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Society for Newsletter Society for CaliforniaCalifornia ArchaeologyArchaeology Newsletter Founded 1966 Volume 40, Number 1 March 2006 Inside: NAPC Workshop in Big Pine! 2 Society for Volume 40, Number 1 California March 2006 Archaeology Newsletter A quarterly newsletter of articles and information essential to California archaeology. Contributions are welcome. 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 Shelly Davis-King . 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. Legislative Liaison . 4 Lead article authors should be aware that their articles Archaeology Month . 5 may appear on the SCA web site, unless they request Student Membership Change . 5 otherwise. Proceedings Report . 6 Editorial Staff Annual Meeting Update . 6 Managing Editor . Greg White (530) 898-4360 . [email protected] Southern Data-Sharing Wrap . 6 SCA Archives Project . 9 Contributing Editors Native American Programs. 10 Avocational News . open Education News . open Executive Board Minutes . 12 Curation . Cindy Stankowski Annual Meeting Prelim Program. 15 Federal Agency News. open Field Notes . Michael Sampson New Publications . 16 Historical Archaeology . R. Scott Baxter Web Sites of Interest . 24 Information Centers . Lynn Compas Membership . open News and Announcements New Publications . Denise Jaffke Awards . 20 OHP . Michael McGuirt Meetings and Conferences . 20 Legislation . Stephen Bryne On-Line Resources . 22 CASSP . Chris and Beth Padon State Agency News . open Calendar of Events . 39 Newsletter Deadlines Articles For Issue . Deadline March . February 20 William James Wallace, January,January 21,21, 19151915 -- SeptemberSeptember 12,12, 20052005 June . May 20 Charles Rozaire . 17 September . August 20 December . November 20 Ella Rodriguez, 1932-2005 Gary S. Breschini Calendar Submissions Patricia Welsh: . [email protected] and Trudy Haversat . 2518 Exploring the Archaeology of Farm Hands Advertising Rates* Thad M. Van Bueren . 25 1/4 page . $70 1/2 page . $100 Breaking New Ground at an Old Site Full page . $175 Reprinted by permission, Currents, the Navy’s * - Ads that run three or more consecutive Environmental Magazine . 27 issues receive a 15% discount. Archaeology and the NAGPRA Process at Ca-SMa-125CA-SMA-125 On the Cover: Jeffrey Boland Fentress,Fentress . 29 Leroy Wiliams (left), Norma Spratt OOsteologicalSTEOLOGICAL AAnalysisNALYSIS OF of THE the H HumanUMAN S KELETALSkeletal R EMAINSRemains FROM from (middle), and Bill Helmer (right). photo by Janet Eidsness THEthe FFiloliILOLI SSite,ITE, SSanAN MMateoATEO C County,OUNTY, C CaliforniaALIFORNIA (CA-SMA-125) (CA-SMA-125) Mark C. Griffin, Kathryn Entriken, Julie Hodel, Theresia C. Weston . 33 SCA Newsletter 40(1) 3 From the President fronts, the Governor's general bond SCA Executive Board obligation in excess of $50 billion 2005-2006 could fund highways, schools, housing, flood control, water treatment President: Shelly Davis-King facilities, power plants, housing, parks, Davis-King & Associates and some conservation. What does this P.O. Box 10, Standard, CA 95373-0010 mean to archaeology? Every time Tel: (209) 928-3443 something is developed or improved, e-mail: [email protected] archaeological sites are sure to be in the way. Please become informed Immediate Past President: Amy Gilreath about such projects in your area, and Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. hirty-five days—as I write this work to protect important resources 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA 95616 th first issue of SCA's 40 year, and involve the community. On a Tel: (530) 756-3941 Tthere are only 35 days left in larger front, the attempts to undermine e-mail: [email protected] my presidency. What a year this has the California Environmental Quality been. I've learned so much about our Act (CEQA) currently making noise in President-Elect: Frank E. Bayham membership, our profession, and the the Capitol must be vigorously Department of Anthropology many things we can do to bring opposed. CEQA reform was pushed California State University, Chico archaeology to our communities and forward in 2005 and is expected to be Chico, CA 95929-400 the public. I've learned about how hard pushed again in 2006 as part of the Tel: 530-898-4540 working our volunteers are and how we bond proposal. Again, I urge you to e-mail: [email protected] would not function without the stay connected to these legislative Southern Vice-President: Andy York, EDAW Inc. contributions of personal time and issues. money. Actually, I had so much fun 1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 620 San Diego, CA 92101 this year that I seriously considered In my opinion, one of the biggest Tel: (619) 233-1454 running for president again until my things left to do is to take hold of the e-mail: [email protected] husband reminded me that I do have dual issue of professional