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SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY; Il[C.

Ed.it ors: Miley i::lolma.'1, Mary Asturias F-Qblisher: Dan Gaumer

CONTENTS

Letter to the Editor Edi tori al repl:r

1,\essage form the Presid.ent

Hew Photography Editor liewsletter Reorg~"'lized

:!':'1ar..k Your Tom

NEWS AND OPINION Policy Statement on Jenner Forest Service Position Filled Indian Cultl.lr"e Center Information Itequest - ?o1onterey Chert Vasquez Rocks County Park Pitas Point Report SCA Business Office Natioilal Site Register

SUMMER EXCAVATIONS U. S. :;Javis Sacrarne"nto State Chico State S. F. State Fresno S-t a 'te Cal State Hayward Paoific"Coast Archaeological Contra Costa J. C. College of San Mateo

SCA":BUSINESS Executive Committee J.fee"tiing

Society

Public Relations Committee Meeting Ger-eral Business Meeting

LAST Ml::I'JTE REPORT

Earl~;r horizon site savings at ?.rench Can1p

Mern-oer ship List

NEWSLE'.I'l'ER Volume 4" 1 Number 1

Editor-in-Chief: Linda King,

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,.._fo come immediately to :the point I joined and participate in SCA with tne

~· unders-:;and.ing that the organization is a Society whose- p'J.I'pose is directed to ·the ·promotion of arcb.aeology in California. "The NEWSLE·I'TE.Jt« as the official orga."1 of this ''s-ocietytt is· an ir:appropriate vehicle fo:- the trans­mission of the extra-archaeological philosophies of either the Society's members, or the editors of the .•".NEWSLETTER". This is true regardless of the general merit of the philosophy espoused. Specifically, ·oath the "E.Dii;orial" and the "Letter" on page I, Vol. 3, Number 6, SCA Newsletter are inappropriate. It is suggested that the limited funds of SCA, principally derived from membership d~es or direci;

solicitations of f'.lllds for purposes relating to archaeology, not be l>Sed for the promotion-of matters other than archaeology.

EL:<::RTH S. ERICYcSON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; IKC.

A REPLY

It is our opinion that the obvious can no longer be ignored by the Archaeologisi;: Indians are becoming increasir.gly aware of not only their common ideni;i ty but a:1so of what they can do with the help of publicity and org;ulizatior... The seizing of A.lcatraz a..---id ~he plea of new and established I~dia..."1 groups for m1i t;;r amongst their people is :.iot a passing fad but _an omen of wl:?t is to come. The establishrr.ent of cultUTe centers such as those proposed for Alcatraz an:i G=ther. Island mean just tha.t: places for the study, display and enactment

.. /of _Ind.ie..n culture aJ1f .. history~ If ar:~y-one thini-::s that. the Archaeologist can simply avoid the Indian who is critical of his ~ history by ignoring the problem as inappropriate is net onl;y being dangerously myopic but is also u::iavoidably straining already strained relationships between us and the Indian.

~.Je believe that the profession can ill afford to ignore those people r1I'._o have ·oot!1 a..'r). emotional a..."'1.d intel::..ectual interest in our work: channels for communi-

: c8,-:;iO"r: bet}:een Juhe Indian com.~unit;:r and. the' SC.A. are needed ~1 especially Since there seerris 4;;o be some disagreeme1rC amongst individual archaeologists as to whether o:- no-t li,re Indians are relevent to the Study' of California pre-history, especially since the::>e seems to be some disec"Teement amongst the I:-idians as to >7hether or not ARCF.Ji:EOLOGISTS, let alone pot-hunters, should be disturbing India..'1 burial grounds.

If indeed we -a.:re being inappropriate and a.re raising unreal fears t we would like to hear abou~ it from ma..'ly more or the readers than have alrea~y been thoughtful and concerned enough to respond* If you shaT-e ou~ concern and would like more informationt please writej we could use the encouragement as well.

MILEY ROhVu\.N, MAR:'" -~STDRIAS Ftl.OM TBE NEW PRESIDENT

I don't think the SCA membership needs inspirational rhetoric from its Executive -Committee nearly as .much as it needs solid work and proiuction., so the former and merely say that we will try to provide the latter,

:;: will eschew I think the

Executive Committee's gene~al business is central guidance of the Society 1 s day-to-day affairs, reaction to matters of immediate urgency, and mobilization

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to1..rard important or-- useful goals.. I'd like to surr .. rnarize .some of the goal?J toward which we hope to move through a variety of oommi tt1ees this year.

We plan to carry the important work of Charles Rozaire on Gov~rnment in Archaeo1ogo' on to the County and Distriot level; we hope to d.evelop a mor2 complete liaison with Native A.rneiican an.i conser1.:ration groi.ips through a new committee headed by Rudolph 1.:arrious. Darrell Johns of Sacrarr.ento State "'"ill head a committee aimed at more sensitive communica.tion l-ri+.h the S-tate governmer!tr and another committee is being organized for the purpose of developing ne1'i i'und-sources ~ t~e are discussing the pOssibili ty of spending some of such funds on two neh1 journals; one uacade1nic0 r one :popular .. ~llr.other eom:ni ttee i-.1ill investigate a method of provj.ding red11ced-rate liability insurance for member' organizations ar:d institutions, a."ld sev·eral c01nmittees arB to work on specific regior.al development problems. Pa11l Schumacher has agreed to head a committee on the use of media, and several oi:her committees a.re in formation~ Rob Eriv.rci..:rds h:::.s agreed to carry forward the work of the 11ighvtay Salvage Committee t and 1"Je hope to maintain the other standing and ongoing special cornm~ttees in a vigorolts fashion~

l\l"e c2 .. n all be grateful to the outgoing Exec'-1ti.ve Com::ni ttee t \·:<hi ch has admirably manage a the Societyr s affairs and left us wi +,h ;rigorous programs and a healthy t~easu~y~ With your support a.~d hard worki this can be an active a:id productive year in the SCA rs lif·e. \~ie need your frank criticism, b.onest Sllggestions 1 and able assistance. Please help.-

TOI~ KTI·IG .n_ ?HOT,OGRAPhl EDI'I'OR 'FOR i:::iRE NEWSLETTER

'"Pbe SC_l\. t{ewsletter has just acqt1ired a Photograph Edi tor. If you are interested in having your pbotos consiC.ered for publicationt please submit

them to: i11r. i1ichael !"Ianni on P~hoto Editor SCA l'Te1-1sletter P. 0, :Box l 76 Daly City, California 94016

Photos accompanying articles and photos of specimens, etc~ to -oe identified receive priority t 8:x::o size pre:f'er:'."ed~ .. '!.11 photographs become the property of the SCA J\Tei.-rsletter.

