*October 2015 Archeology E-Gram*
*NPS NEWS*
*National Park Service Selects Chief Anthropologist*
Jennifer Talken-Spaulding has been selected as the Bureau Cultural
Anthropologist for the NPS Cultural Anthropology Program. She will manage
the NPS Cultural Anthropology Program and oversee the Park NAGPRA and
Tribal Historic Preservation Programs. Talken-Spaulding is an
anthropologist and program manager with 20 years' experience in cultural
resource management.
Talken-Spaulding developed the first Regional Cultural Anthropology Program
for the NPS National Capital Region and has served as that region's
cultural anthropologist since 2012. Prior to her current position, she
worked in national park units in Montana, the Southwest, California,
Hawaii, and the Mid-Atlantic.
Talken-Spaulding received degrees in cultural anthropology from Western
Michigan University (1995) and George Mason University (2008), where she
was recently honored as a distinguished alumna. She has written on
place-making, urban ethnographic resources, and understanding contemporary
expressions of heritage within state and federal heritage areas. She
currently serves as an Advisory Editor for Practicing Anthropology.
Talken-Spaulding begins her position on November 2, 2015.
*By Joe Watkins, NPS*
*National Monuments Celebrate Centennials*
*Dinosaur National Monument*
On October 4, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson used the Antiquities Act to
set aside 80-acres of fossil-rich land in northeast Utah as Dinosaur NM to
protect "an extraordinary deposit of Dinosaurian and other gigantic
reptilian remains of the Jurassic period." A second proclamation signed in
1938 recognized the surrounding area's spectacular scenery, geology,
ecology and rich cultural history and expanded Dinosaur NM from 80 to over
210,000 acres.
The quarry at Dinosaur NM has produced some of the most spectacular and
complete dinosaur fossils in the world. More than half of known dinosaur
species that lived during the Jurassic period in North America are
represented at Dinosaur NM. The monument also protects petroglyphs,
pictographs, and other traces of the Fremont people, who lived in the area
from about 200 A.D. to about 1300 A.D. While few actual houses remain,
known dwelling places ranged from natural shelters (such as rock overhangs
or shallow caves) to small “villages” in open areas. Archeological evidence
suggests many dwelling sites were occupied only seasonally, according to
the availability of water and food.
*Walnut Canyon National Monument*
Alarmed by the vandalism and destruction of the irreplaceable vestiges of
the Sinagua culture, President Wilson also proclaimed Walnut Canyon a
national monument on November 30, 1915, to preserve “…prehistoric ruins of
ancient cliff dwellings … of great ethnologic, scientific, and educational
interest.” Cliff dwellings line the steep, terraced walls of Arizona's
Walnut Canyon where people of the Sinagua culture built more than 300 rooms
into sheltered alcoves on ledges high above the canyon's floor. Their
settlements flourished for from 1150 to 1300 C.E. until demands of a
growing populace and diminished natural resources forced them to move away
from the canyon. Analysis of pottery found at Walnut Canyon indicated a
trade network with other regional cultural traditions, including the
Kayenta, Winslow Anasazi, Cohonina, Mogollon, and Hohokam.
The cliff dwellings went unnoticed for close to 600 years. J. W. Stevenson
led the first expedition into the canyon in 1883; soon after, the site
became a destination for tourists and relic hunters. Looters destroyed
entire cliff dwelling walls and floors to get to artifacts, prompting
intervention by the federal government.
*Lake Mead National Recreation Area Launches Virtual Museum*
October 15 marks the anniversary of the signing of the National Historic
Preservation Act and October 17 is International Archaeology Day. Lake Mead
NRA is celebrating with the launch of a virtual museum. Historic
photographs and artifacts tell the story of Native Americans, pioneers,
miners, ranchers, settlers and dam builders who lived and worked in
southern Nevada and northern Arizona. The photographs capture steamships,
early settlements, ranger activities, recreation, and explorations. Now
submerged St. Thomas is featured in artifact and photos of the virtual
museum.
