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Annual Reports
2006–2007 Annual Report (1.6 MB PDF)
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ASC DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT (2006–2007)
Every year since 1974 SSU students have gained thousands of hours of experience doing archaeology and history at ASC. Our close relationship with SSU’s Anthropology Department offers undergraduate and graduate students unparalleled opportunities in service learning, intensive taught internships, and paid research.
Melissa Gallagher was awarded SSU’s 100th MA in Cultural Resources Management in December 2006. Her thesis The Archaeology of late-19th Century Health and Hygiene emerged from ASC’s San Francisco West Bay Approach project. More than half of the Anthropology Department’s completed MA theses have been based on paid ASC projects, a level of support that I believe is unprecedented in the California State University system.
This year the ASC Scholarship—funded by contributions from our staff—awarded $500 grants to students Ben Harris, Chelsea Rose, and Katherine Baber. ASC also gave $100 travel awards to 15 students to attend and (in some cases) make a presentation at the Society for California Archaeology’s annual conference in San Jose.
ASC’s three internship programs—in Archaeology, Cultural Resources Management, and Archaeological Collections—enrolled 22 students this year. Coordinated by ASC staff Mike Newland and Erica Gibson, these intensive internships are essential elements of the MA program and are also open to undergraduates. Archaeology interns were also involved ASC’s largest volunteer effort in a decade: 38 students and volunteers spent several days on the Mendocino County coast discovering and recording archaeological sites. The work was funded through cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Land Management and the California Coastal Commission.
Thanks to our staff and sponsors, this has been another great year for ASC. Erica Gibson put together this annual report and numerous ASC staff contributed individual sections.
Adrian Praetzellis
ASC Director