?:.lary Asturias ?.-, J>!iley Holman

1.!1J1e editorship of the SCA }iEWSLETT5.!R is ·aeing reorganized according to the su.ggestions of the :former Edi tor-in-Chief. ~here will be three ::-egional

editors rather than one~ The purpose of this is to insure that all areas: of the state are represented ·aoth in editorials and news i terns and +.o dis­

tribute the work loan*

Each regional editor will be responsible f'or eliciting news, opin:Lon, etc~

from his region; ed,itingt editorializ;ing, etc. t the material for each bi­monthl~,. iss<Je of the !'1EWSLETTER and will produce "the NEWSLE·TTER for t~;o

consecutive issu,es each year, Using inai:erial forvrarded by the other editors according to a schedule~ So each regional editor ·oesides being responsible

fo:- two issues a year, 'wi:l also be respoYisible for gettir~g regior~al news to the other edi to::-s ';he rest of the yea:r. Tne }ITiMSLE·J:TER ma;y :::-efleot the re'gional interests and archaeo:'.ogical orientations of the editorship for

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The June issue of th,e l&tlSLETTER is expected to announce the regional editors, ar.d the August issue will be published under the plan. The tentative schedule

for the editorship is:

}'ebruary Ap:dl Jw"le

Southern Califarr.ia 1laoy Area Ba;y Area

THANK YOU TOM, WELCOME LINDA

August - Sacramento October - Sacramento Dece4.ber - Southern C~lifornia

We would like to thank former editor-in-cbief Tom _King for his time and effort spent in guiding two fled.gli:ng editors t~rough their first two.1-JE'WSLET~l!;._~

issues. We -..:ere ver;y glad to ~l'lork v1ith himr benefitting from his experi-ence a..'rld his knowledge of Cal:..foY-nia a::-chaeology ~ lie appreciate the fact that he t1as a:1-.ra:rs available ;.;rhen,ever we had a problem. so- far :this has been a personal thank you, but we feel the SCA membersr"ip would like to add their thanks also, for Tom's work or. the NEWLET~·ER.

The edi tor-in-c'::tief position has passed to Linda King (no relation to Tom), the secretary of the SCA4 Linda is a capable a:chaeologist, aware of methodological and teclmological problems in California archaeology. We are b.app~y to welcome her as editor-in~chiei' and. feel she is an exceller .. t choice for the jo'o.

Mary and l•!iley

NEWS,.AND OPilUON ST.!cTE~l>T'l' OJ;~ THE SONOM.il. COUWTY BOARD OF S:J?ERVISORS co;fC:",'RNING JENNER

In connection with ;yo\lI' u.pcomin.g hearing into proposals for dredging and. residential development at the mouth of the Russion River in ~he vicinity of the town of Jenner, i:h.e Executive Committee o:: this s,ociety recently aske(t Mrv J1~ichael I>!oratto and li1r. r:f•homas Jackson of the Depa:-iiment of' Anthropology r San F1Cancisco State College, and ~!r. Ward Upson o: Sai:ita Roe a J"J.nior College, to provide informat:.on that rnigt~ t be transmi ti:ed to yo"J. regarding the areat s archaeological resources~ They have re_porte_d as folloi-;s:

Th:a.11ir.ation of records on file at San Francisco State College and at -the Uni11ersity of Cali:for::iia, Be:--keley, indicates thai: the area in q11est:.on ha's been inadeqtlatel;y surveyed for ar.?haeological sites~ One :najor site, 4-son-3561 is known to lie so11th of the mouth of the Rus~ian River in an area schedu.led for residential construction in the _:Plans of the Russian Harbor Corporation (adjacent "7;o golf course in a:--ea marked 11 ]'1 on Preliminar;y­Developme:it Plan~ H:"Y_hibi t Ct prepared b.;' Sasaki~ Walker Jtssocia tes). Those parts of i:he property :ying inland from the immediate coast have not been s=veyed at all, but projections from s::::ilar local a:reas that ha•.re been adequatel;:t sur•.reyed lead to t.he near certainty that· substa..'11.tial numbers of archaeological sites will be endangered by the proposed develop­ment. 1rhese si teS i:;-;ould ~be i:he villages 1 cemeteries 1 campsites

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activity :oci of the Pomo Iniians and ~heir predecessors, who according to recen"t studies have occupied this general aree~ for some ten thousand year$.:

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Ethnog:-aphfo records of the Pomo ind.icate tha't at least five important villages and/or campsites have been ocm1pied. within the proposed develop­men't region within histo~ic times; these are Kalemala'to, Kata'ka) Tcarr,urka 1 Tsuba'tcamali, ai1d Ji .. 'checa'·tiu. Tvro other sites, Tcal2. 1 ntcawi and Tsu 'ka.ntitcana1'Ti 1 may or may· net lie ·wi thir: the affected area; the

,ethr:ograpnic maps are too imprecise to be certain~,

There are local reports of several archaeol.ogic2.l sites i.n the region including one on Penny Islar:d a-t the mouth of the Ri·ver 1 but these have not been ve~ified by a~chaeologists*

J;~r. Jackson attempted 'to conduct , a survey of the a:r-ea to e!!a:ble lJS to provide you. with more ex;ilicit informa-tion 1 ·nu.t the responsible ::1rm. Ame:rica:r: Leisure Landt refused him permission to en-ter the propert~y a:r:d refused -'.;o provide him Yti th adeqll,ate maps~ In an,v:r even"t such a survey could only have been very cu~sor,_y; the area, a8 you kno°'"1 1 is quite J..arge 1

and i~ will require comprehensive 1 professional s~udy4

In su.rnma:-y; our knoJ.·J1edge of the archaeological resources of the area proposed. fo::- developrne:!1.t at the mou.th of "the Russie,n River in verJ.~

limited, and the _proposed. developer has as ;y...-et sho;m little ,i:!clination to facilitate the acquisi";ion of better fiata" Vfe de k:n.ovi thP...t one pre­historic si ";e lies wi thir .. the a.rea, and vie h;:r\n2 e;rcellent reason tc expect that the::--e are many· others.

/ircha.eological resources are \rery 'iir:iited 1 and tI1e~r (!a,nnot be replenished~ With eve!'y site ·that is dest:royed i1ithou-t sci4;:ntific investigation 1 ou.r h·:>pe for unders-:;a:nding the lessons learned by cul-tu.res th~t pre0edeC: ours diminishes~ There is m'J.Ch v:e car1 learn f"rom the Pomo and tbeir ances-tor!3! lessor:s abol-:..t -the 11ay hurnan beings have li1red t.05ether i::. ooYicert v:ri th tl1eir e-:i~,.rironme:-..1t, about hoi;.1 they have succeeded and. hoYr -t"hey ha•.re failed, and thus about ho;.:r we ca!'l succeed_ and. the consequences of our failures .. The destruction of archaeologicaJ sites seriously limits tbe amount ";e ~a-n learnt and once destroyed t.hC!'I? is r.o wa;:r" to brir.g them back.

tfe J.-.1'ish r th8J1 1 to make t~e fcllotiing reco:nr:zendations: ideally 1 the area proj)osed for dredging and de\relopmsnt should be lef-t in a natural state; its futU!'e scholars whose sophistication in research .,_,:ill fri!' e:>:o~ed ours tQQay. If the proposed deve-lo_pmer.:t is approved 1 v-re strongly recommend that provision be made for fully p·rofessional, complete, a.rchaeolo_g~,,c;;al

su.rve:y~ of -::he property ar.d for eq11f1lly prcfessione.1·1 sys"tsoa.tic e:x:ca5.r? ... tion of endangered sites~ 1-!e vlish to stress 1 hot·T-~'fVer, that the first al -::ernati\Te-­

_p!'eserving the area i:.1- its present Gt ate-is much to be _pT'eferred.

The Society for California Jl .. rchc~eolog,:y incluOes amor:g its memQers rnost of this S-::ate 1 S professional and respa;isil;le 8.\rOcation3l archaeologists t as ·well as interested rep:reser:tative of other anthropolcgical su.bdisciplines ~ If we can provide fU!'ther information or be of further service to you in th Ls matter"t we hope you. will not hesitate to con-tact us.

