NPS Archeology E-gram September 2012
NPS Archeologist Richard Waldbauer Retires
Richard Waldbauer, assistant director of the NPS Federal Preservation
Institute (FPI), retired on July 26, 2012, after 27 years of service with
the NPS. Born in Great Falls, Montana, Waldbauer earned a BA in economics
from the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to receive an MA in
anthropology from the University of Idaho and a PhD in anthropology
(historic archeology) from Brown University.
Waldbauer?s tenure at the NPS began in 1985 in the Archeology and
Ethnography Program (headquarters), where he had responsibilities for
cultural property protection, underwater cultural heritage, programmatic
assistance to Federal agencies, the National Historic Landmarks?
archeology initiative, and training. His accomplishments include assisting
in developing the historic preservation program for the Department of
Energy, designation of the largest number of archeological National
Historic Landmarks since 1966, the first comprehensive training in
heritage preservation law for government attorneys in cooperation with the
Department of Justice (more than 450 Federal, tribal, and state attorneys
trained), and the ongoing agreement for cooperation between the NPS and
the government of Mexico.
In 2001, Waldbauer became assistant director for the FPI, where his
responsibilities included co-management of planning, development, and
implementation of a comprehensive education program in historic
preservation for Federal agencies. He also coordinated the development of
the historic preservation learning web portal.
Waldbauer has published over 30 articles, including ?The Antiquities Act
of 1906 at Its Centennial? in the Journal of Cultural Resource Stewardship
, ?Tending the Sacred Fire: the Archaeology of a Rural Ideal? and ?Going
Places with Children in Washington DC? with his wife, Noreen Tuross. He
has received numerous awards and honors over the years, including a bronze
medal from the Idaho Council for Advancement and Support for Education, a
National Park Partnership leadership award for protection and visitor
services, and an NPS Sustained Superior Performance Award.
Waldbauer plans to spend his retirement playing, coaching, and watching
baseball; and exploring Washington, DC and Boston. He will continue his
research interests by writing a popular history of 19th century
agriculture and rural life in northern New England and by helping Noreen
in her work on international projects in archeological science.
By David M. Banks, Resource Manager, WASO
Partnership Achievement Award Named For NPS Employees
At its 2012 biannual ?Forum? conference, the National Alliance of
Preservation Commissions (NAPC) announced a new award named ?The John and
Susan Renaud Achievement Award.? NAPC made long-time NPS employees John
and Sue Renaud the initial recipients of the award for their many years of
support to NAPC as NPS representatives.
NAPC is the organization that most thoroughly represents the NPS? official
local government historic preservation partners ? certified local
governments (CLGs). The NPS has more than 1,800 CLGs. Every CLG must
enforce appropriate State and local law for the designation and protection
of historic and prehistoric resources. NAPC provides education and
training for local historic preservationists to carry out Federal
statutory requirements. Sue and John have traditionally used Forum as an
opportunity to provide training to new State CLG program coordinators and
to consult with all State CLG program coordinators.
Sue retired from the NPS Cultural Resources Division (Headquarters) in
2011, after more than 22 years of service. While with the NPS, Renaud
helped develop the current process that State Preservation Offices use to
meet their statutory requirement to have statewide comprehensive historic
preservation plans. Through her guidance, all 56 states and territories
have statewide preservation plans that serve as guides for effective
historic preservation decision-making. She helped develop NPS policy for
park planning documents to ensure that historic preservation and cultural
resource management were appropriately addressed. Renaud helped to develop
the Secretary of the Interior?s Standards and Guidelines for Historic
Preservation Planning. She also developed and maintained a website on
preservation planning (www.nps.gov/history/hps/pad/index.htm).
John is a historian with the NPS. He has been involved with the CLG
program since its inception. Renaud was staff lead for the last revision
of CLG and State program regulations, the Federal Historic Preservation
Laws publication, and the 1997 revision to the Historic Preservation Fund
Grants Manual for States. One of Renaud's current responsibilities is to
assess the success of the CLG program by coordinating the collection of
CLGs' annual achievements in historic preservation areas.
