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THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATION
CONTENTS:
2006 CMSA CONFERENCE
MISSION SAN MIGUEL CULTURAL RESOURCES
STANFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: SCHOLAR, SPANISH MISSIONS PROJECT
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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2006 CMSA CONFERENCE
The 2006 conference will be held at Mission San Diego on February
17-19, 2006. A call for papers will be mailed out in the early fall,
and registration material will follow after that. Please mark
your calendars now!
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MISSION SAN MIGUEL CULTURAL RESOURCES
The following item was recently forwarded to us. It comes from
the
Planning and Building Department of San Luis Obispo County:
In August 2003, the County of San Luis Obispo was made aware that
unauthorized grading had occurred in an area east of Mission San Miguel.
Investigations revealed that significant cultural resources, associated
with the Mission had been affected. The grading occurred as a
result of a
developer prematurely grading for improvements for a new 60 unit
subdivision. The application for the subdivision had just been
submitted
for process in July 2003 and the environmental review had not even been
started. The illegal grading also crossed property boundaries and
affected
neighboring property owned by the Diocese of Monterey. This
property
contained the remains of the neophyte quarters associated with Mission
San
Miguel. The illegal grading causes significant impact to the
remains of
the neophyte quarters and damaged what appears to be a Mission era kiln
(located within the boundaries of the subdivision)
In part based on the impact of the illegal grading, the County of San
Luis
Obispo required the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report
(DEIR). The DEIR is now complete and available for public review
and
comment. The document addresses the environmental impact
associated with
the subdivision and development of a 50.61 acres parcel into a 60 lot
residential development, including construction of roads, utilities,
drainage facilities, and residences. Also considered is premature
project
grading that disturbed approximately 13 acres of the project site and
portions of the adjacent property and affected Mission era cultural
resources.
The proposed project is within the Residential Single Family land use
category and is located east of Mission Street and south of 11th Street
within the community of San Miguel in the Salinas River Planning Area.
County File Number: D020076D / ED03-054.
Copies of the DEIR and all documents referenced in the DEIR are
available
for review from the County Environmental Coordinator, Department of
Planning & Building, Co. Government Ctr., San Luis Obispo, 93408.
Copies of
the EIR are also available for review at the following locations: Cal
Poly
Library, Cuesta College Library, SLO City/ County Library, San Miguel
Branch County Library.. A link to the Draft EIR is on the Planning
Department‚s web site at: www.sloplanning.org
<http://www.sloplanning.org> under "Environmental" and
then "Current EIRs/Documents."
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STANFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
Barb Voss writes:
During the previous two summers, we excavated the archaeological site
of El
Polín Springs. Through our investigations we‚ve learned a lot
about the
site and the people who lived there in the past. Our excavations also
recovered nearly 200,000 artifacts from the site!
This summer from Monday, June 20 ˆ Friday, June 24, we are going to
continue
our research through a laboratory research program called "After the
Dig."
The week-long program will be held at the Presidio Archaeology
Laboratory
(230 Gorgas Avenue in the Presidio of San Francisco) and is open to the
public.
We welcome any questions, feedback, and suggestions about this ongoing
research project.
You can contact me by email (bvoss@stanford.edu), or post your questions
and comments anonymously on our project website
(www.stanford.edu/group/presidio
<http://www.stanford.edu/group/presidio> ).
The events in connection with the project are:
Monday, June 20, at 1pm: Gathering at El Polín Springs.
Marie Knetzger, who traces her ancestry to the Briones and Miramontes
families that once lived at El Polín Springs, is organizing a
gathering at
El Polín Springs on the first day of the Stanford laboratory
project. After
meeting at El Polín Springs and talking about the history of the
site and
its archaeology, those who are interested can next go to the Presidio
Archaeology Lab to view artifacts from the site. Everyone is welcome to
join this gathering.
Monday, June 20 ˆ Thursday June 23, 1:00 ˆ 4:00 pm:
"After the Dig" Archaeology Laboratory Open House.
