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SSSDDDCCCAAASSS Newsletter NNeewwsslleetttteerr November/December 2016 ISSN 0897-2478 Volume 44, 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 Karen Lacy the preservation of the cultural resources of San Diego County. Hello SDCAS Members! Thank you all so much for your support at Arch in the Calendar Park and the Art in Archaeology Art Show. We had record attendance for both and could not have Support your Society! Items in boxes are celebrated Archaeology Month without all of you. I am SDCAS-organized or sponsored events sure many connections between archaeologists were ~ November is Native American Heritage Month ~ made and many little children walked away with visions of trowels, dirt, and arrowheads dancing in their heads. Through Nov. 30 (M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) (Continued on page 5) Liberty Station Exhibit: Celebrating the Art in Archaeology Art Show See announcement inside (Pg. 3) INSIDE Pg. 2 Board of Directors / Meeting Locations November 5 (9 a.m.) Location TBA Pg. 2 Editor’s Message & Submission Information Climate Change Survey See announcement inside (Pg. 3) Pg. 3 Members’ News Corner Pg. 4 Record Turnout and Record Fun at This November 19 and 20 (9 a.m.) Location TBA Climate Change Surveys Year’s Arch in the Park See announcement inside (Pg. 3) Pg. 5 Membership Report Pg. 5 Upcoming Speakers November 22 (7:30 p.m.) Los Peñasquitos SDCAS Fourth Tuesday Meeting Pg. 6 Meet Your New Board Members “Traditional and Ancient Ironworking in the Bassar Region Pg. 7 Presidential Proclamation – National Native of Northern Togo” American Heritage Month, 2016 See announcement inside (Pg. 5) Pg. 8 Arch-Nology: New Techniques for Finding December 10 (9a.m.) Location TBA Hidden Texts in Egyptian Coffins Climate Change Survey Pg. 8 2016 Begole Archaeological Research Grants See announcement inside (Pg. 3) Awarded Pg. 9 HMS Terror, Second Ship From Doomed HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Franklin Expedition, Found in Terror Bay See Members’ News Corner inside (Pg. 3) Pg. 10 Ancient Scratched Stones: Worlds Earliest for more Calendar Events! Maps or Magic Artifacts? Pg. 11 The Curious Case of the Concealed Shoes Pg. 11 Anglo-Saxon ‘Palace’ Found at Rendlesham near Sutton Hoo Site November/December 2016 2 SDCAS Newsletter SDCAS Board of Directors SDCAS Office Phone: 858-538-0935 Email: [email protected] ELECTED POSITIONS: President Karen Lacy email: [email protected] President Elect Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] First Vice President (Programs) Natalie Brodie 760-219-0103 (w) email: [email protected] Second Vice President (Field Trips/Research) Nick Case email: [email protected] Secretary Gabriella Lucidi email: [email protected] Treasurer Dina Chatelain 760-613-8285 email: [email protected] APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Environmental Review During the Summer months (June, July, August) General Meetings are Jim Royle email: [email protected] held on Saturday evenings, in the courtyard at the Ranch House. See Membership pg. 5 for details of upcoming meetings. Olivia Ross email: [email protected] Directions to Ranch House: From I-15 take Mercy Rd. west, turn right (north) onto Black Mountain Rd. and then take the first left into Los Youth and Community Outreach Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. Follow the road all the way to the back Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] (past Canyonside Community Park ball fields and through the partially 858-335-7937 (c) closed gate), and park either in the small parking area by the barn or along the edge of the dirt entrance road. The area does not have outside Newsletter Editor lighting after dark, so a flashlight is recommended. 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. Joanna Collier DISCLAIMER: Articles printed in this newsletter are for the 619-221-7054 (w) email: [email protected] information of the members of the Society and do not Publications (Journal) necessarily represent the views or beliefs of the board Tim Gross members or the Society in general. 