For more about the NPS? CLG program, go to
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/clg/index,htm. For more about NAPC, go to
http://napc.uga.edu/.
New Departmental Consulting Archeologist Named
NPS Associate Director for Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science,
Stephanie Toothman, has named Stanley C. Bond, Jr. the Interior Department
Consulting Archeologist (DCA). A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Bond
earned a B.A. in anthropology and a B.Sc. in geology from the University
of Alabama, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the State University
of New York, Albany.
He has been an archeologist for the Historic St. Augustine Preservation
Board and the U.S. Army Environmental Center. Bond was the integrated
resources manager for Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, Hawaii, and superintendent of
the Juan Bautista de Anza NHT, California and Arizona. Most recently,
Bond, was the superintendent of Kennesaw Mountain NBP, Georgia.
The position of DCA was created in 1927 to advise the Secretary of the
Interior about archeological matters handled by any bureau of the
Department. Jesse Nusbaum, a Southwestern archeologist and contemporary of
Edgar Lee Hewett and Alfred V. Kidder, was the first DCA. From its
inception, the DCA activities included a range of functions. Review of
Antiquities Act permit applications and oversight of permitted
investigations were a main activity. Other important activities included
advocating for better protection of archeological sites; preventing
unlawful excavation and gathering of objects of antiquity on Federal and
tribal lands; and encouraging the publication of archeological reports on
studies done under early Antiquities Act permits.
The DCA continues to work for the effective enforcement of laws protecting
and preserving America's archeological record and provides general
archeological guidance and technical assistance.
National Park Service Honors Employees for Cultural Resource Work
The Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award recognizes expertise and outstanding
contributions to cultural resource stewardship and management by permanent
full-time employees of the NPS. The annual awards were created to
encourage creativity in cultural resource stewardship and management
practices and projects, particularly those that can serve as examples or
models for programs service-wide. The NPS has awarded the 2011 to four
parks and individuals, including two archeologists. The 2011 recipients
are:
Cultural Resource Stewardship for Superintendents
Russ Smith: Superintendent, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County
Battlefields Memorial NMP
In response to a proposed 51-acre Wal-Mart development in close proximity
to the park?s Wilderness Battlefield unit, Superintendent Smith engaged a
coalition of local, regional, and national interest groups to forge a
compromise that benefitted park cultural resources by moving the new store
to a more regionally appropriate site three miles north of the original
proposed location. Throughout the debate, Smith never wavered from his
stated concerns about the direct and indirect impacts of the development
and associated traffic on the park. He framed his position by recognizing
the need for development, while also placing the role of the park within
the context of the larger community. His accomplishment demonstrates the
importance of both public leadership and quiet behind-the-scenes work to
build consensus that serves both local economic and national preservation
interests.
Cultural Resource Stewardship through Maintenance
Historic Preservation Program: Yosemite National Park
The Yosemite Historic Preservation Program was recognized for developing
relationships with partners both internally and externally to ensure that
historic structure preservation issues are addressed in a timely manner
and for utilizing creative methods to fund preservation projects in the
park. In 2011, the preservation crew completed a collaborative
preservation effort on the fountain of the historic Wawona Hotel,
purchasing materials from the hotel?s concessionaire and securing grant
funding from the Yosemite Conservancy to pay for the work of the
preservation crew.
Cultural Resource Management (2 recipients)
Tom Des Jean ? Archeologist, Big South Fork National River and Recreation
Area
Des Jean?s archeological investigations and research made significant
contributions to the knowledge and protection of archeological resources
at Mammoth Cave NP, Shiloh NMP, Cumberland Gap NMP, Obed Wild and Scenic
River, and Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. He has
authored 10 published research or study papers, co-authored 7 published
research studies, authored 21 unpublished research studies, co-authored 5
unpublished research studies, and authored or co-authored 15 research
papers presented at various professional conferences. Although the
majority of these papers and presentations focus on archeological sites in
the NPS, Tom?s writings cover other cultural resource topics, including
niter mining, history of the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company, Civil War
effects on local communities, moonshining, and African Americans on the
Cumberland Plateau.
Lon Johnson ? Cultural Resource Specialist/Historical Architect, Glacier
National Park
The sub-alpine and alpine areas of Glacier NP have been used for travel,
hunting, and spiritual purposes by ancestors of the Salish, Kootenai, and
Blackfeet peoples. These behaviors deposited artifacts and
paleo-biological objects in ice and snow patches. Their exposure by
melting could lead to damage, loss, or illegal removal. In response to
this emerging stewardship challenge, Johnson assembled a team of experts
from the tribes, archeologists from the Universities of Wyoming, Arizona,
and Colorado, and knowledgeable park personnel. The group successfully
submitted the Glacier Ice Patch Archeology project and was awarded support
under Climate Change Response funds. The project recovers delicate items
from melting ice patches, and contains a unique interpretive component for
videos and interactive web design that targets tribal youngsters, and also
will be made available to the general public.
Established in1970, the Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards are named for three
distinguished former NPS employees: historian Roy E. Appleman, historical
architect Henry A. Judd, and curator Ralph H. Lewis.
For more information, go to
www.nps.gov/aboutus/appleman-judd-lewis-awards.htm
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Reconnects Native American Youth with
Resources
Glen Canyon NRA and partners launched a project to engage Native American
youth and adults in natural and cultural stewardship along the San Juan
River, Arizona. The project goals were to mentor local Native American
youth to become the next generation of land stewards, reconnect Native
American youth to their cultural heritage, develop job skills through
resource stewardship activities, and to foster new and existing
partnerships to provide opportunities for local Native American youth. The
San Juan River traverses lands that have been inhabited for 12,000 years
and provide an ideal classroom for project participants to reconnect with
their cultural heritage.
During the first week of the project, participants gained natural resource
management experience by controlling invasive Russian olive and Ravenna
grass plants, collecting native plant seeds, and collecting data on desert
bighorn sheep that will be used to measure impacts of climate change.
During the second week, students visited Shiprock, New Mexico, and
surrounding areas to participate in cultural heritage activities,
including a field trip to Chaco Culture NHP, where project participants
toured the Great Houses. The group learned about medicinal and ceremonial
uses of local plants. A Navajo elder taught project participants how to
butcher and prepare a sheep the Navajo way and how to prepare traditional
Navajo fry bread and tortillas.
The group also visited a local city park along the San Juan River and
discussed possible partnership opportunities for riparian restoration
efforts. Project participants met with two local non-profit organizations
that are interested in partnering on future projects that involve
reconnecting youth with Dine? culture and traditions.
The project was made possible by a grant from the National Park Foundation
through the generous support of ARAMARK through the Yawkey Foundation, The
Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation, and the History Channel. Glen Canyon
NRA staff also thanks project partners who helped make this a successful
project: the Glen Canyon Natural History Association, Rethink Din? Power,
Northern Din? Youth Committee, Din? Policy Institute, Lake Mead Exotic
Plant Management Team, and Wild Rivers Expeditions.
By Lonnie Pilkington, Natural Resources Program Manager, Glen Canyon NRA
Five Convicted for Disturbing Artifacts on TVA-Managed Land
An investigation by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has resulted in
the conviction of five people in Federal court for the theft of cultural
artifacts from TVA-managed property. The cases involved three separate
incidents in which TVA police investigators witnessed suspects removing
artifacts.
Investigators observed Joey Willis, of Tuscumbia, Alabama, bring up Native
American artifacts while diving at Pickwick Reservoir in June. He was
found guilty in Federal court of a misdemeanor violation of the
Archaeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA). He was ordered to pay more
than $250 in fines and penalties.
In Huntsville, Alabama, TVA investigators observed Don Hawkins, of
Monteagle, Tennessee, digging for Native American artifacts on the shore
of Guntersville Reservoir in February. He was convicted of a misdemeanor
ARPA violation and was fined $500, plus court costs. Hawkins was fined
another $250 for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
At the same time that Hawkins was apprehended, investigators observed
Deborah Arnold, Darius Hutchens and James Owens, all from Stevenson,
Alabama, digging along the shoreline of the Guntersville Reservoir. Each
was each ordered to pay more than $250 in fines and penalties for ARPA
violations.