TB:Of·'.AS F. KING, PRESIDENT

llf~·1S !}TD OFTiiION (cont.) FOREST SERVICE: POSirrroiJ FI:iLED

The posi t~on of Arch'aeologist :'"'or has bee:: filled by Donald. Nill er. having ;·reviouril11 .been at l.1'CIJ1 as presiden~ af the SGAQ

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the California Region of the Forest Service Ucn is at Queens College in New York

Chief Archaeologist. Re was also ·a former

SO!IT"fi~'.RN CALI.FORNIA RRUIONAL MEE'HHG AlflmU:NC;;;?r!ENT

The Third Sou.thBrn Califo:-ni£t Regional tifee-ting ·will be h61d J11ay 23, starting at 9:00 3.. .. m~~ and continuinr; intc t11e afte:-noon, a.t Cal:.fornia State Ccllege

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Long :=leach .. !)r, 11illiaw f..fallace v..rill moderate the s~ssion, which ;..Till be ·primarily con~et'ned. 't-ri·i;h t.he presen·tation af nev-r or netrly synthesized d.ata and consirie:rations in Soi:Lthern CB.lifornia chronology. For further inforrr.ation con-tact .John Kelly 1 Department of Anthropclo5.r, CSCLB~

i:.·~8r.imi':1g out of conver::;a.t:.ons bet;.:een ¥.>:;.ite a.nd :ndian me;:'Jbers of the E11reka Comm·unit;y som>? :four years ag:;i) plans· for a "Far \·fest Indian Histo~ical Center'' >.:·Jere pre~ented to t.r_e Eure_ka Ci tJr Planning Commiss·io:r1 early in Jllarch of this ;:,rea.r~ rl1hrongh- the. prorr,otion Of 1-Jiyot Indian Albert Je..rnes, a series of sketches 1r.rere sb0wn to t.he Gunther Island Planning Commission. Plans call :'or an InQian Village Complex to be bu-:.lt on forty acres of land to ·the east of

.th.1S -E'..1.rek:r:.-Sn.mo?. brifige 1 a.long with dockiri.g fe.cilities and a refuge area. ~xamp1.es of ;i:'ooriginal D.oUBe types t101).ld be set·up for display- purposes~

There appi;arR to be much :rlhi te and :nd_ian com:nuni t.}r support for the center -;.;rhtch ~.:011ld o::fer its facilities to all Indians in -t:he I1Torthern California a.raa, c..s a centrally located culture center. P~ccor"dine to Tom Hannah cf the Clarke 1i'.ernorial it".'1selun o:r Eureka, planned activities of the center 'might compare tc the I:r!d.ian Culture Centers of Anadarko, Oklahor:ia or to Gall ".lp, !~ew l1e:x:ico ~

Miley Rolnan

INFORMA'rION REQu!!iSTED ON OCCURREHCE OF A.ltTIFACTS OF MONTER3Y CHERT ?OtrNll IN. NORTn2;1Ul CALIFORl\JIA

Inspection of projectile ;ioini:s from trto central Sacramento llalle,y protc­histoTic sites (4-Eut-l 1 the. Pa-trick s:::te r a."1.d 4..,..But-12 1 the Fin oh site·} has shovm the presence of' over a dozen points mide of ltlonterey Chert~ This distinctive r banded Chert oqcurs naturally in So"'.1.thern Calfironia, and is a colloidal silicate derived from sed:'-mentary deposits of M:'-ocene age. The ~1onterey Formation is one of the most intensively studied formations ir.:. the 11orld, r::.n(t it is knowr1 that this chert ts most northerly natural occurrence is just to the north o±" 1'1onterey Ba,y.. Our specimens ha".re alternating ban~ of' dark gray and tan: or dark anC.. light gray 1 wi·th variation in_ shades .. _ The bands average just under 1~00 mm~ i~ thickness*

6 rphe oCcur:rence in l~orthern California archaeo:Logical sites of artifacts n:ade on Mon-terey Chert t1ould seem ·~o have had to have res11l ted frorn trade of either tbe raw material or :fir..ished artifacts er boi:h. I:' sot l'Ionterey Cher could join steatite and obsidiaa as lithic indicators of trade or exchange systems~ I-t also could possibly ttrrn out to be a time ir:dicato:r.

11e i.:ould. appreciate lea:-nir:g from other ir:vesi:igators of other ~occurrer1ces of t!ronterey Cher·t at'~ifacts i.n }Jorthern California sites. The follo't<.·ing data a::·e requested; (1) t;ype of a:rt::..I"a.ct 1 preferably accompa:nied ·n,y sketch or out}jne si.ze1 (2) site 'tihere found l.Yith general location; (3) time deptf" of sitej (11) name of exca"'vator; date of excavation, anC. publication if e.ny 1 so that -proper credit ca.n be given.. Please send information to us c,lo TJCLA Ji.r·chaeological Suyl;rey, Los Angeles 1 90024. Our findings will be shared gle_dly as they acourrr.llate ~

;rosEPH CHAR':!'KOFF & DAVID WEIDE

HELP PRESERVE ·".CHE ARCHAEOLOGY OF VASQUEZ RCCKS COUNTY P_l\Jl.K!

The archaeologic?_l site locality arour;.d Vasquez Rocks in the Upper· Santa C1are.. River iJalley arer_ of northern Los ~4.ngeles Count:t is .presen-tly being th1'eatened. by the e:.:pansion of the Vasquez; Rocks County Park. 11-bout t·,.,o dczer: sitest ranging from fragile pictographs ·to la.Y.ge worksl1ops, are in danger of destruction 'J.nless so;-:;ething is done irr.mediately to ar.:::'est this problem.

]'t pre1 iminary p~oposal for the _preservation and development of the Archa.e­olog,Jr ,of Vasc;uez !tocks Co11nty Park was submitted to the Los ~D_ngeles CountJr park planr1ing in October 1969. rrrie preJ.iminary proposal pointed ou_t the ·unique 0990-rt.uni +.z.r that Les. Angeles County ha.s at Vasquez Rocks to preserve an(L develop· a comp le:.: package of pY-ehistoric resou.r-ces 1·1hich c011ld cor.tri~oute 2.. mnjor elemen-i-; of pu~blic interest 1 educ2..tion ;~nd recreation to the pwk. IlBCDr.Fn'.:r:Cati:5nS for an archaeological inte::-p_retative center and self-gi.iiding tr·ails tvhi·ch cotr_ld ~e :::-eflective of -the lifewa.~rs of thB Countyrs early !Yid.ian i::iha.bit9r;.-ts hTere proposed ..

The only was· that a p:r-oposal of this nature ;.rill e~ve;:· ~oe considered is if the CoTinty Board o:f Supervisors is made a~are of the need for such a facility an~ the benefits tha..1.:; it wo11~d he..ve for the public~ The 1·1ey to d.o this is to ¥trite t!le :aoard immediately, especially \Va.rren T•i+ I;orn 1

S11pervisor of the Fifth District (see address belo ... r) ~ expressing you:::­interF.:st 1 yol..:!" cor .. cern 1 or wl'tatever,- in t.he preser .. vatio!1 and developme!1t of the Archaeolog,Y of 1lasquez Rocks County Park.. Org2.riizatio11s should send n0t only f.or-mal gro11_p le-tte.rs but should also }1ave every member express th~ir own personal interests in individual letters~

PLEASE lffiITE ~HE OOlJllf'!'Y 30.4.RD OF SiJPERVISORS l ! ! ! ! _! ! ! l ! 1 ! ! ! !

PIT.AS POINT EXCAVATIONS

C:n;.nt;y Board of Supervisors 500 ~lest Temple Street I .. os Angeles 1 California 90055

Excavations have been co~pleted at Ven-27t one of four sites to be destroyea by "the co:nstrrtction of tr.Le Pacific Coast High1-ra.y b.;:/t1veen Rincon an·:i Ve:rrtu:ca. Funding vras sup;>l ied by the I:epartIDent of Eigh·,.,ays t!1rough t:te Department of Parks and Recreation.

