Annual Report

2007–2008 Annual Report (1.5 MB PDF)

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ASC DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT (2007–2008)

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.

ASC is also doing its part to alleviate the chronic statewide shortage of space for archaeological collections. The second story of the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility was completed in November 2007, providing secure, permanent space for an additional 8000 cubic feet of archaeological artifacts that are supported by an endowment that will soon reach $1,000,000.

ASC’s long commitment to public involvement in archaeology was exemplified this year by Annita Waghorn who, assisted by ASC staff and students, organized our Archaeology Open House at the site of Heinlenville-Nihonmachi in San Jose. Nearly 450 visitors took a guided tour, helped sort artifacts, and heard about the history of this important place from Connie Young Yu.

Our organization is developing ever stronger relationships with local Native American tribes and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). In the fall of 2007 over 30 SSU student interns, volunteers, tribal members, and ASC staff surveyed 1,700 acres and found over a dozen archaeological sites in DPR’s newly acquired Willow Creek location.

ASC is receiving more grants and contracts than ever, giving students and new graduates opportunities that can be found nowhere else in the CSU system.

Adrian Praetzellis
ASC Director