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Archaeological Research & Data Management, Lake Mead National Recreation Area And Parashant National Monument: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2005, Margaret N. Rees

Archaeology

2005-2006 survey priorities established
Completed 650 acres of survey at Lake Mead NRA and 700 acres of survey at Parashant National Monument
Search for the project manager underway
Hiring of crew member(s) 90% completed
Preparations underway for the summer field school
Presented a Fall 2005 brown bag lecture to the UNLV Anthropology Department about the upcoming project
Presented paper on upcoming work at the Three Corners Conference, held October 15, 2005 at UNLV

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Re-Evaluation Of The Main Ridge Site And Adjacent Areas: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2005, Margaret N. Rees

Archaeology

Hired graduate student to conduct the archival research

Purchased computer and camera for archival work

Met with Steve Daron about desired archival research methods

Presented a Fall 2005 brown bag lecture to the UNLV Anthropology Department about the upcoming project

Presented paper on upcoming work at the Three Corners Conference, held on October 15, 2005 at UNLV

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Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships: Cultural Site Stewardship Program: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2005, Margaret N. Rees

Cultural Site Stewardship Program

Active stewards in the program now total 169, an increase of 497% since December 2004.
11 additional major cultural site impacts resulting in measurable damages reported this quarter. Four additional impacts with somewhat lesser significance also reported in the quarter. Total impacts since December 2004 total 36 major and 12 less significant.
2006 monitoring plan for Gold Butte implemented.
Training class on Southern Nevada Pre-history presented to 41 site stewards.

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Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 66, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Editor's Note (James W. Bradley)
The Turners Falls Site: An Early PaleoIndian Presence in the Connecticut River Valley (Timothy l. Binzen)
A Re-examination of the Deerfield Industrial Park Survey (Elizabeth Chilton Thomas Ulrich and Niels Rinehart)
Debating Bull Brook, 1965 to 1972 (Brian S. Robinson and William Eldridge)
The Neponset Site, Locus 4: More Evidence of a Michaud-Neponset Phase Occupation (Christopher Donta)

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An Update On Colonial Witch Bottles, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

The discovery of an 18th century "witch bottle" during controlled excavations at a colonial site in Essington, Pennsylvania in 1976 provided the first archaeological evidence for the use of these magical charms in the New World. Since that time, the author has identified five additional specimens in the northeastern United States. The geographic distribution of these artifacts reflects a widespread belief in magic in the northeastern English colonies. One recovered Pennsylvania witch bottle suggests that the use of magical charms lingered into the early 19th century.

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Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships: Cultural Site Stewardship Program: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending September 30, 2005, Margaret N. Rees

Cultural Site Stewardship Program

17 new site stewards trained during the quarter. Active stewards in the program now total 167, up from 150 in last quarter.
Three Desert National Wildlife Refuge sites added to monitoring schedule.
Comprehensive monitoring plan for Sloan Canyon NCA implemented.
New training classes offered in GPS navigation and Clark County pre-history.
3 additional major cultural site impacts resulting in measurable damages reported this quarter. Four additional impacts with somewhat lesser significance also reported in the quarter. Total impacts since December 2004 total 11 major and 12 less significant.
Federal land managers authorized site stewards to place signage and construct barriers …