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>Thursday February 22, 2001
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>TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
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>http://tech.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ei=2317956&ern=y Kodak's
>DC5000 camera has a waterproof body with special rubber seals to keep out
>moisture and earth. The camera controls are larger than those of most
>digital cameras for those who use gloves on the job, such as those in the
>construction industry, insurance assessors, engineers, archaeologists and
>so forth.
>
>From: Steve Gaither <[log in to unmask]> Current Research - I am
>currently working on a project that will produce a digital atlas of
>important Cold War-era Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and
>Civil Defense sites in North America. The atlas will combine data such as
>mission statements, commissioning and decommissioning dates, name changes,
>and Cold War thematic associations with related digital still and moving
>images, a Cold War timeline of significant events, agency organization
>charts, and Cold War weapon systems and platforms. The final product will
>be a standalone application distributed on compact disc that will allow
>plotting of all mapped data points by administrative, temporal, and
>thematic association. When completed, the atlas should be a valuable tool
>for Cold War material culture researchers, and a concise source of
>information for the general public interested in the military and civil
>defense infrastructure developed by the United States during the Cold War.
>The atlas is expected to be available near the end of 2002. Kestrel Vector
>Research and Documentation Services <http://pages.prodigy.net/s.gaither>.
>
>SONORA
>
>From: John Carpenter <[log in to unmask]> Current Research - La Playa
>(Son F:10:3), extending over approximately 12 square kilometers along the
>Rio Boquillas, in northern Sonora, is unquestionably one of the largest and
>most significant archaeological sites in the U.S. Southwest-Northwest
>Mexico region. Extensive sheet and gully erosion on the broad alluvial
>floodplain is exposing and destroying countless thousands of features,
>including abundant Pleistocene fauna (bison, horse, deer, tortoise, and
>mammoth), perhaps thousands of hornos, an estimated 300-400 inhumation and
>cremation burials, along with numerous dog burials, several small platform
>mounds, geoglyphs, activity areas associated with the production of shell
>ornaments, flaked and ground stone tools, a schist quarry, agricultural
>features including irrigation canals and approximately 38 hectares (94
>acres) of bordered fields, as well as various historic structures. These
>features reflect some 10,000 years of occupation, with a probable Clovis
>component, a significant Malpais (early Holocene?) assemblage, a Middle
>Archaic component, with continuous occupation beginning in the Early
>Agriculture period (ca. 1500 BC-AD 200), and extending through the
>Trincheras (AD 200-1450), Protohistoric (1450-1700) and Historic
>(1700-1950) periods, with the zenith probably occurring in the Cienega
>Phase (800 BC-AD 200). After five years of sporadic salvage excavations
>largely carried out with the aid of numerous volunteers, the Proyecto La
>Playa, directed by Elisa Villalpando (Centro INAH Sonora) and John
>Carpenter (Universidad de las Americas-Puebla) has received a significant
>research grant from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
>de Mexico for three six-week field seasons beginning in late May, 2001.
>With students from the UDLA, the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e
>Historia, Wichita State University and UNLV, this season's efforts will
>focus upon the bordered agricultural fields with their associated linear
>horno alignments and probable canals which we believe may date to the
>Cienega phase; refining the chronology and determining the function of the
>Trincheras period platform mounds; investigating several of the historic
>structures, including a probable 18th century Piman component, an early
>1900s French goatherder's homestead, a 1930s-1950s Mexican rancho, and a
>roadside restaurant way station dating to the 1920s-1940s; and continuing
>the recovery of human remains. Anyone interested in learning more on La
>Playa and other important sites in Sonora is encouraged to forego Bourbon
>Street on Friday night and attend our Saturday morning symposium at the SAA
>annual meeting.
>
>[Editor's Note: JC says that tours for visiting archaeologists can be
>arranged for summer 2001. Unfortunately, the project still doesn't have
>exact field dates finalized (approx. May 20th - July 2 or thereabouts). It
>is possible to make a roundtrip from Tucson in a long day. Project
>facilities will be sorely stressed by the field crew of 12-15 folks, but,
>there are a few nice hotels in Santa Ana and Magdalena].
>
>ARIZONA
>
>Pueblo Grande Museum hosts a reception at 6pm thursday to celebrate the
>grand opening of its newewt exhibit, "Hidden History: Archaeology of
>Territorial Phoenix." Information 602.495.0901.