To view the virtual museum, go to nps.gov/features/lake/museum
*By Christie Vanover*
*Archeologists Uncover Secrets of Revolutionary War Site*
Archeologists using 21st-century technology are mapping the exact spots
British soldiers and Colonial militiamen were standing as they fired at
each other during a pivotal skirmish on April 19, 1775, after the battles
of Lexington and Concord. John Parker, commander of the Lexington militia,
met the British column at 5:30 a.m. Eight of his men were killed and ten
wounded. Parker then positioned his men between Lexington and Lincoln to
await the return of the British in the afternoon. The Lexington militia
laid down a heavy fire, slowing the advance of the British column and
exposing their rear to pursuing militia companies.
The 44-acre Parker's Revenge battle site is completely within the Minute
Man NHP. Using ground-penetrating radar, metal detectors and other
technology archeologists and volunteers, led by NPS archeologist Meg
Watters, have uncovered musket balls and a copper waistcoat button. Some of
the musket balls were unfired, indicating where someone stood during the
fight. Others were flattened, indicating they had been fired. The nine
musket balls were discovered in a small area within 80 yards of each other,
showing just how close the armies were.
Friends of Minute Man NHP, NPS Regional Archeology Program, Lexington's
Community Preservation Fund, the Lexington Minute Men, Save Our Heritage,
the Civil War Trust's Campaign 1776 Project, the American Revolution
Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati and numerous local supporters
partnered on the project. The project was the first-ever beneficiary of the
Rediscovering the Revolution Battlefield Program, a joint initiative of
Campaign 1776 and the Society of the Cincinnati.
*From story by Mark Pratt, Associated Press*
*Lesson Plan Commemorates 50th Anniversary of the National Historic
Preservation Act*
NPS Teaching with Historic Places and HISTORY® have partnered to celebrate
the upcoming 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) with a lesson plan about the Act. The NHPA provides tools to
nominate significant places to the National Register of Historic Places
(National Register), that supports preservation of sites important to
local, state, or national history. The lesson, designed for middle and high
school curriculums, identifies and investigates historic properties listed
on the National Register in students’ own communities.
First released in 2006 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NHPA, the
lesson plan was updated as part of the NPS celebration of the upcoming 50th
anniversary. HISTORY® will host this lesson as part of its HISTORY
Classroom initiative, which provides opportunities for students to learn
about the past through active learning and hands-on history activities.
NPS Teaching with Historic Places uses places listed in the National
Register to enrich traditional classroom instruction and other educational
programming in history, social studies, civics, and other subjects. Lessons
are indexed by states, historic themes, time periods, learning skills, and
history and social studies standards to help teachers incorporate them most
effectively into the curriculum.
The lesson plan is available online at:
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/pdf/TwHP_HISTORY_NHPA-50th-lesson-plan.pdf
*Antietam Battlefield Preservationists Celebrate Addition of 44 Acres*
The nonprofit Civil War Trust has preserved 44 acres at the “epicenter” of
the Battle of Antietam. The Trust exceeded its goal of raising $115,000, or
20 percent of the $575,000 purchase price of the parcel. The land was at
the center of the bloodiest one-day battle of the war, on September 17,
1862. The clash left 23,000 men killed, wounded or missing.
The land will be transferred to the National Park Service. The trust is now
raising funds to protect another 7.2 acres at Antietam and 43 near the
state-owned South Mountain battlefield.
*FEDERAL NEWS*
*Obama Administration Proposes Two New Marine Sanctuaries*
The White House has proposed the designation of two new National Marine
Sanctuaries - the first chosen in 15 years - as part of President Obama's
efforts to protect the environment. NOAA has identified a marine sanctuary
in the tidal waters of Maryland, and another in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan -
both considered historically important and filled with shipwrecks.
The area in Wisconsin includes an 875-square mile area of Lake Michigan
with waters extending from Port Washington to Two Rivers. It contains 39
known shipwrecks, 15 of which are listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
Mallows Bay-Potomac River in Maryland is a 14-square mile area of the tidal
Potomac River. Nearly 200 vessels dating from the Revolutionary War through
the present are found in the area, including the remains of the largest
"Ghost Fleet," World War I wooden steamships built for the U.S. Emergency
Fleet, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The sites were chosen by the public last year, after NOAA gave Americans
the opportunity to nominate marine and Great Lakes areas as national
sanctuaries for the first time in two decades. A public comment period will
remain open until January 15, 2016.
