SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY • NEWSLETTER VOLUME 12 NO. 4 NOVEMBER 1978 fWMINATIONS COMMITTEE FOR 1979 ELECTIONS CSUF-PAST SYMPOSIU~ DECEMBER 2 Co-cnairmen of the Nominating Committee The Department of Anthropology at for SCA 1979 elections will be John Foster California State University, Fullerton, and Russ Kaldenberg. They will welcome together with the Public Antiquities nominations from all SCA members for these Salvage Team (PAST) will sponsor the officers for 1979-1980: President-Elect, Second Anthropology Symposium on December Northern Vice-President, Southern Vice­ 2, 1978, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. in President, Secretary, and Treasurer (two­ the University Center, California State year term). University, Fullerton. Nominees must be SCA members, and The symposium is titled "Archaeology should be contacted for permission before in Orange County: Problems in Cultural you submit their names. Ful 1 name, · Continuity". Speakers tentatively address and telephone number of each scheduled are these: Dr. William Clewlow, nominee should be included so that the Marie Cottrell, Franklin Fenenga, Theo Nomination Committee may contact him/her. Mabry, Dr. Clement Meighan, Dr. Charles Rozaire. Call (714) 870-3977 for further Please think about it now, and make information. your suggestions early, since the list of nominees with short accounts of their LORI HANEY 10/11/78 backgrounds and interests will be included • with the January/February Newsletter. Ballots will be mailed to members in time METHOD AND THEORY PAPERS for their return before the spring Annual Meeting. Papers are being solicited for the SCA publication sertes, Occasional Papers in Submit names to Russell L. Y.aldenberg, Method and Theory in California Archaeology. 1695 Spruce Street~ Riverside, CA 92507 They may cover a wide range of topics and (Phone 714-787-1650) or to John W. Foster, be in any of several formats: full-length State Parks Archaeologist, Department of monographs, articles, brief comments, Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 2390, editorials, or reviews .. Emphasis should be Sacramento, CA 95811 (Phone 916-445-9663). on new techniques or methods, theoretical contributions, new interpretations of existing data, or other substantive topics. DI RECTORY APP LI CATI ON DATE EXTENDED TO DEC. 31 Well-researched regional research designs or regional syntheses, or articles on other current issues in archaeology (significance, Consultarits wishing to be listed in the standards, ethics, etc.) would be especially new edition of the California Di-rectory of welcome. Upcoming issues will deal with the Archaeological Consultants still have a themes of (1) the prehistory of California chance to send in their application and and (2) significance in archaeology, and fee ($8.00) before the deadline, which has articles on these areas would be very welcome. been extended to December 31, 1978. Copies of the first issue (articles on Underwater archaeologists should contact populating of western North America and on James Rock at the Klamath National Forest, an automated method for the production of 1215 South Main, Yreka, CA 96096, for a copy computer graphics) are avaflable at $3.50 of the "Qua l i f i cat i on s for Underwater (+ CA tax) from the SCA Business Office, c/o Archaeologists" adopted by the ~xecutive Department of Anthropology, CSU, Fullerton, Board at its Oct. 6 meeting. A special 92634. The second issue will be mailed to underwater review committee will consider members soon. Sead ma~uscripts to the editor, these applications. GARY S. BRESHINI, 379 Corral de Tierra, • Salinas, CA 93908. I0/17/78 Memorial Moss~BENNETT AcT FUNDING REAUTHORIZED Pauline (Pam) Colarich, described "aoth the· Senate and tbe House have by the Riverside Archaeological Society passe'd ·the· reauthori za-tion of Section 7 Newsletter (Vol. 6, 3&4, 1978, page 3) of the Archeological and Historic as an archaeologist and humanita~ian, Preservation Act of 1974 (Public Law died in the San Diego PSA crash on Sept. 93-291 ••.. Section 7 provides discretionary 25. She was involved in attempts to appropriations to the Secretary of the assist Caltrans and the LuiseWo people Interior beyond the 1% a federal agency • in the I-15 discussions. Malki Museum can 1ega11 y expend for archeol ogi cal has established a fund in honor of Pam salvage. The reauthorization sets and the.California Native American War funding levels for five more years ... " Dead, to construct a ceremonial round­ (American Anthropological Association, house on the ·Mbrongo Reservation. Land De artmental Services Pro ram Re art, will be donated by Matt Pablo .... Vol. 2, No. 2, Nov. 1978, page 8. The L.S.B. Leakey Foundation has BUREAU OF. RECLAMATION CRM REGULATIONS scheduled a 2-day symposium at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, "The Bureau of Reclamation of the on Feb. 17-18, 1979, in conjunction Department.of the Inteior has established with the California Academy of Sciences. final regulations to fulfill the require­ The "Ice Age Art" exhibit (sponsored by ments of Executive