?These cases demonstrate that our investigators are out in the field
aggressively working to protect our region?s cultural history,? said David
Jolley, TVA vice president of Security and Emergency Management. ?We will
prosecute anyone who takes historic artifacts from TVA property.? Jolley
added that it is illegal to take any artifacts, including arrowheads, from
TVA-managed property. He said if any of the suspects violate ARPA a second
time, the penalties could be up to five years in prison and a $250,000
fine.
It?s Not Too Late! National Archaeology Day Reminder
National Archaeology Day (NAD) will take place on October 20, 2012. The
aim of the day is twofold: to raise awareness of archeology in the U.S.
and Canada and to provide educational opportunities for the public to
participate. The NPS has joined the AIA and its partners as a
collaborating organization, meaning that we join a nationwide effort to
raise awareness about archeology and improve public involvement. NPS
participation is a way to be part of a larger message about where
archeology is, what archeologists do, and why archeology matters.
Federal agencies, state governments, and local organizations across the
nation will host Archaeology Day events. See the full list on the AIA
website at www.archaeological.org/NAD/collaboratingorganizations. Find out
about the kinds of events that they are planning on the interactive map
(www.archaeological.org/NAD/events). Some events are on-site and
in-person, like public archeology days or lectures, while other events
will happen online through blogs or social media.
To register an event at your park or region, go to the NAD events page
(www.archaeological.org/node/add/event) and fill out the form. The
information will go on the AIA NAD blog, an interactive map, and be
printed in the AIA magazine -- all ways that AIA can help to promote the
event beyond NPS channels. To date, five parks have registered an
archeological event on the AIA website.
The NPS will promote National Archaeology Day in several ways to encourage
participation and visitation in your programs, including:
- NPS website front page the week before October 20 (at www.nps.gov)
- NPS Facebook page on October 20
- NPS Archeology Program Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/NPSArcheology)
- NPS Archeology Program website front page for October (at
www.nps.gov/archeology)
- For the Public section of the NPS Archeology Program website (coming
soon!)
- NPS CR web front page (at www.nps.gov/history/)
- E-Gram, which is distributed both inside and outside the NPS
(www.nps.gov/archeology/new.htm)
- InsideNPS news piece after the event
Contact: Teresa Moyer at 202-354-2124.
Learn more at the National Archaeology Day website
(http://www.archaeological.org/NAD).
Projects in Parks: Hawaiian Presence at Fort Vancouver National Historic
Site
This paper discusses Native Hawaiians at nineteenth century Fort
Vancouver, and explores the material evidence of their lives. Fort
Vancouver, as the colonial ?Capital? of the Pacific Northwest in the
1820-1840s, supported a multi-ethnic village of 600-1,000 occupants. A
number of the villagers were Hawaiian men, who worked in the agricultural
fields and sawmills of the Hudson?s Bay Company (HBC) operations.
Identification of Hawaiian residences and activities has been an important
element of studies of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver,
Washington, since the 1960s.
To read the full report, go to
http://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/npSites/FOVAHawaiians.htm.
Projects in Parks is a feature of the Archeology E-Gram that informs
others about archeology-related projects in national parks. The full
reports are available on the Projects in Parks web page
http://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/npSites/index.htm or through
individual issues of the Archeology E-Gram.
Archeology E-Gram, distributed via e-mail on a regular basis, includes
announcements about news, new publications, training opportunities,
national and regional meetings, and other important goings-on related to
public archeology in the NPS and other public agencies. Recipients are
encouraged to forward Archeology E-Grams to colleagues and relevant
mailing lists. The Archeology E-Gram is available on the News and Links
page www.nps.gov/archeology/public/news.htm on the NPS Archeology Program
web site.
Contact: Karen Mudar at [log in to unmask] to contribute news items, stories for
Projects in Parks, submit citations and a brief abstract for your
peer-reviewed publications, and to subscribe.
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