*California Looter Indicted*
A Mono County doctor has been indicted on 21 felony counts of looting of
Native American artifacts from tribal and public lands. The case against
Jonathan Bourne stems from a yearlong investigation launched after photos
of him digging a wooden bow out of a melting glacier appeared on a hiking
club's website.
A federal grand jury charged Bourne with eight counts of unlawful
transportation of archeological resources removed from public lands; six
counts of unauthorized excavation, removal, damage or defacement of
archeological resources removed from public lands; six counts of injury or
depredation to government property; and one count of possession of stolen
government property. If convicted of all counts, Bourne faces up to 98
years in prison, according to the indictment. He would also face forfeiture
of all vehicles and equipment used in connection with the violations.
Bourne was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Fresno. Federal prosecutors
are expected to recommend a sentence of less than 20 years in prison,
authorities said. USFS special agents searched Bourne's house in December,
recovering an estimated 30,000 artifacts. The agents also seized logbooks
containing details of Bourne's archeological finds.
The indictment lists 32 confiscated items including dart points, obsidian
cutting tools and three etched stone tablets removed from Death Valley NP;
glass beads believed to have been removed from a cremation and burial site
in the Humboldt–Toiyabe NF; and a juniper bow excavated from the melting
glacier in the Sierra NF. Wooden splinters recovered at the glacier by
federal archeologists matched the bow in Bourne's possession, officials
said.
*From story by Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times*
*Inter-Tribal Coalition Calling For Bears Ears National Monument in Utah*
A coalition of tribal nations has presented a proposal to the Obama
Administration for a 1.9 million area national monument in southern Utah.
The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition (comprising the Hopi, Navajo, Ute
Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni Tribes) came into being in July
2015 to preserve the Bears Ears region, which includes over 100,000
archeological and cultural sites. The current projected Bears Ears region
shares borders and/or overlaps with Glen Canyon NRA, Canyon Lands NP, White
Mesa Reservation, and the Navajo Nation. It is located just west of Ute
Mountain Reservation and Mesa Verde NP and just south of Arches NP.
Under the proposal, the federal government would retain ownership of the
land, but it would be jointly administered by tribes and agency officials
as Bears Ears NM. Members of the public and stakeholders would be able to
comment and contribute to the development of plans and policies. The region
has a history of vandalism and raiding, and faces pressures for oil, gas,
and potash extraction.
The proposal calls for President Obama to invoke the Antiquities Act to
designate Bears Ears NM. The proposal is formally supported by an addition
19 Tribes and the National Congress of American Indians.
To read the proposal, go to
http://www.bearsearscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Bears-Ears-Inter-Tribal-Coalition-Proposal-10-15-15.pdf
.
*From story by Sean Reichard, NewWest*
*Archeologist Says He Has Found Mountain Meadows Massacre Graves*
In summer 2015 archeologist Everett Bassett found two rock piles
tentatively identified as the graves of the victims of the Mountain Meadow
Massacre, in Utah. The U.S. Army constructed the rock cairns about 20
months after Mormon militiamen and their Paiute allies slaughtered 120
westbound Arkansas migrants in southwestern Utah.
Though the events leading up to the September 11, 1857, massacre have been
the subject of controversy, it's believed that Mormon militiamen disguised
as American Indians besieged the Fancher-Baker wagon train for several days
before John D. Lee brokered a truce. The militiamen, who included prominent
pioneers and church officers, guaranteed the migrants safe passage if they
laid down their arms and followed them. The migrants agreed, only to be
lured to their deaths. Only 17 children under age 6 were spared. For
months, the corpses lay beside an important pioneer migration route,
prompting the Army to dispatch 207 soldiers to bury the victims.
The sites are 1,000 or more feet to the west of monuments The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built on properties that they believed
contained the grave sites. Bassett used Army records to locate the actual
graves, which were described simply as mounds of rocks. They are in a
ravine formed by the Old Spanish Trail — exactly where the records said
they would be — on land the church does not own.
