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CoAS NewsletterCouncil of Affiliated Societies, Society for American ArchaeologyOur Mission: To benefit all societies in this field and advance the practice of archaeologyAvailable on the SAA website at www.saa.org/coasTo navigate there: go to SAA.org ”About the Society” ”Council of Affiliated Societies”Number 23-FallNovember 2011cational archaeologist in remembrance of thesingular contributions of Don Crabtree. Nominees should have made significant contributionsto advance understandings of local, regional, ornational archaeology through excavation, research, publication, site or collections preservation, collaboration with the professional community, and/or public outreach.FROM THE CHAIR:By Cathy Poetschat, Oregon Archaeological SocietyAs your new Chair, I am happy to continue theCoAS mission "to benefit all societies in thisfield and advance the practice of archaeology."This newsletter is an important part of that mission.Who Is Eligible to Submit Nominations orApply for the Award: Anyone may submit anomination. The committee does not acceptself-nominations. Awardees may be members ornon-members of the SAA.Nomination/Submission Materials Required:Nominators should submit a current curriculumvita, a letter of nomination, and letters of support.Nomination/Submission Deadline:January 4, 2012Committee Chair Contact Information: Patricia Gilman, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; ph:(405) 325-2490; e-mail: pgilman@ou.eduAt the SAA Annual Meeting this year CoAS didseveral things. CoAS affiliate (Oregon Archaeological Society) members got the CrabtreeAward and a Scholarship for ArchaeologicalTraining of Native Americans. See about thesein Oregon's articles in the "From the Members"section. At the CoAS Booth, we distributed affiliate's material, and talked to many affiliatemembers and prospective members. The postercontest was next to our booth and we encouraged attendees to vote for their favorite poster.Wyoming, Oregon, and California won theposter contest this year. We had our CoAS Annual Meeting at the SAA as usual (see thatmeeting's minutes at the end of this newsletter).FROM THE EDITOR:If you want more information on any of the programs or events discussed in this newsletter, visit the CoAS page at the SAA and follow thelinks of the member associations.The Society for Georgia Archaeology and IdahoArchaeological Society applied for membershipand were approved as new CoAS members bythe SAA Board in November 2011. Welcome toCoAS, Georgia and Idaho! We also thankYOUR society for renewing your CoAS member dues for 2012 too!FROM THE MEMBERS:OREGON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYBy Jim Keyser and Cathy PoetschatCALL FOR CRABTREE AWARD NOMINATIONSAward Description: The SAA presents theCrabtree Award annually to an outstanding avo-Three Big Wins at the 2011 SAA Meeting!OAS had three big wins at the SAA meeting inSacramento this spring. First, George Poetschat1
won the only award SAA gives annually to anavocational archaeologist. Second, Robert David won one of three scholarship awards givenby SAA to a Native American. Finally, Oregon's2010 Oregon Archaeology Celebration Posterwon second place in the SAA's annual postercontest.Berkeley, which focuses on his specialty—therock art of the Klamath Basin. The subject of hisPh.D. research is how myth and traditional folklore of the Klamath and Modoc tribes can beused to inform the understanding and study oftheir rock art.Founding OAS member, George Poetschat wasrecently honored by the SAA with its annualCrabtree Award, which recognizes excellence inthe contributions of an avocational archaeologist. From the program:“George Poetschat has earned the SAA's Crabtree Award for his outstanding focus on archaeology as an avocationalist. He has not only participated in archaeology, but has also donearchaeology research, published the results, andreached out to the public to engage their interestin the subject. In addition to his participation in80 plus projects over more than two decades,Mr. Poetschat has authored and coauthoredmore than 35 publications in professional journals and monograph series. He was a foundingmember of the Oregon Archaeological Society(OAS) training program and has helped developand conduct both the OAS's "Basic Training inArchaeology" and the "Rock