The 2nd Annual Stanley J. Olsen  

 

EAGLE LAKE ZOOARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE

July 23-24, 2005

 

We are pleased to welcome you to the 2nd Annual Stanley J. Olsen Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology Conference.  It is our desire in the context of this conference to provide a collegial atmosphere where current ideas and issues in zooarchaeology can be discussed and explored.  The primary open session is entitled “Current Research and Issues in Zooarchaeology.”

 

Saturday, July 23:

 

9:00 AM           Welcome, Introductions and Program Announcements

 

9:20 AM           Frank Bayham and Raymond J. Bogiatto (California State University, Chico)

                             ZOOARCHAEOLOGY AT EAGLE LAKE:  A BRIEF HISTORY AND SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

 

10:00 AM         Virginia Butler (Portland State University)

                             RESOURCE INTENSIFICATION AND RESOURCE DEPRESSION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:  A ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW

 

11:00 AM         Michael Cannon  (California State University, Long Beach)

                             RECENT WORK AT SMITH CREEK CAVE AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE ZOOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE AND EARLY HOLOCENE IN THE GREAT BASIN

 

   12:00 – 1:30 PM     Lunch

 

1:30 PM            Dwight Simons (Kautz Environmental Inc.)

                             WITH APOLOGIES TO RICHARD WAGNER, ELMER FUDD, AND BUGS BUNNY:  THOUGHTS REGARDING LATE HOLOCENE HUNTING IN THE FAR WEST

 

2:30 PM            Kim Carpenter (Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.)

                             DOES ENVIRONMENT MATTER?  A ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RIVERINE VERSUS LACUSTRINE RESOURCE USE IN THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN

 

3:30 PM            Deanna Grimstead (California State University, Chico)

                             GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE OF DISTANT PATCH UTILIZATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA           

 

4:30 PM            Jack Broughton (University of Utah)

                             HOLOCENE ARTIODACTYL POPULATIONS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA:  ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GAME MANAGEMENT

 

 

6:00 PM            DINNER

 

 

 

Sunday, July 24:

 

5:00 AM           FISHING for the famous Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout (Optional)

 

 

 

10:00 AM         Poster Session:

 

                        Nicci Barger, Marlene Cortez, Steven McCormick, and Nate Thomas (California State University, Long Beach)

                             RE-ANALYSIS OF CARNIVORE REMAINS WITHIN THE FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES OF MATTOCKS AND GALAZ, SW NEW MEXICO

 

                                Takehiro Aihara, Mark Chadwick, and Aun Dom (California State University, Long Beach)

                             UTILITY OF OSTEOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR DISCRIMINATING MULE DEER AND WHITE-TAIL DEER

 

11:00 AM         Kevin Dalton  (California State University, Chico)

                             A NEW AGE IN EAST AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY:  DATING AND ARCHAEOFAUNAL REMAINS FROM A VILLAGE SITE IN WESTERN TANZANIA

 

 

 

 

2:00 – 4:00 PM                 BARBEQUE  !!!