SAS Webinar
Saturday, March 13, 2021
2:00 p.m. PDT
Seven Outstanding Petroglyph Sites in Central and Northwest California: Tales of Discovery and Collaboration
By Dan Foster

This presentation will discuss the early years of the Archaeology Program at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), and its successful outreach utilizing volunteers, landowners, and archaeologically-trained personnel. The result was some remarkable petroglyph site documentation. Dan Foster, a retired Cal Fire Archaeologist has first-hand experience with the discovery and recording of California petroglyphs.

Dan received a B.A. degree in Anthropology from California State University Stanislaus where he studied archaeology and cultural resource management under Dr. L. Kyle Napton from 1973-1977. During his 34 years of public service he developed and led an archaeology program for the CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify and protect cultural resources within the 30 million acres of State Responsibility Area lands. He has prepared detailed site records and reports for hundreds of archaeological sites including five published articles on prehistoric California Rock Art. He retired from State Service in 2012 and has become an active member of the Sacramento Archaeological Society.