A Trail Through Time

Mary Gerbic, a M.A. candidate in Cultural Resource Management at Sonoma State University and a graduate of the Cabrillo College Archaeology Technology Program discussed her research in northern California. Taking a landscape approach for locating and confirming the presence of … Continue reading

West Kenya Stone Tool Finds: Peace Corp Recollections

Patrick Wilkinson’s stone tool finds during his tenure with the Peace Corp in West Kenya are now part of a collection on display and used in teaching at Stanford’s Anthropological Sciences Department. Several of these artifacts were on display during … Continue reading

A New Culture Sequence for Southern Monterey Bay Prehistory

Archaeologist Gary S. Breschini of Coyote Press presented a talk based on a joint paper with Trudy Haversat. The authors’ years of scholarship in the Monterey Bay area has resulted in a recent formulation of a new cultural sequence based … Continue reading

How Houses Build People: Exploring the Mudbrick Architecture of Catalhoyuk, Turkey

Serena Love, a lecturer in Anthropology at DeAnza College discussed her research and recent field work in Turkey. Trained in anthropological archaeology, Dr. Love’s interests lie in the intersection between archaeological science and social theory with a focus on identifying … Continue reading

Social and Ethnic Separation of Landscape Use in Rock Art on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico

Dr. Nancy Olsen, an ethnologist at DeAnza College in Cupertino, California asks the question: “When combined with archaeological investigations at this location, what does the rock art reveal about the ancient Pueblo Indians living in that area?” Dr. Olsen’s work … Continue reading

An Ancient North American Linescape

Dr. Stephen Janes is an archaeologist who holds doctorates in geology and paleontology. Ground surveys conducted through his research in the southwest have revealed a network of ancient lines crossing the San Juan Basin and adjacent mountainous areas of New … Continue reading

Trail Systems Among Mendocino County Tribes: Obsidian Distribution along the Pomo-Yuki Border, Mendocino County, California

Mike Newland, a Staff Archaeologist with the Anthropology Studies Center, Sonoma State University, presented a paper representing the joint efforts of combined researchers who have prepared a Geographic Information System model of village and trail networks between Northern Pomo and … Continue reading

Cowell Limeworks and Cabin B at UCSC, Santa Cruz CA

Pat Paramoure, a M.A. Student at Sonoma State University discussed her historical archaeology research at UCSC. Pat’s talk was entitled, “Cowell Limeworks and Cabin B at UCSC, Santa Cruz CA.” Pat reviewed the history of the Cowell family, with a … Continue reading

The Industrial Landscape of Bodie, California: Bridging the Archaeology-Preservation Divide

Stephanie Cimino is a graduate of UCSC and the Cabrillo College Archeology Technology Program. She holds a M.S. degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon with a focus on preservation policy and cultural landscape preservation. She currently works … Continue reading