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# Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.

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- [Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)](https://sacarcheology.org/re-writing-the-ancient-past-of-the-western-hemisphere-the-americas/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, August 1, 2026 2:00 – 4:30 PM PT “Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)” Dr. Paulette F. C. Steeves, Cree-Métis, Anthropologist /Archaeologist, Agoma University, Canada, Abstract: In the Americas, the deep Indigenous past dating to more than 12,000 years ago has been aggressively denied
- [Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-seminar-2/) - Paste Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87893180517?pwd=ZG4GgFgxzMIyVmiyz3k5DaAYhWY1sn.1#success ID: 87893180517 Password: 3819 SAS Webinar Saturday, June 6, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT Scholar Seminar “Ohlone Lifeways 10,500 Years Ago” by Hayley Kievman, PhD student at University of Utah and “From Iberia to the Eastern Steppe: Human and Neanderthal Subsistence Strategies at the Edges of Eurasia” by Madison McCartin,
- [Annual SAS Party](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-sas-party/) - Eight Annual SAS Pool-Party/Pot-Luck/Social Saturday, July 11, 2026 1:00 – 6:00 PM PT Dan and Victoria Foster’s home Dan and Victoria Foster have again offered their home for this event. This is a chance to socialize with fellow SAS members. Friends are of course welcome. Bring your favorite dish and swimming suit. Put the event
- [“Indigenous Peoples of California’s Bay-Delta Region”](https://sacarcheology.org/indigenous-peoples-of-californias-bay-delta-region/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, February 7, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “Indigenous Peoples of California’s Bay-Delta Region” By David Stuart Anthropologist and former Museum Director at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) and via Zoom Abstract: David Stuart will touch on the Native languages of the San Francisco Bay Area, the
- [Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-seminar/) - SAS Scholar Seminar Saturday, March 7, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “Juvenile Osteology Workshop” by Bella Garcia and “Archaeology Field Research School Ireland” by Janel Pleskac and David Nelson Abstract: Bella Garcia who attended the Slavia Field School in 2024 continued her training in forensics by attending the Juvenile Osteology Research Laboratory Workshop in
- [Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition](https://sacarcheology.org/middle-to-upper-paleolithic-transition/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, May 2, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT Scholar Seminar “Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition” by Daniel Goring, PhD Student University of California Davis Abstract: The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition (50-40 ka) is a critical period for understanding human climate change adaptation. This transitional period includes the disappearance of Neanderthals and
- [Culturally Modified Trees Created by Basque Sheepherders](https://sacarcheology.org/middle-to-upper-paleolithic-transition-affect-of-climate-change/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, April 4, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT Scholar Seminar “Use of Culturally Modified Trees to Study Basque Sheepherder Movement and Carving Habits” Kiana Hugins, Chico State University Graduate Student Abstract: During the 19th-20th centuries Basque sheepherders moved through Northeastern California leaving inscribed images, names, and messages on aspen trees at seasonal
- [Archaeology in Ireland and the Southwest](https://sacarcheology.org/archaeology-in-ireland-and-the-southwest/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, January 3, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “Archaeology in Ireland and the Southwest: an educational experience” By Allison Champ, UC Berkeley student via Zoom As an aspiring professor and archaeologist, exposures to various archaeological landscapes offer differing perspectives and the opportunity for unique skill development. Two field schools that Allison attended
- [SAS Annual Meeting and Inuit History in Northern Greenland](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-annual-meeting-and-inuit-history-in-northern-greenland/) - “Inuit History in Northern Greenland: Fragility and Resilience” by Christyann Darwent, Professor of Archaeology, UC Davis at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA and via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84956957687?pwd=zG5MbOh8JiuysD3jD1AwKHvizT17PA.1 The Annual Meeting will be conducted in person at the U.C. Davis Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA), and broadcasted
- [Culprits behind Plate of Brass: Dare Stones](https://sacarcheology.org/culprits-behind-plate-of-brass-dare-stones/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, November 1, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “Culprits behind Plate of Brass: Dare Stones” By Melissa Darby MA Senior Archaeologist/Historian Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology LLC via Zoom Join Zoom meeting In 1937, two Elizabethan artifacts came to light that created headline news across the United States and each of the
- [100,000 years of human evolution in Southern Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/100000-years-of-human-evolution-in-southern-africa/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, October 11, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT "100,000 years of human evolution in Southern Africa" By Brenna M. Henn, Associate Director for Human Genomics, Associate Professor @ UC Davis and Gillian Meeks, PhD student @ UC Davis via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89404358919?pwd=f3d6GJGLszNaAGMPaC1N5axb15GMSp.1 South Africa holds a prominent place in the story of human
- [SAS Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-mariposa-archaeological-field-trip/) - SAS Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip October 17-19, 2025 Don’t miss Sacramento Archeological Society’s Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip. It is scheduled for Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025. The highlights will be a private tour of a Southern Sierra Miwuk Village near Mariposa, tours of museum and historic city of Mariposa, visit to Wassama
- [Analysis of Teeth from El-Hesa Island, Egypt](https://sacarcheology.org/analysis-of-teeth-from-el-hesa-island-egypt/) - SAS Webinar – “Stable Isotope Analysis, Radiocarbon Dating, and Paleoproteomics of Human Teeth from El-Hesa, Egypt” By Brooke Morey, Graduate Student at Indiana University, Bloomington Saturday, March 8, 2025 2:00- 3:30 PM PT Brooke is using isotope analysis to research early childhood diet patterns at a Roman period (30 BCE- 641 CE) site on El-Hesa
- [Clear Lake Archaeology Project and Crow Canyon Field School - Haynie Site](https://sacarcheology.org/clear-lake-archaeology-project-and-crow-canyon-field-school-haynie-site/) - “The Clearlake Archaeology Project: Kelsey Creek Schoolhouse” by Katilin Jones, Sacramento State University and “Pedagogy as Archeology: Subjectivity, Experience and becoming an Archaeologist in Field School” by Brandon Yam, Hampton College Saturday May10, 2025 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT Katilin Jones is a senior at California State University, Sacramento, California. She received a scholarship
- [Analysis of Teeth Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/analysis-of-teeth-seminar/) - SAS Webinar “Analysis of teeth from historic San Francisco Bay” by Diana Malarchik and “Analysis of teeth of prehistoric canid” by Jessica Morales Saturday April 12, 2025 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT In 2023 U C Davis scholars, Diana Malarchik and Jessica Morales gave presentations on their research. Through their presentations we were schooled
- [Rescheduled Artifactor Scanning System](https://sacarcheology.org/rescheduled-artifactor-scanning-system/) - Saturday, September 27, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “Artifactor Scanning System” By Tara Johnson at Children’s Natural History Museum, 4074 Eggers Drive, Fremont, CA 94536 and via Zoom A simple, convenient, fast, and durable system for unidirectionally scanning three-dimensional objects has many applications in archaeological fieldwork and cataloging collections. Please join us for a
