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Spring 2012 www.canadianarchaeology.com Volume 29, Issue 2 1 Hello to all CAA members! I hope you enjoy reading British Columbia about your colleagues‘ work in all parts of Canada in this Terrence Clark (Canadian Museum of Civilization) issue. [email protected] Trevor Orchard (University of Toronto) [email protected] The Spring 2012 Newsletter contains information about archaeological field activities which took place in Alberta virtually all parts of the country over the past year(s). Alywnne Beaudoin (Royal Alberta Museum) You‘ll notice that some areas, like Alberta, have [email protected] substantial sections involving submissions for the past Saskatchewan four field seasons (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011). The Vacant fabulous work occurring in other regions (I‘m looking at you, SK, MN, and NU) isn‘t represented at all because Manitoba we‘re still looking for editors to solicit, compile, and Vacant submit fieldwork summaries. If interested, get involved! Ontario For the first time, the CAA Newsletter has a sizeable Wai Kok (Ontario Ministry of Tourism) [email protected] Parks Canada presence: Daniel LaRoche assembled and Adam Pollock (Past Recovery Archaeological Services) submitted reports from Parks Canada‘s 2011 field [email protected] activities in its three regions – East (NL, PEI), Central Ryan Primrose [email protected] (ON, QC) and Western and Northern (BC, AL, SK, MN, YK, NWT). All are presented in both official languages. Quebec Adrian Burke (Université de Montréal) [email protected] You‘ll also find a letter by William Ross, the new President of the CAA, regarding Bill C-38. A number of New Brunswick links can be found at the end of his statement. Brent Suttie (Government of New Brunswick) [email protected] Alwynne Beaudoin has contributed a new Digging Books Michael Nicholas (Government of New Brunswick) review of Alta Acta (Donna Leon), a novel touching on a [email protected] number of archaeologically relevant topics including the Nova Scotia excavation, ownership, and display of antiquities. Laura de Boer (Davis MacIntyre and Associates Ltd.) [email protected] This issue also has information about field blogs that will soon be up and running on the E‘Se‘Get (Nova Scotia) Prince Edward Island and Shíshálh (British Columbia) archaeological projects. Helen Kristmanson (Government of Prince Edward Island) [email protected] The News and Announcements section includes details on two upcoming conferences, and there is information Newfoundland and Labrador for anyone interested in submitting to the Fall 2012 Patricia Wells (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Newsletter. [email protected] Karen Ryan Yukon [email protected] Ruth Gotthardt (Government of Yukon) [email protected] Northwest Territories Tom Andrews (Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre) [email protected] Nunavut Vacant 2 Additional information includes material borrowed with the kind permission of Tim Rast. I urge you all to visit http://elfshotgallery.blogspot.ca/. Tim has posted material about the cuts to Parks Canada including several Dear Friends and Colleagues: interviews from across the country addressing the severe As you know, Bill C-38 will result in a massive reduction problems these cuts will cause. to Parks Canada‘s archaeologists and conservators. The http://elfshotgallery.blogspot.ca/2012/05/what-is- Canadian Archaeological Association unanimously happening-to-archaeology-at.html adopted the following resolution at our Annual General Meeting on May 19, 2012: ―We propose that the http://elfshotgallery.blogspot.ca/2012/05/summary-of- Canadian Archaeological Association take a strong archaeology-cuts-to-parks.html position against these cuts to personnel and infrastructures and that it seeks the support of appropriate http://anthropology-news.org/index.php/2012-06-06- organizations in Canada and abroad.‖ parks-canada-archaeology-being-decimated/ Our letter to Prime Minister Harper is provided below. Also visit the Canadian Archaeological Association Facebook page for news on this issue: We have sought support from Canadian and international http://www.facebook.com/CanadianArchaeologicalAssoc colleagues and have received letters sent to the federal iation government by the Association des Archéologues du Québec, the Nova Scotia Archaeological Society, Laval As your new president, I would also like to thank University, the Society for American Archaeology and William Moss, Quebec City, for assistance in contacting the Society for Historical Archaeology. Some copies of many of our international colleagues. these letters are provided below. We are expecting additional letters. Please step up and do your part. This issue requires your