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2013–14 Report EXPLORING OREGON 2013–14 REPORT Directors Jon Erlandson Executive Director Thomas Connolly Archaeological Research Ann Craig Public Programs (Interim) Pamela Endzweig Anthropological Collections Patricia Krier Development and Public Programs Greg Retallack Condon Collection Museum Advisory Table of Contents Committee John Beaulieu Jay Bowerman Dwight Collins 2 Letter from the Director Alec Dakers Sylvia Giustina 2013–14 Staff Publications Verda Giustina 4 Shane Gutierrez Bill Hall 8 Explore Oregon Rosaria Haugland Marilyn Livingston Ned Livingston 10 Paleontological Collections Donovan Mack Eric McCready Donna McGuinness 11 Anthropological Collections Andy McWilliams Lee Michels 13 Archaeological Research David Piercy Ann Thompson Ty Zeller 15 Public Programs 2013–14 Report 22 Development and Jon Erlandson Community Partnerships Editor Kristin Strommer Managing Editor 23 Honor Roll Lori Howard Graphic Designer Scott Skelton 29 Staff and Volunteers Copyeditor On the cover: 31 Museum Administration Sabertooth salmon illustration by Ray Troll Letter from the Director EXPLORING OREGON Greetings, friends! to the MNCH to replace our old wooden collections storage s I write this letter, I am in cabinets with archival quality, A my 10th year as director powder-coated steel cabinets. of the University of Oregon The cabinet upgrades represent Museum of Natural and a key step toward meeting Cultural History (MNCH), a job national standards and best that brings me tremendous practices for collections care and satisfaction. The 2013–14 year preservation. was yet another remarkable With this process underway, year for the MNCH, full of we confidently embarked on the memorable research the journey toward national and educational activities accreditation through the summarized in this annual American Alliance of Museums. report. We completed a rigorous and In the past year, we fulfilled detailed self-study process and my decade-long dream of welcomed an external reviewer, opening a major new exhibit Antiquity, Historical Archaeology, Peter Tirrell of the University of hall that explores our region’s Journal of Archaeological Oklahoma’s Sam Noble Museum geological and natural history. Science, Journal of Island and of Natural History. Tirrell’s The beautiful new exhibit, Coastal Archaeology, Journal of postvisitation report strongly Explore Oregon, uses state-of- Biogeography, and Paleobiology. recommended that we proceed the-art interpretive techniques Few museums—particularly with our bid for accreditation. to showcase our outstanding of our size—can match our Finally, through the biological, geological, and research and publication record, generosity of many donors, paleontological collections. The which contributes substantially large and small, we were able opening of Explore Oregon has to the prestige and reputation to establish new endowments caused our membership and of the UO as a major research and, for the first time in the visitorship to soar to new levels university. museum’s history, our overall and expanded our repertoire of Thanks to numerous operating endowment surpassed innovative educational programs donors and researchers, our $4 million. These endowments— for students (pre-K–20), their anthropological, biological, critical to creating a stronger and families, and visitors from geological, and paleontological more sustainable museum—will around the world. collections have continued support student training and Throughout 2013–14, to expand. Among the year’s scholarships, collections care, The Museum of Natural and Cultural History enhances museum scholars continued largest acquisitions was the research by staff and students, to break new ground in highly significant Jensen Arctic and a variety of public programs knowledge of Earth’s environments and cultures, inspiring archaeology, paleontology, Collection, which we adopted and educational outreach in history, and historical ecology, from Western Oregon University perpetuity. stewardship of our collective past, present, and future. publishing scores of articles and and began to integrate into our Many thanks for all your book chapters. Our research Anthropological Collections support! continues to appear in top Center. Near the end of the year, ~Jon Erlandson scientific journals, including thanks to the vigorous advocacy the Proceedings of the National of Representative Nancy Academy of Sciences USA, Nathanson (D-Eugene), the state PLOS ONE, Antiquity, American legislature allocated $990,000 2 MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY 2013–14 REPORT MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY 2013–14 REPORT 3 Braje, Todd J., Julia Costello, Jon M. Erlandson, and Robert DeLong Staff Publications 2014. “Seals, Sea Lions, and Abalone: The Archaeology of a Historic