standards and another life. possibly, the “L word”—licensing. Northern Vice-President: Karin Anderson While on the federal front we have Redwood National and State Parks, Cultural Resources Outgoing board members include professional standards that are roughly P.O. Box 7, Orick, CA 95555 the incredibly hard-working and adhered to, on the state level we have Tel: (707) 464-6101 x 5210 organized Amy Gilreath (Past- oh so far to go. There are no e-mail: [email protected] President) who has gotten SCA back professional qualifications standards in on its financial feet, Karin Anderson CEQA guidelines and no Secretary: Janine Loyd (Northern Vice President) who accountability for bad work. The P.O. Box 7602, Cotati, CA 94931 organized Data-Sharing meetings in absence of consistent performance Tel: (707) 584-8200 Redding and San Francisco and standards affects the uneven way e-mail: [email protected] coordinated committee reports for the archaeology is conducted in different Newsletter and board, and Janine counties or by different agencies. Treasurer: Ted Jones PO Box 579, Valley Ford, CA 94972-0579 Loyd, our Secretary who takes our Think about the way California Fish Tel: (707) 876-9415 board minutes, makes sure we are and Game conducts archaeological e-mail: [email protected] organized, and has had valuable inventories versus those by Caltrans. comments to add to our board Or the way archaeology is done in San discussions. I am so glad to have SCA Business Office: Greg White Diego or Tuolumne counties, versus Department of Anthropology, CSU Chico worked with and gotten to know you those counties where archaeology is Chico, CA 95929-001 all. The new board members will be not even on the radar. It is one of the Tel: (530) 898-4360 introduced at the Ventura Plenary failings of my tenure that I just had no e-mail: [email protected] Session, and, hey, Frank, the next time to tackle this very important issue column is yours! that will need statewide support. To SCA Business Office quote one of our own “A dual system Department of Anthropology What a strange year it has been in has evolved in California, consisting of California State University, Chico Washington and Sacramento, Chico, CA 95929-0401 poorly regulated or unregulated public increasing the extent of political archaeology under the auspices of Ph (530) 898-5733 action necessary from SCA. From Fx (530) 898-4220 CEQA, and highly scrutinized (and in reading previous columns, you must some cases overlyscrutinized) M/Th: 8:00-5:00 have a sense of the political activism W: 12:00-5:00 archaeology for federal agencies. that has been needed and will be There is an “underground” of CEQA [email protected] increasingly necessary. On small archaeologists (continued page 23) SCA Newsletter 40(1) 4 SCA Committees 2005-2006 Advanced Annual Meeting Planning SCA Tom Origer (707) 584-8200; [email protected] Business and Activities Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Colleen Delaney-Rivera (805) 378-1400, ext 1725; [email protected] Annual Meeting Program Chair Clay Lebow (805) 737-4119; [email protected] authorize the ACHP, allow the ACHP Committee and to solicit donations, and allow the Archaeology Month Representative Liaison Reports ACHP to enter into cooperative Laura Leach-Palm(530) 756-3941; agreements with federal agencies to [email protected] review and improve any historic grants and assistance programs that those Bennyhoff Memorial Award Legislative Liaison Report agencies may operate. A similar bill Patricia Mikkelsen (530) 756-3941; [email protected] (H.R. 3446) is pending in the House. Stephen Bryne CA Arch Site Stewardship Program [email protected] Chris Padon (562) 432-1801; [email protected] H.R. 1492 – Preservation of World Beth Padon (562) 432-1801; [email protected] War II Japanese Internment Camps S. 886 - National Park Centennial Curation Representative Cindy Stankowski 760-291-0370; Act Sponsor – Rep. Thomas (R- [email protected] Bakersfield) Sponsor - Sen. McCain (R-AZ) Fundraising In November, the House of open This bill would amend the Internal Representatives passed HR 1492, Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to which would provide for the Membership designate contributions to the preservation of the historic open Centennial Fund for the benefit of the confinement sites where Japanese National Park System. It requires a Native American Programs Americans were detained during World Janet Eidsness (530) 629-3153; certain percentage of Fund deposits to War II. The funds would be given as [email protected] be used for the reduction of the grants to non-profit organizations and maintenance backlogs in the national government agencies, which would Newsletter parks, and to protect natural and have to come up with a 75 percent Greg White (530) 898-4360; cultural resources, including the match for the grants.
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