The Presidio Archaeology Lab (230 Gorgas) will be open to
the visitors from 1-4pm each day. We invite you to come and look at the
artifacts that have been found at El Polín Springs and talk with
us about
how we are analyzing these materials
Friday, June 24, 1:00-4:00pm and 7:00-9:00pm: Presidio Pasados,
Commemorating the Presidio‚s Past through Music, Dance, and Lore.
Held at the Officers Club (Building 50) in the Main Post area of the
Presidio, this annual event features family activities in the afternoon
and
a musical fandango in the evening. Stanford archaeologists will be
there to
share the findings of our research. For more information, visit the
Presidio Trust website:
http://www.presidio.gov/Visiting/Events/Pasados05.htm
Monday, June 27, 11 a.m. to Noon: Los Californianos Annual Celebration.
Meet at the Pershing Square flag pole across from the Presidio Officers
Club.
You are also invited to participate in an Oral History Study that
Barbara
Voss is conducting. Through this program, Professor Voss is researching
how
the Spanish colonial/Mexican history of the Presidio of San Francisco is
important to different people‚s heritage, and what they would like
archaeologists to research. Initial interviews for the study take about
20
minutes and we can do them in person or by phone or by email. If you
would
like to participate in this study, contact Barb at bvoss@stanford.edu.
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: SCHOLAR, SPANISH MISSIONS PROJECT
Scholar Spanish Missions Project, Our Lady of the Lake University, San
Antonio, Texas
Project Description: The Spanish Missions Project is a website devoted
to information about the approximately 600 Spanish missions in northern
Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The website‚s audiences are
the general public, including tourists and school children, and
scholars. It will be organized around themes such as resistance,
adaptation and spirituality, and more traditional subjects, such as
architecture, art, material culture and demography, and by geographical
location and individual mission. Each section will consist of a
narrative, a bibliography, graphics, and web links to information
within this project and external sources.
Job Description: Working under the general supervision of the Associate
Provost of Library, Instructional and Technology Services, the scholar
will implement the organization and content that will be developed in
collaboration with the project‚s task force. The scholar will identify
material for the various components of the website which will include
narrative text, resources for teachers, bibliographic and archival
resources, virtual exhibits and graphics, and relevant links.
Required Qualifications: The scholar must have specialized knowledge in
the Spanish missions in northern Mexico and the southwestern United
States. The scholar must have an advanced degree, and must be
proficient in Spanish and English at a scholarly level. Digital skills
in research, word processing, and bibliographic citation are essential.
Salary and Benefits: The salary is negotiable for a one-year,
non-renewable contract with standard university benefits.
To apply send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae and the names of three
references, by July 1, 2005, as Word attachments in an email to:
frisp@lake.ollusa.edu
Paul A. Frisch, Ph.D.
Associate Provost
Library, Instructional, and Technology Services
Our Lady of the Lake University
411 S. W. 24th Street
San Antonio, TX 78207-4689
Email: frisp@lake.ollusa.edu
Voice: (210) 431-3917
Fax: (210) 431-4020
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Marie Duggan, "Laws of the Market vs. Laws of God" in "History of
Political Economy" Volume 37, Number 2 (Summer 2005): pp. 343-370.
Robert H. Jackson, "Una mirada a los patrones demográficos de
las misiones jesuitas de Paraguay," in "Fronteras de la Historia,"
(Bogotá), vol. 9 (2004): 129-178.
W. Michael Mathes, "Reflections and considerations regarding Baja
California Demography before and during the mission period," in Brian
D. Dillon and Matthew A. Boxt, eds. "Archaeology Without Limits: Papers
in Honor of Clement W. Meighan." Lancaster, CA: Labyrinthos,
2005), 205-212.
Mary J. Yee, with illustrations by Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto, and
contributions by Marianne Mithun, Ph. D. and John R. Johnson, Ph.
D., "The Sugar Bear Story: a Barbareño Chumash Tale." San
Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2005, published in co-operation with the
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. ISBN: 0-932653-70-7. Paper.
$9.95.
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