- [The Middle Stone Age from Varsche Rivier 003](https://sacarcheology.org/the-middle-stone-age-from-varsche-rivier-003/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, September 13, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “The Middle Stone Age from Varsche Rivier 003, South Africa: environmental variation, innovation, and behavioral diversity” By Teresa Steele, Professor, Dept. of Anthropology - UC Davis at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) and via Zoom The Middle Stone Age
- [Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip](https://sacarcheology.org/mariposa-archaeological-field-trip/) - SAS Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip October 17-19, 2025 Don’t miss Sacramento Archeological Society’s Mariposa Archaeological Field Trip. It is scheduled for Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025. The highlights will be a private tour of a Southern Sierra Miwuk Village near Mariposa, tours of museum and historic city of Mariposa, visit to Wassama
- [A Workshop on Identifying Fluted Points](https://sacarcheology.org/a-workshop-on-identifying-fluted-points/) - SAS Workshop Saturday, August 16, 2025 11:00 – 4:00 PM PT “A Workshop on Identifying Fluted Points” Led by Michael F. Rondeau, Archaeologist, sole proprietor of Rondeau Archeological at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) Can you identify a fluted point if you saw one lying on the ground? If you
- [SAS Pool-Party/Pot-Luck/Social](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-pool-party-pot-luck-social-2/) - Seventh Annual SAS Pool-Party/Pot-Luck/Social Saturday, July 26, 2025 1:00 – 6:00 PM PT Dan and Victoria Foster’s home Dan and Victoria Foster have again offered their home for this event. This is a chance to socialize with fellow SAS members. Friends are of course welcome. Bring your favorite dish and swimming suit. Please RSVP to
- [Discover Mayan Civilization in Meso America: Reflections from Mexico City, Belize and Guatemala](https://sacarcheology.org/1866-2/) - SAS Webinar “Discover Mayan Civilization in Meso America: Reflections from Mexico City, Belize and Guatemala” by Lynette Blumhardt, Jan Johansen, Tom Johansen, Jeremy Johansen Tuesday, July 1 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PT Join here What do you know about the Mayan Civilization in Meso America? Given that it developed in the Yucatan Peninsula
- [Artifactor Scanning System](https://sacarcheology.org/artifactor-scanning-system/) - To be rescheduled “Artifactor Scanning System” By Tara Johnson at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) and via Zoom A simple, convenient, fast, and durable system for unidirectionally scanning three-dimensional objects has many applications in archaeological fieldwork and cataloging collections. Please join us for a presentation on and demonstration of the
- [Scholar Presentations](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-presentations/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, February 8, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT Scholar Presentations 2:00 – 2:30 PM PT – “Slavia Field School in Poland” by Annabell Garcia, Cal State University San Bernardino 2:45 – 3:30 PM PT –“Excavation at Kaillachuro, Peru” by Morgan Hall, University of California, Davis student 3:30 – 4:15 PM PT ––
- [California Fluted Points, Fantasies and Fables](https://sacarcheology.org/california-fluted-points-fantasies-and-fables/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, January 11, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 PM PT “California Fluted Points, Fantasies and Fables” By Michael F. Rondeau, Archaeologist, sole proprietor of Rondeau Archeological at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) and via Zoom What characterizes fluted points and where are they found in the Far West? The
- [“Some Astronomy in Classical Hohokam and Mimbres Locations”](https://sacarcheology.org/some-astronomy-in-classical-hohokam-and-mimbres-locations/) - SAS Webinar “Some Astronomy in Classical Hohokam and Mimbres Locations” by Robert Garfinkle, FRAS Saturday, November 9, 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT During the classical period of the Hohokam and Mimbres tribes of the Anasazi Native Americans of Arizona and New Mexico, the Hohokam built the Casa Grande structure (now ruins in Coolidge,
- [Archaeological Research on Norse in Greenland and Annual Meeting](https://sacarcheology.org/archaeological-research-on-norse-in-greenland-and-annual-meeting/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting & Webinar Saturday, December 7, 2024 1:00 – 6:00+ PM PT “Archaeological Research on Norse in Greenland” By Christyann Darwent, Professor of Archaeology, UC Davis at U.C. Davis campus, Room 302 Young Hall, and via Zoom The Annual Meeting will be conducted in person at the U.C. Davis campus,
- [Mimbres Culture – Past and Present](https://sacarcheology.org/mimbres-culture-past-and-present/) - “Mimbres Culture – Past and Present” by Mogollon Tour Participants Saturday, August 10, 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT Learn about the Mimbres Culture as it flourished in southwestern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Arizona and northern Mexico. The roots of Mimbres culture beginning around 200 CE when residents lived in pit houses.
- [A Critical Test of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis?](https://sacarcheology.org/a-critical-test-of-the-younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis/) - “A Critical Test of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis?” by Vance Holliday, Professor Emeritus University of Arizona Monday, October 7, 2024 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) is a collection of ideas proposed to explain terminal Pleistocene environmental change across North America and other continents at the onset of
- [Ancient Maya Canal at Rio Azul, Guatemala](https://sacarcheology.org/ancient-maya-canal-at-rio-azul-guatemala/) - SAS Webinar "Finding Evidence for Ancient Maya Canal Use at Rio Azul, Guatemala” by Emily Johnson, UC Santa Barbara PhD Student Saturday, April 13, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST Emily will discuss her research of ancient plant remains in Guatemala and Belize. The result of this research is to better understand the agriculture
- [Stuck in Pits (Rancho La Brea): Uncovering the Secrets of Ice Age](https://sacarcheology.org/stuck-in-pits-rancho-la-brea-uncovering-the-secrets-of-ice-age/) - “Stuck in Pits: Uncovering the Secrets of Ice Age” by Mairen Balise, Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT Have you considered the relationship between predators found in Rancho La Brea, California (commonly known as La Brea Tar Pits) and the Ice Age? Mairen Balise, Raymond Alf
- [Indian Grinding Rock State Park](https://sacarcheology.org/indian-grinding-rock-state-park/) - SAS Event Indian Grinding Rock State Park Saturday, September 28, 2024 12:00 noon - ?PM PT SAS is pleased to feature an event at Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park during its “Big Time” Celebration. Each year local Miwok and other California tribes perform traditional dances in the May, Chaw'se Day Celebration and the September
- [Diving into the Archaeological Mystic](https://sacarcheology.org/diving-into-the-archaeological-mystic/) - SAS Webinar “Diving into the Archaeological Mystic – A Taíno Underworld and Sacred Landscape in the Caribbean” by John Foster Saturday, July 13, 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT John Foster, past-president of SAS, retired California Senior State Archaeologist, and Adjunct Faculty at Indiana University will discuss a fascinating submerged archaeological site in the
- [SAS Pool-Party/Pot-Luck/Social](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-pool-party-pot-luck-social/) - Sixth Annual SAS Pool-Party/Pot-Luck/Social Saturday, July 27, 2024 1:00 – 6:00 PM PT Dan and Victoria Foster’s home Dan and Victoria Foster have again offered their home for this event. This is a chance to socialize with fellow SAS members. Friends are of course welcome. Bring your favorite dish and swimming suit. Please RSVP to
- [Origin of Maize](https://sacarcheology.org/origin-of-maize/) - SAS Webinar "A tale of two teosintes: how genetics is reshaping our understanding of maize domestication" by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra Saturday, May 11, 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT We are pleased to have a Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Evolutionary Biologist at University of California, Davis discuss his research in the evolution and adaptation of maize. Abstract:
