAIMER: Articles printed in this newsletter are for the Publications (Journal) information of the members of the Society and do not Tim Gross necessarily represent the views or beliefs of the board 619-334-9120 email: [email protected] members or the Society in general. Sales Editor’s Message Pearl George email: [email protected] Where has this year gone? Hard to believe it is already Web Master November! Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] Thanks to everyone who sent me articles and news items Climate Change for the newsletter this year. It really is a group effort and Sandra Pentney email: [email protected] submissions make this a much more interesting and informative newsletter than I could hope to accomplish by Student Liaison myself. We often joke on the SDCAS Board that we have Doug Mengers email: [email protected] a lot of committees of one. But even if I don’t have specific appointed members on my “Newsletter Social Media Coordinator Committee,” everyone who sends me articles or Rachel Droessler email: [email protected] information for the newsletter is an honorary committee member, so, again, thank you all and keep sending things Art Show Committee in! Joanna Collier email: [email protected] Hope you all have happy holidays! SDCAS Newsletter is published bimonthly by the San Diego County Archaeological Society, P.O. Box 81106, San Diego, California 92138. SUBMISSIONS: Please send any articles, stories, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to San Diego County poems, photos, cartoons, etc. to me at the address below. Archaeological Society, P.O. Box 81106, San Diego, California 92138. Emailed digital documents are preferred. Any hard-copy item you wish returned must be accompanied by a self- MEETING INFO: The SDCAS Office is located at Los Peñasquitos addressed, stamped envelope. Ranch House. During the Fall, Winter, and Spring, Monthly Speaker The submission deadline for the next issue is meetings are held on the Fourth Tuesday of each month except December. December 28. Please send all items to: During the Summer months (July, August, September 2018) General [email protected] or to Marla Mealey c/o Meetings are held on Saturday evenings, in the courtyard at the Ranch California State Parks, Southern Service Center, House. See pg. 4 for details of upcoming meetings. 2797 Truxtun Rd., San Diego, CA 92106. November/December 2018 3 SDCAS Newsletter AIA Lecture: Will They Buy It? Athenian Vase- Members’ News Corner Painting as Targeted Advertising for Women Celebrating the Art in Archaeology – Fourth Friday, November 30, 2018 (7:15PM) in Arts & Letters Annual Archaeology Art Contest and Show 101 (SDSU) In celebration of California Dr. Danielle Bennett (Schuch-Friends of Classics Post- Archaeology Month (October) and Doctoral Fellow in Classics and the Digital Humanities at Native American Heritage Month SDSU; M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern (November), SDCAS and California Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College; B.A. in Art History State Parks are hosting an archaeology- and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia). themed juried art show and contest During the late Archaic and Classical periods, Athens was called “Celebrating the Art in a metropolis seeking to expand its hegemonic control over Archaeology” at the California State the Greek world and was in constant conflict with others. Parks office in Liberty Station, While this tumultuous history is well-known, it is not often Barracks 26 (2797 Truxtun Road, San Best in Show connected with Athenian vase-painting and its popularity Diego 92106). in domestic and foreign markets; in fact, the political activity of Athens is intensely tangled with changes in the The show is marketing of Athenian figure-painted pottery. During the free and open fifth century BCE, women are increasingly prominent in to the public Athenian vase-painting and the types of scenes in which weekdays they appear expands. These inventive scene types include (M-F) from representations of food preparation and serving, 8am-5pm, agricultural work, wool-working, and childcare, all of Oct. 8 through which were simple chores that were previously considered Dec. 31. too ordinary to be the regular spotlight of figural decoration. This lecture proposes that these changes may See denote an expanded marketability of vases to female Archaeology- viewers as a greater share of the market was influenced by themed artwork women, either directly or indirectly, and successful artists in four carefully crafted targeted advertisements on their wares to categories: attract that group. As targeted imagery, the vase-paintings give perceptible recognition to the increased valuation of women’s work and lives at a time when their roles in 1. Fine Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.), Athenian society were essential for the continued success 2. Photography (black & white of the city-state. I advocate for a revitalization of how we and color including site look at Athenian vase-painting using digital humanities photography, artifact and of how we consider targeted advertising in the ancient photography, etc.), world. 3. Ancient/Traditional Arts (including basketry, worked Pre-paid parking passes, are available free of charge to stone, pottery, weaving, long-time members of San Diego AIA and members of the replicative arts, etc.), and National AIA (please bring your membership card, if you 4. Archaeological Line have it!) on a first-come, first-served basis. This is for the Drawings (including artifact parking structure immediately adjacent to Arts & Letters drawings, sketch maps, (PS14 (formerly PS8), park in a green F/S slot). One of the profiles, etc.). People’s Choice officers will be handing them out in the lecture hall for you to take back out to display in your vehicle.
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