>
>http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/0221mission21.html The heavy
>wooden doors to the mortuary chapel that have remained open 24 hours a day
>for more than 100 years will be replaced next week by locking wrought-iron
>gates. San Xavier is considered the finest example of Spanish Colonial
>mission architecture in the country.
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/star/today/10221missionsecurity.html The pastor of
>Mission San Xavier del Bac does not want the 203-year-old mission church
>turned into an armed encampment because of the vandalism.
>
>http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/2_21_01sanx.html Police Chief Larry
>Seligman has asked that anyone knowing anything about the vandalism call
>his department in Tucson at 622-1587, or in Sells at (520) 383-6418 or the
>88-CRIME program.
>
>http://www.arizonarepublic.com/azdiary/articles/0218buffalo18.html From
>1867 to 1898, the Buffalo Soldiers fought Indians, horse thieves, rustlers,
>Mexican revolutionaries and bandits. They put down riots and settled
>strikes, chased train and stagecoach robbers, fought cattle barons, and
>later protected Indian land from land-grabbing homesteaders. They served
>from Texas to North Dakota and from Montana and Wyoming to New Mexico and
>Arizona. The Southwest held some of the least desirable outposts in the
>West. The Buffalo Soldiers were dispatched to Arizona to attempt to
>implement the U.S. government's plan of placing the Indians on reservations
>at Fort Apache, San Carlos, White Mountain, Camp Grant and Camp Verde.
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>http://www.abqtrib.com/news/022101_matte.shtml Eugene Matta, who oversaw
>completion of the first phase of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, has
>resigned as its director. The National Hispanic Cultural Center, part of
>the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs, celebrated its grand opening in
>October. J. Edson Way, the state's cultural affairs officer, said there
>will be a national search for a new director for the center.
>
>TEXAS
>
>http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/022101/new_gray.shtml A group of
>citizens wants an election to decide if certificates of obligation should
>be sold to pay for courthouse renovations. The Texas Historical Commission
>granted Gray County $3.8 million through the Texas Historic Courthouse
>Preservation Program. The county is required to chip in 28 percent of the
>$5.3 million cost.
>
>http://www.dallasnews.com/business/292556_retail_21bus.A.html Developers
>have received city approval to restore two historic buildings. They have
>received more than $600,000 from the Main Street tax-increment financing
>district for the improvements. The two-story Woolworth building, built in
>the 1920s, still has its original brick-and-stone exterior hidden behind a
>1950s metal facade.
>
>http://www.hearstnp.com/san_antonio/bea/news/stories/san/storypage.cfm?xla=s
>aen&xlb=180&xlc=190713&xld=180 The Daughters of the Republic of Texas are
>planning a major renovation to the grounds of the Alamo. Education
>facilities to be built on the eastern perimeter of the Alamo will enable
>the staff to provide a more meaningful experience. A $650,000 capital
>campaign will pay for the projects. $350,000 has been raised, but the
>project will not get under way until the campaign is fully funded.
>
>UTAH
>
>http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,255007392,00.html? Richfield has
>been approved as a Utah Main Street Partner community, a status that will
>make it easier to redevelop its central business area. The designation
>means that owners of 81 city-center buildings are eligible for grants to
>create a market-based development program and renovate historic buildings
>in the area.
>
>From: Matthew Seddon <[log in to unmask]> Current Research - SWCA Salt Lake
>City Office. SWCA Environmental Consultants has experienced growth in all
>10 offices throughout the West and Southwest in the past year.
>
>Grand Junction to Salt Lake City Inventory - The cultural resources work
>for a large pipe line project is nearing completion. This project
>encompasses an approximately 260-mile-long pipeline corridor from Grand
>Junction, Colorado through Price and Nephi, Utah, and terminating in Salt
>Lake City. More than 160 sites and/or segments of historical linear
>features were documented or revisited as part of the Class I and III
>inventories. A wide range of time periods are represented, including a
>Paleoindian Period site, numerous Archaic and Formative Sites, Late
>Prehistoric sites, and a wide range of Historical Period sites. SWCA has
>also assisted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with Native American
>consultation for this project, identifying concerns and TCPs. A total of 37
>tribes and 36 Navajo Nation Chapters have been contacted. A final report
>for both the archaeology and ethnography is anticipated in late spring 2001.
>
>Flaming Gorge Ethnographic Study - Among a variety of other ethnographic
>projects, a relatively large scale project related to the Flaming Gorge
>Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is also underway. This project has
>involved conducting interviews with the Utes and Eastern Shoshone, as well
>as local, long-term residents of the Vernal and Jenson area. SWCA
>Ethnographer Molly Rhodenbaugh collected information on historical use of
>the Green River and surrounding area that will be included in a report
>expected in late spring.
>
>In Utah, 80 eligible prehistoric and historical period sites were
>documented and investigated at a number of levels. Discovery excavations
>and test excavations were conducted at approximately 35 sites. Test
>excavations were primarily conducted at prehistoric sites. Discovery
>excavations were primarily conducted at historical period sites, although a
>previously unknown, deeply buried Early Archaic Period site was discovered
>within the Delta city limits.
>
>As part of the project, more intensive excavations were conducted at two
>prehistoric sites (42Md866 and 42Be1988) and two historical period sites
>(Tintic and Jericho). Both prehistoric sites contained multiple component
>occupations, though work focused primarily on Fremont Complex occupations
>and Archaic period occupations. Relatively intact, single component Fremont
>Complex occupations were investigated with broad horizontal exposures at
>both of the prehistoric sites. At 42Be1988, multiple Fremont Complex
>features were exposed, including a possible basin structure (but not a pit
>structure) and an associated outside use area.
>
>Historical period work on the project has also been interesting. The
>majority of the investigated sites consisted of railway section stations
>associated with the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Route (now the
>Union Pacific line). Excavations at Tintic, the main western rail
>connection to the Tintic Mining district, focused on three section station
>houses and also a possible Japanese occupation. Excavations at Jericho
>exposed a hitherto unknown industrial component, as well as sampled a
>probable CCC-era mess hall dump. Discovery excavations enabled recovery of
>a large sample of trash dumps associated with the line, and it should be
>possible to address a number of issues relevant to transportation models
>for the West. Analysis is underway, with a final report expected in late
>summer/early fall.
>
>Other Historical Period Research
>
>In addition to the work described above, the SWCA Salt Lake City office has
>conducted a number of other historical period projects. The first phase of
>the Fort Douglas project was completed in fall, 2000, and report production
>is underway. Preliminary results were presented at the 2000 meetings of the
>Utah State Historical Society and copies of these papers are available upon
>request. Work associated with this project included investigation of a
>dugout structure associated with the first winter's occupation,
>investigation of the blacksmith's shop, a number of privies associated with
>the officer's quarters, and a formal garden associated with General
>Conner's house.
>
>Major work is underway to analyze two historical period dumps encountered
>during the Interstate 15 (I-15) project. One dump (42Sl327) was located at
>2100 South and 900 West and appears to date to the 1910s-1920s. A
>relatively high frequency of patent medicine bottles raises the possibility
>that it may represent debris from the county hospital which was located a
>number of blocks east of the site at the time of the dump's accumulation.
>The second dump (42Sl309) was located at I-15 and approximately 2800 South.
>This appears to date primarily to the 1930s, and the origin of the
>materials is currently unknown. Both dumps are being analyzed under a
>research design formulated to develop comparative questions about ethnicity
>and the Salt Lake City economy through the first half of the century. A
>report is anticipated in October of this year.
>
>The office has also received a contract to assist the Topaz Museum board
>with the documentation and interpretation of the Topaz Japanese Internment
>Camp west of Delta. This work is being overseen by our burgeoning History
>Department, under the direction of company historian Sheri Murray Ellis.
>Documentation will include detailed mapping and IMACS documentation for the
>site itself, as well as development of interpretive and preservation
>strategies for the site. A report is anticipated in fall of this year.
>
>For further information on any of these projects, please contact Matt
>Seddon, Principal Investigator for the Salt Lake City office at (801)
>322-4307 or <[log in to unmask]>.
>
>CYBERIA
>http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/0221environment21.html The
>Bush administration will not seek to overturn any of Clinton's designations
>of millions of acres of federal land as national monuments. Coming just a
>month after President Bush took office vowing to review Clinton's actions,
>it suggests that the administration recognizes that a battle with
>environmentalists over land designations would be unwise as the White House
>seeks to push through its tax-cut plan and other legislative initiatives.
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