- [Mogollon Culture: Arizona and New Mexico](https://sacarcheology.org/mogollon-culture-arizona-and-new-mexico/) - SAS Tour Mogollon Culture: Arizona and New Mexico Sunday, June 9, 2024 to Saturday, June 15, 2024 Sacramento Archeological Society is pleased to offer an archaeological tour in Arizona and New Mexico featuring Mogollon culture. "Mogollon Culture" is a loose term applied to any of the people who were living in the environs of the
- [Impact of Colonial Mineral Extraction on Pueblo Production of Ceramics](https://sacarcheology.org/impact-of-colonial-mineral-extraction-on-pueblo-production-of-ceramics/) - SAS Webinar “Glittering and Glassy: Understanding the Intersection Of Colonial Mineral Extractivism and The Production of Late Rio Grande Lead Glaze-Painted Pottery In Seventeenth-Century New Mexico” by Danielle Marie Huerta Saturday, November 11, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT What happens to Indigenous technologies when the dissemination of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is forced
- [Ukraine – Its Turbulent History](https://sacarcheology.org/ukraine-its-turbulent-history/) - SAS Webinar “Ukraine – Its Turbulent History” by Paul K. Davis, SAS vice president Saturday September 9, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PT Paul K. Davis will review the long and difficult history of the modern nation of Ukraine starting at its prehistory and finishing with its current conflict. Ukraine prehistory as a part
- [Meadowcroft Rockshelter](https://sacarcheology.org/meadowcroft-rockshelter/) - SAS Webinar "Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Archaeological Excavation Challenged Clovis-First Peopling Model” by Dr. James M. Adovasio, Archaeologist, Primary Investigator Introduced by Phil Fitzgibbons, Participating Archaeologist Saturday, February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 PM PT James. M. Adovasio, Ph.D., D.Sc. achieved world acclaim as an archaeologist in the 1970s with his excavation of Pennsylvania’s Meadowcroft Rockshelter.
- [Scholar Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-webinar/) - On March 9 via Zoom we are pleased to have two of our 2023 scholarship recipients talk about the field school that they attended. 2:00 – 2:30 PM PT – “Gallina Field School” by Noor Sullivan, University of Maryland, College Park 2:45 – 3:30 PM PT - “Blackfriary Archaeological Field School” by Brianna Ramirez, New
- [Locke Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/locke-tour/) - SAS Tour Locke, California America’s Last Remaining Rural Chinatown in America Saturday, May 4, 2024, 11 AM Join the Sacramento Archeological Society on a historical walking tour of Locke, CA, the last remaining rural Chinatown in America. The town still looks very much as it did when it included restaurants, markets, brothels, an opera, speakeasies,
- [UCD Scholars](https://sacarcheology.org/ucd-scholars/) - SAS Meeting – UCD Scholars Saturday, January 13, 2024 at UCD, Young Hall, Room 224 or Zoom UCD Presentations 2:00 – 2:30 PM PT - “Blue Oaks Ranch Field School” by Lauren Castaneda-Molin, University of California, Davis student 2:45 – 3:30 PM PT – “Seasonality, Subsistence, and Population Pressure: Archaeological Insights from Two San Francisco
- [Annual Meeting and Varsche Rivier 003: a middle aged rock shelter in southern Namaqualand, South Africa Talk](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-meeting-and-ostrich-shells-in-south-africa-talk/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Saturday, December 2, 2023 1:00 p.m. – 6:00+ p.m. at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and Zoom Followed by dinner at local restaurant The Annual Meeting will be conducted in person at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and broadcasted via Zoom start at
- [Glittering and Glassy: Mineral Extraction and Rio Grande Pottery in 17th century New Mexico](https://sacarcheology.org/glittering-and-glassy-mineral-extraction-and-rio-grande-pottery-in-17th-century-new-mexico/) - SAS Webinar “Glittering and Glassy: Understanding the Intersection of Colonial Mineral Extractivism and the Production of Late Rio Grande Lead Glaze-Painted Pottery in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico” by Danielle Marie Huerta, PhD Candidate U.C. Santa Cruz Saturday, November 11, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT What happens to Indigenous technologies when the dissemination of Traditional
- [Flintknapping Workshop](https://sacarcheology.org/flintknapping-workshop-2/) - Flint knapping Workshop Led by Kevin Smith Saturday, October 21, 2023 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT at Roger and Lydia Peake’s home Kevin Smith, PhD archaeologist and SAS scholarship winner will lead Society members in the use of flint knapping techniques. Kevin has been making stone tools since he was 17 years old and also
- [Crosspath: an Ancestral Pueblo Site – Lithics Production?](https://sacarcheology.org/crosspath-an-ancestral-pueblo-site-lithics-production/) - X Marks the Spot: Mapping as the Key to Unlocking the Crosspatch Site's Past” by Jessica Weinmeister Monday, August 14, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT The Crosspath Site (5DL858, formerly Sarvell Site and Berry Ruin) is a large Ancestral Pueblo community center with Basketmaker through Pueblo II components. Crosspath is located between the
- [SAS Tour - Fremont: Fossils, Native Americans, and Mission](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-tour-fremont-fossils-native-americans-and-mission/) - SAS Tour “Fremont: Fossils, Native Americans, and Mission” Saturday, October 7, 2023 and Sunday, October 8, 2023 Sacramento Archeological Society is pleased to offer a historical and pre-history tour in Fremont, CA. We will visit a Native American site with shell mounds, a historical museum for the city of Fremont, the Children’s Natural History Museum,
- [South Africa during Later Stone Age](https://sacarcheology.org/south-africa-during-later-stone-age/) - SAS Webinar South Africa during Later Stone Age Saturday May 13, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 PM PT “Early Later Stone Age at Knysna Cave, South Africa: Analysis of lithic assemblages” by Sara Watson The beginning of the Later Stone Age is argued to correspond to the introduction of subsistence, mobility, and land use patterns
- [Fifth Annual SAS Pot luck/Pool Party/Social](https://sacarcheology.org/fifth-annual-sas-pot-luck-pool-party-social/) - Saturday, July 29, 2023 1:00 – 6:00+ p.m. Dan and Victoria Foster have offered their home for another get-together. Bring your favorite dish and swimming suit. Please RSVP to Dan Foster at calfirearchy@gmail.com or (279) 444-2099 to log your attendance, obtain a parking map and sign up for a dish. There will be plenty of
- [Sir Francis Drake Landed in California?](https://sacarcheology.org/sir-francis-drake-landed-in-california/) - SAS Webinar “Sir Francis Drake Landed in California?” by Melissa Darby Monday, June 12, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT English Navigator and sometime pirate Francis Drake and his crew of eighty men, and one Black woman named Maria, were in peril in the early summer of 1579. Their ship, the Golden Hind, was
- [Analysis of bones: Human and Canid](https://sacarcheology.org/analysis-of-bones-human-and-canid/) - SAS Seminar/Webinar “Born with a Lead Spoon in their Mouth: Life History & Health in 19th Century San Francisco” by Diana Malarchik and “Canid Analysis” by Jessica Morales Saturday April 8, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PT On December 3, 2022 at our annual meeting Jelmer Eerkens gave a fascinating presentation, “Can we identify
- [Southwest Pre-history: Rincon Bench, UT & Mesa Verde, CO](https://sacarcheology.org/southwest-pre-history-rincon-bench-ut-mesa-verde-co/) - SAS Webinar “Living on the Spine of the World: Placemaking at Early Community Centers Rincon, UT” by Daniel Hampson Monday, April 10, 2023 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT Rincon Bench, located on the northern bench above the San Juan River at the intersection of Comb Ridge in southeast Utah has been the site for
- [Analyzing Upper Paleolithic blank cutting edge efficiency at Tolbor, Mongolia](https://sacarcheology.org/analyzing-upper-paleolithic-blank-cutting-edge-efficiency-at-tolbor-mongolia/) - SAS Webinar “Analyzing Upper Paleolithic blank cutting edge efficiency at Tolbor, Mongolia” by Corey Johnson Monday, March 13, 2023 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT Overview of presentation: The appearance of Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) technology in northern East Asia ca. 45 kya marks a significant change in the lithic archaeological record of the region.
