Bieling & Psota
Archaeological Consultants
Based
in Sonoma County, California
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Updated: 22 February 2009
Our professional interests include prehistoric Western
North America, cultural resources management, California &
Western Nevada obsidian studies, technological organization of flaked stone,
historic textiles, fasteners, and ornaments.
For further information, email us at: dbieling@sonic.net and spsota@sonic.net
David G. Bieling
& Sunshine Psota
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For summaries of recent archaeological studies conducted, visit the
following page:
Archaeological
Studies page
The Obsidian
Hydration process
These pages provide information about the use of obsidian hydration. The
technique of specimen preparation and measurement is described on the first
page. Links to other pages show results of various studies and summaries of
hydration results.
Links to other relevant Web Sites:
- Anthropological Studies Center
at Sonoma State University
- Society for California Archaeology
- Society
for American Archaeology
- Society
for Historical Archaeology
- Register of Professional Archaeologists
(formerly the Society of Professional Archaeologists
- IAOS - International
Association of Obsidian Studies
- Tom Origer &
Associates Cultural Resources Consulting, Obsidian Hydration Analysis,
& Obsidian Studies
- Far Western Anthropological Research
Group, Inc. a California
based, cultural resources consulting firm providing a full range of
archaeological services.
- Pacific Legacy Cultural Resources
Consulting for the West and Pacific Rim
- The Lithics Site - for archaeological lithic
analysts Presented by Hugh Jarvis
- Beta Analytic - Radiocarbon Laboratory
Radiocarbon Analysis
- Coyote Press Great selection of
archaeological, anthropological, and ethnographic publications,
particularly for California & Nevada.
- Archaeological Research Facility A
venerable institution at the venerable institution of U.C. Berkeley (how
very venerable!) - providing a collection of archaeological,
anthropological, and ethnographic publications, again particularly for California & Nevada
- Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation The ACHP is an independent Federal
agency that provides a forum for influencing Federal activities, programs,
and policies as they affect historic resources.
- National Trust for Historic
Preservation
- National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of
cultural resources worthy of preservation.
- Internet Resources for Heritage
Conservation, Historic Preservation, & Archaeology
- The California Environmental Quality
Act - CEQA Provides download of 1997 CEQA in PDF format
- Background
on Historical Resources Preservation CEQA Technical Advice Series
- California Register of
Historic Resources
- California State Parks - Office of
Historic Preservation The California OHP coordinates a wide range of
activities that encourages the preservation of tangible remains of our
unique past -- communities, neighborhoods, commercial districts,
buildings, archeological sites, and other historic and cultural resources.
- List
of California's Historical Resources Information Centers Under
agreement with the OHP, these offices are responsible for integrating
newly discovered Resources and information on known Resources into the
California Historical Resources File System; providing information on
known Resources and surveys to government, institutions, and individuals
who have a justifiable need to know; and providing a list of consultants
who are qualified to do archeological field work within their area.
- California Department of Parks and
Recreation
- ARCHNET
- National Archaeological
Database
- National
Archives and Records Administration
- Archaeological
Fieldwork Server
- Center for Archaeological
Investigations at Southern Illinois University
- Weather
conditions for the Sonoma County Region.
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