619-334-9120 email: [email protected] Editor’s Message Sales Pearl George email: [email protected] October was a very busy month. I hope you all had time to celebrate Archaeology Month by doing something Web Master archaeological. If not, there is still time to come to the Raquel Perez email: [email protected] “Celebrating the Art in Archaeology” art show (see pg. 3) or come to the SDCAS monthly lecture in November (see Climate Change pg. 5). If you did do something archaeological in October Sandra Pentney email: [email protected] (or really at any time during the year) please write up a Student Liaison short synopsis and send it to me so I can put it in the Doug Mengers email: [email protected] newsletter and share it with the membership. November is National Native American Heritage Month Social Media Coordinator and November 25 is Native American Heritage Day. You Jacqueline Hall email: [email protected] can read President Obama’s proclamation on page 7 below. Art Show Committee Joanna Collier email: [email protected] I hope you all have happy holidays! SUBMISSIONS: Please send any articles, stories, Arch in the Park Committee poems, photos, cartoons, etc. to me at the address below. Shannon Foglia email: [email protected] Digital documents are preferred. Any hard-copy item you SDCAS Newsletter is published bimonthly by the San Diego County wish returned must be accompanied by a self-addressed, Archaeological Society, P.O. Box 81106, San Diego, California 92138. stamped envelope. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to San Diego County The submission deadline for the next issue is Archaeological Society, P.O. Box 81106, San Diego, California 92138. December 30. Please send all items to: [email protected] or to Marla Mealey c/o MEETING INFO: The SDCAS Office is located at Los Peñasquitos California State Parks, Southern Service Center, Ranch House. During the Fall, Winter, and Spring, Monthly Speaker 2797 Truxtun Rd., San Diego, CA 92106. meetings are held on the Fourth Tuesday of each month except December. November/December 2016 3 SDCAS Newsletter house that proved it was the oldest in Peñasquitos Canyon? Members’ News Corner What study proved it was the first Rancho in San Diego Celebrating the Art in Archaeology 2016 – Second County? What made Rancho Peñasquitos a typical Annual Archaeology Art Show example of economic and cultural life in early San Diego? This book provides results for most of this research and You still have time to come see the Celebrating the Art in details the lifeways of the people who lived at Rancho Archaeology Art Show at California State Parks’ Southern Peñasquitos. Color excavation maps noted in the book are Service Center. In celebration of Native American Heritage available at www.penasquitos.org, as are two videos Month (November), SDCAS and California State Parks are showing the historic rancho and an archaeological dig in keeping the art show up through November 30, 2016. The progress. show is on display at the California State Parks office in Liberty Station, Barracks 26 (2797 Truxtun Road, San Artifact Illustration Class Diego 92106). It is free and open to the public during business hours (Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm, through Nov 30). Learn artifact Illustration and Come see Archaeology-themed artwork in four categories: techniques utilizing 1. Fine Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.), a step-by-step 2. Photography (black & white and color including site process to photography, artifact photography, etc.), represent wear 3. Ancient/Traditional Arts (including basketry, worked zones. stone, pottery, weaving, replicative arts, etc.), and Instructor: Donna M. Walker 4. Archaeological Line Drawings (including artifact Date: Saturday, November 12, 2016 drawings, sketch maps, profiles, etc.). Time: 10 am – 1:30/2:00 pm Place: SDAC - San Diego Archaeological Center Climate Change Project – Field Surveys Address: 16666 San Pasqual Valley Rd. Do you want to learn about archaeological field survey? Are Escondido, CA 92026 you concerned about the potential effects of climate change Cost: $35 for students and ‘life-long’ students! on archaeological sites? Do you need more survey experience for your resume? Are you looking for some good outdoor Please call 858.829.5861 or email: exercise? Or do you just want the opportunity to go off-trail [email protected] for reservations. and see parts of the coastline that most people miss? Then The Historic Landscape of the Vallecito Valley come join SDCAS for the Coastal Survey project! This project, organized by the Society for California Archaeology Date: Friday, November 25, 2016 - 7:00pm and Saturday, (SCA), involves archaeological survey of hundreds of acres November 26, 2016 8:00am - 4:30pm. of coastal lands in San Diego County to determine potential impacts to archaeological sites due to sea-level rise and Instructors: Dr. Joan Schneider, Heather Thomson & erosion. descendants of Granville and Mollie Martin Explore the ranching history of the valley and the There is a mandatory training class before the survey day landscape features that have attracted humans to Vallecito for those who have not yet taken the class. Training classes for thousands of years. For more than 40 years, the valley are held on Fridays before the survey dates at 7pm. was home to the Campbell Ranch, a full-time desert Upcoming Survey Dates: ranching operation. Antique ranching memorabilia will be ● November 5 ● November 20 on display at the Friday evening lecture.