- [Analysis of faunal remains from Wallace Great House, Colorado](https://sacarcheology.org/analysis-of-faunal-remains-from-wallace-great-house-colorado/) - SAS Webinar “All bones great, small, and unidentifiable: analysis of faunal remains from Wallace Great House, Colorado” by Lucy Maun Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT As an outlier from Chaco Great House, Wallace Great House (5MT6970) in Cortez, Colorado has been excavated intermittently by the Wallace Ruin Project since 1969,
- [Mound Builders of North America](https://sacarcheology.org/mound-builders-of-north-america/) - .July 18, 2020 2:00 p.m. “Mound Builders of North America” by Lynette Blumhardt From the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, indigenous people of North America lived, farmed and built earthworks. Their complex cultures thrived for thousands of years, from between 4000 BCE to the 17th century. Some of their earthworks are effigy mounds,
- [Optically Stimulated Luminescience (OSL) SAS Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/optically-stimulated-luminescience-osl-sas-webinar/) - Webinar on OSL
- [Maritime Technological Adaptations & Peopling of Far West of North America](https://sacarcheology.org/maritime-technological-adaptations-peopling-of-far-west-of-north-america/) - Research concerning the role of watercraft and lithic technologies in early subsistence and settlement systems of the Far West of North America.
- [Cultural Resources and Parks - A View from California and Beyond](https://sacarcheology.org/cultural-resources-and-parks-a-view-from-california-and-beyond/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, November 14, 2020 1:30 p.m. Social Time 2:00 p.m. “Cultural Resources and Parks – A View from California and Beyond“ by John Foster This talk will discuss the emergence of cultural resources within the Park movement in California. It will highlight the contributions of three giants who left important legacies for today-
- [Indus Valley Civilization](https://sacarcheology.org/indus-valley-civilization/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Webinar Featuring “Indus Valley Civilization” by Ruth McElhinney and Tule Boat Replication video by Kevin Smith Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. At our annual meeting in addition to a review of the year, a peek into 2021 and our election of officers for 2021we are
- [Tocharians](https://sacarcheology.org/evaluating-the-dog-as-a-hunting-tool-in-prehistoric-alta-and-baja-california-preliminary-results/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, January 16, 2021 2:00 p.m. ‘Tocharians’ by Ranny Eckstrom The Tocharians, or Tokharians were speakers of Tocharian languages, Indo-European languages known from around 7600 documents from around 400 to 1200 AD, found on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern Xinjiang, China). The name "Tocharian" was given to these languages in
- [Projectile point enlargement in the High Andean Archaic: an experimental atlatl study](https://sacarcheology.org/projectile-point-enlargement-in-the-high-andean-archaic-an-experimental-atlatl-study/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, January 30, 2021 2:00 p.m. Projectile point enlargement in the High Andean Archaic: an experimental atlatl study by Caleb Chen Archaic projectile points from the Andean Altiplano exhibit a curious trend of increasing size over time in contrast to a size reduction commonly observed throughout North America. We hypothesized that the increase
- [Peopling of the Tibetan Plateau: the occupation history and high-altitude adaptation](https://sacarcheology.org/peopling-of-the-tibetan-plateau-the-occupation-history-and-high-altitude-adaptation/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, February 13, 2021 2:00 p.m. Peopling of the Tibetan Plateau: the occupation history and high-altitude adaptation by Peiqi Zhang Tibetan populations have successfully settled in the Tibetan Plateau for generations. As the largest and highest highland in the world, with an average elevation of 4,000 meters above sea level (masl), the Tibetan
- [Seven Outstanding Petroglyph Sites in Central and Northwest California: Tales of Discovery and Collaboration](https://sacarcheology.org/seven-outstanding-petroglyph-sites-in-central-and-northwest-california-tales-of-discovery-and-collaboration/) - 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
- [Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results’](https://sacarcheology.org/evaluating-the-dog-as-a-hunting-tool-in-prehistoric-alta-and-baja-california-preliminary-results-2/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, April 10, 2021 2:00 p.m. ‘Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results’ by Jessica Morales California hunter-gatherer(-fishers) archaeology has long focused in understanding forager decision making related to mobility, residency, subsistence practices, and technology. Notably, stone tools have dominated the discussion of technology in
- [Polynesian Contact with the Americas: An Update](https://sacarcheology.org/polynesian-contact-with-the-americas-an-update/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, May 8, 2021 2:00 p.m. Polynesian Contact with the Americas: An Update By Terry Jones, Department of Social Sciences, California Polytechnic State University and Kathryn A. Klar, University of California, Berkeley The possibility of prehistoric Polynesian contact with the Americas has been considered by historians, archaeologists, and other scholars for centuries. Most
- [The Olmec Cascajal Block through the Portable Portals](https://sacarcheology.org/the-olmec-cascajal-block-through-the-portable-portals/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, June 12, 2021 2:00 p.m. "The Olmec Cascajal Block through the Portable Portals" by Joanne Carpenter The Cascajal Block is a tablet-sized writing slab in Mexico made of serpentinite which has been dated to the early first millennium BCE. It is incised with hitherto unknown characters that may represent the earliest writing system in the New World.
