The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct archaeological monitoring for the 630-800 Cesar Chavez Street Project in San Francisco, CA and, as a prerequisite for monitoring, will work closely with San Francisco Planning Department, including both the archaeological review team and the Environmental Review Officer to develop an appropriate Archaeological Monitoring Program.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform record searches of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS), on an as-needed basis, in response to individual requests by the State Water Board. Record searches will include inventories of records, maps and files housed at nine regional branches of the CHRIS.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will collaborate with ESA Inc. and CA State Parks to conduct an archaeological and tribal cultural resources inventory at China Camp State Park, in Marin County, and to develop a model for understanding climate effects to significant resources. Climate modeling includes identifying areas likely to be disturbed or destroyed by rising sea levels, tidal action, and erosion due to changes in vegetation patterns, infrastructural projects, and public access.
The ASC will develop an Interpretation Master Plan for Empire Mine State Historic Park. The project team will develop a baseline survey of interpretive infrastructure, current conditions and relevant programming. The project team will also examine visitor needs and interests through surveys, key personnel interviews, and visitor statistics. ASC will also hold regular meetings with State Parks and the Sierra Gold Parks Foundation as well as lead four public stakeholder meetings.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources survey and inventory report for the East Bay Regional Park District’s Robertson Land Bank Trails Project. ASC will do three tasks to complete the project including: Background Research, Archaeological Field Survey and Recordation and Archaeological Resource Documentation and Archaeological Survey Report.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will undertake NHPA Section 106 evaluation and data recovery of the proposed Hotel Sebastopol project. The scope of work includes ground-penetrating radar survey, National Register of Historic Places evaluation and determination of eligibility, assessment of effects and mitigation measures for all affected cultural resources. The site is the location of Chinese- and Japanese-American settlement in Sebastopol from the 1870s through the 1940s.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources survey of Calabazas Creek Regional Park. The cultural resources study will update the initial MND and is being prepared to support an IS/MND, Master Plan, and Resource Management Plan. Sonoma County Regional Parks is serving as the lead agency and the final cultural resources study report will address the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended.
Archaeological survey in support of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sonoma-Lake-Napa (LNU)’s Sonoma Land Trust Vegetation Management Program (VMP) Project. The Sonoma Land Trust VMP is located approximately .5 miles east of Glenn Ellen in Sonoma County, California. The 2022 VMP proposes 4 burn units comprising approximately 74 acres. The Sonoma Land Trust VMP is situated on private land owned by Sonoma Land Trust and the Audubon Canyon Ranch.
To determine, to the extent possible, the presence or absence of archaeological resources at the 805 Bryant Street Project and to identify whether any archaeological resource that may be encountered on the project site constitutes an historical resource under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Archaeological resources study of approximately 12 acres at the Tracy ACE Station site at 4800 Tracy Blvd in the town of Tracy for the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission Project. The archaeological resources study is being prepared in support of a Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970, as amended.
