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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Dr. John W. Parker
PO Box 1353
Lucerne, CA. 95458
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DEGREES
Ph.D. UCLA
Archaeology Program, 1994.
M.A.
Anthropology/Archaeology, University of California, Davis,
1981.
B.A.
Anthropology (emphasis in Archaeology), Sonoma State University,
1977
PROFESSIONAL
POSITIONS
OWNER: Parker
& Associates Archaeological Research, 1989 to present.
Cultural Resource Management, archaeological and historical
evaluations, research, analysis, mitigation, and educational programs. Direct teams of archaeologists in field and lab work.
Provide cultural resource education programs for planning agencies and
public groups.
ARCHAEOLOGY
WEB-MASTER: 1998 to present. Designer
and author of the Central Coast Archaeology and Lake County Archaeology web
sites (see URL listed above). These
websites feature local archaeological events, special project reports, and
educational opportunities.
ARCHAEOLOGY
INSTRUCTOR: 1995 -2008. Cal Poly
and Cuesta College Extended Education.
OWNER:
Quantitative Systems, 1988 -1995. Director
of development and sales of MINARK, Surfer, and NCSS (archaeological database,
mapping, and statistical programs for microcomputers).
Design database schemes for cultural resource management and research
needs.
PLANNING
TECHNICIAN: 1990. San Luis Obispo County Planning Dept., Advanced Planning
Division. Temporary stand-in for maternity leave staff.
DIRECTOR:
1986-1989. South Central Coast Archaeological Information Center (UCLA).
Maintained all archaeological site and report files for Los Angeles,
Ventura, and Orange Counties. Designed
computer database for archaeological site records, bibliography, and client
records. Supervised student
employees, client billing, budget, and acquisitions.
Directed public outreach program.
FACULTY MEMBER:
1988. UCLA extended education program. Taught "Archaeology and
the Planning Process" for the Archaeological Certificate Program.
MUSEUM PREPARATOR:
1986. UCLA Museum of Cultural History.
Designed catalog system for historic photographic negatives from
archaeological projects, assisted in cleaning and maintenance of
archaeological collections.
PLANNING
COMMISSIONER: 1984-1985. City of
Clearlake Planning Commission.
DIRECTOR,
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL PROGRAM: 1984-1991.
Cultural Heritage Council educational program.
Received NEH Grant of $40,000 and $40,000 state matching funds.
Directed all facets of program from developing curriculum, to hiring,
training and directing staff, securing and budgeting funds, advertising and
registration of students.
ANTHROPOLOGY
FACULTY MEMBER: 1982-1985. Yuba
and Mendocino Community Colleges, Lake County, Calif.
Taught introductory courses in Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology and
Land Use Planning.
DIRECTOR, CULTURAL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SECTION: 1981-1985. Environmental
Systems and Service, a private environmental planning firm. Conducted cultural resource management evaluations for
proposed development projects.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SPECIALIST: 1976-1979. Seasonal
positions for various agencies including; Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management, Caltrans, and City of San Jose.
STAFF
ARCHAEOLOGIST: 1977-1979. Sonoma
State University, Anthropological Studies Center.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS
Dr. Parker has been
a Registered Professional Archaeologist since 1985 and belongs to the
following professional organizations:
Society
for American Archaeology (member)
Register of Professional Archaeologists (member)
Society for California Archaeology
(life-member and 3 year Southern Calif. Vice President)
Lake County Historical Society
(life-member)
San Luis Obispo County Historical
Society (life-member)
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society (life-member and past
director)
Dr. Parker has
received Awards of Merit for his interpretive work in archaeology from
numerous civic clubs including; Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, and Soroptimists.
For his work in
nominating 40 archaeological sites to the National Register of Historic Places
and leading the public awareness campaign which culminated in the acquisition
of these sites as a new state historic park, he received resolutions of
commendation from the Lake County Board of Supervisors, the City of Clearlake,
the Society for California Archaeology, the Cultural Heritage Council, and was
nominated for the 1984 National Trust Honor Award.
CULTURAL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
During the past 35
years, Dr. Parker has conducted numerous archaeological, historical, and
ethnographic evaluations in conjunction with the preparation of environmental
documents. He has worked in 30
California counties, representing all geographic regions of the state.
He has been involved in more than 250 excavation projects, 200 of which
he directed.
While working with
various agencies, Dr. Parker has developed cultural resource policy and
procedure guidelines, performed environmental document review, prepared
R.F.P.'s, and administered contracts. He
has also conducted cultural resource workshops for city and county planners,
supervisors, and educational institutions.
He is skilled in the computerization of cultural resource data and was
instrumental in developing the computerized archaeological data system used by
the 18 National Forests within California.
He has the ability
to work well with people from all ethnic backgrounds and cultural
affiliations.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dr. Parker holds a
California Community College Credential and has 7 years experience teaching in
community colleges. He has
developed curriculum and taught introductory courses in Anthropology,
Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management.
