UPAC Winter 2008 Meeting

Friday January 25-26th, 2008

Location:
Utah Division of State History
(300 South Rio Grande Street)
Salt Lake City, Utah

TWO FULL DAYS of papers, posters, symposiums, forums, and round table discussions!!

The meeting will begin January 25th at 9:00 am in the Zephyr Room, followed by a group discussion. The business meeting will follow at 1pm, and the Executive Committee will be proposing some significant bylaw changes. There will be an evening social held at the Utah Museum of Natural History (accessible by TRAX).

Papers and discussion forums will begin on Saturday morning at 9:00 am and there will be at least two separate symposiums, to be held in the Zephyr Room and West Meeting Room. A symposium/round table discussion will be scheduled for Saturday afternoon in the Zephyr Room and we will adjourn at 5pm.

General Schedule:

Friday, January 25th

9:00 – 11:30 Prehistoric Archaeological Patterning, Interpretations, and Site Formation Processes (Zephyr Room)
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 Business Meeting (Zephyr Room)
5:00 – 6:00 Tour of repository facilities at the Utah Museum of Natural History (transportation from State History to the museum will be available)
6:00 – 8:00 Social Gathering Utah Museum of Natural History (cash bar), room 319 – Museum access is restricted and parking is limited, so if you plan to attend, please join us at 5:00 or make arrangements with Lori Hunsaker.

Saturday, January 26th

9:00 – 11:30 Emergency Wildfire Stabilization or “so, are you guys chaining over sites?” (East Conference Room)
9:00 – 11:30 Historic Archaeology Symposium … Heritage of the West (Zephyr Room)
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 “Curation Crisis” Roundtable Discussion Forum (East Conference Room)
1:00 – 4:30 Prehistoric Archaeology Partnerships and On-Going Project Reports (Zephyr Room)

Detailed Schedule:

Posters (on display throughout the meeting)

The Dawson Site: An Early Paleoindian Campsite on the Colorado Plateau
By Dr. David Byers, Lindsey Kester, Brent Larsen, Cody Mittank and Craig Smith (ENTRIX, Inc.)

Dens & Debitage: Measuring the Sustainability of Off-Road Military Vehicle Testing & Training Activities on Desert Soils and the Effects on Cultural and Natural Resources U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
By: Robert N. Knight, Rachel Quist, Jason N. Raff, Jeffrey A. Rust (Dugway Proving Ground); Lauren B. Wilson, Teresa S. Langley, Jennifer V. DeGraffenried (ORISE Dugway Proving Ground); Maggie Peters (Select Engineering Services); David Bloom, Jamie L. Reynolds, Neil McCarthy (General Dynamics Information Technology)

Title to be announced, concerning Ground Penetrating Radar at Iosepa, Utah
By Dr. Benjamin Pykles, State University of New York, Potsdam

The El Dorado Mine Complex: Using Historic Properties for Low Impact Pre-Deployment Training, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground
By Rachel Quist, Jeffrey A. Rust, Jennifer V. DeGraffenried Dugway Proving Ground)

Excavations at Two Wickiup Sites: Dugway Proving Ground and West Tavaputs Plateau
By Dr. Steven Simms, Landon Profaizer (Utah State University) and Buck Benson (Idaho State University)

Title to be announced, concerning geophyte use in the western Great Basin By Josh Trammel (University of Utah)

Friday January 25th, Morning

Prehistoric Archaeological Patterning, Interpretations, and Site Formation Processes
9:00 – 11:30 (Zephyr Room)

9:15 Title to be announced, concerning Quincy rock art
By Tanya Johnson and Sarah Meesf (SWCA)

9:30 Title to be announced, concerning settlement patterning at Quincy
By Ambur Toowes and Tanya Johnson (SWCA)

9:45 Camels, Corn, and Culture… huh?
By Suzanne Eskenazi (HRA, Inc. Conservation Archaeology) and William Eckerle (Western GeoArch Research)

