School of Social Sciences

Through a partnership between Sonoma State's Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA) and the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technician was hired through a competitive process to assist the agency in creating a variety of planning maps. A high-priority product will be pre-fire attack maps in the tri-county area. Pre-attack maps include base imagery overlaid with spatial information on fire control lines, access, gates, water resources, structures, and known hazards.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist CALFIRE with archaeological, historical, or ethnographic research; archaeological records checks; correspondence with Native American tribes and other Native Americans; archaeological field inspections and surveys; site boundary definition and mapping work; project reviews; impact assessments; resource evaluation excavations; surface collections; site record preparation; development of recommendations for the protection and management of tribal-cultural, archaeological and historical resources; cultural resource monitoring; and preparatio

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources survey of Robert Louis Stevenson State Park over the course of four years and produce a single comprehensive inventory report.  Work will be performed by a mix of ASC Staff and Graduate Students (approximately four Graduate Students per year for a total of 16 students over the period of performance).

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will complete Caltrans required documentation of the Lake County Hazardous Tree Removal survey and monitoring in Caltrans specific report format (Historic Property Survey Report, Archaeological Survey Report, etc.) and as addendum reports. Assist with coordination with the Tribal Representatives from Yoche Dehe for monitoring sensitive areas on BLM land. ASC will contract with and pay Yoche Dehe for past and future monitoring associated with this project.

The goal of this effort is to provide the Lake Thurmond project with a GIS tool that will help the project efficiently inventory and manage its cultural resources. Predictive modeling as used in this contract means: A technique that tries to predict the location of archaeological sites or materials in a region, based either on a sample of that region or on fundamental notions concerning human behavior. The model developed shall result in a quantitative estimate of the probability of encountering archaeological remains that have not been previously discovered or recorded in the past.

The goal of this effort is to provide the Lake Hartwell project with a GIS tool that will help the project efficiently inventory and manage its cultural resources. Predictive modeling as used in this contract means: A technique that tries to predict the location of archaeological sites or materials in a region, based either on a sample of that region or on fundamental notions concerning human behavior. The model developed shall result in a quantitative estimate of the probability of encountering archaeological remains that have not been previously discovered or recorded in the past.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will revise the existing Archaeological Testing Plan (ATP) at the 198 Valencia Street Project site in San Francisco, CA, which will require reviewing the design changes, revising text to refer to correct design elements and project activities, revising images and plans to include areas for monitoring, re-assessing potential archaeological sensitivity and preparing details of how monitoring will be implemented. 

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will design and develop interpretive displays and products for the reconstructed residential barrack located in its original location at Amache, Colorado. The interpretive products created may be designed for use in various media including but not limited to interior or exterior signage, printed media, digital media, virtual tours, or cell phone apps.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will design and develop interpretive displays and products for the recreation hall barrack relocated to its original location at Amache, Colorado. The interpretive products created may be designed for use in various media including but not limited to interior or exterior signage, printed media, digital media, virtual tours, or cell phone apps.

The “Subscription” service will consist of a fixed fee annual payment that includes semi-annual delivery of the latest available digital information regarding historical resources (geo-location+resource, PDF+resource, database row), and reports (report geo-location+report, PDF+report, database row), for the entirety of the counties of Caltrans, District 4 that are maintained by the Northwest Information Center (NWIC). The services provide Caltrans with information crucial to the management and stewardship of resources under its ownership and control.