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 Anthropological Studies Center's Oral Historian/Staff Archaeologist, Dana Shew, will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) to produce a resource study on Colorado's WWII Japanese internment site, Amache. The study will synthesize existing knowledge of Amache, conduct comparative analysis between Amache and similar sites of significance, and establish themes for the scholarly and stakeholder communities to further investigate.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA State Parks) with various Cultural Resource Management work as needed.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will be conducting a cultural resources study for the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District (LBRID) Ground Water Inflow Mitigation Design Project in Napa County. The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District proposes to install a deep trench to intercept groundwater and route it away from the existing treatment ponds, minor grading along an existing road and ditch, and the replacement of the original and existing influent above grade influent piping to the primary ponds in the Area of Potential Effects (APE).
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC)'s work performed under this contract will occur on an on-call basis and will be in support of the Cultural Resources Division's (CRD) periodic responses to incidents, such as, but not limited to, wildland fires, earthquakes, floods, hazardous material spills, and other natural- and human-caused incidents.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will revise and update the Amache Interpretation Master Plan. An updated interpretive plan will more fully integrate the needs, perspectives, and voices of a stakeholder community that has substantially grown in the last decade and consider the new and continued ways in which this community interacts with the site. New advancements in technology and the opportunities they present now and for the future will also be updated.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct various on-call archaeological monitoring and/or facilitate tribal cultural monitoring throughout the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Bay Area District. These projects and tasks include, but are not limited to, conducting archaeological testing, monitoring services, surveys, consulting, and providing various reports; locate, inventory and assemble database of District archaeological collections housed outside of the State Archaeological Collections Research Facility (SACRF); integrate data into Parks Cultural Resource Data
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct and report on historic archeological research and field investigations on those portions of the Fort Barry Rifle Ranch (FBRR) to be affected by the removal of lead bearing soils by the Army Corps of Engineer. ASC will discuss findings and recommendations for any necessary mitigation and treatment, both before and after lead remediation by Army Corps of Engineers.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct tasks related to C.E. Museum of Anthropology at California State University, East Bay’s (the Museum) compliance with recent changes to CalNAGPRA through the passage of AB-275. These tasks include inventory and cataloging of objects within the Museum’s holdings; determination of funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony in consultation with representatives of appropriate tribes; and creation of summaries and reports that will satisfy the requirements of AB-275.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct Archaeological Monitoring and subcontract Tribal Cultural Monitoring as part of an on-call three year contract with the Northern Service Center (NSC) of the CA Department of State Parks and Recreation. Monitoring will occur at areas with high sensitivity for buried prehistoric or historic resources, and other designated locations, within the area of operations/jurisdiction of the NSC, in California.