He has taught both
introductory and upper division courses in Archaeological Field and Lab
Methods as well as given graduate lectures in Cultural Resource Management.
His courses have been offered through Cuesta, Yuba, and Mendocino
Community Colleges, the UCLA Office of Extended Education, Sonoma State
University Office of Extended Education, and Cal Poly Office of Extended
Education.
His teaching
experience extends to elementary and secondary schools where he is frequently
called in to provide special programs on California's prehistory.
Between 1983 and 1991, Dr. Parker developed and directed annual summer
archaeological field school programs for Jr. and Sr. High school students and
adults.
He has received
commendations for his educational work from the Lake County Office of
Education and the Native American Student Alliance, Parent Committee, Elem
Indian Colony.
GRANTS,
LOBBYING, AND FUNDRAISING
In 1982, Parker was
instrumental in securing more than $4 million for the acquisition and
interpretation of 30 archaeological sites as the new Anderson Marsh State
Historic Park. In 1984, Dr.
Parker received an NEH grant to develop and conduct an archaeological field
school program for junior and senior high school students.
The initial $40,000 was matched by the State Park System, funds from
the Lake County Office of Education, and private sources to support the
operation of the field school program for an additional 7 years.
RESEARCH
PAPERS, REPORTS, AND PUBLICATIONS
2007
We Don t Need No Stinkin Section 106: Federal EPA Destroys
Sites on Reservation, Paper co-authored with Jim Brown III (Elem Pomo)
and presented at the 2007 Society for California Archaeology annual
meetings.
2006 12,000
Years of Cultural Change in the Clear Lake Basin, published on the
web at www.wolfcreekarcheology.com
2005
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for
Rattlesnake Island, Keeper of the Register, Washington D.C.
2004
9,000 Years of Prehistory in Cambria: Cultural Ecology at
CA-SLO-369, in Emerging From the Ice Age, San Luis
Obispo County Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No. 17.
2000
San Luis Obispo s Forgotten Culture, Paper presented at
the 2000 annual meetings of the Southwestern Anthropological Association.
2000 Morro
Bay Culture during the last Millennium, Paper presented at the 2000
annual meetings of the Southwestern Anthropological Association.
1999
The Making of a State Park, in Kathleen Scavone s Anderson Marsh State Historic
Park, Bradford Creek Publishers.
1999 Ongoing
publication of articles and findings on the Central Coast Archaeology web
site and Lake County Archaeology web site.
1999
Opium Artifacts in San Luis Obispo in The
Artifact, San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society, San Luis
Obispo, CA.
1999
Their Legacy: Surviving 10,000 Years of Change, Paper
presented at the Cayucos Mural Society Symposium.
1998 Sorting
Through San Luis Obispo's Chinese Heritage Paper presented at the 1998
Society for California Archaeology annual meetings.
1997
DPR and Cultural Resources; Lessons Learned on the Central Coast.
Paper presented at the 1997 Society for California Archaeology Northern
California Data Sharing Meetings.
1997 Bringing
Mitigation Home in San Luis Obispo County, Paper presented at the 1997
Historic Preservation Conference at the request of the State Historical
Resources Commission.
1997 10,000
Years of Cultural Change Along the Central Coast, Timeline chart
of cultural, technological, and environmental change published by the San
Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society.
1996 Getting
Around Theoretical Roadblocks in Cultural Landscape Reconstruction, inProceedings of the Society for
California Archaeology, Vol. 10, San Diego, CA.
1996 Getting
Around Theoretical Roadblocks in Cultural Landscape Reconstruction,
Paper presented at the 1996 annual meetings of the Society for California
Archaeology.
1995 The
Initial Settlement of, and 10,000 years of Population Expansion in the
Clear Lake Basin, paper presented at the 1995 annual meetings of the
Society for California Archaeology.
1994 DOTS
ON A MAP: Using Cultural Resource Management Data to Reconstruct
Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Clear Lake Basin, California,
Doctoral Dissertation, UCLA.
1993 Ethnographic
and Prehistoric Settlement Systems in the Clear Lake Basin, in There Grows a Green Tree: Papers in
Honor of David A. Fredrickson, Center for Archaeological Research
at Davis.
1992 Prehistoric
Settlement Patterns of the Clear Lake Basin paper presented at the
1992 Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings.
1991 Public
Awareness and Interpretation through Field Schools, Paper presented at
the 1991 Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings.
1991 Mapping
Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments: Exploration of the Ruins
of the Oldest Silent Movie Set, Paper presented at the 1991 Society
for California Archaeology Annual Meetings.
1989 Everything
a Developer, Landowner, or Planner should Know About Cultural Resources,
Revised Version of 1983 pamphlet accepted for publication by the State
Office of Historic Preservation.
