Martin McAllister (ARI) is looking for 2 or 3 more to attend this class in Fort Smith, AR if you or anyone you know might be interested. Class is being sponsored by US Forest Service. Class is 5 days and is intended to be the follow-on damage assessment component of the 3 day law enforcement class also taught by Martin. The 27 February sign up day is flexible but is preferred. Contact Lexie Rue-Harris for more info.
Archaeological Resource Investigations
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CLASS
Class Announcement:
Archaeological Resource Investigations (ARI) has scheduled an offering of the firm's five-day Archaeological Damage Assessment class in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Monday, March 29 through Friday, April 2, 2004. The USDA Forest Service will be the host for this class. The class description and schedule are provided as part of this announcement (see below). Also provided as part of this announcement is information on the class location and lodging arrangements (see below).
There are two steps in the class registration process:
1) Contact Class Coordinator Lexie Rue-Harris, Archaeologist, Cold Springs Ranger District, (phone: 479-675-3233, email: [log in to unmask]) and notify her that you will be a class participant.
2) Contact ARI Archaeologist Martin McAllister (phone: 406-728-7195, email: [log in to unmask]) and make arrangements for payment of the tuition fee.
There is not a class registration form.
The class tuition fee is $600.00. The registration deadline for the class is close of business on Friday, February 27, 2004. Arrangements for payment of the tuition fee must be made by this deadline. Credit card charges (VISA and MasterCard) are the preferred method of payment. (Credit cards will not be charged until after the class registration deadline.) Checks and purchase orders also will be accepted. If necessary, an invoice for the class tuition fee can be emailed or faxed to the participant or their agency prior to the class. Information required for purchase orders is as follows:
Martin E. McAllister
Owner/Archaeologist
Archaeological Resource Investigations (ARI)
4815 Larch Lane
Missoula, MT 59802
406-728-7195
(Taxpayer Identification Number, DUNS Number and/or CCR Cage Code available upon request by phone.)
Archaeological Resource Investigations
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CLASS
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) requires assessment of archaeological damages for criminal prosecutions and civil penalties under the act. These assessments also are required for sentencing for archaeological violations under the new Cultural Heritage Guideline recently adopted by the United States Sentencing Commission. Archaeologists who may be called upon to provide assistance in archaeological violations cases on federal and Indian lands must be prepared to assess damages according to the legal standards established by ARPA and the act's uniform regulations. The ARPA archaeological damage assessment procedures also can be used effectively in dealing with violations of other laws, such as state archaeological protection statutes.
Archaeological Resource Investigations' five-day Archaeological Damage Assessment Class provides training on all aspects of the damage assessment process. The instructors for the class, Archaeologist Martin McAllister and Assistant United States Attorney Wayne Dance, are the recognized national experts on archaeological damage assessment. Topics covered in the class are:
· Field damage assessment procedures
· Determination of archaeological value and cost of restoration and repair
· Archaeological damage assessment report preparation
· The role of the archaeologist in case prosecution
· Defense issues in archaeological violation cases
As shown in the accompanying class schedule, the class consists of:
· Lectures
· A field damage assessment exercise at damaged archaeological sites
· A value and cost determination and damage assessment report preparation exercise
· Presentation and critiques of the value and cost determinations and reports
The targeted participants for the class are professional archaeologists employed by federal, tribal and state land management agencies and professional contract archaeologists who may be called upon to carry out archaeological damage assessment.
Archaeological Resource Investigations
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CLASS
USDA Forest Service
March 29-April 2, 2004, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Instruction By:Martin McAllister, Archaeologist Instructor,
and
Wayne Dance, Attorney Instructor
Class Schedule
Monday, March 29:
8:00 - 9:00 Welcome, Introductions, and Discussion of Class Goals and Schedule: Lexie Rue-Harris (Class Coordinator, Archaeologist, Cold Springs Ranger District), Mr. McAllister (Archaeologist Instructor) and Participants
9:00 - 12:00 Review of ARPA Archaeological Damage Assessment Procedures: Mr. McAllister
12:00 - 1:00 Travel to Damaged Site and Lunch: Mr. McAllister, Ms. Francis and Participants
1:00 - 4:00 Site Examination, Damage Area Assignments and Field Damage Assessment by
Participants: Individual Assistance by Mr. McAllister and Ms. Francis
4:00 - 5:00 Return Travel from Damaged Site
Tuesday, March 30:
8:00 - 9:00 Society for American Archaeology - Professional Standards for the Determination of Archaeological Value: Mr. McAllister
9:00 - 12:00 Archaeological Value and Cost of Restoration and Repair Determination and Damage Assessment Report Preparation by Participants: Individual Assistance by Mr. McAllister
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 Value and Cost Determination and Damage Assessment Report Preparation by
Participants Continued: Individual Assistance by Mr. McAllister
Wednesday, March 31:
8:00 - 9:00 Value and Cost Determination and Damage Assessment Report Preparation
Progress Reports and Problems (Attendance Optional): Mr. McAllister
9:00 - 12:00 Value and Cost Determination and Damage Assessment Report Preparation by
Participants Continued: Individual Assistance by Mr. McAllister
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 Value and Cost Determination and Damage Assessment Report Preparation by
Participants Continued and Completed: Individual Assistance by Mr. McAllister
5:00 Reports Submitted and Copied for Instructors and Participants
Thursday, April 1:
8:00 - 12:00 Damage Assessment Presentations by Participants (by Topic): Critiques by Mr.
Mr. McAllister and Mr. Dance (Attorney Instructor)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 The Role of the Archaeologist in Case Prosecution: Mr. Dance
2:00 - 5:00 Damage Assessment Presentations by Participants (by Topic) Continued:
Critiques by Mr. McAllister and Mr. Dance
Friday, April 2:
8:00 - 12:00 Damage Assessment Presentations by Participants (by Topic) Continued and
Completed: Critiques by Mr. McAllister and Mr. Dance
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Defense Issues in Archaeological Violation Cases: Mr. Dance
2:00 - 3:00 Written Critiques and Class Conclusion: Participants, Mr. McAllister, Mr. Dance and Ms. Rue-Harris
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CLASS
CLASS INFORMATION
The USDA Forest Service sponsored Archaeological Damage Assessment Class presented by Archaeological Resource Investigations will be held Monday, March 29 through Friday, April 2, 2004 at the Holiday Inn City Center at 700 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The class will begin promptly at 8:00 AM on Monday, March 29, so participants should plan to arrive at the class location shortly before 8:00. On Friday, April 2, the class will end between 2:00 and 3:00 PM. A block of lodging rooms for the class participants at a rate of $55.00 plus tax is being held at the Holiday Inn City Center (phone: 479-783-1000; mention the Forest Service and the three letter/number code F04). Participants are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements.
As indicated in the class schedule, the class will be spending Monday afternoon in the field carrying out the field damage assessment procedures at a damaged site. Due to the number of topics to be covered on Monday morning, a formal lunch break will not be taken that day and participants should not expect to return from field until at least 5:00 P.M. or possibly later. Please come to class on Monday morning prepared to go the field. Please also bring a lunch or be prepared to purchase a lunch on Monday morning that can be eaten on the way to the field or at the damaged site. If you are planning activities for Monday evening, please schedule them relative to when will be arriving back from the field. (Monday afternoon is the only field time.)
As also indicated in the class schedule, Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent on archaeological value and cost of restoration and repair determinations that will be shown in tables and preparation of an archaeological damage assessment report. Unless you are from Fort Smith and have access to a desktop computer there where you will be able to prepare the tables and the report, please bring a laptop computer and a diskette with you to the class so you can prepare your tables and report on the laptop and copy them to the diskette for printing (you can bring a compact disk in place of the diskette if the laptop has a CD burner). Desktop computer facilities will not be available for participants who do not work in Fort Smith.
ITEMS REQUIRED BY PARTICIPANTS
Field clothing and footwear
Canteen or water bottle
Archaeological recordation field equipment:
Clipboard, rule, notepaper, etc.
Site mapping tools necessary to produce map of assigned damaged areas at site (e.g.: compass, distance tape measure, graph paper, etc.; feet/yards tape measure recommended to avoid necessity of converting metric measurements to standard measurements)
Pocket tape measure (inches/feet tape measure recommended)
(Cameras will be provided)
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Laptop computer and diskettes or compact disc for report preparation (unless desktop computer is available in Fort Smith)
Classroom & Lodging location: Holiday Inn City Center
700 Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72901
479-783-1000
Free local shuttle service (within 5 miles)
Contact Holiday Inn directly for lodging needs and mention the Forest Service and the three letter/number code F04. 20 rooms have been reserved at the Government Rate of $55.00.
RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY MARCH 7, 2004. The block of rooms are reserved from Sunday March 28, 2003 through Thursday night, April 1, 2004.
Within walking distance (less than a mile) are the following restaurants:
Herb's Rib Room
Hamburger Bar Varsity Sports Grill
Taliano's Subway
Papa's Pizza Landry's New Orleans Cafe
Other hotel options in the Ft. Smith area-approx. 5-10 miles from the Holiday Inn (no reservation arrangements have been made with these hotels):
Hampton Inn Ramada Inn
6201 C Rogers Ave. 5103 Towson Avenue
Ft. Smith, AR 72903 Fort Smith, AR 72903
479-452-2000 479-646-2931
Area Attractions:
· Nat'l Park/Historical District
· Historic Van Buren & Antique Shops
· Cherokee Casino (Oklahoma-just across the river)
· Fort Smith Museum Of History
· Miss Laura's Bordello & Visitor Center
· Fishing And Boating
· Central Mall
· Antique Shopping
Airport: Fort Smith Regional Airport
Approx. 8 miles from Hotel
Airport Shuttle: The Holiday Inn has a hotel shuttle if you want to use it. Once you arrive at the airport, just call the hotel at the number above and they will come and pick you up.
Another option is Razorback Cab Company-479-783-1118 ($8.00 one way for one person).
Questions may be directed to: Lexie Rue-Harris, US Forest Service, Cold Springs Ranger District, Booneville, AR 479-675-3233.
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