The Kleinfelder Blog

Kleinfelder archaeologists from across California attended the Society for California Archaeology Conference held in Oakland in March 2023. The conference provided attendees an opportunity to meet with clients and agency representatives, as well as attend continuing education courses, including Obsidian Hydration Dating Workshop, Foraging Theory and Practice, and Historic Plastics in The Archaeological Record.

In addition to networking and learning, Kleinfelder staff were active participants with a sponsored table at the silent auction, a table at the job fair to recruit new archaeologists, two paper presentations, and two poster presentations.

Presentations and Posters

• Jessica Neal, Cultural Resources Group Manager, presented her research from a Kleinfelder project in Madera County using Starch Grain Analysis to understand what Native Americans were processing in Bedrock Mortars.
• Mike Lenzi, Senior Archaeologist, presented the Results of a Cultural Resources Study for the Angel Island Submarine Cable Replacement Project in Marin County, a Kleinfelder Project.
• Gregorio Pacheco, Senior Archaeologist, presented a poster on Mitigating Cultural Resources on Both Sides of the Border: An Archaeological Regulatory Comparison Between the U.S. and Mexico.
• Stephanie Bertagnole and Josie Twigg, Staff Archaeologists, presented a poster on CA-SCL-1070/H, a newly discovered site in Santa Clara County, where 41 prehistoric burials, four prehistoric thermal features, three historic-era features, and 135 paleontological fossils were recovered from the field between May 2021 and February 2023.