Art Recording"classes from 1993 to present.”Figure 1. George Poetschat and Robert David,recipients of prestigious SAA Awards, 2011.Robert David, OAS member for the past 10years, was recently awarded an SAA “Scholarship for Archaeological Training of NativeAmericans” at the 2011 SAA Business Meetingheld in Sacramento, California. This scholarshipis made possible through a grant from the National Science Foundation to the SAA to educate more American Indians and Native Hawaiians in the field of archaeology.Robert has published extensively on KlamathBasin rock art. Much of his research up to thispoint has been funded by Loring Grants andRoy Jones Scholarships from the OAS andgrants from David Easley’s Indigenous CulturesPreservation Society. With these grants and other money from university sources, Robert hasconducted Klamath Basin rock art research every summer for the past six years. In these projects he has provided opportunities for numerous OAS members to volunteer, and hisfieldwork has been summarized in several previous Screenings articles. Robert has also presented lectures about his research to OAS andthe PSU Anthropology Department. We all joinin congratulating Robert on the award of thisscholarship.Robert, a member of the Klamath Tribes in Oregon, was born in Klamath Falls, but spentmuch of his young adulthood in the Portlandmetropolitan area. He graduated with B.A. andM.A. degrees from Portland State Universityand is currently finishing his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. He will usethis scholarship to finish his dissertation atOregon Wins Second Place in SAA PosterContestThe Oregon Archaeology Celebration's 2010poster won second place in the 2011 SAA annual Archaeology Month Poster Contest. Wyoming’s poster received first place, and California’s entry placed third. Oregon's poster hadpreviously won third place at the 2008 annual2
meeting and we hope Oregon will win firstplace sometime in the future! These three posters and additional information can be seen chMonthforpublic.html.ready set up to give presentations are CharlesReher of UW on the Spanish Diggings effigy,and Steve Cassells of Laramie Community College in Cheyenne on the game drives of theColorado Front Range.WYOMING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYBy Marcel KornfeldThe Sheridan-Buffalo Chapter of WAS startedthe fall programs with a field trip to shieldbearing images of Spring Creek Coal Mine, anda presentation by Tim McCleary, Professor ofAnthropology at Little Big Horn College atCrow Agency in Montana. McCleary spokeabout the archaeological study at the home ofChief Plenty Coups, and the relationships ofpower and public feasting based on the archaeological evidence from the study.Wyoming Archaeological Society (WAS) heldits summer meeting at the Hell Gap Site, ownedby its affiliate the Wyoming ArchaeologicalFoundation (WAF). Hell Gap, north of FortLaramie is the location of a biennial archaeological field school operated through the Universityof Wyoming (UW). The field school activitiesare always augmented by a variety of publicevents, site tours, flint knapping demonstrations,a picnic, and this year, an official atlatl throworganized in cooperation with the Wyoming Atlatl and Social Club. Expert flint knappers fromthe Denver area Bill Beekman and Larry Langford provided the demonstration and werejoined by Ricky Laurent of Sheridan, Wyoming.The atlatl throw included various official andunofficial events. Some events included scoringon official targets to advance in the annual competitions, while others were designed for manyof amateur participants. The Atlatl Club, one ofthe most active clubs in the nation, set up ahunting range made of a variety of targets fromrabbits to mammoths. The favorite was, ofcourse, Eric—the mammoth (Figure 1). TheHell Gap summer WAS meeting this year wasthe largest and most successful in recentmemory.Figure 2. Eric, the Atlatl Club’s mammothtarget.KANSAS ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONBy Rose Marie Wallen, PresidentThe Kansas Anthropological Association(KAA) operates both on state and chapter levels.Annual activities of the state organization include the winter Certification Seminar, the AprilAnnual Meeting, the June Kansas ArcheologyTraining Program (KATP), the Summer Spree,and the Fall Fling. All of these activities