attention. How can you help? Write, phone or e-mail your local MP and the following officials: We are also not alone, Library and Archives Canada is also being drastically affected – collections are being Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, decentralized and scattered across the country. It is ironic [email protected] that a government that spotlights the war of 1812, restores the Royal to the navy and air force doesn‘t seem Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, to care about anything else in the history of this country. [email protected] Regards, James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, [email protected] William Ross President Alan Latourelle, Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada [email protected] http://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/draconian-cuts- parks-canada We must express our outrage to get the government‘s attention. 3 Support letter template for membership Letter from the SHA CAA letter to the Prime Minister Letter from CNEHA CAA letter to the Prime Minister - French Letter to Minister Moore from the NSAS Response from Prime Minister's office Letter from the OAS Parks Canada Charter Letter from the International Council for Lettre de L'AAQ Archaeozoology Lettre des professeurs de l’Université Laval Letter from the Manitoba Archaeological Society Details on cuts Letter from Julia King (past president - SHA) Tim Rast's contribution Letter from Robert Waller, Protect Heritage Corp. Letter from the SAA Letter from Peter Pope, Memorial University of Newfoundland Your membership in the Canadian Archaeological Association is due on April 1, of the New Year. In order to receive your two issues of the CAA Newsletter, the Canadian Journal of Archaeology, and maintain your logon account for the Members Only Section of the CAA Web Site, you are encouraged to establish or renew your membership as soon as possible. Votre cotisation à l'Association canadienne d'archéologie est de la première journée de janvier de la nouvelle année. Afin de recevoir vos exemplaires du Journal canadien d'archéologie, du Bulletin de l'ACA et de continuer à accéder à la Section des Membres WWW de l'ACA, nous vous encourageons à renouveler votre adhésion ou encore à devenir membre de l'Association canadienne d'archéologie. Regular/Régulier - $ 75.00 Student/Étudiant - $ 35.00 Membership Period is April 1st–March 31st Membership Period is April 1st–March 31st Supporting - $ 100.00 https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=1 https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2 4 territory. Year 1 (2008) consisted of excavations at Klehkwanum (Scuttle Bay), on the Sliammon reserve, and an extensive survey of the Desolation Sound Marine Four Years of Collaboration in Tla’amin Park. Year 2 (2009) saw the completion of excavations at Klehkwanum, and an expansion of the Desolation Sound Traditional Territory Marine Park Survey. Additionally, we conducted aerial Megan Caldwell (University of Alberta), Dana Lepofsky survey of Tla‘amin traditional territory to document (Simon Fraser University), John Welch (Simon Fraser intertidal features. In Year 3 (2010) our focus shifted University), Michelle Washington (Sliammon Treaty from Klehkwanum to a large village site at Cochrane Bay Society), Nyra Chalmer (Simon Fraser University), Julia in Desolation Sound Marine Park. Additionally, we Jackley (Simon Fraser University), Sarah Johnson began ground-truthing the intertidal features documented (Simon Fraser University), Craig Rust (Simon Fraser in Year 2 and tested at numerous sites along the Georgia University), and Chris Springer (Simon Fraser Strait side of the Malaspina Peninsula. This past summer, University) Year 4 (2011), we returned to Cochrane Bay, and began work on Ahgykson (Harwood Island). As well, we The Tla‘amin-Simon Fraser University Archaeology and completed ground-truthing of the intertidal features. Heritage Stewardship Project was initiated in 2007 by Dr. Dana Lepofsky (SFU Archaeology), Dr. John Welch Our results to date indicate that people have been living (SFU Archaeology and School of Resource and in Tla‘amin traditional territory for at least 7,500 years. Environmental Management), and Michelle Washington Early occupations likely consisted of temporary camps (Sliammon Treaty Society). This collaborative project set up for resource exploitation. Approximately 4,000 has focused on a comprehensive study of Tla‘amin years ago there appears to be a shift to more permanent history through integrating archaeological evidence, settlement, with extensive terraforming and expansion of traditional knowledge and archival materials. The these sites through time. Many sites occupied during this Sliammon First Nation live just north of Powell River