The LDS Church-owned site was designated a National Historic Landmark in
2011, but the graves mark the locations where the massacre actually
occurred. They are about a mile north of the siege site, which is
accurately marked with the monument built in 1990. Mountain Meadows
Monument Foundation Inc. is working with the property owner of the graves
to craft a conservation agreement.
*From story by Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune*
*Environmentalists Halt Grazing on Canyons of the Ancients National
Monument*
A coalition of environmental groups has forced public land managers to
delay a permit for grazing on Canyons of the Ancients NM. They argue
drought condition data is out of date and that grazing doesn't fit with the
monument's mission to protect ancient ruins.
The groups recently challenged a decision plan by the BLM to issue 10-year
terms for grazing allotments in the Flodine and Yellow Jacket areas,
located in southwest Montezuma County. Monument managers agreed last month
to repeal their plan to issue the permits at this time. There are 26
grazing allotments across the monument, but livestock numbers have been
reduced over the last decade due to drought.
*The Associated Press*
*Grijalva Pushes Creation of Monument in Far Northern Arizona*
U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva has introduced legislation to create
Greater Grand Canyon Heritage NM. The bill aims to protect 1.7 million
acres of historical tribal homeland, including water sources and sacred
sites. It would make permanent the 20-year ban on new mining clams but
would allow hunting, grazing, recreation and other uses to continue under
existing laws. It was written in collaboration with Havasupai, Hualapai and
Hopi leaders. The Navajo Nation, which banned all uranium mining on its
land in 2005, joined in support along with Zuni, Paiute and Yavapai
leaders. Grijalva, environmentalists, and tribes face stiff opposition from
the mining industry.
Tribal leaders said the creation of a monument would protect the area's
water, sacred sites and other cultural resources. Navajo Nation President
Russell Begaye said the tribe has struggled with the effects of uranium
mining decades after it ceased on the reservation. He'd like to see Obama
proclaim the area a national monument, using his authority under the
Antiquities Act.
The 1906 Antiquities Act gives the president unilateral authority to set
aside federal lands as protected national monuments to stop the looting of
archeological sites. The BLM and the USFS now oversee much of the land in
the proposal.
*From story by Felicia Fonesca*
*Feinstein Asks Obama to Use Antiquities Act to Designate Monuments *
Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) has asked President Obama to take executive
action to protect hundreds of thousands of acres in the Mojave Desert.
Since 2009, Feinstein has been trying to convince her colleagues in
Congress to designate the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains
areas as new national monuments. Now, she is calling on Obama to use the
Antiquities Act to set aside desert tracts near Mojave National Preserve
and Death Valley National Park.
Obama has invoked the Antiquities Act sparingly. Most recently he
designated the Berryessa-Snow Mountains NM in northern California. Monument
designations can be controversial because they sometimes place restrictions
on hunting, off-road recreation and other uses, but Feinstein's proposal
would preserve existing recreational activities.
*By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times*
*GRANTS AND TRAINING*
*Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Award Nomination Period
Extended*
The Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Award recognizes the
outstanding contributions of employees in a Federal Preservation Office,
State Historic Preservation Office, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, or
Certified Local Government to the preservation of historic places. Four
annual awards may be presented, one for each type of government agency. The
winners will be selected through a national competition administered by the
NPS and the DOI Office of the Secretary. The award comes with a special
citation and a monetary award of $1,000. Nominees must be individuals
whose contributions surpass the expected scope of their position, and whose
creativity and expertise have significantly fostered the overall goals of
the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
-Federal Preservation Offices: Significant achievements of an employee and
how their accomplishments have helped the agency fulfill the Secretary of
the Interior’s Standards for Federal Historic Preservation Programs.
-State Historic Preservation Offices: Significant achievements of an
employee and how their accomplishments have helped the state fulfill the
requirements of the NHPA and 36 CFR Part 61, Procedures for State, Tribal,
and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs.
-Tribal Historic Preservation Offices: Significant achievements of an
employee and how their accomplishments have helped the tribe fulfill the
requirements of the NHPA and 36 CFR Part 61, Procedures for State, Tribal,
and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs.