relyheavily on the support of the Kansas HistoricalSociety (KSHS), and members from across thewhole state (and sometimes from around thenation) converge for these events. Chapter meetings are planned and carried out independentlyby the five chapters sprinkled around the state.Most WAS chapters have started their fallspeaker series. The June Frison Chapter inLaramie led off the season with Elizabeth Lynchof UW discussing her work on bedrock mortarsof Piñon Canyon of Colorado. The upcomingtalks will be by Dudley Gardner of WesternWyoming College in Rock Springs on archaeological survey in Mongolia, Colleen Lawrenceof UW on shipwrecks, and Dan Bach of Cheyenne on the Raven’s Nest Site in the Green River Basin of Wyoming. Next year’s speakers al-The High Plains Chapter operates out of Colbyin northwestern Kansas. This year the group3
continued to focus on documentation of theSmoky Hill Trail with weekend surveys, working together with the Smoky Hill Trail Association.Institute, presented “The Land Institute—Internationally Famous and Locally Obscure.”Timothy Weston (KSHS) spoke on “CoronadoHeights: Myth, Oral Tradition, and a PersonalConnection.”The meetings of the Kanza Chapter in northeastKansas are planned with the help of theAtchison County Historical Society Museum.Members meet regularly to share their artifactcollections and report on their archeological activities.The 2011 KATP was held at 14PO1, the Coffeysite, located on the Big Blue River in the FlintHills region north of Manhattan and TuttleCreek Lake. It was first investigated in the early1970s, but due to active erosion from the river,the site is being lost. Deeply buried cultural deposits from the Archaic period, possibly extending back to pre-Clovis times, were still salvageable, so the KAA and KSHS joined forces withthe University of Kansas Department of Anthropology, the Odyssey GeoarchaeologicalProgram, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersto excavate the site. One hundred-eighty peopleregistered to participate in the June 4-19 fieldschool.Mud Creek Chapter pertains to central Kansas.In 2011 members gave illustrated talks andPower Points about Hubbel Trading Post in Ganado, NM; Penoke Man, a hilltop stone effigy inGraham County; and the Peverley petroglyphsite in Rice County.The area near Topeka in eastern Kansas isserved by the Shawnee Chapter. Since the Kansas Historical Society is based in Topeka and anumber of professional archeologists live nearby, Shawnee Chapter programs often draw onthese experts. In April KSHS archeologist Dr.John Tomasic gave a research update of the2010 KATP at the Eastep site in MontgomeryCounty.Since KAA’s portion of the work pertaining toKATP is caught up, the group will tackle another archeology salvage project for Fall Fling onOctober 21-23. An Archaic site near Dexter willbe excavated to salvage features remaining afterdisturbance from road construction and furtherthreatened by agricultural activities.KAA state events for 2011 began with the February Certification Seminar, held at BethanyCollege in Lindsborg. The seminar, which covered report writing and lithic identification, waswell described in the March 2011 CoAS Newsletter. There were 38 participants. The seminarfor 2012 is slated for February 18-19, and willlikely focus on field and laboratory photography.Local chapters will meet throughmonths, and members will keep inthe state organization by readingNewsletter and checking the KAAhttp://www.katp.org.the wintertouch withthe KAAwebsite atSanta Fe Trail Artifact ProcessingBy Mary ConradThe Annual Meeting of KAA was held April 16at the Smoky Hill Museum in Salina. After therequisite business meeting, KAA members wereentertained by several informative presentations.Tricia Waggoner (KSHS) spoke on “ThirtyThousand Years of Spinning Technology.” Dr.John Tomasic (KSHS) spoke on “Excavations at14MY388, a Late Archaic/Woodland PeriodSite in Montgomery County, Kansas.” John L.Schmidt, Development Director of The LandAs detailed above, the KAA and the KSHS cosponsor a two-week archaeological dig or survey each June, somewhere in Kansas. Each yearlab volunteers work on artifacts from other siteswhen they are caught up with processing artifacts from the current project. When not working on materials the Coffey site, lab workers inJune of 2011 concentrated on artifacts from sixother sites, including two sites with connectionsto the Santa Fe Trail.4
