PUBLICATIONS

Æ’s staff is prolific. They have published books, journal articles, or contributed chapters to edited volumes issued by a major publisher.

Barry A. Price, 2024, The Cholame Site: Mission Period Indigenous Occupation in the Hinterlands of the South Coast Ranges. Journal of California and Great Basin Archaeology 43(2):261-285.

Edward Jolie and Barry Price, 2023, Textile Impressions in California Archaeology: Analytical Considerations and Research Potential. California Archaeology published online.

Kelli Wathen, Christine Thompson, and Kevin Nolan, 2023, An Archaeological Investigation of the Calvert and Porter Woods Nature Preserve, Montgomery County, Indiana. Indiana Archaeology 16(1):26-44.

Clare Tatlow, Emma Cook, Maddie Noet, Jack Webb, Kate Knox, Brian Codding, and Terry Jones, 2023, Return to the Shellfish Beds: New Insights on Use of California Sea Mussels (Mytilus californianus) and Turban Snails (Tegula spp.) Based on Harvesting Experiments. Published in the Society for California’s California Archaeology 14(2), December 2022 edition.

Erin M. Dillon, Jaleigh Q. Pier, Jansen A. Smith, Nussaïbah B. Raja, Danijela Dimitrijević, Elizabeth L. Austin, Jonathan Cybulski, Julia De Entrambasaguas,  Stephen R. Durham, Carolin Grether, Himadri Haldar, Kristína Kocáková, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Ilaria Mazzini, Alexis M. Mychajliw, Amy L. Ollendorf, Catalina Pimiento, Omar R. Regalado Fernandez, Isaiah E.Smith, and Gregory P. Dietl, 2022, What is conservation paleobiology? Tracking 20 years of research and development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:1031483. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1031483

Alice M. Baldrica, Patricia A. DeBunch, and Don D. Fowler (editors), 2019, Cultural Resource Management in the Great Basin, 1986–2016, with contributions by . . . Richard C. Hanes . . . . University of Utah Anthropological Papers No. 131. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

M. Colleen Hamilton with Joseph M. Nixon, 2016, Archaeological Excavations at Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 The Ten Commandments Film Set, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, California. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 8:110-121.

Clayton G. Lebow, Douglas R. Harro, and Rebecca L. McKim, 2016, The Archaeology and Rock Art of Swordfish Cave. University of Utah Anthropological Papers No. 129. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Clayton G. Lebow, Douglas R. Harro, Rebecca L. McKim, Charles M. Hodges, Ann M. Munns, Erin A. Enright, and Leeann G. Haslouer, 2015, The Sudden Flats Site: A Pleistocene/Holocene Transition Shell Midden on Alta California’s Central Coast. California Archaeology 7(2):265-294.

Terry L. Jones, and Clayton G. Lebow, 2015, Rethinking the Antiquity of Bedrock Mortars on the Central California Coast. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 35(1).

R. Scott Anderson, Ana Ejarque, Johnathan Rice, Susan J. Smith, and Clayton G. Lebow, 2015, Historic and Holocene Environmental Change in the San Antonio Creek Basin, Mid-Coastal California. Quaternary Research 83(2).

Clayton G. Lebow, 2014, Spatiotemporal Distributions of Tegula spp. on Vandenberg Air Force Base: Ramifications for Identifying Diet Breadth Expansion. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34(2):279–287.

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PRESENTATIONS

April 2024 – National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration – “What is Conservation Paleobiology?” poster presented by Amy Ollendorf, et al.

March 2024 – Society for California Archaeology's Annual Meeting -- "Archaeological Investigations at CA-ORA-423, A Multicomponent Site in the Lower Aliso Creek Drainage" poster presented by Aimee Montenegro, et al.

October 2023 -- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s Annual Meeting -- “To Screen or Not to Screen: Comprehensive Mitigation Measures for Construction Projects” poster presented by Melissa Macias, Chris Shi, and Amy Ollendorf

August 2023 – PaleoCon Conference -- “Beyond the Barstow" scientific panel included Melissa Macias.

May 2023 -- Pacific Coast Archaeological Society -- “Archaeological Investigations at CA-ORA-423, A Multicomponent Site in the Lower Aliso Creek Drainage, Orange County, California" presented by Aimee Montenegro, et al.

April 2023 -- Association of Materials & Methods in Paleontology -- “GIS for Field Paleontology” workshop presentation by Melissa Macias.

March-April 2023 -- Society for American Archaeology’s Annual Meeting presentations by Kelli Wathen and Michelle Wienhold:

  • “Creating a Geospatial-Temporal Database for California’s Central Coast” and

  • “Digitizing, Automation, and Archaeology: Creating Efficient Workflows.”

