UPAC Winter 2010 Semiannual Meeting

Utah Museum of Natural History
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

February 26-27 2010

LOCATION

Utah Museum of Natural History
University of Utah Campus
1390 E. Presidents Circle, 3rd Floor Meeting Room
Salt Lake City, UT

UMNH Website

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, February 27, 2010
10:00 – 1:00 Research Presentations
2:30 – 5:00 UPAC Business Meeting

Saturday, February 28, 2010
10:00 – 1:00 Research Presentations

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Research Presentations
Friday, February 26
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

10:00 Suzy Eskenazi (HRA, Inc. Conservation Archaeology). Test Excavations at 42Ws4458, Washington County, Utah.

10:20 Heidi Roberts & Suzy Eskenazi (HRA, Inc. Conservation Archaeology). Higher Return Rates than Pine Nuts and Good Eatin' Too: South Block Data Recovery, St. George, Utah.

10:40 David Yoder, John Ravesloot, and William Self (William Self Associates, Inc.). The UNEV Pipeline Project: An Update.

11:00 Scott O'Mack (William Self Associates, Inc.). Data Recovery at a Homestead Turned Duck Club (42SL255) for the UNEV Pipeline Project.

11:20 BREAK

11:40 Debi Graham1 and Derinna Kopp2 (University of Utah1, Antiquities Section2). WTF?! What the Fremont?! Perimortem Processing of Human Remains from Five Finger Ridge.

12:00 Rachel Ream1 and Derinna Kopp2 (University of Utah1, Antiquities Section2). Possible Metastatic Carcinoma in an Historic Native American Skeleton.

12:20 Ron Rood & Derinna Kopp (Antiquities Section). Human Remains From Deadman Cave, Utah: AMS Dates and A Re-Analysis.

12:40 Reba Rauch (University of Utah Press). The Archaeology of the Americas Digital Monograph Initiative (AADMI).

UPAC Business Meeting
Friday, February 26
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

I. Welcome
– Kelly Beck, President

II. Approval of Winter 2009 Minutes
– Joel Boomgarden, Secretary

III. Treasurer’s Report & Discussion of Expenditures
– Marty Thomas, Treasurer

IV. Nominations for: President, Vice President: Membership & Ethics, and Treasurer
– Andy Yentch, Vice President, Membership & Ethics

V. Website Report
– Rachel Quist, Webmaster

VI. Newsletter Report
– Kenny Wintch, Newsletter Editor

VII. Utah Archaeology Report
– David Yoder & Chris Watkins, Editors

VIII. Government Affairs Activities
– Jody Patterson, Vice President, Government Affairs & Research

IX. Linear Sites Guidelines
– Laird Naylor, BLM

X. State Agency Announcements

XI. Federal Agency Announcements

XII. Awards
–Andy Yentch, Vice President, Membership & Ethics

XIII. Adjournment

Research Presentations
Saturday, February 27
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

10:00 Heidi Roberts (HRA, Inc. Conservation Archaeology). The Jackson Flat Reservoir Data Recovery Project, Kanab, Utah.

10:20 Rich Talbot (OPA). The Rest of the Story at Jackson Flat Reservoir: 42KA6158-42KA6160.

10:40 Jennifer DeGraffenried (U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground). 42To3794 Rattler Ridge Paleo: A High Elevation Clovis Site in the Cedar Mountains.

11:00 Lindsay Johansson (Brigham Young University). Promontory Caves Revisited: Analysis of Faunal Material from 42BO1 and 42BO2.

11:20 BREAK

11:40 Jamie Clark, Kristine Kisman, Lisa Benson, Amy Spurling and Mike Cannon (SWCA Environmental, Inc.). Refining Hydration Chronologies for the Black Rock Area & Mineral Mountain Obsidian Sources.

12:00 Ephriam D. Dickson, Shaun Nelson and Jane Stone (Ft. Douglas Museum & Utah National Guard). The Army in Utah: Update on Excavations at Camp Floyd.

12:20 Sara Staufer (Brigham Young University). Turkeys, Rabbits, and Deer Oh My! Exploring the Faunal Assemblage from Three Kiva Pueblo (42SA863).

12:40 Tanya Johnson, Sarah Creer, David Reinhart, Mike Cannon (SWCA Environmental, Inc.). Accessible and Sustainable Archaeology: Digital Reporting for CRM Technical Reports.