Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Tuesday February 24, 2004 ***************************************** PECOS CONFERENCE The 2004 Pecos Conference will be held in Bluff, Utah, Thursday August 12 thru Sunday August 15, 2004. We also have an email address: . The Bluff Utah website is available at . Teri Paul and Bill Davis are in charge of the 2004 Pecos Conference. Co-sponsors for the 2004 conference include: SW Heritage Foundation, Abajo Archaeology, Edge of Cedars Museum, and Utah State Parks (Terri Paul). The Business Owners of Bluff (BOOBs/BOBs) will make available to the conferees the newly refurbished community center (electricity will be available). The BLM's Sand Island area along the San Juan River will be the venue for conference camping and entertainment. Attendees will get to learn more about the Bluff Great House (Cathy Cameron), and should note well that the conference theme is 'Back to Basics' (Bluff is a very small town). 2005 Pecos Conference: will be held at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos New Mexico. 2006 Pecos Conference: will be held at Salmon Ruins near Bloomfield New Mexico. A group of collaborators will host the 2006 Pecos Conference, coordinating with Linda Towle and MVNP folks. Contact Paul Reed preed@cdarc.org TEXAS From: swfasmeeting@netscape.net A presentation by a longtime archeologist is among the highlights of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Federation of Archeological Societies, set for April 3, 2004 in Canyon, Texas. The Panhandle Archeological Society of Amarillo (PAS) will host the event. The symposium will take place Saturday, April 3 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Doors open at 9:10 a.m. Larry Banks, research associate with the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Anthropology, and president of Banks Archeological Research Associates, will speak on "Lithics of the Southern Great Plains." The lecture is free and open to the public. For information call the Amarillo Visitors Council at 806.374.1497 or e-mail swfasmeeting@netscape.net NEW MEXICO http://www.sfnewmexican.com/print.asp?ArticleID=40775 Picuris Pueblo people had always gathered their clay at the site before mining companies began operating there in the 1960s and ultimately closed the area to clay gathering. Nailor, Picuris governor, said Indian nations need to work to overturn the federal 1872 Mining Act. The mining law opens the door to encroachment on Indian lands, he said. NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY (AZ) http://www.swanet.org/zarchives/jobs/jobs2004/srpmic022304.pdf http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html Current Opportunities Editor's Note: Send your volunteer positions and job announcements for posting! For-profit firms and not-for-profit organizations may post paid and volunteer position announcements at http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html CALIFORNIA http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040223-9999-1m23copshop.html In December, commissioners with the San Diego Unified Port District decided that more than 40 percent of the cluster of buildings immediately north of Seaport Village should be demolished for a park. Last summer, the commissioners also decided they wanted the 1939 hub of San Diego city law enforcement to remain on the National Register of Historic Places. 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