March 2023 -- Society of California Archaeology’s Annual Meeting:

  • “A Prehistoric Cliffhanger: Erosion of Cultural Resources on the Estero Bluffs, San Luis Obispo County, California” presented by Justin Tidd and Rachel Burgess.

  • “Late Period Drills on the Channel Islands” presented by Emma Cook.

November 2022 – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Annual Virtual Meeting -- “A Nice Date at the Beach: Radiocarbon Analysis of a Rancholabrean Marine Terrace Locality at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California” poster presented by Melissa Macias.

June 2022 – Western Society of Malacologists’ Annual Meeting -- “The Late Pleistocene Fossil Assemblage of Ponte Vista: Contributions from Mitigation Paleontology” presented by Chris Shi.

March 2022 – Society for American Archaeology’s Annual Meeting:

  • “Archaeological Data Recovery Excavations at CA‑SBA‑695 on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California” presented by Michelle Wienhold, Douglas R. Harro, et al.

  • “Archaeological Studies in 2019–2020 Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Firebreaks and Access Roads Maintenance Program, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California” presented by Karin Pitts-Olmedo, et al.

March 2022 – Society for California Archaeology’s Annual Meeting -- Æ-organized symposium, “New Insights on Prehistoric Adaptations along San Luis Bay” included:

  • “A View of the Bay: Prehistory of San Luis Bay” presented by Erin Enright Parsick.

  • “Sensitivity Modeling of Coastal Marine Sites: A Case Study along the San Luis Bay” presented by Michelle Wienhold and Jasmine Kidwell.

  • “Shell Bead Manufacture on San Luis Bay” presented by Simone Schinsing.

  • “A Little Bit Different: Localized Drill Production in Avila Beach” presented by Emma Frances Cook.

  • “Fishing for Answers: Trans-Holocene Fish and Fishing Along San Luis Bay” presented by Anna Hoover.

  • “The San Luis Bay Prehistoric Diet: Subsistence and Habitat Exploitation” presented by Kelli Wathen.

  • Discussant: Barry Price.

March 2022 – Society for California Archaeology’s Annual Meeting -- “Bridging the Gap: Integrating Geographic Information Systems Data from the Field to the Lab” presented by Katie McKendry Grove and Rachel Burgess.

November 2021 – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Annual Virtual Meeting -- “Accessioning a Large Fossil Collection from the Fairmead Landfill Locality, City of Chowchilla, Madera County, California” videotaped presentation by Melissa Macias and Chris Shi.

August 2021 – National Geographic Channel -- airing of interview with M. Colleen Hamilton about The Lost City of Cecil B. Demille in the episode Drain the Oceans.

January 2021 – Æ's Paleontology Program "Planning for a Career in Mitigation Paleontology" Zoom webinar with Æ staff and outside guest panelists.

AWARDS

Pat Moloney, Recipient of the 2022 Golden Shovel Award for Excellence in the field of Archaeology, Society for California Archaeology.

Neil Rhodes, Recipient of the 2021 Golden Shovel Award for Excellence in the field of Archaeology, Society for California Archaeology.

Clay Lebow received the 2021 Thomas F. King Award for Excellence in Cultural Resources Management, Society for California Archaeology.

Marc Linder, Recipient of the 2018 Golden Shovel Award for Excellence in the field of Archaeology, Society for California Archaeology.

Certificate of Award: The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille, Best Film by Jury, 2017.

Susan Goldberg, Recipient of the 2016 Thomas F. King Award for Excellence in Cultural Resources Management, Society for California Archaeology.

M. Colleen Hamilton and Barry Price: History Center Certificate of Recognition: “Unearthening the Pyramids” and excavations at San Luis Obispo Chinatown, 2015.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Æ is pleased to make selected technical reports available to the public. 

In the Shadow of the Serpent: Cultural Resource Investigations for the California Flats Solar Project (4 vols.), by Barry A. Price, Erin Enright, Jill Onken, Rebecca L. McKim, Douglas R. Harro, Seetha N. Reddy, Simone M. Schinsing, Kelli Wathen, Ethan Bertrando, Diane L. Douglas, and Ryan Wendel.

  • Volume I presents introductory material along with background information that provides the natural and cultural contexts for interpretation of the archaeological remains.

  • Volume II contains individual reports describing the results of data recovery investigation at nine sites.

  • Volume III combines the data from all sites into a Project-wide and regional interpretation of local prehistory.

  • Volume IV provides regulatory documents and technical appendices.

From Mission to Commercial District: Archaeological Investigations at CA-SLO-1419H, San Luis Obispo, California, by M. Colleen Hamilton, Kholood Abdo, and Keith Warren.


100 Years along Aliso Street: Final Technical Report for the Union Station/Patsaouras Plaza El Monte Busway Station Project in Los Angeles, by M. Colleen Hamilton, Sam Gordenstein, and Keith Warren. See interactive story map now.

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