CORREO:THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATIONJune 2005 Vol. 3, No. 4 Edited by Robert M. Senkewicz (Please submit any items for inclusion to rsenkewicz@scu.edu) |
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 ************************ 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! ****************************************** 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." ************************************************ 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. ***************************************** 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 ************************* 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. This message scanned for viruses and SPAM by GWGuardian at SCU (MGW1) |