SAS Potluck Social
Saturday, September 7, 2019
3:00 – 7:00 p.m. at
Dan & Victoria Foster’s
The social will start at 3:00 p.m. with a potluck dinner around 5:00 p.m.
Please bring a dish to share and any beverages you might wish. There is a barbecue and swimming pool – bring your swim suit.
For additional information and/or directions please call Dan at 279-444-2099.
Oregon Archaeological Tour
Oregon Archaeological Tour
July 15 – 20, 2019
Guided tour of paleo excavation sites in Oregon
Archaeological Sites
Rimrock Draw Shelter
Sage Hen Gap
Sheep Mountain35HA3667
Dietz Site 35LK1529
Fort Rock Cave
Greaser Canyon
and rock art sites
SAS Eclectic Symposium
SAS Eclectic Symposium
Saturday, July 6, 2019
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
at
Gordon & Carolyn McGregor’s
We are pleased to feature three varied topics at the symposium: “Olmec Encounters”, “Puebloean Culture and Rock Art of Colorado and Utah”, and “Peopling of Americas”. These will be presented by SAS members who have visited related archaeological sites in Mexico and the U.S.
Program
12::00 Lunch provided by Carolyn McGregor
1:15 – “Olmec Encounters” by John and Dan Foster
2:15 – “Puebloean Culture and Rock Art of Colorado and Utah” by Paul K Davis and Knuti VanHoven
3:15 – “Peopling of Americas” by Jan Johansen
Please make your reservation (lunch) by contacting Carolyn McGregor at sabrina53@earthlink.net.
California Archives Tour
SAS California Archives Tour
Friday, April 5, 2019
10:00 – 12:00
at
4940 Lang Avenue, McClellan, CA 95652
Rick Fizgerald, Senior State Archaeologist, Director of the State Archaeological Collections Research Facility hosts a tour of the California Archives.
The majority of the collections are historic materials from Old Town Sacramento, Old Town San Diego and other important historic state parks. There also are many interesting prehistoric collections including one from the Witt site. Although this collection is small, it includes crescents. Interesting artifacts from the shipwreck Pomona are also housed in this facility.
Eclectic Symposium
SAS Eclectic Symposium
Saturday, March 16, 2019
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
North Highlands – Antelope Library
4235 Antelope Road
Antelope, CA 95843
Open to the Public
We are pleased to feature three varied topics at the symposium: Roman archaeology, ethnobotany and rock art in Baja.
Program
1:00 Introduction
1:15 – “Italian excavation” by Kim Frasse
2:15 – “Plant remains from Oak Flat, CA-SBA-3931, an interior habitation site in Cuyama Valley” by Gloria Howat Brown
3:15 – “A Journey through Baja: Ancient Rock Art, Gray Whales, Murals and Sculptures” Bill Drake
For more information contact Jan Johansen at janjohansen@sbcglobal.net.
Annual Scholar Symposium (2) February 2019
Looking into the Past -Scholar Symposium
2018 Scholarship Recipients
Saturday February 16, 2019
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
at
North Natomas Library
4660 Via Ingoglia
Sacramento, CA 95835
Don’t miss the exciting program presented by 2018 scholarship recipients. They will be providing latest research on Neanderthals/Homo sapiens in Europe, first people in North America on Channel Islands and the interaction between Native Americans and early settlers near Clear Lake, California.
Program
1:30 – Introduction
1:45 – “Paleolithic excavation in Trou Al’Wesse –Belgium” by Ryan Gallagher
2:30 – “Burnt bone analysis – Bukovac, Serbia” by Giulia Gallo
3:15 – Break
3:30 – “Paleocoastal Lithic Analysis- California Channel Islands” by Kevin Smith
4:15 – “Historic archaeological excavation – Bear Creek Ranch” by Ryan Poska
Annual Scholar Symposium (1) January 2019
Annual Scholar Symposium (1)
2018 Scholarship Recipients Plus
Saturday, January 26, 2019
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
at
North Highlands – Antelope Library
4235 Antelope Road
Antelope, CA 95843
We are pleased to feature two recipients of our 2018 scholarships and a film on the search for earliest people in the New World.
Program
1:00 Introduction
1:15 – “Pompeii Artifact Life History Project” by Aaron Brown
2:15 – “Excavation and technological analysis of Donggutuo stone artifacts” by Corey Johnson
3:15 – “The Peopling of the Americas” film by the Gault School of Archaeological Research, Texas
Cutting Edge Evolutionary Anthropology Research
Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s
Annual Membership Meeting
Featuring
Cutting Edge Evolutionary Anthropology Research
“Study of bone use-wear using 3D surface texture analysis”
By University of California, Davis Scholar, Naomi L. Martisius
“Heat treatment of silicate rocks”
By University of California, Davis Scholar, Sara Watson
Saturday, December 8, 2018
12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
At our annual meeting we are pleased to have two scholars who received SAS scholarships in 2018 present their research and field work. Naomi L. Martisius, a graduate student at University of California Davis will speak on her research leading to a unique methodology for study of bone use-wear using 3-D surface texture analysis. Sara Watson, also a graduate student at University of California Davis will feature incites from her lab training at the University of Tubingern, Germany on heat treatment of silicate rocks.
Annual Meeting Program
12:00 – Meet and Greet
12:30 – Lunch
1:30 – SAS Annual Meeting with election of officers
3:00 – Naomi L. Martisius, “Study of bone use-wear using 3 D surface texture analysis”
4:00 – Sara Watson, “Heat treatment of silicate rocks”
PLEASE provide your RSVP by Monday, December 3 to Carolyn McGregor at sabrina53@earthlink.net.
Bishop Tablelands Rock Art Tour
Bishop Volcanic Tableland Rock Art Tour
November 3-4, 2018
Join us in our exploration of petroglyphs on the Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California. Early native peoples carved designs into the face of rocks, cliffs and caves on Bishop Tuff. They scraped the dark colored surface layer (patina) to create various figures and shapes. The petroglyphs in this area likely are from 1,000 to 10,000 years old.
The tour will offer two days of viewing petroglyphs in the Volcanic Tablelands north of Bishop.
To make reservations contact Jan Johansen janjohansen@sbcglobal.net Also, send the registration fee of $10 per person to Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. at P.O Box 163287, Sacramento, CA 95816-9287.
Viewing California’s Past through Seeds and Science
Viewing California’s Past through Seeds and Science
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Lectures 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
at Maidu Museum & Historical Site
1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, California 95661
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Celebrate International Archaeology Day. Maidu Museum & Historical Site will offer hands on archaeological experience for children and family tours of their historical site. Sacramento Archeological Society will feature lectures on how plants can be used to investigate California prehistory and how skeletons can shed light on the participation of women in California warfare.
1:00 – “Archaeobotany in California: Exciting Things Learned from the Remains of Every Day Activity.” by Eric Wohlgemuth, Principal Investigator and Chief Archaeobotanist, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. – Archaeobotany, the study of plant remains from archaeological sites in California.
2:00 – “Warrior Women of Central California” by Al Schwatala – recent research conducted with Marin Pilloud of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno on the active participation of women in combat in California.
Entrance Fee Charged
Questions? Please contact Jan Johansen at janjohansen@sbcglobal.net or Maidu Museum and Historical Site at 916.774.5934