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Problems under inves~igation were! (l)_ were base \rill.ages (rather than camps) supported in the Pitas Point area; i~ so 1- what -was thei:- Size, dur~:tion ar::d populatior:.; (2) v:hat activi..:.:;ies -were car-rii::d o'.lt on 4.;~is coastline; 1-le::-e trade i terns manufactured r what kinds of foods r.rere harvested, how were they processed; (3) what was the distribution of these activities with:.n the sites, and were there- men 8.nd r1omen ts -vroi-king areas~

It was postulated that if t~9 site was a ville,ge 1 it should contain evidence of houses, a cemetery o~ other ~ortuary area, facilities and ~ools used for food preparation th.roughout t:'1e year 1 fauna] re~ains obtained at all seasons! and. eviie:ice of both male and female activi t=.es. If the site was not a 1rillage 1 it w·ould be expec-ted to lack some of· the al)o'\re features.

IJ:'he data ·wh.ich no far has bee1i observed in.iicates th;::,t Ven-27 i.-raS a vi:lage between the years :200-1500 A .J). with J.arge houses about 30 feet in diameter, cl:istereCl together and arra."lged in a single ro\,,,. behind the beach. In front

.. _ of the house r1as a menT s • .. rorking area 1vhere fishoo:Y..:s 1 beads 1 ar:d pest:es r1ere manu_f~Gturedr ar1d where boats were re~aired_ and pe:rhaps constructert. A.t. the time o'f site occupation 1 -:;his area was on th.;; beach, which is presently :700 feettc -;he so1.lth a.nd feet lo~wer. This a·r-ea on t!1e beach was also 'JSE;d for the butchering of animals and cleaning of fish. In the center of the house and, in ~he ·area behind the houses t·:ere areas us eel for the most ;>art by wornen involved -in food preparation. P_n adjacent cemetery A,rea contained artifacts contemporary with the :ivine area.

Prio!' to the exca1rations at V'en-27, Ven-202 1 a Eiite l:} miles u.p ·was partia1 ezrce.vated. -~he sample reco-\rered indicates ti:at the site was a stratified rn0n 1 s camp. GHESTEl] KING

sc.1 :susnrsss OFF~CE

.f.~t··t.he Executi.vP. Cornrnittee meeting at J\silomart a. proposal was made that the Societ:l for California Archaeology estab~ish a joint basiness office in ccn­ju.nction witl1 .. "the. South\·rest9rn .t._nthropologica.: Jl.ssooiation., The proposal . 1'7?.s· rr:'.3.:!e in the interest of increased efficienc;y :n main·;,;ainine the membership -list.s ;:o_nd collection of dues for both groups 1 ~u.t espec.ial:y in tr_e interest of facil i ta.ting th3 disseminatio.t: of the NE~1dSLETTERS puh:ished b3r both societies,

The core of the proposal 1.;as the follc":-;ing: (:) that the business office be estab~ished at the Depart:ii':!nt of -~nthropology office of San P-,rancisco State· College under the volunteer rr.anagement of' Beth V;g.n DJke 1 1'-rho i.s the secreta:ry t:'1ere; (2) that the two societies in·vest in a Pitne,y-3o\-res a:idr-:;ssing m:lchine 1

a· moderp 1 efficient method of handlirr5 maili-:1g an1 of raaintainins membersh:.p files, t-rith the cost to be -split 50-50 betrreen the t1vo societies; (3) that all :fil0s of the t1vo groups be maintained a:t the ·ousiness office to ce~traliz:e and. make n:ore ef'ficier:'t informatio:n retrieval; (4) that a central mailing arld:ress be established to ::'aci i:.. tate communi~ation beti\reen the rr.embership ~~d the offic8rs of the two groups.

lf•he E'..J:ecuti ve Commi t"tee \roted ap;:roi.ra~ of~ the. has been established~ 1I·he addreaeing machine plates a:::'e being .Prepireil. Jt cent!·al Jif.A.I.Lil'>YG

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proposal and the BUSINESS OFFICE has Deen ord·ered and the address ADDRESS has been ablisi:ed at:

DALY CITY, GA 94016

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'i'he 3usiness Office will serve to take the busywork load off the backs of the off::.cers of the society a:id -to facilitate commur:ication be'th'een ~he me~bers of the group and the cfficers. The establishment of a ·central ~usiness office is a step that has been taken by the national Orgai1izations, the .Ame::·ica11 Ant:f.:.:ropologioal Association and the Society for PJheric~n Archaeolog;:f• Our new business office trill allo1·r the SCJ:.. and t!ie Sl·lAJ:,. :not or~l:y to keep pace ;.·ri-th their growi:ig membership, but to keBp pace 'rli-:h the Yiatio:ia2. orgar..izations.

.BETH VJtN' :DYKE CONCF"-'NI:~rJ THE I•tiiTIONAL SITE REGISTER

Francj.s Ridde::.l has contacted the various Go;mty Boards of Sup~rvisors a.bout the :rfatio!!al Registe::- of' Jtrohae61ogic:al Sites. For effective interaction there should be some si t-e input by t'he archaeoJ.ogists. Cont.ac~ your County Eoari of Supervisors about sites~

:!::t should no·t .be inferreC. frorn the -fol10¥7ing list: of field schools that this is a11 that is happenir~g ::n. t11e sta-:;e this summerj on the conti:'ary, +.te list should be lont;er and would have been .had al: those people 1.rhorn \·re cou.nted on r-eporting tc us act:iall~t done so. Fault lies v-ri·th us for r~ot keeping ·,J.p tte pressu:ce prior to .the dec..dline} ·::>i.1t for those individu.als vJhc ;nissed the deadline beca'.lse of unavoidable emergencies t \-.re would. like to Si.:_gge::t the sstabl ishment of stand.-by co.r1trib·utors 1·rho can take over whe:ri 011r reliable 'Contacts are unreachable~ Op.r thanks go out to those who did :nake the dead­line by braving t11e ma,ze of tie-lines and incorrect rr:aili!1g ad.~resses.

TfIE EDITORS 1?", r; . DJtYIS

The Depq,rtment of _n_nthropolog}' wi:l hold its ann11a2. field clasS in archaeo­logical methods fro111 .Junr.: 22 to July 31. Field work v.rill be ih Central

. I~ev3.1a on both historic and p:reh:.storic Shoshone sites. '!'he ·p:i:ocedure will be to fraxne a series of work:'..n[s hypotheses, cond11ct a rigOrb.1.:..sly randorr; si3Jnp:e of the a'f•ear and then tes"t: t::tese ori.gi:-1al hypotli~eses against data derived from excavation. Interest 1-:i:l center with t'WO pi'!riods: ·~he:

migration of the Sf1oshone-speakers into the Great "Basin (circa 1300 P"".D. ?) ;:and the period· immediately p'ost-1863 i-rhen nearby Austin i..ras fir at occupied. by silver miner~. $'.lbs:.s-te:r.ce base a.'1d. technology- 1-~il l be the,: research focal points to enable us to determine the ecolcgical situatidh immediately prior to the abOve mentioned periods. The primary excavations~ ~;ill be on winter village sites 1 located. in the pinon-- juniper belt,_ Sti.{lien-ts 1·1i.lJ. ser1re on 1.3.bora"tory anti field survey cre·..rs. Several i·:eekend field trips to farnous ru·chaeological and. pa1ecntoliJgical sites a.re included in tbe course~ Faculty and guest lecturers v.ri::Ll cov-e:r such Diverse tcpics 2s

f;ypothesis testing 1 faune.l analYsis t appl ic·ations of soiJ. scie'nce, obsidian hydration datin&, and. corr.puter/statistical analysis of artifact assemblaees.

ERIC RITTER S.iiCRl!l!ENTO ST.ATE COLLEGE

Sacrirn~11to State. will cond.uct o:r:e of its field coi:rses i~ arc~aeolog,y 'this Sl-;n1mer in Tehema County in r~orthe:n Califorr~ial between .June and .July }l. The locali ~y to be st'J8.ied was occupied by the "'i"ana I;idia..."ls alld i:icludes the domain in 'nyhich Hishint supposedly the last ·wild Yaki Ir1dia:n 1 lived until his discovery at the turr~ of the cent1l.ry ..

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Excavations will be concentrated on one rockshelter and two large village sites. As the investigations proceed small groups of students will take part in looking for new.sites and the excavation of a large aboriginal structure. All students will receive instruction in excavation, site recording, mapPing, field photography, note taking, and laboratory processing of the specimens. A darkroom and laboratory will be established 2.t the field camp. Students wi.11 also learn methods of illustration, artifact photography, and "-"'1alytical. technia1.1es. . . . Sacramento State College will conduct its Second Field School in Archeology at Lake Britton on the Pit River r Shasta County, in northeastern California~ The 2.T'~a of investigation 1 iP.s near the linguistic boundaries of the Achomawi and Atseguwi aboriginal gro11ps and contains a dense complex of occupation sites i·li thin A.11 or:i_k/pine forest setting4 Previou.s investigatic:is have recordeii. hund.reds of ~i tes· ranging from smaJ.l temporar;y camps to large permanent vill~ges, fishing stations, structural remains, qua:rrys and petroglyphs. Th.:.:; co11rse l'rill focus primarily on excc..va.tion of an e:;.:tensive \r:i.llage site.

J. J. JOHNSON' CHICO S'I'l~T-:Y: COLI-EGE

'~hjs .Y"C:J'r t.~e c:hico St.:?..te FielCt School in archaeology ~;i11 be held jointl;l •1:i th th~ Qi1eens College brancfi. of the Ci.ty lTni'-rersj ty of New York 1 from .J~·1r.e 15 to ,Tu.13r 21: in the Chico area. 'rhe field School has .been designed. to s).ve 1:1a:·:imum tr.3.i.r.iri.g and exposUT~ tc the h::..sic principles of Scientific f'i eld ri.rch?-eol oe.Y throu,g~ dire ct part i ci pat i O!l in on-going research. It '·li 11 be org::.n i 2.erJ 9-ro1Jnd the s3rs terr:a tic in1.re:::;t iea t ion of J.raidu prehi st or,y· and. the dynamic p-::-ocesses of cul t1tre. che.nge m2Mni fested by it. The primary research eoal of the 1970 season i-Ii11 be to extend the previous work directed. to the -ietermination of regional ai1ii temporal V2.riations in the artifactual t;rpes an:i adaptive s;ystems over the e:-::tended geographical area centering on the territory of the I1faidu Indians, who inhabited the Chico area in historic -times. Included in the overall program of research are the formuJ.ation of t:ype sites for various areas and time horizons, the construction of explanator,y­models 1 and the continued effort to test such models aBainst the empiric2-1 data deri\red from sl1rveys and excavations. Jl.11 students \·rill participate in the excavation 1 mapping and recording of sites, field photography, recovery and cataloging of specimens, and the preparation of field records. Students i·li th previous training or experience in archaeology will receive training in field and laboratory supervision, as w·ell as participating in seminars on archaeoloeical theory and practice and the preparation of technical reports.

Wi.KOTO KOHTA

SA}i FRANCISCO S·TAT3 COLLEGE

As part of its summer archaeology program, the S. F. State Anthropology Department is offering a program in archaeological theory and field methods from June 15 to ·'-llo:O.Ust 15. Students will excavate portions of a pre-historic Yurok Indian village site in Northwestern California as a focal aspect of the training experience. Instruction will also cover archaeological survey, cartography, photography, human osteology, and other practical field skills as v!ell as laboratory proced.ures leading to the preparation of a professional quality field report. Theoretical considerations of research design will be stressed throughout the program.

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FRESNO STATE·COLLEGE

A proposal has been submitted forhighwa;y salvage in the Lake'Isabella area of Kern County. The work would have centered on Ker-260, a village site of the pre-historic'Tubatulabal. Since the situation concerning the Highway Department and lack' of funds has not improved as of yet, it is assumed that the project will not come about this summer. other~ise plans for this summer call for atiempts to clean up the site inventory for the area sur~ounding Fresno, particularly the foothills of the Sierra r<evaoa in Madera, Fresno, anii Kings Counties. ifoported sites all over the southern portion of the San 0oaquin Valley will be checked out as well.

CAL JENNIUGS »CAL STATE AT HAYWA..'l.D

'I'his summer at Cal State will see the continuation of a site survey of Eastern Contra Costa County under the direction of Mary Brunner. Ma=y is also making :ise of a special project through the Anthropology Department to teaqh a siirn.:ner class in .ttch.aeological field. metho_ds fo!' u._~de:rgraduate.s.

Rw:ming concurrently, Dr. Smith will be teaching a field class in method and theory with enrollment restricted to graduate students.

With the aid of individual grants, Pat Green, along with graduate students from u. c. Berkeley, will be continuing site surveying in western and Ce:itral !~evada. If :results warra..~t it 1 test excavation may- also done

· .d-i.lring the summer.

PACIFIC COAST &.~CF.JtEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The Pacifio Coast J.rch~eological Society continues work on the important Coyote Cave Site on Irvine Ranch, with the permission of Willi2.'ll Mason, PresiQent of Irvine Company~ The cave has been complet9d and now all that rema:i'ns is the deli::ieation of a rock wall located OJ:e meter below the present surface on the talus slope adjacent to the cave. Associated with this unique structure ts a compa,Cted surface~ Fur-ther work is _planned !iere to bet1;er understand .the relationship between these two features. Duane Hafner, director of ti1e exca~vations, hopes to complete the collection of a shell sample column, soil analysis a...nd ~he collection of samples for pollen analysis by the end of' 0une.

PAUL V. LONG, JR. CO.NTRA COSTA JUNIOR COLLEGE

Under the direction of George Coles, the Introduction to Pre-history and Archaeology si:.mmer field class along v.."'ith the regular crew Will;,retur:r::2·~o'r another season to Brooks Island in the San Francisco Bay. Excavations will be located on a part of Ccci-290 which contains definable stratigraphic levels. Units will be dug by the following of:these levels whenever possible.

TEE S'I'.AFF

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO

The summer field class in Pre-history and Archaeology under the direction of Joan Davlii1 will be held at Mrn-138, an inland Coas·cal Miwok village site .loc.:i.ted in l·farin County, 1trhich is Presently being excavated tmder the direction of Charles Slaymaker.- Evi·ience so far inc:.icates that the site was occupied from the Late Middle Horizon up until historic times.

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BJISTNESS OF THE SCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

The Executive Board of the Society The meeting was called to order by Emma Lou Davis. Committee Reports.

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rpet Mar.ch 25, 1970 at Asilomar, California. . ' Mike Moratto substituting for President

Margaret Weide read George Kri tzman' s 1fomination Cammi ttee Report. The new officers are Tom King, President; Ron Melander, Southern Vice President; Dean Gaumer, Northern Vice President; George Coles, Treasurer; and Linda King, Secretary.

