Deborah V. Roman, M.A., R.P.A. Archaeologist: Consulting Archaeologist for VEN 632, 641 Project.

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1 Archaeologist: Consulting Archaeologist for VEN 632, 641 Project. Board of Directors Vice President, Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks, California. Museum Director: Alfred Mazza. Board of Directors President: H. Miles Lang, Esquire. Current consultation: Museum Assessment Program Team Leader for Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks, California. Coordination and recommendations to Staff and Board re. compliance issues to achieve Museum accreditation. Creation of grant funding program. Includes: Creation of over 40 Policy and Procedure Statements for the Museum in early 2014, as well as Initial Collections Management Policy Overview for Board of Directors; Review of all aspects of Museum compliance including environmental systems and conservation recommendations; updated drafting of a Museum Code of Ethics specific to CIM requirements; updates in recommendations for on-going grant writing and qualifications; and other major policy paper drafts. For a complete list of encompassing duties of this 7 month project, please contact Ms. Roman. Current archaeometric project: Principal investigator for the VEN 632, 641 updates project, which incorporates archaeometric studies on artifacts previously collected from these sites. First proposed 2010 to Chumash Indian Museum; presented as a Brief presentation at 2011 SCA conference. See accompanying PDF for a more detailed abstract. Phases one has been completed with poster presentations at SCA, and Phase Two, detailed testing of artifact sourcing via PXRF and glossmeters has been proposed. Gary Boyd, MA, RPA, Collaborator created a DEM map of the area focusing on Interior Trade Trails based on new data. Gary Boyd, MA, RPA, Dr. Andrew Kinkella, Ph. D. and Don Morris, RPA are collaborators (Curation/Consultation re. Island and Coastal Chumash Late Period sites). Educational Background M.A Anthropology/Archaeology. California State University at Northridge, with all courses completed for the Public Archaeology Option GPA, Graduation with Distinction. Thesis topic combined analyses of regional power dynamics of Late Period villages on Isla Cedros southeast coast with

2 paleo-environmental syntheses. A complete midden analysis was performed for the site of Campo Quintero, Cedros Island. Geographic location of study was coastal area and Channel Islands of Baja California, focusing on a regional study of Late Period villages, considering the Maritime specialist society of Isla Cedros; associated paleo-environmental proxies were synthesized for the temporal period and area. A review of the ethnographic literature on this indigenous group was included. Recent Awards: Personal achievement Award received at the Honor s Graduation Convocation. GPA B.A Kinesiology, Skeletal Pathology, OT. University of Southern California GPA. Student elected representative to Faculty meetings. Multiple scholarships received at USC. B.A History Major. Secondary School/College Teaching Credential. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Publications Online October, 2010 Society for California Archaeology Proceedings, Volume 24. With Dr. Matthew DesLauriers: Debating changing Late Holocene subsistence strategies: evidence from analogies between Central Baja California and the Santa Barbara Basin region (Channel Islands). With Isabel Cordova: Synthesizing paleo-environmental proxies for the Central Baja California area in the Late Holocene. Presentations SCA 2014 Visalia, California. Updated perspectives on southwestern Ventura County trade trails from new archaeometric data generated by the VEN Update Project The VEN project: updated perspectives on southwest Ventura trade linkages utilizing new archaeometric data to correlate the grey literature with an expanded artifact database. SCA 2011 Rohnert Park, California. Brief update on current projects at Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks, California: re-evaluating the evidence from VEN 632 and 641