-Certified Local Governments: Describe the significant achievements for
which the employee is being nominated and how their accomplishments have
helped the local government fulfill the requirements of NHPA and 36 CFR
Part 61, Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local Government Historic
Preservation Programs.
Employees of the NPS Washington Office are not eligible for the award.
Nomination packages must be postmarked on or before November 16, 2015;
awards will be announced in early 2016.
*Contact:* David Banks at 202-354-6968.
*National Park Service Grants Available for Battlefield Preservation
Projects*
The NPS American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) has opened its 2016
grants competition. The ABPP awards grants for preservation projects that
lead to the permanent protection of endangered battlefield lands. Projects
that involve multiple stakeholders are given preference. Non-profit
groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal
governments may apply.
Project areas must be on American soil and/or within U.S. territorial
waters and consist of 1.) Battlefields from battles that occurred between
two opposing military organizations or forces recognized as such by their
respective cultures (not civil unrest) or 2.) Associated Sites – sites
occupied before, during, or after a battle at which events occurred that
had a direct influence on the tactical development of the battle or the
outcome of the battle. A site must be associated with a battle in order to
be considered an Associated Site.
Eligible project types include, but are not limited to:
· Site identification and documentation - historical research,
archeological surveys and cultural landscape inventories, nominations to
the National Register of Historic Places; and GIS/GPS mapping.
· Planning and consensus building - including acquisition,
strategic, and preservation plans; studies of land related to, or adjacent
to, publicly owned and protected battlefield lands; management, landscape,
and stabilization plans; interpretation plans; and preservation advocacy.
· Interpretation or Education - including brochures stressing
preservation; interpretive programs stressing preservation techniques; and
sign development and design.
All project applications must demonstrate that the proposed activity will
contribute directly to the preservation of land. Grant funds may be used
to procure professional services, equipment, and supplies necessary to
conduct the proposed project. No minimum or maximum award amounts are
required. The average award amount is $32,300, although the ABPP has
awarded grants beyond $100,000.
The application deadline is January 14, 2016, by 4 pm, EST.
Guidelines and application form are available online at www.Grants.gov
<http://www.grants.gov/> (click on the "Search Grants Tab" along the top.
Then search by our CDFA # 15.926 on the left) and
www.nps.gov/abpp/grants/planninggrants.htm.
*Contact:* Kristen McMasters, ABPP Grants Manager, 202-354-2037.
*Fire Training Grants Available*
If you need funding support to be able to attend fire training, the NPS
Wildland Fire Workforce Development Grant Program is an opportunity to
consider. This opportunity is primarily intended for all wildland fire
funded employees. Those that are not funded primarily through NPS fire
dollars may still apply, but will need local unit FMO approval.
Completed applications must be submitted by November 6, 2015. Successful
applicants will be notified by November 23, 2015. Please note, however,
that applications will be accepted throughout FY16. Priority will be given
to those submitted by the initial deadline.
*National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program Hosts Free
Workshop*
The NPS ABPP will host a half-day battlefield preservation workshop for
contractors and grant applicants on January 6, 2016, in conjunction with
the Society for Historical Archaeology's (SHA) Annual Conference in
Washington, DC. The workshop will introduce archeologists to the ABPP;
provide information about grant opportunities; and how nonprofits and
for-profit organizations can participate in battlefield preservation and
create a forum for continued site identification, registration and
protection.
The workshop will be held from 1-5 pm and registration is free. The option
to register for the workshop is given when registering for the overall SHA
conference.
*Four NPS-Funded FY16 Internship Programs*
Four national internship programs are accepting project proposals for the
2016 summer work season. These professional development internship programs
provide quality work experiences for diverse individuals ages 18-35 across
the NPS system.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative Program (HBCUI)
Website: http://www.gyfoundation.org/hbcui/
Submit an RFP: http://hbcui.gyfoundation.org/submit-a-proposal
Submission Deadline: COB Friday, October 30, 2015
Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP)
Website: http://www.latinoheritageintern.com/
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Submit an RFP: https://goo.gl/KqUfFd
Submission Deadline: COB Friday, October 30, 2015
Mosaics in Science Diversity Internship Program (MIS)
Website: http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/mosaics/index.cfm
NPS POC: [log in to unmask]
Submit an RFP: http://goo.gl/forms/Q36BzYRfZ6
Submission Deadline: COB Sunday, November 1, 2015
NPS Academy
Website: http://www.thesca.org/npsa
Submit an RFP: contact Emily Poore ([log in to unmask]) or Dave Barak (
[log in to unmask]) for more information on the application process.