1989 Ethnographic
Evidence for Seasonal Population Movement in the Clear Lake Basin,
Presented as a paper at the 1989 Society for California Archaeology Annual
Meetings.
1989 Teachers
and Students Dig Into the Past, Instructor
Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio.
1988 Preliminary
Settlement Analysis of the Clear Lake Basin, Lake County, California, Anthropology
UCLA, Vol. 15, Population Studies in Anthropology.
1986 Plugging
into the California Archaeological Inventory, Paper presented at the
1986 California Historic Preservation Conference.
1986 Archaeological
Field Schools at Anderson Marsh, Manuscript prepared for the Calif.
State Park System.
1985 Final
Report and evaluation of the Field School Project, Manuscript prepared
for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
1984 Discovery:
Early Pomo Lifeways, 15 minute educational video program, Cultural
Heritage Council, Calif.
1984 National
Endowment for the Humanities Field School Grant Proposal, Manuscript
prepared for NEH.
1983 Everything
a Developer, Investor, and Landowner Should Know About Cultural Resources,
Environmental Systems and Service, Kelseyville, Calif.
1982 Archaeology
of Lake County, a weekly newspaper column, the Clearlake
Observer American, Clearlake, Calif.
1981 Osteoanalysis
of Human Remains Recovered from Archaeological Sites CA-LAK-28 and
CA-LAK-380, Parker, John and Laurel James, Research paper on file,
Dept. of Anthropology, U.C. Davis.
1980 Clam
Disk Bead Manufacture and a Related Microtool Industry: Evidence for Craft
Specialization from Lake County, Calif., Research paper presented at
the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings.
1978 Anderson
Marsh Archaeological District Nomination, On file with the Keeper of
the National Register, Washington, D.C.
1977 Ancient
Historic Sites Being Lost to Progress, Newspaper Article, Clearlake
Observer American, Clearlake, Calif.
1976 Cultural
Resource Management on a County-Wide Scale, Manuscript on file, Sonoma
State University.
1975 The
Norris Trail and its Relationship to the Archaeology of Lake and Mendocino
Counties, Manuscript on file, Sonoma State University.
INTERPRETATION,
DISPLAY DEVELOPMENT, AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Since 1976, Dr.
Parker has both volunteered and been paid for interpretive programs and
displays which he has developed.
In Northern
California, he has developed interpretive displays and programs for the
U.C. Davis Anthropology Department, Sonoma State University Anthropology
Department, Clear Lake State Park, Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, Lake
County Museum, Lake County Office of Education, Cultural Heritage Council,
Lake County Fair, Sierra Club, and the Elem Indian Colony.
In Central
California, Parker has developed interpretive displays and programs for
the San Simeon State Park, San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market, San Luis
Obispo County Archaeological Society, the San Luis Obispo County Historical
Society, The Nature Conservancy, Dunes Discovery Center, Cayucos History
Project, Cuesta College, the Small Wilderness Area Preservation Group, Central
Coast Volunteer Network, California Land Surveyors, Mesa Middle School, Morro
Bay Elementary School, Laureate School, Bellevue Santa Fe Charter School,
Morro Bay Historical Society, Los Osos Historical Group, Estero Bay and
Cambria Newcomers Clubs, Retired Active Men Inc., Pecho Coast Trail Docents,
the Central Coast Natural History Association, Sons of the Revolution,
Colonial Dames, and the City of San Luis Obispo.
In Southern
California, he has developed interpretive displays and programs for the
UCLA Museum of Cultural History, Hollywood Heritage, the Hollywood Studio
Museum, Los Angeles County Schools, and various civic clubs.
In his efforts to
increase public awareness for history and archaeology, Mr. Parker has written
and/or been interviewed for articles in most major newspapers, magazines, TV
and radio. The following is a
partial list of venues, which have publicized Parker's archaeological
projects:
California Historical Courier
Preservation News
Newspapers:
New York Times (International)
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times (International)
The London Times (International)
Le Point (Foreign)
Associated Press (International)
San Jose Mercury News (California)
Sacramento Bee (California)
Antelope Valley Press (local)
Santa Monica The Outlook (local)
Santa Barbara News Press (local)
Santa Maria Times (local)
San Luis Obispo Telegram Tribune
San Luis Obispo New Times (local)
The Hollywood Reporter (local)
Morro Bay Sun Bulletin (local)
Cambrian (local)
Clearlake Observer (local)
Lake County Record Bee (local)
Ukiah Daily Journal (local)
Sonoma County Press Democrat
The Napa Register (local)
Television:
ABC (National)
CBS (National)
CNN (National)
FOX (National)
ARD (German National TV)
KPIX (SF)
KCAL (LA)
KTLA (LA)
KABC (LA)
KSBY (San Luis Obispo)
KCOY (Santa Maria)
KEYT (Santa Barbara)
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