10:00 Occupation substrate trampling and SITE FORMATION PROCESSES in aeolian sand settings: implication for testing
By William Eckerle (Western GeoArch Research)

10:15 Break

10:30 Mobility, Metates, and Mini-megaliths: A Synthesis of Archaeological Investigations in Cedar City, Utah
By Heidi Roberts (HRA, Inc. Conservation Archaeology)

10:45 Title to be announced, concerning worked bone from Parowan Valley
By Molly Hall (Brigham Young University)

11:00 Cairns, Corrals, and Camps, Historic Land Use Patterning in the Uintah Basin
By Jody J. Patterson (Montgomery Archaeological Consultants) and John Fritz (Salt Lake Community College)

11:15 Title to be announced, concerning the “Prison Site”
By Andrew Yentch (Utah State History)

Lunch

Friday January 25th, Afternoon

Business Meeting 1:00 – 4:30 (Zephyr Room)

Welcome – Lori Hunsaker, President

Approval of Winter ’06 and Summer ’07 Minutes – Scott Whitesides, Secretary

Treasurer’s Report & Discussion of Expenditures – Rachael Gruis, Treasurer

Nominations for President, VP of Membership and Ethics, and Treasurer – Joelle McCarthy, VP Membership and Ethics

Website Report and Discussion – Rachel Quist, Webmaster

Newsletter Report and Discussion – Kenny Wintch, Newsletter Editor

Discussion regarding means of communication: yahoo, “blog,” etc. Kenny Wintch, Rachel Quist, Lori Hunsaker

Public Outreach and Utah Prehistory Week Report and Discussion – Ron Rood, Curriculum Director

Utah Archaeology, Current state and some proposed new approaches – Jason Bright, UPAC Editor, Chris Horting-Jones USAS Editor, Lori Hunsaker

Report from Linear Site Committee – Dr. Mathew Seddon, Committee Chair

Report on Upcoming Legislation, Rules, Discussion of BLM RMPs – Dr. Betsy Skinner, VP Government Affairs and Research

Report from Milford Flat Rehab Project – Scott Whitesides, UPAC/USAS Representative

Abandon Mine Cultural Programmatic Agreement – Lori Hunsaker & Mathew Seddon

Lake Mountain Theft and Vandalism – Troy Scotter, President URARA

Data Update – Kristen Jensen, State History

Awards – Lori Hunsaker

Bylaw changes – UPAC Exe Committee
Journal distribution duty clarification
Elections – online?
Meetings -- annual rather than bi-annual? Conference w/ registration fees?
Newsletter -- electronic?
Utah Archaeology options

Adjourn for Tour and Social Gathering at the Utah Museum of Natural History
Museum parking limited! Vanpools to and from the Museum are available.

Saturday, January 26th, Morning

Emergency Wildfire Stabilization or “So, Are You Guys Chaining Over Sites?A View From the Milford Flat Perspective” Symposium and Discussion
9:00 – 11:00 (Eastern Conference Room)

Opening Introduction
By Lori Hunsaker (PLPCO)

1996 Wildfires and Archaeological Sites
By Craig Harmon (BLM Richfield)

Thinking Outside the Box – The Milford Flat Approach
By Joelle McCarthy and Misty Hanes (BLM Filmore)

Just the Facts – Assembling Abridged Site Data
By Kenny Wintch (SITLA)

Isolated Occurrences as Actual Data – The Hell You Say?!?!
Peter Ainsworth (BLM Salt Lake)

Involving the Public cuz They Actually Do Care
Scott Whitesides (UPAC, USAS, & SWCA) and Troy Scotter (URARA)

The Contractors Perspective, or You Want Me to Do WHAT??!
Danny Mullins (Logan Simpson Design) and Jon Baxter (Bighorn Archaeology)

Yes, We Are Chaining Over Some Sites
Dr. Matthew Seddon (Utah State History)

Title to be announced, concerning a newly discovered Paleo-Indian site
By Danny Mullins (Logan Simpson Design)