- [The Potential of Obsidian Hydration Dating for Titicaca Basin Archaeology](https://sacarcheology.org/the-potential-of-obsidian-hydration-dating-for-titicaca-basin-archaeology/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, July 10, 2021 2:00 p.m. "The Potential of Obsidian Hydration Dating for Titicaca Basin Archaeology" by Luis A. Flores-Blanco, PhD student at UC Davis Description of presentation A projectile point chronology for the South-Central Andes currently provides some chronological control for dating sites in the region (Klink and Aldenderfer 2005), however, flakes,
- [The Robberg of Southern Africa: Late Glacial Lithic Technology](https://sacarcheology.org/the-robberg-of-southern-africa-late-glacial-lithic-technology/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, August 14, 2021 2:00 p.m. "The Robberg of Southern Africa: Late Glacial Lithic Technology" by Sara Watson, PhD candidate UC Davis The Robberg technocomplex is one of southern Africa’s most distinctive and cohesive technologies and found in cave and rock shelter sites across southern Africa at the end of Marine Isotope Stage
- [Queen of Sheba](https://sacarcheology.org/queen-of-sheba/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, October 9, 2021 2:00 p.m. "Queen of Sheba" by Lynette Blumhardt Scholars do not agree on where ancient Sheba was or whether or not the Queen of Sheba ever existed. There are a number of contenders for a possible location of Sheba. One site would be modern Yemen. The other is the
- [Rondelles – Artistic Objects from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian Culture](https://sacarcheology.org/rondelles-artistic-objects-from-the-upper-paleolithic-magdalenian-culture/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, November 13, 2021 2:00 p.m. "Rondelles – Artistic Objects from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian Culture” by Marlena Billings, UC Davis Anthropology Student Rondelles are circular discs made from various materials (the most common being bone and stone) with a central hole. They have been found in sites from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian
- [Native American Village in Sierra Foothills– Excavation](https://sacarcheology.org/native-american-village-in-sierra-foothills-excavation/) - SAS Webinar “Native American Village in Sierra Foothills– Excavation” by Kiana Hugins, University of California, Merced Saturday, January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST Grandad Archaeological Field School has been conducted at the Native American village site (Polachi) in the Sierran Foothills between Oakhurst and Mariposa for 20+ years. The village was occupied
- [Tunna Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa<br>"The Place Where The Antelope Go To Dream"](https://sacarcheology.org/tunna-nossi-kaiva-gwaathe-place-where-the-antelope-go-to-dream/) - Tunna Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa "The Place Where The Antelope Go To Dream" by Morgan Hall and Parinita Kumari, University of California, Davis Saturday, March 12, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST University of California, Davis sponsors a field school at the site of Tunna' Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest on the
- [June Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/june-scholar-seminar/) - "Seasonality and harvesting practices for pre-contact site in Alameda-11" by Marcela Barron, University of California. Davis graduate student Saturday, June 11, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT Bulk samples from a shell midden deposit were collected on a precontact site in CA-ALA-11, an estuarine site in the city of Alameda on the San Francisco
- [Water and Wind: Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Correlations at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter](https://sacarcheology.org/water-and-wind-paleoenvironmental-and-archaeological-correlations-at-rimrock-draw-rockshelter/) - SAS Webinar "Water and Wind: Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Correlations at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter” by Pat O'Grady, Archaeologist for University of Oregon Monday, December 12, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Harney County, Oregon, has produced a number of artifacts, botanical remains, and sedimentary deposits indicative of both a nearby marsh
- [Preview of Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour](https://sacarcheology.org/preview-of-sacramento-old-town-waterfront-archaeology-tour/) - SAS Webinar “Preview of Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour” by John Foster, Archaeologist Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT John Foster, underwater archaeologist will preview the Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour. In a short talk John will introduce the embarcadero and show images and artifacts from the 1980’s.
- [“Lost Cultures of South America (Peru)”](https://sacarcheology.org/experimental-reproduction-of-bone-tools-an-attempt-to-quantify-relative-complexity-of-bone-projectile-points-from-middle-late-stone-age-africa/) - “Lost Cultures of South America (Peru)” by Jan Johansen, SAS Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST We know about the ancient Egyptians and their pyramids; the Greeks and their sculptures and temples; and everybody knows about the Maya and their famous calendar and the Inca who were overthrown by the Spanish.
- [Stone Tools at Nelson Bay Cave South Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/stone-tools-at-nelson-bay-cave-south-africa/) - "Stone Tools at Nelson Bay Cave South Africa" by Sara Watson, PhD candidate UC Davis Saturday, May 14, 2022 2:00 p.m. Looking at material from South Africa, one of the likely places where our species may have developed, Sara Watson in her dissertation is investigating the emergence of new behaviors starting from some 65,000 years
- [Ancient sites in chile](https://sacarcheology.org/ancient-sites-in-chile/) - “Ancient sites in Chile - Highlighting Monte Verde, TAgua Tagua and the Chinchorro" by Ruth McElhinney Monday, July 11, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT People have been living in the southwest part of South America for more than eighteen thousand years - and some archaeologists say it could be as much as thirty-three
- [Mayan Civilization - a Look into the Past](https://sacarcheology.org/mayan-civization-a-look-into-the-past/) - "Mayan Civilization- a Look into the Past” by Jan Johansen Monday, August 8, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT John and Dan Foster and Jan, Tom and Jeremy Johansen, all SAS members had the pleasure of traveling to the Yucatán to visit Maya sites the end of May, 2022. They visited 16 Mayan sites.
