Please join us at the SCAS General Meeting on Thursday, April 16 for a talk by Christopher Powell titled “Sundials and Stage Lighting: Archaeoastronomical Observations at Palenque.” The meeting will be held at 7:30 pm at the Sesnon House at … Continue reading →

Please join us on March 19 at 7:30 pm for a lecture presented by Brett H. Edson, BA, entitled “Mortuary Practices of the Norsemen.” This lecture will explore the complexities concerning humanity’s ability to reconcile death. Using the ancient Norsemen … Continue reading →

Please join us at 7:30 pm on Thursday, February 19 for a General Meeting talk entitled, “Ugly Duckling and Work Horse: A Mid-19th Century Lighter from San Francisco Bay’s Yerba Buena Cove,” to be given by SCAS member John Schlagheck, … Continue reading →

Alex DeGeorgey, MA, RPA, of Alta Archaeological Consulting will speak about the “Archaeology of the Stege Mound” at the SCAS general meeting on January 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm. The Stege Mound is a large prehistoric Ohlone village site located … Continue reading →

Dr. Anabel Ford, “The Ancient Maya and their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape.” Popular views of the Classic Maya Collapse present a tableau of an environment destroyed for the avarice of the culture itself.  Too many demands on the populace, unchecked … Continue reading →

“The Temporal Dating and Analysis of the Archaeological Assemblage Recovered from a Portion of Prehistoric Site, Satos Rini Rumaytak (At the Hill Above the River Site) CA-SCR-12,” with Gerald Starek, M.A., San Jose State University, 2013. In 1986, The Department … Continue reading →

Join us on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Erica Schilling Forum (Building 450) at Cabrillo College for “Beyond the Blue Horizon: Canoes, Knaars, and Planked Boats Change History,” with Dr. Brian Fagan. Please note that this General … Continue reading →

Please join us on Thursday, September 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Cabrillo College’s Sesnon House for “Canticle of the Sun:  Archaeoastronomy and Solar Eucharistic Worship in the Millennial New World,” with Dr. Ruben Mendoza of California State University, Monterey Bay. … Continue reading →

“Impact Of California’s Climate: A 10,000 Year Perspective,” by Dr. John Pryor. As California’s drought deepens and there is much talk in the news about global warming, many folk’s minds have turned to California’s climate. Archeologists lend an interesting perspective … Continue reading →

“Mamita’s House: A True Tale of Tortilla Flat,” by Lois Robin. Robin will talk about a California Indian family in transition from tribal to contemporary life as she shows photos from her book Mamita’s House: A True Tale of Tortilla … Continue reading →