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The San Bernadino National Forest, California CRM Field School - Institute for Field Research
Location: San Bernardino National Forest, California, United States
Season:
July 14, 2019 to August 10, 2019
Application Deadline:
Friday, April 5, 2019
Deadline Type:
Rolling
Flyer:
syllabus-us_ca_sbnf_2019.pdf
Program Type
Field school
RPA certified
This project is an RPA certified field school
Affiliation:
Statistical Research Inc (SRI), Institute for Field Research, Connecticut College
Project Director:
Dr. Angela H. Keller
Project Description
This field school will help to prepare students for a career in private-sector archaeology (Cultural Resource Management [CRM]). The field school will be conducted on land administered by the San Bernardino National Forest in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California. The project area is situated at an elevation between 4,400 and 5,400 feet above sea level on the wooded and chaparral-covered northern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains in the vicinity of the Deep Creek drainage. The San Bernardino National Forest has a prehistoric record extending over 8,000 years in time and a historical record focused on ranching and mining. Students will be trained in all aspects of prehistoric and historical-period CRM archaeological work from research-design development to field survey, excavation, and mapping to artifact analysis and report preparation. Student will be trained in compliance and reporting for both the federal and state level requirements.
In Late Prehistoric times, the area fell within the territory of the ethnographic Serrano, a group speaking a language of the Takic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family. Throughout much of prehistory, the mountains were used by hunters and gatherers to gather and process acorns, pinyon nuts, and other wild plant foods, as well as to hunt deer, rabbits, and other game animals. Temporary residential sites and larger settlements were established near streams at the foot of the mountains, where people had access to desert and mountain environments, as well as water. The area was used for gold mining and ranching in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before it came under the management of the San Bernardino National Forest.
Period(s) of Occupation: Prehistory
Project size:
1-24 participants
Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: Students must stay for the full duration of the field school.
Minimum age:
18
Experience required:
No prior experience required.
Room and Board Arrangements
Students will reside in an informal camp area on the San Bernardino National Forest. Students should bring their own tents, sleeping bags, and air mattresses. Personal camp chairs and solar showers are also highly recommended. The field school will provide enclosed portable outdoor showers and portable toilets. Large tents will serve as the kitchen and dining hall as well as laboratory and lecture hall. The campground is located at approximately 5,600 feet above sea level, so a period of adjustment to the altitude may be necessary. Hiking and mountain bike trails are present in the area.
All meals will be communal events and will provide plenty of nutritious food. Specialized diets (vegetarian, lactose-intolerant, etc.) can be supported, but staff must be notified in advance. Meals will be prepared by a professional cook and will be provided for five days a week. Breakfast will be available Saturday and staff will prepare Sunday dinner. Students will be responsible for their own meals for the remainder of Saturday and Sunday.
The field camp is located about 15 miles via Forest Service and paved roads from Big Bear Lake with shopping centers, gas stations, restaurants, and fast food facilities. A gas-powered generator will be available evenings to recharge staff and personal electronic devices, although by necessity, the former will have priority. Running water may not be available at the camp but will be provided by Forest Service in portable storage facilities.
Students will be expected to assist in camp maintenance activities. These include dish washing and clean up after meals, vehicle and generator maintenance, and ensuring that the communal camp area, as well as their individual camp sites, remain clean.
Cost:
Room and Board is included in the tuition of the field school.
Academic Credit
Name of institution offering credit:
Connecticut College
Tuition:
$4,300
Location
Recommended Bibliography:
REQUIRED READINGS
Altschul, Jeffrey H., Martin R. Rose, and Michael K. Lerch
1985 Prehistoric Settlement. In Cultural Resources Investigations in the Mojave River Forks Reservoir, San Bernardino County, California, pp. 65–78. Technical Series No. 2. Statistical Research, Tucson.
Bean, Lowell J. and Charles R. Smith
1978 Serrano. In California,edited by Robert F. Heizer, pp. 570–574. Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 8, William C. Sturtevant, general editor. Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
Ferguson, T.J.
2009 Improving the Quality of Archaeology in the United States through Consultation and Collaboration with Native Americans and Descendant Communities. In Archaeology & Cultural Resource Management: Visions for the Future, edited by Lynne Sebastian and William D. Lipe, pp. 169-193. School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. SAR Press, Santa Fe.
Lerch, Michael K., Angela H. Keller, and Richard Ciolek-Torrello (eds)
2007 A Rock and a Hard Place: Prehistoric Millingstone Camps and Historic Gold Mining in the Balanced Rock Area, San Bernardino National Forest. Technical Report 06-70. Statistical Research, Redlands, California.
Lipe, William D.
2009 Archaeological Values and Resource Management. In Archaeology & Cultural Resource Management: Visions for the Future, edited by Lynne Sebastian and William D. Lipe, pp. 41-63. School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. SAR Press, Santa Fe.
National Park Service
1997 Cultural Resource Management Guideline. NPS-28. Electronic document, http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/nps28/28intro.htm, accessed August 27, 2015. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
1991 How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. National Register Bulletin 15.
Sebastian, Lynne
2009 Deciding What Matters: Archaeology, Eligibility, and Significance. In Archaeology & Cultural Resource Management: Visions for the Future, edited by Lynne Sebastian and William D. Lipe, pp. 91-114. School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. SAR Press, Santa Fe.
Sutton, Mark Q., and Robert M. Yohe II
2008 Cultural Resource Management. In Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past, 3rd. ed., pp. 351-381. Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, Boston.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READINGS
Altschul, Jeffrey H., William C. Johnson, and Matthew A. Sterner
1989 The Deep Creek Site (CA-SBr-176): A Late Prehistoric Base Camp in the Mojave River Forks Region, San Bernardino County, California. Technical Series 22. Statistical Research,Tucson.
Altschul, Jeffrey H., Martin R. Rose, and Michael K. Lerc
1985 Cultural Resources Investigations in the Mojave River Forks Reservoir, San Bernardino County, California. Technical Series 2. Statistical Research, Tucson.
Grenda, Robert D., and Richard Ciolek-Torello
2018 Pinyon Processing at the Forest Edge: National Register of Historic Places–Eligibility Evaluation, Assessment of Damage, and Management Recommendations for 18 Archaeological Sites in the San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, California. Technical Report 18-17 Statistical Research, Inc., Redlands, California. In press.
Lerch, Michael K., and Richard Ciolek-Torrello (eds)
2007 From the Pan into the Fire: Emergency Archaeological Data Recovery at the Pan Hot Springs Site, San Bernardino National Forest, California. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest. Technical Report 06-90. Statistical Research, Inc. Redlands, CA.
Neumann, Thomas W., Robert M. Sanford, and Karen G. Harry
2010 Cultural Resources Archaeology: An Introduction. Altamira Press, Lanham, Maryland.
Robinson, John W.
1989 The San Bernardinos: The Mountain Country from Cajon Pass to Oak Glen, Two Centuries of Changing Use. Big Santa Anita Historical Society.
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