- [Mound Building Culture of Mississippi Valley Region](https://sacarcheology.org/mound-building-culture-of-mississipppi-valley-region/) - “Mound Building Culture of Mississippi Valley Region” by Jan Johansen Monday, September 12, 2022 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. PDT Jan and Tom Johansen experienced a driving tour of mound sites in the Mississippi Valley in April, 2022. In this Webinar Jan will discuss the Mound Building Culture of the Mississippi Region and highlight mounds
- [Tracking the First Americans](https://sacarcheology.org/tracking-the-first-americans/) - "Tracking the First Americans” by Vance Holliday Monday, October 3, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT The question of when people first arrived in the Americas, based on scientific evidence, has been argued for decades and even centuries. For many years the conventional answer was about 13,000 years ago with the appearance of people
- [Digging Olompali](https://sacarcheology.org/digging-olompali/) - “Digging Olompali” by E. Breck Parkman Monday, November 14, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT Breck Parkman’s first assignment as a State Archaeologist was to inventory the cultural resources of Olompali, a brand, new 760-acre State Park in Marin County. According to Breck, one of his most important discoveries was a cultural deposit consisting
- [Annual Meeting with Jelmer Erkens' presentation - "Can we identify these 150 year-old remains?"](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-meeting-with-jelmer-erkens-presentation-can-we-identify-these-150-year-old-remains/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting features a presentation by Jelmer Eerkens, Professor of Anthropology at University of California Davis “Can we identify these 150 year-old remains? Recent archaeoforensic research in San Francisco, CA” Saturday, December 3, 2022 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. At our annual meeting in addition to a review of the year,
- [Excavations at an early ecclesiastical site in Co. Donegal, Ireland](https://sacarcheology.org/excavations-at-an-early-ecclesiastical-site-in-co-donegal-ireland/) - “Disert Ireland Archaeological Field School- Excavations at an early ecclesiastical site in Co. Donegal, Ireland” by Megan Donham, Cal State LA Graduate Student Monday, January 9, 2023 5:00 – 6:00 PM PST Disert is a ritual pilgrim landscape in Co. Donegal that includes a series of early ecclesiastical enclosures, penitential carns, a holy well dedicated
- [Excavations at La Prele, Wyoming and Pont de Bonn, Belgium](https://sacarcheology.org/excavations-at-la-prele-wyoming-and-pont-de-bonn-belgium/) - "Finds and Methods at the University of Wyoming Field School 2022” by Haley Bjorklund, Student at University of California Davis and "Pont de Bonn Field School” by Marlena Billings, University of California Davis Student Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST "Finds and Methods at the University of Wyoming Field School 2022”
- [Using ZooMS to understand osseous technology debris: A case study from NW Greenland](https://sacarcheology.org/using-zooms-to-understand-osseous-technology-debris-a-case-study-from-nw-greenland/) - SAS Webinar "Using ZooMS to understand osseous technology debris: A case study from NW Greenland” by Erika Ebel, Graduate Student at University of California Davis Saturday, February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST The site of Iita in northwestern Greenland has had human occupation for the past 1000 years. Two distinct groups have
- [Finding Solace in the Soil: The Archaeology of Gardens and Gardeners at Colorado’s Japanese American Incarceration Camp](https://sacarcheology.org/finding-solace-in-the-soil-the-archaeology-of-gardens-and-gardeners-at-colorados-japanese-american-incarceration-camp/) - SAS Webinar "Finding Solace in the Soil: The Archaeology of Gardens and Gardeners at Colorado’s Japanese American Incarceration Camp” by Dr. Bonnie J. Clark, University of Denver Monday, February 13, 2023 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT During World War II, Americans of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes and placed into confinement camps
- [Backing of Stone Tools – Experimental Archaeology](https://sacarcheology.org/backing-of-stone-tools-experimental-archaeology/) - “Backing of Stone Tools – Experimental Archaeology” by Caleb Chen, New York University graduate student Saturday, February 12 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST Archaeologists record backed stone tools (tools that have been dulled along one edge by retouch or other intentional breakages) in worldwide assemblages. There are two main hypotheses to explain backing’s
- [Fourth Annual SAS Pool Party/Pot-Luck/Social](https://sacarcheology.org/fourth-annual-sas-pool-party-pot-luck-social/) - Saturday, July 30, 2022 1:00 – 6:00+ p.m. Dan and Victoria Foster’s home After another year of semi-seclusion due to Covid let’s get together for another social. Again Dan and Victoria Foster have offered their home for this event. Bring your favorite dish and swimming suit. Please RSVP to Dan Foster at calfirearchy@gmail.com or (279)
- [An Indigenous Archaeology of Pawneeland: Oral Traditions, Archaeology, and Euro-American Accounts of Pawnees in the Central Plains](https://sacarcheology.org/an-indigenous-archaeology-of-pawneeland-oral-traditions-archaeology-and-euro-american-accounts-of-pawnees-in-the-central-plains/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, December 11, 2021 2:00 p.m. Annual Meeting Program The schedule for the event is as follows: 1:30 – Meet and Greet 2:00 “An Indigenous Archaeology of Pawneeland: Oral Traditions, Archaeology, and Euro-American Accounts of Pawnees in the Central Plains” by Carlton Shield Chief Gover 3:15 - SAS Annual Meeting with election of
- [Four Corners Southwest Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/four-corners-southwest-tour/) - Join us for an archaeological exploration in the four corners area. From September 13 - through 24, 2021 we will view pueblo ruins and rock art in Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Guides will lead us to sites and provide insight into the history and culture of the area.
- [Lovelock Cave Excavation Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/lovelock-cave-excavation-webinar/) - SAS Webinar September 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. “Lovelock Cave Excavation – Its Contribution to the Science of Archaeology” by John Foster Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet long and 35 feet wide. Lovelock Cave is one
- [SAS Scholar Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-scholar-webinar/) - Scholar Webinar June 20, 2020 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. We are pleased to host a webinar featuring two 2019 scholarship recipients. They will talk about their research and the experiences made possible by our scholarship. The webinar is Free and open to all. We encourage non-members to register through registration@sacarchaeology.org . 2:00 p.m. - “Analysis
- [Scholar Webinars](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-webinars/) - SAS is dedicated to ensuring we can still educate our supporters in any way possible despite the challenges we're all facing due to COVID-19. We are pleased to report that the March and April SAS Scholar Symposiums that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 are being rescheduled as on-line live-streamed webinars. These webinars are FREE
- [Annual Scholar Symposium (2) - Cancelled due to COVID 19](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-scholar-symposium-2/) - Annual Scholar Symposium (2) - To be rescheduled at a later date By 2019 Scholarship Recipients Saturday March 28, 2020 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. at Sylvan Oaks Library 6700 Auburn Boulevard Citrus Heights, CA 95621 Three scholarship recipients from 2019 will present on their research. Program 1:00 – Set up 1:15 - “Field excavation at
- [Scholar Symposium 3](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-symposium-2-2/) - Sacramento Archeological Society’s Annual Scholar Symposium (3) By 2019 Scholarship Recipients Saturday April 11, 2020 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Walnut Grove Library 14177 Market St. Walnut Grove, CA Three scholarship recipients from 2019 will present on their research. Program 1:00 – Setup 1:15 - “Analysis of residence during the early period (ca. 5000-2500 BP)
- [Scholar Symposium 1](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-symposium-1/) - Annual Scholar Symposium (1) By 2019 Scholarship Recipients Saturday, January 25, 2020 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. at North Highlands – Antelope Library 4235 Antelope Road Antelope, CA 95843 We are pleased to feature three recipients of our 2019 scholarship. Program 1:00 Introduction 1:15 - “Neanderthal subsistence and settlement strategies” by Susan E. Lagle 2:15 -
- [SAS Annual Meeting](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-annual-meeting/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Featuring “Is there evidence for human occupation in the Tule Lake/Kettleman City, California area as much as 30,000 years ago. Could it be 130,000 years ago?” By Dennis Fenwick “Are you Aryan? What we now know about the Proto-Indo-Europeans and why they still matter.” By Martie Lewis Saturday, December
- [Now We're Cooking: The Role of Fire and cooked Food in Neanderthal Extinction](https://sacarcheology.org/now-were-cooking-the-role-of-fire-and-cooked-food-in-neanderthal-extinction/) - Now We're Cooking:The Role of Fire and Cooked Food in Neanderthal Extinction By Anna Goldfield, PhD Archaeologist Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Maidu Museum & Historical Site 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, California 95661 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Join us to celebrate International Archaeology Day. We have teamed with Maidu
- [Sierra Rock Art Field Trip](https://sacarcheology.org/sierra-rock-art-field-trip/) - Sierra Rock Art Field Trip Led by FSRA Thursday, September 26, 2019 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friends of Sierra Rock Art (FRSA) (www.sierrarockart.com) are leading a one-day field trip to two Sierra rock art sites for SAS members on Thursday, Sept. 26. Participants will meet near the Boreal/Castle Peak I-80 exit at 10:30 a.m. and
- [SAS Potluck Social](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-potluck-social-2/) - 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
- [Oregon Archaeological Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/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](https://sacarcheology.org/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
- [California Archives Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/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
- [Eclectic Symposium](https://sacarcheology.org/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
- [Annual Scholar Symposium (2) February 2019](https://sacarcheology.org/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
- [Annual Scholar Symposium (1) January 2019](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-scholar-symposium-1/) - 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
- [Cutting Edge Evolutionary Anthropology Research](https://sacarcheology.org/cutting-edge-evolutionary-anthropology-research/) - 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.
