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UPAC Summer 2004 Semiannual Meeting

Summer 2004
USAS-UPAC Joint Convention

June 11-13, 2004
Fremont Indian State Park

3820 West Clear Creek Canyon Road
Sevier Utah 84766
(435) 527-4631

UPAC and USAS will join forces this summer at the USAS-UPAC Joint Convention 2004. Planned activities include UPAC and USAS business meetings, workshops, site tours, an atlatl competition, a keynote speaker, and great food and entertainment.

Registration for the convention will be required to participate in activities other than the UPAC business meeting. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged and will cost about $15 a person ($20 after May 15). UPAC members are strongly encouraged to register for and attend the broader convention to help forge links with the USAS community.

Details are still being arranged. If you have ideas for the meeting or would like to volunteer your time please contact UPAC’s representative, Rachel Quist, at 801-522-3587 or rachel.quist@us.army.mil.

Registration Form is Now Online

Click Here for Registration

Registration materials will be mailed to all UPAC and USAS members at the end of April 2004. Or you may print and mail the online form with payment to the address at the bottom of the form. Pre-register before May 15, 2004.

Keynote Speaker

"The Mountaineer Site: Folsom Occupation of the Upper Gunnison Basin of Colorado"

MARK STIGER

Mark Stiger has been working in the Upper Gunnison Basin of Colorado for nearly 30 years. His focus of research has been on Archaic and Paleoindian camps, residential sites, and lithic scatter archaeology. Mark is a professor of Anthropology at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and he received a PhD from the University of New Mexico. Mark has numerous articles in professional journals and he has recently published "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of the Colorado High Country" (University Press of Colorado).

Preliminary Schedule

Time	Activity	Location
Friday, June 11, 2004
Noon - 6:00 p.m.	Check-in and late registration; Silent auction display.	Sate Park Museum & Group Camp Site
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.	UPAC Business Meeting (USAS invited)	Group Camp Site
6:30 p.m.	Dinner hosted by UPAC	Group Camp Site
8:00 p.m.	Campfire Social & Welcome	Group Camp Site
Saturday, June 12, 2004
no time	Breakfast on your own
9:00 am	Field Trips Slab-lined Pithouse Tour, 4 hours, some moderate hiking. Kimberly Miner's Park, 4 hours. Berkley's Hill Rock Art, 2 hours, short walk up a steep basaltic hill. Fremont Indian State Park Museum (on your own) Cove Fort Historic Site (on your own) ATV Ghost Town Ride, 3 hours, dependent on interest	Meet at Group Camp Site
no time	Lunch 1. Bring a sack lunch for field trips. 2. Navajo Tacos for sale by Rick & Rena Pikyavit for those at the State Park
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Workshops/Demonstrations Mountain Man Era Artifacts and Life Ways - Walt Hayward, USAS Cedar City Chapter Firemaking Skills - Ron Archibald Atlatl Contest and Demonstration - Ray & Patty Thompson, USAS Salt Lake Chapter Historic Artifacts - Danny Mullins, MSA Animal Bones and Archaeology - Ron Rood, Antiquities Lithics 101 - Betsy Skinner, UDOT & Peter Ainsworth, BLM Salt Lake Prehistoric Ceramics - Jason Bright, MSA Writing for Utah Archaeology - Steve Simms, USU Site Sketch Map Compass and Pace Method- Heather Stettler, SWCA	Group Camp Site or Picnic Site
5:30 p.m.	USAS Business Meeting (UPAC Invited)	The River Cookhouse, Marysvale Canyon
6:00 p.m.	Social	The River Cookhouse, Marysvale Canyon
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.	Banquet & Program 1. Silent Auction Closes 2. Presentation of Dorman Award (UPAC) (~7:30 pm) 3. USAS award to Utah Archaeology editor Steve Simms 4. USAS retiring officers honored 5. Keynote Speaker: Mark Stiger (~8 pm) 6. Music by the Lab Dogs (~8:45 pm)	The River Cookhouse, Marysvale Canyon
Sunday, June 13, 2004
9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast hosted by USAS	Sate Park Museum
9:00 a.m.	USAS Presidents Meeting	Sate Park Museum
no time	Tour of Fremont Indian State Park (Park Rangers) Fremont Indian State Park Museum (on your own) Cove Fort Historic Site (on your own)

Volunteers Needed!

Call for volunteers
- Workshop Instructors
- Hamburger Grillers Extraordinaire
Call for auction donations. Proceeds to help USAS and its programs.

Lodging Options

Group Camp Site at Fremont Indian State Park (fees included in registration)
Individual Camp Site at Fremont Indian State Park or elsewhere- make own arrangements
- Click Here or call 1-800-322-3770 for State Park Camping Reservations
Hotels/Motels in Richfield (21 miles from State Park)- make own arrangements

What to Bring

Yourself and your family
Chairs!
Water
Breakfast and Lunch items
Other associated camping gear

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Questions / Comments

Rachel Quist is coordinating UPAC's involvement with the joint convention. Please contact her for additional information.

Additional details will be posted when available.