Wrap-up and Discussion: Implications for Broader Wildland Fire Treatment?
Lori Hunsaker (PLPCO)

Lunch

Saturday, January 26th, Morning

Historic Archaeology Symposium … Heritage of the West
9:00 – 11:30 (Zephyr Room)

9:00 Carter Military Road: Working with Metal Detectors to Identify Historic Campsites
By Dr. Byron Loosle (BLM, State Office) and Alison Leick

9:15 They Died on October 2nd, 1853: Historic Archaeology and the Walker War
By Ronald J. Rood, (Utah State History) and Derinna Kopp (University of Utah)

9:30 Excavations at Historic Fort Harmony
By Rich Talbot (BYU OPA)

9:45 The Many Faces of Public Space in Downtown Salt Lake: Tracing a Century of Changes in Pioneer Park
By Dr. Chuck Bollong (SWCA)

10:00 Break

10:15 Title to be announced, concerning the Golden Spike National Historic Site
By Wendy Simmons Johnson (Sagebrush Consultants)

10:30 Title to be announced, concerning the Golden Spike National Historic Site
By Mike Polk (Sagebrush Consultants)

10:45 Title to be announced, concerning the Golden Spike National Historic Site
Don Southworth (Sagebrush Consultants)

11: 00 Title to be announced, concerning the Golden Spike National Historic Site
By Brett Guisto (Golden Spike National Historic Site) unconfirmed

11:15 Title to be announced, concerning historic ceramic production in Utah
By Dr. Timothy Scarlet (Michigan Tech) unconfirmed

Lunch

Saturday January 26th, Afternoon

“Curation Crisis” Roundtable Discussion
1:00 – 4:30 (Eastern Conference Room)

Participants:

Utah Museum of Natural History
Kara Hurst, Registrar
Dr. Duncan Metcalfe, Curator of Archaeology & Chief Curator

Edge of the Cedars State Park
Deborah Westfall, Historical Collections Curator

College of Eastern Utah
Jeff Bartlett, Director of Collections and Research
Karen Green, Assistant Registrar
Dr. Renae Barlow, Curator of Archaeology

Museum of Peoples and Cultures
Dr. Paul Stavast, Acting Director

Bureau of Land Management
Dr. Scott Foss

Sagebrush Consultants
Mike Polk, Owner and Principle Investigator,

Utah Division of State History
Dr. Matt Seddon, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Utah

Michigan Tech
Dr. Tim Scarlet, Associate Professor

Public Lands Policy Coordination
Lori Hunsaker, Permit Analyst

Saturday January 26th, Afternoon

Prehistoric Archaeology: Interpretations, On-Going Project Reports, and Partnerships
1:00 – 4:30 (Zephyr Room)

1:00 A Synthesis of the Numic Spread Problem: Reconciling the Lines of Evidence
By Dr. Steven Simms (Utah State University)

1:20 Expanding Assemblages and Activities in Nine Mile Canyon, Summary of Excavations at 42Dc769 and 42Cb956
By Jody J. Patterson (Montgomery Archaeological Consultants)

1:40 Projecting Point Typologies: An Assessment of Early Occupation in the Nine Mile Canyon Region of Utah”
By Rigden A. Glaab (Washington State University, Pullman)

1:55 Surveying the Earth’s Backbone: Progress Report on the Comb Ridge Survey Project
By Winston Hurst

2:10 Break

2:25 Title to be announced, concerning P-I Type Site and Work at the Round House
By William Davis (Abajo Archaeology)

2:40 Desolation Canyon Collaborative Efforts
By Jerry Spangler (Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance)

2:55 Range Creek Progress Report
By Shannon Arnold-Boomgarden (University of Utah, and Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance)

3:10 A Botanical Bundle from Range Creek
By Corinne Springer (University of Utah, and Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance)

Please email Lori Hunsaker with additional agenda items or paper titles.

Call For Papers and Agenda Items