Multi- ethnic Basecamp on San Miguel Island, California.” Historical Archaeology 48(2): 122–142. Connolly, Thomas J. esearch and education lie at the heart of the museum’s mission, 2013. “Implications of New Radiocarbon Rand our commitment to both is evident in our long tradition of Ages on Coiled Basketry from the Northern Great Basin.” American Antiquity scholarly publication. In 2013–14, museum scientists produced more 78: 373–379. than 90 publications, including several book chapters, a special issue 2013. “Fort Rock Cave.” In The Oregon Encyclopedia, hosted by Portland of the journal Anthropocene coedited by MNCH director Jon Erlandson, Bland, Richard L. (translation and State University and the Oregon introduction) Historical Society. (Available online at and numerous scientific papers—several of which appeared in Antiquity, 2013. “Alphonse Louis Pinart in Alaska.” oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_ American Antiquity, and the Journal of Archaeological Science, three of the Arctic Anthropology 50(2): 74–89. rock_cave/#.VW_h-xF_n4g) 2014. “Fort Rock Sandals.” In The Oregon most prestigious publications in the field of archaeology. Other MNCH 2014. “A Glimpse at the Beginning of Language Studies on the Northwest Coast: Encyclopedia, hosted by Portland papers appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Johann Christoph Adelung’s Mithridates State University and the Oregon oder Allgemeine Sprachenkunde.” Journal Historical Society. (Available online at USA and PLOS ONE, two of the world’s top scientific journals. of Northwest Anthropology 48(1): 69–92. oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_ rock_sandals/#.VW_g4hF_n4g) (translation, Bland, Richard L. Dawson, M. N., A. C. Algar, A. Antonelli, L. Fremd, Ted In the following list of publications, the names of museum staff members introduction, and annotation) Connolly, Thomas J., Dennis L. Jenkins, M. Dávalos, E. B. Davis, R. Early, A. Guisan, 2014. Review of Saved in Time: The Fight are in bold. 2014. “A Journey from Unalaska to Catherine S. Fowler, Pat Barker, Eugene M. Hattori, and William J. Cannon R. Jansson, J. P. Lessard, K. A. Marske, J. to Establish Florissant Fossil Beds National Kodiak with Alphonse Louis Pinart.” McGuire, A. L. Stigall, N. G. Swenson, N. E. Monument, Colorado, by E. B. Leopold 2013. “Boundaries in Space and Time: Alaska History 29(1): 22–41. Zimmermann, and D. G. Gavin and H. W. Meyer. Palaeontologia 2014. Review of California through Russian Paleo-Period Textiles in the Northern Electronica 17.1.1R. (Available Books and Eyes, 1806–1848 by James R. Gibson. Alaska Bland, Richard L. (translation, and Western Great Basin.” Current 2013. “An Horizon Scan of Biogeography.” online at palaeo-electronica.org/ History 29(1): 55. introduction, and editor) Archaeological Happenings in Oregon Frontiers of Biogeography 5(2): 130–157. Edited Volumes 2013. “Traugott Bromme and North content/2014/712-review-saved-in-time) Bland, Richard L. (translation) 38(4): 4–9. Erlandson, Jon M. Bland, Richard L. (editor and translator) Carolina.” North Carolina Genealogical Gill, Kristina M. and Jon M. Erlandson 2013. “Fishing in Russian America” by Connolly, Thomas J., Julia A. Knowles, 2013. The Zhokhov Island Site and Ancient Society Journal 39(1): 57–63. 2013. “Interpreting Archaeological Fish Andrei V. Grinëv. Alaska History 28(2): and Christopher L. Ruiz Remains.” Antiquity 87(337): 890–892. 2014. “The Island Chumash and Habitation in the Arctic, by Vladimir V. Exchange in the Santa Barbara Channel 1–34. 2013. “Traugott Bromme’s ’State of 2014. “The Dalles to Sandy River Wagon Pitul’ko. Burnaby, British Columbia: 2013. “Shell Middens and Other Region.” American Antiquity 79(3): Massachusetts.’” American Ancestors 14(3): Road.” Current Archaeological Happenings Simon Fraser University Archaeology 2013. “The Encyclopedic Dictionary 48–51. Anthropogenic Soils as Global 570–572. Press. and Reference Book ‘Who’s Who in the in Oregon 38(2-3): 11–14. Stratigraphic Signatures for the 2013. “Traugott Bromme and the State Glassow, Michael A., Jon M. Erlandson, Erlandson, Jon M. and Todd J. Braje (guest History of Russian America,’” by Andrei Davis, E. B. and B. K. McHorse Anthropocene.” Anthropocene 4: 24–32. V. Grinëv. In 1809–2009: Contacts tied— of Florida.” The Florida Genealogist 36(2): and Todd J. Braje editors) 2013. “A Method for Improved Erlandson, Jon M. and Todd J. Braje untied—retied, edited by Maria Jarlsdotter 32–37. 2013. “Channel Island Barbed Points: 2013. “When Humans Dominated the Identification of Postcrania from 2013. “Archaeology and the Enckell, pp. 73–78. Mariehamn: Ålands Braje, Todd J. and Shape and Size Variation within a Earth: Archeological Perspectives on Jon M. Erlandson Mammalian Fossil Assemblages: Anthropocene.” Anthropocene
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