3 Malacology Society American Malacological Association/Western Society of Malacologists: June 2010, San Diego, California Case studies in the confounding factors involved in shell identifications from cultural middens: Recommendations for future amelioration. SCA March, 2010 Riverside California Debating changing Late Holocene subsistence strategies: evidence from analogies between Central Baja California and the Santa Barbara region. With Matthew DesLauriers, Ph. D., co-author. A synthesis of paleo-environmental proxies for the Central Baja California region in the Late Holocene. With Isabel Cordova, co-author. SCA October 2009 Data Sharing Session Pomona, California Ongoing synthesis of proxies for the central Baja California region in the Late Holocene. With Isabel Cordova, co-presenter. SCA March 2009 Poster Session Burbank, California What s for lunch? An anomalous result for a late Holocene faunal analysis from the Late Holocene port of Campo Quintero on Cedros Island, Baja California. With Isabel Cordova and J. Gilby. Chumash Indian Museum 2006 Thousand Oaks, California The utilization of grasses in the Chumash late Holocene lifeways : for Museum Director and Staff.. Delivered as Archaeological Intern presentation. New proposals for future exhibits, cooperative museum projects and educational programs : speech given to Chumash Indian Museum Board of Directors, October (Proposal as noted above was delivered at that time). (Other presentations/teaching seminar topics available upon request). Employment/Project Position 2010-present Museum consultation/consulting archaeologist on Project VEN 632, 641. Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks, California. Supervisor: Alfred Mazza, Museum Director.

4 In addition to above Project, also providing research/archaeological background for Yearly community Tribal Gatherings; Archaeological Projects performed under Grant Auspices. FIELD SCHOOL/LAB EXPERIENCE 2006 CRM Field School Class. Moorpark College, Moorpark California. Working on a site at Point Mugu area; included training in all aspects of CRM laws and field procedures/testing on this material; field excavation, archaeological field notes, graphing of site, UTM and other field concepts. Chumash Indian Museum January Archaeological Intern In the field: surface survey program on area immediately adjoining VEN 632 in area near Saddle Peak- report to Dawn Mena, Director. Served as adjunct to Educational Director in internship capacity: provided background research on all educational programs offered at Museum to Dawn Mena, (former Director); created data base for Chumash Native plants exhibit proposed for 2009; presented multiple presentations on Chumash lifeways and subsistence strategies to Director; began Museum Library accession and culling program for Chumash community; created provisional criteria for Inter-Museum loan program; produced extensive recommendations for Updates to Museum exhibit plans. Moorpark College Lab Projects February to July 2007 Bone processing project. Providing lab assistance to Dr. Colleen Delaney-Rivera for an adjunct project regarding experimental degeneration of bone tissue. Assisted with basic photographs and tasks for preparation of the bone tissue in the lab Archaeological Lab analyses with Dr. Matthew DesLauriers. Lab class focused on lithics analysis, and creation of midden composition data bank for the Late Period site of Campo Quintero, Cedros Island, Baja California. Also some phyto analysis with lab partners from the same site. Pacific Asia Museum August to December 2005 Volunteer Curatorial Assistant Program Awards Provided assistance to UCLA Student Curator Annie Leung with review of lithographs, silk screens and other accessioned items requiring repair and re-evaluation of matting.

5 2010 Faculty Student Book Stipend Award (Second receipt) 2008 Faculty Student Book Stipend Award (As a graduate student, I worked part time during my course work, and did not apply for any scholarships or awards as I was already employed). Memberships Society for Calfornia Archaeology. Register of Professional Archaeologists American Association of Museums- MAP Team leader Volunteer Positions Chumash Indian Museum Board. Elected to the Board of Directors of Chumash Indian Museum. Three year term. Office held: Supervisor of Grant Creation/disbursement. Created collaboration between Chumash Museum and the Ventura County Astronomers Society, with educational presentations during Solstice events. Created collaboration between Moorpark College Archaeology programs and Chumash Museum. Certificates Teaching Credential Ohio and California, History, Social Studies Languages Fluent: French and English. Conversant in Spanish; proficient in translation of Spanish documents. CSUN Language Proficiency Exam completed successfully March Work proficiency in Old English, Old French documents. References Chumash Indian Museum Alfred Mazza, Museum Director. Beverly Ffolkes, Chumash Tribal Monitor, Board of Directors. Graywolf, Museum Curator. CSUN Dr. Sabina Magliocco, Anthropology Department Chair.

6 Dr. Matthew DesLauriers, Thesis Chair, Director of Public Archaeology Program. Dr. Michael Love, Professor of Archaeology. Dr. Wendy Burky, Associate Professor of Biology. CSUF Dr. Douglas Eernissee, Professor of Biology. Moorpark College Dr. Andrew Kinkella, Director Archaeological Program. Personal Information s at : roman.deb55@gmail.com Mailing address: 3124 Anderson Drive, Simi Valley, California Phone: Cell: