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DINNER WITH THE SPEAKER Please join this month’s speaker, Nathan Acebo, for dinner before the June 8 meeting at 6 pm, Mimi’s Café, 4030 Barranca Parkway, Irvine.
JUNE PCAS SPEAKER
Nathan Acebo
PCAS MEETINGS CALENDAR
GENERAL MEETING Free and Open To the Public
June 8 - 7:30 pm
THE MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume 56 Number 6 and 7 ISSN 0270-6776
PCAS NEWSLETTER
Speaker: Nathan Acebo
Topic: Reassembling Black Star Canyon Village
Location: IRWD Community Room 15500 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine
JUNE/JULY 2017
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 May Speaker Notes 3 Board Meeting Summary 4 PCAS Scholarship Report 4 PCAS Annual Picnic 5 PCAS Field Trips 6 Dig This—Exhibits, Lectures, and more 7 Speaker Schedule
(Continued on p. 3) BOARD MEETING All Members Welcome
June 10 - 12 noon Location: PCAS Curation Facility
Contact Scott Findlay for directions:
Archaeological survey and excavation Black Star Canyon Village, 1950s.
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PCAS Programs Co-Chair Joe Hodulik with speakers George Kline and Martin Jespersen at the May meeting.
MAY SPEAKER NOTES
Comparing Two Rock Art Sites in the Palen-McCoy Wilderness
By Megan Galway
Martìn Jespersen and George Kline described two rock art sites in the Palen-McCoy Wilderness northwest of Blythe in Riverside County. Kline in-troduced us to CA-RIV-980, which was recorded by Daniel McCarthy in 1980 and until this study was the only recorded site in the Palen Mountains. The site is about 60 m x 80 m in size, and the area had been occupied by a number of cultural groups over time and more recently was impacted by General George Patton’s desert training. McCarthy did not find a local water source during his study.
CA-RIV-980.
CA-RIV-12421 (Palen Tank).
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Nathan Acebo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Stan-ford University Anthropology Department and the Stanford Archaeology Center, and he is the recipient of the Stanford University Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship. He re-ceived his MA in anthropology from Stanford, and his BS in anthropology with an emphasis on cultural resource management at Cal Poly Pomona. He has participated in various colonial/prehistoric archaeo-logical and ethnographic research projects in the Mo-jave Desert, southern Channel Islands, San Francisco Bay Area, and the historic Chinatowns of San Jose, California. Research focuses include network analy-sis, lithic analysis, microscopy (use-wear), ethnogen-ic models, and dominance/resistance theory.
June Speaker (continued from p. 1) MAY BOARD MEETING SUMMARY
The Board reviewed the Scholarship Committee’s recommendations and awarded the Gloria Bogdan Me-morial Scholarship to Robert Baker, who will be trans-ferring to CSU Fullerton in the fall. The Mrytle Soder-berg Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Emily Smith, who is attending CSU Monterey Bay.
Joe Hodulik has made arrangement for Dr. Dennis Jenkins, University of Oregon, to speak at our Decem-ber meeting on his extended research at Paisley Caves.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm.
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PCAS ANNUAL PICNIC SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, July 13, 6 pm
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Pacific Coast Archaeological Society
PCAS SCHOLARSHIP REPORT
By Megan Galway
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PCAS APRIL FIELD TRIP
By Steve Dwyer
PCAS members recently explored historic and prehistoric sites in the Chuckwalla Valley.
Several Native American sites with rock art were visited. A tenaja (a natural depression in rock which traps and holds water) was found, along with several trails converging on the area.
The site of a religious “cult” from the 1960s–1970s was toured—not much was left, but several streambed dams showed that water was a primary concern in this dry area.
Standing stones, discussed at a recent conference, were an unusual discovery. These were tall, thin rocks standing on edge, clearly placed by hu-mans. We saw three examples that were about 2 to 3 feet tall, plus several that appeared to have fallen. Who stood them up, and how long ago, would be difficult if not impossible to determine.
FIELD TRIP TO THE BLAS AGUILAR ADOBE
-2534.
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Lectures
The Military History of the Salton Sea, by Sid Burks. An Old School House Lecture, 6760 National Park Dr., Twentynine Palms, June 9, 7 pm. Fee: $5. Information: www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/lectures.
San Diego Rock Art Association Annual Nostalgia Night will have 8-minute presentations using pre-digital age technology. Kumeyaay-Ipai Interpretive Center, Poway, June 11. Potluck 4 pm; presentations 5 pm. Fee: Donation $5; members free. Information: www.sandiegorockart.org. Colorado Desert to the Galapagos Islands—A Tale of Two Deserts, by Craig F ischer (Ocotillo Wells Environmental Specialist). A Coachella Valley Ar-chaeological Society lecture, Portola Community Center, 45-480 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, June 15, 6:30 pm. Free. Information: www.cvarch.org. Kumeyaay-Themed Game Night, presented by the Barona Cultural Museum, will be an interactive evening. The first in the San Diego County Archaeo-logical Society’s Summer Lecture Series, June 24, 7:00 pm, outside in the courtyard of the Los Pe-ñasquitos. Free. Information: www.sandiegoarchaeologicalsociety.com.
DIG THIS...
When: June 10, 2017, 1 pm
July 15, 2017, 1 pm
Where:: PCAS Curation Facility Red Car Building
No Curation Workday in August.
Everyone is welcome. No experience neces-sary! Please contact Mark Roeder (714-299-4150, [email protected]) or Scott Findlay (714-342-2534, [email protected]) for directions and to let us know you will be coming.
The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indians of Coastal Southern California, by Steve O’Neil. Malki Museum Lecture Hall, Morongo Reservation, 11795 Malki Rd, Banning. July 9, 10 am. Free, suggested donation $5. Information: www.malkimuseum.org.
Classes, Meetings, and Events
California Indian Basketweavers Gathering will be held June 23–25 at the Autry Musuem of the American West. Information: www.ciba.org. The 2016 Pecos Conference will be held near Pecos, New Mexico, August 10–13. Fee. Information: www.pecosconference.org.
Websites Visit www.pcas.org for all the latest news. Editor’s Note: Please confirm time and place of list-ing prior to the event. Submit items for Dig This to [email protected].
Lectures (continued)
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PCAS CODE OF ETHICS
The Pacific Coast Archaeological Society (PCAS) is a nonprofit group of professional and avocational people dedi-cated to proper management of our cultural resources, public education, and the protection and preservation of archae-ological materials and collections.
The following principles have been adopted by the PCAS:
1. Professional methods and forms will be used on all archaeological field surveys, excavations, and laboratory sessions.
2. A complete record of field and laboratory work will be filed with the PCAS Curator and stored at a facility approved by the Society’s Board of Directors.
3. No archaeological materials will be removed without proper permits, landowner permission, and a field research design.
4. Unless otherwise legally stipulated before activity commences, all materials collected will be deposited for further research with the Curator at a facility approved by the Society's Board of Directors.
5. All generated reports will be the property of the Society and distributed as deemed appropriate.
6. All Society field activities will be performed only under the direction of a qualified field archaeologist (Principal Investigator) and the supervision of field or site directors.
7. The above principles will be observed on both Society approved projects and projects performed under the direction of an authorized institution or organization.
8. The Society and its members will strive to educate the public of the importance and proper management of our non-renewable cultural resources and to discourage the collection and commercial exploitation of archaeological materials.
9. PCAS members shall not benefit from the acquisition, purchase, sale, or trade of archaeological artifacts, materials, or specimens.
10. All members shall adhere to City, County, State, and Federal antiquities laws.
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