- [2014 Annual Meeting](https://sacarcheology.org/2014-annual-meeting/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Featuring "Perspectives on Betty Hope Plantation Excavation" by Scholar, Bonny O’Neill, CSU Chico Saturday, December 6, 2014, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. At our annual meeting Bonny O’Neill a California State University, Chico recipient of 2014 scholarship majoring in Anthropology will be speaking on the Betty Hope Plantation Field School in Antigua. Last
- [Eclectic Archeological Exchange - "Hittites" on 3/21/15](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-archeological-exchange-hittites/) - Eclectic Archeological Exchange Saturday, March 21, 2015 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Paul K. Davis Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. member “Hittites” From about four thousand years ago until about three thousand years ago, peoples and nations called “Hittite” were a major force in the Middle East, based in what is now Turkey, extending into northern Syria, with
- [Eclectic Archeological Exchange - "Easter Island" on 6/27/15](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-archeological-exchange-easter-island/) - Martha Lewis, Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. Member/ Traveler will be presenting tales of Easter Island. She will address the open questions on Easter Island's history using archeological evidence. Don't miss this fascinating talk.
- [Annual Meeting - Cory Wilkins  "The Archaeological Conservancy" on 12/5/2015](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-meeting-cory-wilkins-the-archaeological-conservancy/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Featuring "The Archaeological Conservancy in CA" By Cory Wilkins Western Regional Director The Archaeological Conservancy Saturday, December 5, 2015 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. At our annual meeting we are pleased to have Cory Wilkins, Western Regional Director of The Archaeological Conservancy (TAC) speak on (1) General descriptions of all properties
- [Annual Meeting Featuring Neandertal Research and Carbonized Wood Identification](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-meeting-featuring-neandertal-research-and-carbonized-wood-identification/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Featuring "Current Neandertal Research and Identification of Carbonized Wood Remains" By University of California Scholars Saturday, December 3, 2016 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. At our annual meeting we are pleased to have four University of California Scholars who received SAS scholarships present their research, field work, and training. Naomi
- [Eclectic Exchange](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-exchange/) - Paul K. Davis will shed light on current archaeological dating techniques and practices. Gerrit Fenenga will review Oregon “Older than Clovis” Archaeology
- [Eclectic Archeological Exchange - Australian Aboriginal Dream Time Rock Art and  Early Homo Sapiens](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-archeological-exchange-australian-aboriginal-dream-time-rock-art-and-early-homo-sapiens/) - Talk on aboriginal dream time rock art and Australian early Homo Sapiens
- [Annual Meeting and Scholar Presentations](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-meeting-and-scholar-presentations/) - Atlatl and Bow Replication and Alaskan Excavation” By University of California Scholars. Kevin Smith and Erika Ebel Saturday, December 9, 2017 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. At our annual meeting we are pleased to have two University of California Scholars who received SAS scholarships in 2017 present their research and field work. Kevin Smith will speak
- [Ancient Pottery](https://sacarcheology.org/ancient-pottery/) - “Ancient Pottery” ”Palatine East Pottery Project” By Jennifer Black, University of California, Berkeley and “Native American Pottery Maker of San Ildelfonso, Maria Martinez” Sunday, April 22, 2018 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Jennifer Black, a graduate student at U. C. Berkeley and a 2017 scholarship recipient will discuss her research in the Palatine East Potter Project
- [Eclectic Archaeological Exchange](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-archaeological-exchange/) - Eclectic Archeological Exchange Saturday, August 25, 2018 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. “Ancient Pueblos and Rock Art of New Mexico in Perspective” by Lydia Peake and “South Africa – Origins, Animals and Rock Art” by Tom Johansen, Paul K. Davis, and Jan Johansen The Eclectic Archeological Exchange has been instituted to tap into the archaeological/anthropological adventures
- [SAS Potluck Social](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-potluck-social/) - SAS Potluck Social Saturday, September 8, 2018 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Dan and Victoria Foster are graciously hosting a new member Society Social on Saturday, September 8 at their farm. The social will start at 3:00 pm with a potluck dinner around 5:00 pm. At this informal event we will have time to get to
- [Eclectic Archaeological Exchange: Mysteries of Ancient Orkey and Great Britain on June 19, 2016](https://sacarcheology.org/eclectic-archaeological-exchange-mysteries-of-ancient-orkey-and-great-britain/) - Eclectic Archeological Exchange June 19, 2016, Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. In August, 2015 several members of Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. joined members of the Council for British Archaeology for an archaeological tour of the Scottish Orkney. Orkney has world famous Neolithic villages of Skara Brae and Ness of Brodgar which is currently being excavated,
- [Flintknapping Workshop on 5/2/15](https://sacarcheology.org/flintknapping-workshop/) - Flintknapping Workshop Saturday, May 2, 2015 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Dr. Susan Gleason Archeologist, Phoenix Obsidian Designs Experienced Lithic creator and instructor, Susan Gleason will teach Society members flint knapping techniques with obsidian. This will be an opportunity to enjoy hands on time with obsidian. Dr. Susan Gleason earned her doctorate in Anthropology from
- [Bishop Tablelands Rock Art Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/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
- [Viewing California's Past through Seeds and Science](https://sacarcheology.org/viewing-californias-past-through-seeds-and-science/) - Lectures on archaeobotany in California and warrior women in California.
- [New Evidence - Humans in North America >15,000 years ago](https://sacarcheology.org/new-evidence-humans-in-north-america-15000-years-ago/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. is pleased to present an American origins sympoium on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 1:00 to 5:00 by three renowned archaeologists. They will share latest discoveries which push back the probable dates for the peopling of America to at least 15,800 years ago and discuss various migration scenarios, including a Pacific
- [SAS Scholar Symposium](https://sacarcheology.org/sas-scholar-symposium/) - Presentations South Africa excavation, European excavation,California native American baskets
- [Scholar Symposium](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-symposium-2/) - Annual Scholar Symposium (1) By Scholarship Recipients Saturday, January 6, 2018 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Carmichael Library 5605 Marconi St.1212 Merkley Avenue, Carmichael , CA 95608 In 2017 Sacramento Archeological Society awarded eight scholarships to support archeological/anthropological education. Two of these individuals will be presenting at the Scholar Symposium on Saturday, January 6, 2018
- [Archaeology - A Journey of Discovery from Ancient Origins to Recent Past](https://sacarcheology.org/archaeology-a-journey-of-discovery-from-ancient-origins-to-recent-past/) - Archaeological seminar featuring human origins at Pinnacle Point South Africa, peopling of America and emigrate trail routes.