Margaret also read Dave Weide's Final Report for the Committee on Highway Salvage Archaeology. The Committee compleied in July, 1969, a p01icy state­ment, which evaluated and constructively criticized the present salvage· program, was forwarded to the Division of Highways and the Department. of Parks and Recreation; these two agencies responded by effectively cancelling the entire salvage program by referring the matter to the office of the State Attf'rney General, who was requested. to determine the constitutionality of the program under the provision of Article 26 of the State of California Constit.11-tion - "legal methods of disbursing gasoline tax money." The Division of Highways, in-:a March. l\l, 1970 meeting, has stated that in cases of extreme emergency, they will continue to process proposals, although probably not' grant funds, pending a ruling from the Attorney General.

The Publications Committee report by Keith Johnson stated that Charles Rozaire's "Archaeology and Government" had been mailed free to the SCA membership, non­SCA members being charged $1.00. Approximately $475 from the sale of the publication has been received, Dr. John Loofbourow's Report on Valley Fever is in the process of being edited. It is suggested that the monograph series be made a reality.

·Reporting on the NEWSLETTER, Tom King discussed prod:iiction and distribution efficiency, and suggested that the Editor-in-Chief be an Executive Bo.ard member.

Reporting.for the U.S. Forest Service Archaeology Committee, Cal Jen-nings stated that a list of possible goals for the Committee had been circulated to the committee membership 1 and a meeting arranged.

Tome King read Ga.Ty Stickel's report on the Study·Committee for the California Division of Forestry and its Relationship to Archaeology .. A letter following the format suggested by Dr. Charles Rozaire was sent to Mr. F. H. Raymond, State Forester. The general attitude of the Division was one of apathy. Stickel suggested more correspondence between the pCA and the Division.

Mike Moratto read Joseph Chartkoff' s Report from the Outgoing Southern Vice Presiderit. He urged the ·continuity of µ-pgram&. initiated in Executive Committees during the past year.

Robert Edwards gave ail oral report on the lforthern Vice Presidency, and told how the position helped deal with the Dos Rios Dam and Bill 1400.

Because of his hospitalization: Roger Desautels was not present to report on the Public Relations Committee.

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Dean Gaumer reported for the Gow.mittee on High Dos Rios Dam that the construction of the dam is off.

':'he National Historic Registry was discussed. Tom King commented that the Park Service ha,s set up criteria for the inclusion in the Registry which disqualify ordinary archaeological sites, research potential not being considered. in the value of a site.

C'.;.ay Singer's Southern SCA Jf.embership Committee Report was read.. The report included many suggestions for reorganizing the comrnitte, a..,d the idea for an anaual recruiting posteP contest was presented.

ChartKoff's Treasurer's Report was read} (presan~ed in full later '

Kerry on).

Beth Van :!Fske gave a report on Reproduction. SY/AA establ :..sh a Central Business Office. BUSI:JESS

She suggested that SCA with\ I

The r.ie1eting was tU!'ned over to the nev1 SCA officers~

1 Tom!J King made the motion that :Beth Van· DJ~ke' s Central Business Office be approved. and that she be empowered to enter into ar._ ae-reemen:t "t-ri th SWAA to implement the plan. T'ne motion was passed.

Tom King expressed ooncern about the lack of act:;.ve participation by senior Cal~fornia archaeologists in the SCA. Tom proposed a resolution to form an Executive Committee to investigate (1) What ~s a professional iroup? ~~d (2) How do senior archa~ologists view SCA in this regard?

Tom King suggested that SCA services be enlarged to the membership through obtaining corpo:!:'ate group i:!:1surance for those engaging in archaeology. It was passed thai; :Jay Van Werloff head a Commiti;ee to investigate.

It was moved and passed. that -::he followillg commit-tees be formed, and that ~he chairman named be asked to serve:, 1. Forun1 Publicatior~ Committee: to investigate publis'hing a Current

Anthropology - like series. Ilea-'l Gaumer will be chairman. 2. High:<ray Salvage Coll'.mittee: to be continued. P.obert Edwards vol1mteered

to be chairman. 3: Northwest Coast Water Resources Com.'nission Com.mittee: to work on ax:

Archaeological !>!aster Plan for the area. ]Jean Gaumer volunteered to coordir-ate the committee~

4~ Naiive American Program Committee: to investigate our common interests and _antagonisms 'lri th Native Arnerica..Yls and conservation groups 1 and to determine what groups to contact.

5. California General Plan: will keep its present committee structure. 6. Lobby Com..uittee! W~ll function ~o present our needs to legislatures

and to find presently existing lobbyists with co:mno~ interes~s, such as the Pla..~.ing Conservation League. Daryl ~ohns accepted the chair.

7. Chu.~ash Coast FreewaJF Co~mittee: to investigate potential destruction of the ·Chumash coastline. Chester·Kir_g accepted the chairmanship.

8. I>!edia Com..-riittee: to investigate b_ow -·to make the best use of -the available media~ 1'1ary Garuner volunteered to be on the com,_~i tte and Paul Schumac:-.1.er is to be cha~rman~

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9. Ways and Means Committee: to raise funds .:for SCA. This is a subco"11llittee of the ~reasurerts Of~ice.

10. Korth Coast Ranges: to strengthen and coordinate various programs for the area.

11. Ventura County Committee: Chairman will be announced.. 12. Western Riversid.e Co·mty: Chairman will be announced.. 13. Accred.ation Committee: Ward Upson with George Coles wi11 produce a

precise su11c~ary of the state of archaeology at J-mior Colleges tod~y and the qualifications of their instructors~ H0w qaalified archaeo~ logists view these programs will be brought up.

The :neeti~~ was adjourned.

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING April 9, 1970 To achieve its PR goals, the SCA must (1) increase cooperation and. internal com.'ll1.lllication within t~e society a:r:d (2) :nake .contacts with the media ar:.d public. This goal will ·ae implemented by submitting archaeological e·vents of public in1erest to the press; Dean Decker is ~aking press' release stationery with a printed letterhead., and by having regional members of the PR committee. Roger Desautels will draft a letter to the membership telling them who to contact for PR releases, and soliciting from the membership media contacts. A mailing list of PR contacts will be kept in ·tbe central business office.

It was 1.ll'ged that we :'lave a lobbyist at the aJrlual Plannin.g meeting of state .and Federal agencies, includ.ing B!Jq and the Bureau of Recreation.

Bob Schenk is making an insert for "Steward.a of the Past" to make p"J.blication relevent to Cali:!:'ornia and. including lists of people to contact in California Archaeology. ~'ventually as a long rai:ge goal the SCA should prod.uce a ·brochure like "Stewards of the Past«.

Roger Desautels will organize a committee to deal with large corporatio~s, land o>mers and private enterprise with the primary goal of find.ing out -about site destruction ahead of time. He will attempt to deal successfully i·rit:'1 one a.:rea c:f this problem, v.i-itt. the lo~g-rar~e goal of covering the s"..lbject more comprehenSively through dealing l-.rith tt.eir collective organi­zations. Tom King is i~vestigating HUD matching f':mds for private er.terprise salvage.

Dealing with the N~tive Americans has been removed from the PR Co~.rnittee and refe:r-red to the llfative America Cornmittee ..

When the ?R Committee Las a communication for the membership, the ~aterial should be sent to Dean Gaumer, wlio will print it and have Beth Van Dyke m·ail it with ireat alacrity and -ef'ficiency.

GEKERAL BUSINESS lIBETING March 27, 1970 The General Business !t!eeting of the SCA held at ~~silomar 1 California was called to order by President. Davis; President Davis a:m1ou."1oed. the st'.ld.ent . .

winners and expressed the appreciation of the Society to the local. ·arrangements committee, especially Mike Moratto and Beth Van Dyke.

