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SJBAS Holiday Party and Annual Meeting

Thursday, December 12^th, 6:00 p.m.

Dalton Ranch Club House

The party will begin with a social hour at 6:00 p.m. with a cash bar followed by dinner and program activities. Dinner is $35 per person.

The dinner menu will include:
Passed appetizers
Salad
Entrée choices of Chicken Breast with Sautéed Shrimp, or Chicken Cordon Bleu, or Roasted Pork Tenderloin or Vegetarian selection
Bread/butter, Ice Tea and Coffee
Dessert

The party will feature a photo presentation of 2013 SJBAS field trips and activities, introduction of new society members, door prizes, election of 2014 chapter officers, and good holiday cheer. Join your friends for this fun party; we hope to see you there!

Please click on this link for the Holiday Party Reservation Reply Form. Reservations must be received by December 6^th.

“Doing Archaeology in San Juan County Utah in the 1960’s and 1970’s”

On Saturday, November 9, at 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding will feature a lecture by archaeologist Dr. Ray Matheny, one of the leading experts on the archaeology of Montezuma Canyon in San Juan County, Utah.

Dr. Matheny will recount his experiences doing archaeology in the early days and discuss the pre-history of Montezuma Canyon. From Ray Matheny’s first trip to Montezuma Canyon in 1959, he knew that it was an important area with impressive archaeological resources. He conducted an archaeological survey in the canyon as the subject of his Master’s thesis and later returned when he was a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) to conduct excavations and surveys with students in his field school. With the help of local landowners, other local residents, and BYU, he led a field school camp. From 1969 until 1977 the field school excavated at three sites in Montezuma Canyon and documented hundreds of others during surveys in various sections of the canyon. At the request of the BLM, Three-Kiva-Pueblo was partially reconstructed and stabilized for visitor use.
During these same years, Ray Matheny and others from BYU were also involved in a number of surveys and several excavations to the west of Blanding.

Dr. Matheny’s career in anthropology began at Brigham Young University (BYU) where he received a BA and MA in archaeology. He completed a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Oregon and returned to teach at BYU, where he continues as Emeritus Professor of Anthropology. His career at BYU included teaching a wide range of undergraduate and graduate classes, as well as developing and running a field school of archaeology in Montezuma Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, beginning in 1969 and extending through 1977. He also led cultural resource management projects in the Manti-LaSal National Forest among other areas.

This is a free lecture at Edge of the Cedars Museum Auditorium at 2:00 p.m. Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is located at 660 West, 400 North, in Blanding. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Daily admission is $5.

For more information contact the museum at 435-678-2238.

PAAC course “Principles of Archaeological Excavation” in Durango, November 15–17

This 20-hour course provides basic background information on the history, development and application of archaeological excavation techniques. The course will emphasize the importance of proper supervision, planning, documentation and reporting in all excavation projects. Actual field training is not included in the course work, but this class would be valuable for anyone interested in taking part in a field school or volunteering on a dig. More details can be found at: www.historycolorado.org/oahp/principles-archaeological-excavation. Total cost per person for the Excavation class is only $14. To enroll in the class, contact Andrew Gulliford by November 5 at 247-7011 or Gulliford_a@fortlewis.edu.

John W. Sanders Internship Fund

At our annual SJBAS Picnic, we announced that the internship fund we began last December for Fort Lewis College archaeology students doing projects and research at the Center of Southwest Studies had been renamed the John W. Sanders Internship Fund in honor of our recently departed friend, scholar, humorist, intrepid hiker, and chapter founder, John Sanders. We are accepting donations to build up this fund, and as of this writing, several members as well as friends of John have sent in checks. If you wish to make a charitable tax-deductible donation to this worthy endeavor, please make your check out to SJBAS, indicate it is for this Fund, and send it to my attention at 107 St. Andrews Circle, Durango, CO 81301. Jay Harrison of the Center of Southwest Studies will ensure that the funds go to the students, and we only ask that once a student has completed a project, he or she make a brief presentation to our group at one of our Thursday monthly meetings to tell us the results.

New Archaeology Internships Available to Fort Lewis College Anthropology Students

Follow this link for more information: Internship Press Release

PAAC Class Schedule

Follow this link for information on Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification (PAAC) classes in Colorado: PAAC classes.

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November 2013

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