Submission Deadline: COB Friday, October 30, 2015
*George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change –
2016 Call for Proposals*
The NPS Climate Change Response Program is now soliciting internship
proposals for the 2016 George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders
in Climate Change (YLCC). Parks, networks, regional, and WASO program areas
may submit a proposal for a 12-week paid internship to be conducted by a
student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program.
Internships must occur during the summer of 2016. Up to 17 internship
proposals will be available. The focus of these internships must be on
climate change as it relates to needs associated with management of
natural, cultural, or historic resources, park infrastructure, visitor use,
or interpretation and education efforts.
The YLCC initiative supports intern salaries and administrative costs.
Costs associated with housing (if available), transportation, equipment,
and security background checks are the responsibility of the NPS unit. If
housing is not available, a housing stipend may be provided by the YLCC
initiative subject to available funds. Interns who successfully complete
the requirements of this initiative and the degree requirements of their
educational programs will be eligible to be hired non-competitively into
federal government positions within the NPS, FWS, and BLM.
Proposals must be received by October 30th, 2015. A full program
overview—including internship goals, unit responsibilities, and evaluation
criteria— can be found here.
Contact: Larry Perez, 970-267-2136.
*Spatial Archaeometry Research Collaborations Awards – Call for Nominations*
The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) of the University of
Arkansas now taking applications for SPARC (Spatial Archaeometry Research
Collaborations) Awards for projects to take place March-August 2016. SPARC
supports projects led by faculty, graduate students, and archeologists
working in the public sector.
SPARC is an NSF-funded program dedicated to promoting geospatial research
in archeology. SPARC offers direct support to archeological projects
through awards in three categories:
Fieldwork: On-site data collection
Data and Analytics: Preparation, processing and analysis of geospatial data
Publication: Presentation, publication and archiving of complex geospatial
datasets
Deadline for Submission: 6 November 2015
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*Smithsonian Offering Archeological Grants*
Applications to the 2016 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program and
affiliated programs are now available. Programs accepting applications
include:
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (for Graduate and pre-doc
students, Postdoc Researchers, and Senior Researchers)
The Smithsonian Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowship in Conservation of Museum
Collections
The Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF)
The Smithsonian Mpala Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Stable Isotope Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship
The MarineGeo Postdoctoral Fellowship
The James Smithson Fellowship Program
The George Burch Fellowship
The deadline for most of these programs is December 1, 2015.
For more information, go to http://smithsonianofi.com or call the
Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships at 202-633-7070.
*Archeology Scholarship for New Mexico Girls*
New Mexico girls who dream of becoming archeologists can apply for a
college scholarship designed just for them. The Cheryl L. Wase Memorial
Scholarship for the Study of Archaeology can be used at Eastern New Mexico
University, New Mexico State University, or the University of New Mexico.
A longtime resident of New Mexico, Wase spent most of her career working in
the high desert of northwestern New Mexico. She died in 2004. The
scholarship in her name was established in 2013 by a bequest from the
estate of her mother, Jane Francy Wase, to bring together three major
themes that defined Wase’s life: her dedication to archeology, her love for
New Mexico, and her constant willingness to help and support other women.
The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 2016. More details
are available at the Society's website at:
http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Awards/WASEScholarship/tabid/1527/Default.aspx
*SAA Seeks Nominees for Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarships *
Application information has been posted for the Society for American
Archaeology Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarships for 2016.
These scholarships are open to qualifying undergraduates and first- or
second-year (pre-master’s) graduate students, and help defray costs of
field school and other forms of archeological training. The application
deadline is January 29, 2016, 11:59 EST.
More details are available at the Society's website at:
http://saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Awards/HistoricallyUnderrepresentedGroupsScholarship/tabid/1516/Default.aspx
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