Order 11593 which the same two organizations) will open di rec ts al 1 federal agencies to take on February 16 at the Academy of Sciences. active steps to identify and protect Symposium speakers will include cultural resources. The regulations Alexander Marshack, Lewis Mumford, apply to cultural resources found on Phillip Tobias, and Desmond Clark .... lands administered by the Bureau. Chico State now offers certificates "Briefly the regulations call for the in Aoplied Anthrotology in two different conducting of surveys for all Reclamation categories--Museo ogy and Cultural lands and existing projects as well as Resource r.anagement. Purpose of the for those areas which may be affected by former is to prepare individuals for Reclamation actions or for Reclamation careers in museums and interpretive projects being planned. The Bureau will centers, with emphasis on curatorial use National Register criteria for evalu­ research and the design, preparation ation of resources and will take steps and installation of exhibits. For the to mitigate the adverse impact a Reclama­ CRM certificate, emphasis is on research, tion project may have on cultural development and implementation of resources deemed eligible or listed on • gegi ona 1 research designs. Admission the National Register of Historic Places. requirements include two letters of recommendation or current enrollment "As is the case with other agencies in B.A or M.A. programs at Chico, and implementing Executive Order 11593, application to the certificate coordi~ mitigation measures depend on the nature nator. For more information, contact of the cultural resource and vary with Ketth Johnson, Dept. of·Antfiropology, its importance. They may include CSU, Chico, CA 95926. recording by photograph and measured drawings, archeological excavation, re­ BLM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT: COSO location, salvage, and other steps to ensure full knowledge of the affected The Bureau of Land Management, cultural resource·. Bakersfield District, is preparing a draft environmental statement (ES) "For further information on the on geothermal leasing and development administration of the new regulations within the Coso geothermal study area, contact L. David Williamson, Chief, by contract with Rockwell International. Recreation and Land Branch, Division of More than 70,000 acres is included in Water and Land, Bureau of Reclamation, the study area, within China Lake Naval Department of the Interior, Washington, Weapons Center and in and east of Rose DC 20240." (American Anthropological Valley. Public meetings were held at Association, Departmental Services Program Lone Pine and Ridgecrast Nov. 15-16. Report, Vol. 2, No. 2, Nov. l978, pages 4-5). (Notices were not mailed to the public unti 1 November l, however). At these meetings, the BLM and the Naval Weapons BLM DESERT INVENTORY MAP AND HEARINGS Center were scheduled for presentation The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the programs to develop geothermal resources in this area. SLM seeks"any has available a Draft Inventory Map as a resource or socio-economic oriented part of its 3-stage program on the data" which could be used in the draft California Desert Conservation Area. A ES. For further information or to series of public meetings will take place give your ideas, contact Louis A. Boll, from December 4-15, and wil 1 all ow formal District Manager, Bureau of Land public testimony. Management, 800 Truxtun Avenue, Boom 311, To get further information on the • Bakersfield, CA 93301 (phone 805-861- program, and to receive mailings from the 4191, &;30 A.M. to ~:00 P.M. weekdays). BLM, Riverside, contact Charles R. Tulloss at Bureau of Land Management, 1695 Spruce Street, Riverside, CA 92507. 2 VICTOR VALLEY foOTPRINTS fOUND in July that the trail of footprints was discovered almost three feet beneath the "Victorville, Calif. (AP)--The oldest surface, said Carol Rector, who directed human footprints ever found in North about 40 students working on the project. America record what seems to have been a family stroll through the cottonwoods that "The village itself was a valuable lined the Mojave River some 4,300 years find, she said. ago, scientists say. "But the footprints--now the only "The discovery of 54 footprints was direct evidence that men and women lived • announced this week by excited archeolo­ in the desert so long ago--were 'the gi sts from the University of California, frosting on the cake. That was totally Riverside. unexpecte~.· Swenson said." "Two sets of adult prints, one larger SAN DIEGO UNION 9/2/78 than the other, were found preserved in page A-12 the once-soggy ground. These barefoot adults walked purposely southward, taking longer steps now and then to avoid puddles. SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESOURCE INVENTORY One lost his or her footing and skidded in the mud. On October 1, 1978, the County of San Diego~ completed an inventory of all knowrf "Two smaller sets of footprints point archaeological, biological and geological in many directions, suggesting two children resources and hazards in the county.