MISSOURI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYBy Christina DanielWhen the City of Olathe purchased the LoneElm Campground and some adjoining lands anumber of years ago, Bert Wetherill, a professional archaeologist, supervised volunteers fromthe Kansas City Archaeological Society andfrom the Mid-Western Artifact Society, a clubfor metal detecting enthusiasts. Some of themost significant artifacts resulting from that project were cleaned immediately and are on display in the Heritage Center at the Mahaffie Historic Site in Olathe. In 2010 and 2001 Kansasarchaeological volunteers cleaned several boxesof Lone Elm artifacts.MAS Annual MeetingThe 2011 Annual Meeting of the Missouri Archaeology Society was held on April 8–10 at theUniversity Plaza Hotel in Springfield. The 2011meeting featured 12 presentations by professional archaeologists and students, and 5 posterpresentations by students. The Koch banquetlecture was Documenting Genocide, Assistingour Veterans—presented by Dr. Michael K.Trimble, Director of the Department of Defense’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for theCuration and Management of ArchaeologicalCollections, and Chief of the Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, St. Louis District, Army Corps of Engineers. In addition to thepresentations and the banquet, attendees enjoyeda reception, book sales and silent auction, exhibits, and conversing with other attendees. OnSunday afternoon, attendees were also treated toan atlatl demonstration by student David Cain.In the early 1970s, a Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University) professorconducted a dig at the Arthur Baker House Sitein Morris County. Baker not only had a tradingpost near the Santa Fe Trail in Morris County,but he also was a probate judge for the CouncilGrove area. His careers were cut short in 1862when he was murdered. The murderers (BloodyBill Anderson's gang) added insult to injury bytorching Baker's house and store. Thus many ofthe artifacts recovered by that Emporia professor are scorched or charred.The Pilot Archaeological Survey TrainingProgram for MissouriIn May and July 2011, the MAS completed thetwo-year statewide Pilot Archaeological SurveyTraining Program. The program was funded for2010 and 2011 by a grant from the MissouriDepartment of Natural Resources State HistoricPreservation Office and the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. It provided the opportunity for participants to gainhands-on experience in archaeology, with anemphasis on preserving archaeological resources or at least the information they maycontain. The program seeks to train individualsin the importance of locating and preservingMissouri’s archaeological resources, to discourage unsupervised looting and weekend digs, andto encourage responsible and ethical collecting.Forty-six members of the public attended, including several students from regional colleges.The MAS has submitted a grant application toMoDNR to continue the program during thesummers of 2012 and 2013.A decade-plus later Emporia State donated theexcavated materials to KSHS. During the June2010 Neodesha dig, volunteers not only cataloged one box of Baker House artifacts, but theyalso reconstructed many items within that boxby gluing fragments together. The June 2011washers cleaned a dozen bankers’ boxes of theBaker artifacts, and that represents over 500volunteer hours.Since volunteers are essential to the processingof Lone Elm and Baker House items, completion of these projects will be dependent upon theavailability of the Kansas volunteers. When allartifacts of both these Santa Fe Trail sites havebeen cleaned and cataloged, then formal analysis can begin.5