·The newly elected Executive Board was introdnoed to the Soci\'ty and the meeting was tU.rned over .-to ·President King.

Presid.ent King announced the new Joint SCA-SWAA Administrative of:!:'ice at· San FTa.ncisoo State to be operat:d by 3eth Van Dyke.

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Dr. :Davi.s bro"aght up the possibility of rotatir.g nuclear SCA Executive Ofi'ices throu_gh n:Jrth 1 central, and. southern California, so that the board members cokld get togethe~.

IhL'ce Snyder informed tI'.._e Societ;y· that the Sru1 Diego 1·1usew11 of Man is terminating its archaeological. s-taff' position and closing its collectio!ls. Duke made the m~tion that the SCA empower a commi·ttee of perhaps ti.-ro or three people to as~ i-1hy this is being done; to re~ort -!;o the soci~ty; perha,Ps thro'J.gh the Newsletter; and ~o ascertain whether there is anything we car. do. President King appointed Duke Sr~~rder chairmaYi~

rrom Jackso;; ar~nounced that thirt3r :people from the ltrchaeolog;y in Education S;ymposium ·wanted to be a v1ork-orien"ted grcup to educate ~he public and educational systems about archaeology. He requested that ·~1:.ese people become a recognizea sectioL of the SCA ~o wor£ with the Committee on Secondary Education. It was dec::_ded that the Executive Corr.mittee would take the matter J..,.'lder advisemen"t, sir._ce the constit·.rtional position was unclear.

Paul Chase presented the following resolution: Recognizing tha;t California 1 s historical societies often have an interest in local Indians and pre-history; and :!"ecognizing that this interest is sornetimes expressed in publisheQ articles that are really detrimental to archaeolog;f 1 Such as those published about t!1ree years ago by one specific County Historical Socie·ty en ti tlea. 0 The Romance o:' RelicingH a."'10. "Digging on a Slli"'11:..;~r Sunda,,vtt, 3lld recognizing that lo~a.l archaeologi-cal gro1J.ps may sometimes r._ot be able to comr:iu...11icate ef'fec­tivel;:r ·wi-th local historical societies, I would propose -the f'ollov:ing resolution: a CQmmi ttee from the SCA should be formed -to approach the Conferer._ce of Califo:-~ia Historical Sac.::_eties ,a.'1d establish a liaison 1;;:;.·: mea.~s of ~hie~ the SCA can provide the many local member societies with positi1.re ed"J..cational ini'or~ation on a.---ith~opological archaeology in Californ'ia, particularly its, purposes t directions 1 and the further g»J.idance availa:ole through the SC_ti.. ti1his organization 1 and the Conference of Ca.lifo::-nia, i{istorice.l Societies already have structures, meetings and publications through which this might be effected. The resolution was seconded and passed.

Presod.ent Kj.ng discussed tl:e film "::Cather Sey and Mother Earth'" E.n<i reques-:Oed a motion empq~e:ring the execu~ive Corr.rnitte to adfu'ess let~ers of condemnation to the Sta"te Board of Ed2ce.tior ... , etc~ The motion was seconded.. Daryl Jahns moved as an amend..'T!ent to the original motion that along with censure f we provide guid_elines, possibly based or~ 4-b1.1tte-~1 r for suer._ films. Geo:rge Col·es pointei out tha-t the motion implied that I:ndian groups be contacted a·lso. ·?h.e motion was carried. U...'>lanirr.o"..lsly.

The r:ext meeting site was a.is cussed. Invitiations -?.<e-:re exte:uied tn hold the conference nex-t yea;r at Contra· Costa Co·mty, College, Catalina Islan<i School for Eloys 1 a!'.d. Alcatraz. ·An informal poll indicated. that the member­ship prefe:rred Alcatraz and A.silomar.. Iturther- action.-·was delayed pending SWA_b.. decisions about meeting wi-th AEA ar1d -t;}:e prospect of receiving flirther invitations~

EARLY HORIZON SITE FOUND IN STOGKTOII

On T11esday afteriloon .t1pril 22t 1970 1 tI'~e Sac!"amento Sta.te College ])epartmer:t of Antfilopology was not~fied by 'state Archeologist Francis Riddell that a site was being destToyed s·o"J..th of Stockton by ac"';;ivi ties related. to -the .construction of Ihterstate 5. Mr. George Rabb,of the A. Teicher a.~d Son, Inc.

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'Oorp01:-ation met :Jerald C'ohnson and :John Beck on Wednesday, Ap::cil 23, 1970 and, showed them the site. It was evident irmnediately that the a:r-cheological deposit 1'.faS extrerr.ely important in terms of !'econstructing California ·pre­hisiiory * In a discussion later in "the da;y with JIEJ> ~ Marc Fosgate of' the const!''.lction company a delay of one week was suggested in o::-der for an -e1raluatio:-i. of the arc1:eological materials "to be made. The contrac-l;;or has since to keep all unauthorized persons ou.t 1 provided toilet :facilities, use of hea\r.r eq:J.ipment 1 S500 for car·bon da-t!ing and P-n ex:tension of' ti:11e until .June 1970.. E\Ter: though the destruction of the sita is in conjunction t·rith the construction of Interstate 5, the State Division of Highways is not · in•:o l ved in ... the archeological inves-:, igations because the si ta is not on tl-!e right of \·:ay ~ l~r. Dana Tyson, a !'et ired. engineey- 1 has clone the mapping of t:'1r;:; site.,

The method of investigation evolved after discussions betv;een Jerald· Johnson, J'ohn Beck, Eric Ritter, Pete Scb:ulz 1 and Ric Casteel* .J:t 1'.iaB felt as much information as possible should ~be gleaned from the site througi1 the use of'

' specialised studies.

Burials extend over an area 100 meters ~os~ 175 n:etars; with one cor_centration located on the ncrthe:rn part of the P.'1id.d.en. Se\reral years ago 120 to 150 cm. of midden was removed from the surf5.ce of the si tf! to fill in an old slough along the sou:thern Thus :far nothing has been :found in this distru.bed JPortkm of the site to suggest an;;r kir1d of late occupation.~ . Jl_t -:;he present iirr.e 70 cm .. of tl1e loio.rer portion of the site still remains o::-i the southern side of the original mour:C.. It v:as decided -:.:o random sa.r:;ple this portion of the site ;.;ith several 2x2 meter units in levels of 10 c~m.

·rihe mid.den is extremely ha:r-d t-1hen dry a.11d. has a high cla,;,r content., It rests on a clay pan which is harder than the miC.den -... rhich makes it possible to define nany of the grave pits.

