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Factory, Forest, and Farm: Combining Environmental History and Industrial Archaeology in Southern New England
Dr. Ninian Stein, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University presented a talk entitled, “Factory, Forest, and Farm: Combining Environmental History and Industrial Archaeology in Southern New England.” Dr. Stein holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Brown University, … Continue reading
Forensic Archaeology in Vietnam: Experiences Bringing Home America’s War Dead
Dr. Samuel Connell, a professor of anthropology at Foothill College currently carries out research in California, Ecuador, and Belize. In 1992, Dr. Connell earned his doctorate at UCLA focusing on the collapse of the Ancient Maya, later moving to Hawaii … Continue reading
Geographic Information Systems for Documentary and Analytic Archaeology
William Clay Poe, Professor of Archaeology in the Department of History at Sonoma State University presented a talk entitled “Geographic Information Systems for Documentary and Analytic Archaeology.” Dr. Poe described GPS-based mapping projects on several sites in South and Central … Continue reading
An Exploration of the Tintal: Mirador Causeway in the Mirador Basin of Northern Guatemala
Tom Schreiner is a Research Scientist with the FARES/Mirador Basin Project (Foundation for Archaeological Research and Environmental Studies), a Research Associate at UC Berkeley’s Archaeological Research Facility, and a long-time SCAS member. Tom’s talk was entitled, “An Exploration of the … Continue reading
Labor, Power, and Community at Mono Mills, 1880-1915
Charlotte Sunseri, PhD is an anthropological archaeologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University. Dr. Sunseri discussed her current project, an investigation of the development of a socioracial hierarchy among the Chinese, Paiute, and European-American residents of … Continue reading
Underwater Archaeology: Closer Than You Think
John Schlagheck, a recently-certified scientific scuba diver with an interest in underwater archaeology shared his insights into this provocative yet esoteric sub-field of archaeology. John discussed the history of the field, training and education options, and details of recent dives … Continue reading
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