Students and CatalogingTwo students received stipends to catalog MASpublications and other archaeological referencescurrently housed in the Special Collections andArchives at Meyer Library, Missouri State University. This collection has over 11,000 volumesand the cataloging project will increase functionality and accessibility for researchers fromthe campus and larger community.charged and active program with board emphasis and oversight.The first step was to name Member-at-LargeVal Anderson to head up this effort. She hasjumped in with both feet, and is in the processof developing new operational and trainingguidelines based on our past and very successfulprogram. In addition, she is meeting with staffto help put new agency agreements with ASCOin place.The Civil War in MissouriThe Civil War in Missouri was the 2011 Archaeology Month poster theme. The front of theposter illustrates the Charge of GeneralFremont’s Bodyguard through Springfield, Missouri in 1861. The back of the poster features alist of Civil War battles in Missouri and depictssome of the gear that infantry carried during theWar. The Society distributed over 8,000 postersto public schools, historical societies, stateparks, and other public institutions, and interested individuals.The revised program will function through theASCO Volunteer/Stewardship Coordinator whowill retain a cadre of trained potential stewardsand reach out to the agencies for sites that needprotective oversight. The Coordinator will helpto match requirements of the sites with the ASCO volunteers. It is planned that ASCO willconduct general stewardship training developedin conjunction with the agencies, similar to whatwas done in the past. Each current and potentialsteward will be asked to participate in this newtraining.MAS 2011 Fall SymposiumThe Fall Symposium was held on September16–18 at the Bates County Museum and Historical Society in Butler, Missouri. The theme ofthe fall symposium also was the Civil War inMissouri. The Symposium featured severalpresentations by various professional and avocational historians and archaeologists, a hayridetour to the Poplar Heights Living History Farm,and a tour of the Battle of Island Mounds site,where the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry was firstengaged in combat in the Trans-Mississippi theater.Once stewards have been accepted by the agencies, they will be introduced to their sites andprovided site-specific guidelines by the archaeologists. Once the program is finalized, application availability and training dates will be announced. We hope there will be a great ASCOresponse and commitment to this chance tomake a real difference in the protection of ourlocal heritage sites.ASSOCIATIONFORWASHINGTON ARCHAEOL-OGYBy Jenny Dellert and Lynn CompasARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CENTRALOREGONThe 4th Annual Cultural Resources PlanningSummit was held on May 23 and 24, 2011 hosted by the Suquamish Tribe at the beautifulKiana Lodge. The theme of this year’s Summitwas “Doing More with Less: Strategic Action inAn Era of Competing Resources.” Primarygoals of the 2011 Summit included a discussionof the intersection of cultural resources and landuse; and the challenges in regards to the currenteconomic climate, as several different resourcesASCO Revives Stewardship ProgramIt is with firm commitment and great expectations that we announce the revival of the ASCOStewardship Program! While acknowledgingthat some stewards did continue to work directlywith agency archaeologists under individualvolunteer agreements, the board of directors isnow fully committed to developing a newly6
(cultural, natural, financial, and other finite materials) are increasingly competing for fundingin projects.planned, participated, and assisted with theSummit was given.WASHINGTON, DC – THE PRE-COLUMBIANSOCIETYBy Rosemary D. LyonSponsors of the Summit included the SuquamishTribe, the Nisqually Indian Tribe, WashingtonState Department of Transportation (WSDOT),Paragon Research Associates, RH2 Engineering,Inc., Historical Research Associates, NorthwestArchaeological Associates (a division ofSWCA), JBR Environmental Consultants, theWashington Trust for Historic Preservation,Drayton Archaeological Research, and the Association for Washington Archaeology. Coordination and behind the scenes production of theevent were courtesy of the Agenda PlanningCommittee, APT-Applied Preservation Technologies, a program of the nonprofit Eppard Vision, K2 Productions, and Self-GovernanceCommunication & Education.On September 17, 2011, the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, DC held its 18th annualsymposium in at the U.S. Navy Memorial andNaval Heritage Center in Washington, DC.This year’s topic, “The Dawn of Andean Civilization,” was addressed by six noted scholars,who provided information about recent findsand interpretations about early developments inthe geographic region that is now Peru and Bolivia.Tom Dillehay of Vanderbilt University, whoserved as moderator, spoke about a “boom” inthe Andes that took place 4,000-5,000 years agoat various sites, including Huaca Prieta. Tomgave an extensive overview of the beginning ofsedentism and other developments during thepre-ceramic phases.Dennis Lewarch, Tribal Historic PreservationOfficer of the Suquamish Tribe, was the Masterof Ceremonies for the Summit, which includedseven sessions. Session 1 included an update onthe Annual Meeting of the Society for AppliedAnthropology (SfAA), provided by DarbyStapp. The SfAA meeting was heavily attendedand the Traditional Foods Summit held at thebeginning of the Annual Meeting was very wellreceived.Alejandro Chu, a Peruvian archaeologist, focused his remarks on the very early (human occupation from 3250 BC) site of Bandurria, northof Lima on Peru’s Central Coast. Chu found evidence for permanent households and monumental architecture, pointing to the early emergence of social complexity.Other sessions included “Tribal Views on Inadvertent Discovery Plans,” (IDP), “Dueling Resources: How to Navigate Projects that Pit Cultural and Natural Resources Against OneAnother,” “Kukutali Preserve: A Case Study inCo-Management from the Swinomish IndianTribal Community and Washington StateParks,” “Rising Tides and Expanding Footprints: Maritime Heritage and Coastal Erosioninto the Twenty-First Century,” “Cultural Resource Review at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” and “Dueling Predictive Models Workshop: A Comparison of Models for Areas ofWashington State.” The final Session was a recap of the entire Summit, and question and answer period. Thanks to those who coordinated,Next, Tom and Sheila Pozorski, of the University of Texas/Pan American, spoke about the important role of the Casma Valley in the development of early Andean civilization. Tomdiscussed the research he has conducted at several inter-related sites, including Sechin Alto,one of the largest construction in the NewWorld for the Initial Time Period, while Sheilareviewed the existence and significance of thesquare-room modular architectural form foundat sites such as Pampa de Las Llamas-Moxeke.Christine Hastorf turned her attention to the areaaround Lake Titicaca, where she examined theemphasis on ceremonial structures, including7
trapezoidal sunken enclosures, and reflected onthe meaning that landscape may have had topeople of the Formative.CoAS Newsletters, list of current members,2010 meeting minutes, 2011 meeting agenda)Announcements:Cathy reported that Hester said she would not bea candidate for a CoAS officer this time, butsays next year in Memphis she "will sit at thebooth while we go to Graceland.”Fresh from fieldwork at the northern site ofChavin, John Rick of Stanford showed the extensive network of beautifully constructed underground channels at that site and consideredthe role that water movement may have had inmaking Chavin a substantial ceremonial center.Karen Hartgen is the SAA Liaison this year butshe was unable to attend due to a schedule conflict.Richard Burger from Yale brought the symposium to a close by discussing what he calls theManchay culture on the Central Coast duringthe Initial Period.The 2010 Meeting minutes were approved unanimously.Over 150 people were in attendance at this symposium, making it one of the largest audiencesever for a PCS event.Officers Reports:Chair: Hester said to report that she askedCathy to run this meeting and the booth, withhelp from George Poetschat. Hester boxed andarranged to send materials from last year’sbooth for use at this year’s booth.The Pre-Columbian Society is a volunteer-run,non-profit organization dedicated to spreadingknowledge about the archaeology and art historyof the Americas before Europeans arrived in thenew world. Its annual symposium draws an audience from throughout the United States. Forfurther details on the PCS, please see our newlyrevised website at www.pcswdc.org.Vice Chair: Cathy worked with Marcel andMegan Tyler to find that IAAA (Illinois) said itpaid 2011 dues that SAA had no record of;made alphabetical (by State/Province) list ofcurrent 26 members; made a cover sheet to gowith CoAS applications at the booth, and sentsome societies invitations to meeting & membership. Booth - requested extra table & spacenext to the poster contest. Marcel volunteered tomake the booth poster & help set up the booth.Poster Contest: Contacted Maureen Malloy &agreed to install the poster exhibit (Marcelagreed to help), and count ballots Friday atnoon, with the SAA Office verifying the results.This is our part of being the main sponsor of thecontest.MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETINGOFCOAS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA,MARCH 31, 2011Chair, Hester Davis was not able to attend theSAA meeting this year, so Vice Chair, CathyPoetschat, began the meeting shortly after 4 pmMarch 31, 2011 in the Royal Room at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel.Attendance:Marcel Kornfeld, Wyoming Arch. SocietyCathy Poetschat, Oregon Arch. SocietyRobert Kopperl, Assn. for Washington Arch.Marc Munch, Idaho Arch. SocietyTeddy Stickley, Texas Arch. SocietySecretary: This position was vacant last year.Newsletter Editor Report: Gina Powell was notable to attend. She produced our Fall 2010 andSpring 2011 CoAS Newsletters, and was looking into putting information on Facebook. Shesent the invitation to this meeting out to themembership contacts we have. Gina said she iswilling to continue as editor of the newsletter!Introductions were made, and Cathy distributedliterature about CoAS (miniature booth poster,8
Cathy announced that a member of one of oursocieties would be getting the Crabtree AwardFriday at the SAA Business Meeting. Weshould have an article about this in our nextCoAS Newsletter. (George Poetschat of Oregonsociety was announced April 1)Nominations / Election of CoAS Officers:Marcel led a discussion of who would be Chairresulting in Cathy finally saying she would accept, if Marcel would be vice-Chair; Marcelagreed. Bob Kopperl agreed to be nominated forSecretary, but only this year & with help doingthe minutes.Marc said Idaho missed one year at CoAS, butwas going to re-apply, and then he'd email prospective members to join CoAS. (They applied& will be approved by SAA at Fall Board Meeting)So we accepted nominations of Cathy Poetschatfor Chair, Marcel Kornfeld for Vice Chair, andRobert Kopperl for Secretary. These were unanimously approved.Marcel noted that the poster symposia "Avocational Archaeology Making a Difference" was agreat success and announced that he has beengathering more material for a publication on it.Marcel had a draft of the proceedings he showedus, and he is in the process of searching for apublisher.New Business:Cathy asked for help at the booth - we talk tomembers about our outreach, & non-membersabout how to join CoAS - you can see whichthey are by looking at the list of members handed out. Applications were given out today toIdaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Iowa, Utah,Nevada Arch Soc., Soc. for Arch Sciences inOntario.Bob gave Cathy his notes on the meeting as hisduty of being secretary. (Marcel later emailedCathy his notes on the meeting. These, withCathy's notes were combined for these minutes)We discussed encouraging exchange of members’ newsletters again.As Bob and Marc had to leave, the meeting wasadjourned at 5:30.Marc suggested we put a CoAS mission statement at the front of each newsletter. We'll passthis on to Gina and Cathy and Marcel will giveher the wording.Sincerely, Cathy Poetschat, Oregon Archaeological SocietyCOAS OFFICERSCathy Poetschat, ChairOregon Archaeological SocietyPoetschat@msn.comMarc suggested www.Idahoarchaeology.orgweb site is new and may have some good ideasfor CoAS.Marcel said communication between societies,and between societies and the SAA is one of theforemost functions of CoAS. How can we makethat better?Marcel Kornfeld, Vice ChairWyoming Archeological Societyanpro1@uwyo.eduRobert Kopperl, SecretaryAssociation for Washington Archaeologyrkopperl@hotmail.comMost ideas turned towards the web, how toplace better and clearer information on the SAAwebsite. Cathy's list of members in alphabeticalorder of states/provinces would make it easier tosee who is a member.Gina Powell, Newsletter EditorMissouri Archaeological Societyginsuguard-coas@yahoo
classes from 1993 to present." conducted Klamath Basin rock art research ev Robert David, OAS member for the past 10 years, was recently awarded an SAA "Scholar-ship for Archaeological Training of Native Americans" at the 2011 SAA Business Meeting held in Sacramento, California. This scholarship