The site contains a combination of :r!iarly a:id 14iddle Horizon t:-ai ts: Burial ?osition: 56 -ventrally exter:ded burials

2 dorsal l:;,r eJ::tended -ourials 1 flexed burial

Orientation: 4 with skulls to southeast

12 with skulls to north 1 with skull to east 1 with skull to southwest

41 with skulls to south Burial Complements: 3 'bl ? 01:.v-ella shell beads, Type 1 !!aliotis shell beads, ex:tremelJr small \·!hole spire lopped Olivella beads, quartz crystals, steatite and slate beads, ch~sle point pestles; phallic charnstone, bird bone whistles, la·rge cor.:_cave based, expanding stemraed. and leaf shapped projectile points 1

ocher stains on most of the bu~ials 1 Tule mat impressi~ns around burials, and impressions of a ti;..rir:ed fa-orio (perhaps basketry).,

Some ·bentative observa-tions: •J:he pop11la:tion is tall (170 cm. average) 1 vrith narro1v sklllls, raised sagitial crests, protruding occipital bun and large supra-orbital

The 12 burials with their sLLllls to the north are on the south side of the area of concentrated burialst and. ·the 41 burials tJith the skttlls to the so1rth are located. to ·bhe north of them.. Perhaps this represents some kind .of sociz.1 arTangement of diffe:rent time period. at the site~

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Also of interest is the apparent reliance on a slough side·economic orientation• i 1his includes large quantities of fish bone in so:ne of the gr: ave pi ts 1 large areas of. concentration of freshwater clam shell a.red a very small amoun-t of larg< ma'11mal bone •

Se.veral features b.ave also ·been recorded... This i!lcludes wha-t appears to be at least thr.ee too1 kits which contained cores ar;.d flakes, r.a,'llITlerstone mauls etc. and a burned feature with several h1lndred carbonized aoor~s in it.

This site may.provide a connection between Early and Midii.le Rorizon components; it may also help in delimiting the cha;:ige in ecorcomic practices which is sc;pposeii. to have taken place. At least 7 carbon sa.':lples are going to be submitted for aJO.alysis and it is hoped 'these will help place the site in relationship to the other known sites of compa:rable'a.:r.tiquity in Cen~ral Californi·a.

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REPORT'mOM THE RETIRING TREASURER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY: March 1970

This statement is a report on the state of SCA affairs which are under the Treasurer's jurisdi!ction. They will be discussed under appropriate headings. MEMBERSHIP: When I took office, the SCA had a membership of about 250. By February 12, 1970 we had increased that total to 464. This total, however, included all members

' including those who had not renewed for 1970. Of the 464, 340 were asked to renew

for 1970, The remainder were new members who had joined the Society after October, 1969; their dues were automatically credited to the 1970 year. As of March 24, 1970 1 213 of the 340 old members had renewed. Adding to these figures the members who have joined since February 12, we have a current membership total of 312. RENEWALS: Any member j/irimg after October, 1969, was not asked to renew for 1970. First notices were sent to the remaining members at the beginning of December. Those who did not respond received second not'ices during the first half of January'. Rather than send out third notices, George Kritzman suggested sending the remaining unrenewed people a ballot during the official elections and offering to count their vote if it was returned with their.dues. This was done and it resulted in a substantial number. of renewals. All renewed members received a new membership card and a receipt. As was noted, 213 out of 340 members have

·renewed to date. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Upon receivng the books on April 18, 1969, I found the SCA had a bank balance of $903.05. Since that time, our finances may be described as follows: Credits: 1. Dues from new members •..••••.••••..••••••••••••.•...••• , , ••••.• , •• · •• ,, .$428.00 2. Membership renewals for 1970 ............................ .- ............. 825.50 3. Sale of Archaeology.and Government at $1/ea.•••••··~····•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·~392.25 4. Donations ............... , , .•• , , ............. , ........... , , , ............. 103.00 5. Refund from 1969 Annual Meetings .................. , ......... , • .. • •• .. 25.06 6. Interest on Savings Account ........... • .....•.....•........ ._ ...•... , ,; . . 14 .46 7. Sale of Highway Salvage Report at $1.50/ea •.•• , ••• , .• , • , ••.•••. , . , . ; ••• ' 3.00

TOTAL $1,791.27 Debits: 1. 1969 Annual Meetings Programs (tcost of printing lOOO•·copies) •.••••••• $ 2. Cost of Printing Rozaire rs Government and Arohaeol_ogy report . ..• " .••... · 3. Cost of printing .Highway Salvage Report .•••.•••••.•.••••••• ,., •••••••• 4.. Cost of printing lfewsletter ................................................... . 5. Cost of Xeroxing the mailing labels •.•••..••• ' •.••.•• , •••.••• , ••••••• 6. Cost of purchasing Xerox labels ...................................... . 7. Travel Expenses ••••.••••.•••.••.••••.•.••.••• , • , . , .••.••••..••.••••••• 8. Cost of printing membership application forms ..•••••••••••••••...••••• 9. Cost of printing 1970 membership renewal notices .•.••••••••...••.••.•.

10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Postage for various rnailiilg~:.: .......................................... . Cost of printing posters .••••.•.••••••••••.••••.•.•.•••••.••••.•••..•. Expenses for 1970 elections ..•.•••.•••••••.•••••.•.••••..••.•.••.••..• Cost of 100 cop_ies of "Stewards of the Past" .••.•.......•.•..•..•.... Cost of cover for Archives series

205.25

634.57 30.00

315.68 l0.50 22.00

121.25 14.30. 8.00

94.00 3.50

72.54 ll.00 10.70

$1,553.29

Subtracting the debits from the credits and adding the remaincer to the previous balance, we have a current balance (as of i<iarch 24 1 1970) 1 of.: $1,141.03.

S\ilf,lfd!RY OF THE YEA..'l. •s ACTr\TITIES AND RECO.~<!lOOTDATIONS FOR THE FL"I'U7.E:

The SCA was was severely crippled financially during a major portion of 1969 due to a numbe::=- of laz:ge expend.it~Ss which occurred. at once: particularly, the cost of printing the Rozaire report and the a~nua~ meetings programs+ At one time, OU!' balance was so low it was feared that we might ~oe unable to meet the costs of printing a~d mailirig the Newsletter.' This situation was no"':; alleviai:;ed until the ir..pu·t of new income from i:;ne 1970 renewals, largely helped by the i4crease of regular membership rates to $5.00. Fortuii.a-tely, it was possible to minimize many of our costs, particularly by utilizing many of the facilities and resources awvailable at the ur:.iver­sities and colleges.

It would se_em mo:;-e desire able 1 h.owever, for the SCA to bE: as financially independent as possible, especially since the resources of the universitiest etc., are not open equally to ev~ryone 1 nor are they intended for SCA use. B:tt as it now stands, the SCA would find it ve~y difficult to afford all the postage, stationery, xeroxing, a.r:d so forth that it reeds to operate effect i "Vely.

In order to allow maximization of the financial reso:i.rces ·that the SCA does .l:ave, a number of recommendations could. be IT'.ade. The costs of p:!'inting a:r.y f:tture SCA p'-1blications could be lowered_ by having the work done tbrough Dean Gaumer. Ris group, Tolo Righ Gra_p·hics 1 has printed t.r.e last two Ne1>.TS­

letters at a much lower· cost than could be d.one elsewhere. It is suggeste-i that the SCA formalize i~s relationship with Yolo High and consider doing all" its printing 1 not only the ~ewsletter 1 t.h=ough iihis gro:ip.. The savings to -the SCA would -be substantial, as M:r. Gaumer can ill-istrata.

Bes id.es pri11ting1 postage is one oi' the· SCA.rs gT-eatest expenses. As soon as our non-profit status is confirriled1 it sho11ld be possible to cut do;..'n on

.these oosts through bulk mailir-g rates. Other money-me.king or-saving ideas ~e welcomed~

I might rr"ention i;o the ::::iew treasurer that the treasurer ts dnties ha.1re gotten to be quite time-cohsmr;ing. TCey entail not only the handling of the finances; but also the :processing of new membe:tships t the maintainance of tl:e membership mail:.ng list 1 and the annual membership renewa1!.s~ I sugges-t that the treasurer farm out as many of these jobs as possible rather than trying to do C;hem all himself. I azn currently working u:p a job d.escriptio'n of the treasurer' .s duti~s which I will send to him as soon as it is completed ..

Respectfully s-i~mitted,

KERRY K. CHA3.TKOFF

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