- [Vasco Caves Rock Art Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/vasco-caves-rock-art-tour/) - Guided tour
- [Rock Art and Native American Culture Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/rock-art-and-native-american-culture-tour/) - This unique tour features guided tour of Kumiai museum/Tecate Community Museum, guided (Spanish & English) tour of Rock Art-Vallecitos and a visit to Campo Alaska Museum.
- [Annual Scholar Symposium](https://sacarcheology.org/annual-scholar-symposium/) - Annual Scholar Symposium By Scholarship Recipients Sunday, January 15, 2017 12:30 – 5:00 p.m. at Yolo County Library, Arthur F. Turner Branch 1212 Merkley Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691 University of California Scholars will be presenting on their involvement in recent archaeological research. Roshanne Shirley Bakhtiary - University of California, Davis graduate student. “Stable Isotope
- [Paleo-Indians in California](https://sacarcheology.org/paleo-indians-in-california/) - In celebration on CA Archaeology Month Sacramento Archeological Society. teams with Maidu Museum and Historical Site to present Paleo-Indians in California.
- [Utah Rock Art Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/utah-rock-art-tour/) - The Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. is sponsoring a fall trip to Utah and Colorado to explore rock art and native American pueblo culture.
- [Paleo-Indian Oregon Tour](https://sacarcheology.org/paleo-indian-oregon-tour/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Tour of Oregon Paleo-indian, Obsidian and other Volcanic Sites.
- [Clear Lake Tour on May 4 -6, 2016](https://sacarcheology.org/clear-lake-tour-on-may-4-6-2016/) - Clear Lake Tour Wednesday, May 4, 2016 to Friday, May 6, 2016 Sacramento Archeological Society is pleased to offer a “prehistory tour” of the Clear Lake area. This tour is a follow up to our “Talking Stone and Sacred Stories” event at the Maidu Museum and Historical Site on November 7, 2015 when we
- [Our Neandertal Heritage on April 24, 2016](https://sacarcheology.org/our-neandertal-heritage-on-april-24-2016/) - Our Neandertal Heritage By Teresa Steele, PhD Anthropology at University of California, Davis and Tim Weaver, PhD Anthropology at University of California, Davis Sunday, April 24, 2016 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Yolo County Library, Arthur F. Turner Branch 1212 Merkley Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691 Agenda 2:00 Teresa Steele, PhD, “Varsche Rivier 003
- [Scholar Symposium on 1/17/2016](https://sacarcheology.org/scholar-symposium/) - Annual Scholar Symposium By Scholarship Recipients Sunday, January 17, 2016 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Yolo County Library, Arthur F. Turner Branch 1212 Merkley Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691 Agenda 1:00 Allison Blair – “Imprisoned in Ireland” 1:40 Leah Hansard - "The Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project 2015 Field Season” 2:20 Rachel Davies - "Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Oregon
- [Talking Stone and Sacred Stories on 11/7/2015](https://sacarcheology.org/talking-stone-and-sacred-stories/) - Archaeology seminar with movies and talk by Dr. Alan Garfinkel Gold
- [Texas Archaeological Tour starting on 10/11/2015](https://sacarcheology.org/texas-archaeological-tour/) - Texas Archaeological Tour of Pre-Clovis/Clovis/Paleoamerican sites starting on 11/11/2015 Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 to Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 Starting at Austin, TX concluding at Houston,TX with variable ending points depending on your schedule Archaeologist, Mike Collins, PhD, tour host Sacramento Archeological Society is pleased to offer an extensive archaeological tour of 29 locations in
- [Sierra Rock Art Tour on 9/26-27/15](https://sacarcheology.org/sierra-rock-art-tour-on-926-2715/) - Sacramento Archeological Society and Friends of Sierra Rock Art have teamed up to offer a two day field tour of rock art sites in the Soda Springs area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. For more information view our event flier.
- [2015 Scholar Symposium on 1/18/15](https://sacarcheology.org/2015-scholar-symposium/) - Annual Scholar Symposium By 2014 Scholarship Recipients Kasey Cole Jesica Jayd Lewis Heather MacInnies Sunday, January 18, 2015 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Yolo County Library, Arthur F. Turner Branch 1212 Merkley Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691 In 2014 Sacramento Archeological Society awarded six scholarships to support archeological/anthropological education. Antonietta Catanzariti was unable to use
- [2015 Scholarships - Due 5/1/15](https://sacarcheology.org/2015-scholarships/) - The Sacramento Archeology Society, Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2015 SAS scholarship application is now available. Students studying archaeology or related fields are encouraged to apply. The application form can be downloaded from our Student Scholarship page. Scholarship applications are due May 1, 2015.

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## Zoom Meetings and Webinars

- [Sir Francis Drake Landed in California?](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/sir-francis-drake-landed-in-california/) - SAS Webinar “Sir Francis Drake Landed in California?” by Melissa Darby Monday, June 12, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT English Navigator and sometime pirate Francis Drake and his crew of eighty men, and one Black woman named Maria, were in peril in the early summer of 1579. Their ship, the Golden Hind, was
- [Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/un-erasing-the-indigenous-paleolithic-re-writing-the-ancient-past-of-the-western-hemisphere-the-americas/)
- [Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/scholar-seminar-2/)
- [Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/middle-to-upper-paleolithic-transition-2/)
- [Culturally Modified Tees Created by Basque Sheepherders](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/middle-to-upper-paleolithic-transition/)
- [Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/scholar-seminar/)
- [Indigenous Peoples of California’s Bay-Delta Region](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/indigenous-peoples-of-californias-bay-delta-region/)
- [Archaeology in Ireland and the Southwest](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/archaeology-in-ireland-and-the-southwest/)
- [2025 Annual Meeting Inuit History](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/2025-annual-meeting-inuit-history/)
- [Culprits behind Plate of Brass: Dare Stones](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/culprits-behind-plate-of-brass-dare-stones/)
- [100,000 years of human evolution in Southern Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/100000-years-of-human-evolution-in-southern-africa/)
- [Rescheduled SAS Webinar and Paleontology Museum Tour in Fremont](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/the-middle-stone-age-from-varsche-rivier-003/)
- [Middle Stone Age from Varsche Rivier 003 South Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/middle-stone-age-from-varsche-rivier-003-south-africa/)
- [Meso America](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/meso-america/)
- [Artifactor Scanning System](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/artifactor-scanning-system/)
- [Field school presentations by Katilin Jones and Brandon Yam](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/field-school-presentations-by-katilin-jones-and-brandon-yam/)
- [Analysis of Teeth](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/analysis-of-teeth/)
- [Scholar Presentations](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/scholar-presentations/)
- [Analysis of Teeth from El-Hesa Island, Egypt](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/analysis-of-teeth-from-el-hesa-island-egypt/)
- [California Fluted Points, Fantasies and Fables](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/california-fluted-points-fantasies-and-fables/)
- [Archaeological Research on Norse in Greenland](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/archaeological-research-on-norse-in-greenland/)
- [Some Astronomy in Classical Hohokam and Mimbres Locations](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/some-astronomy-in-classical-hohokam-and-mimbres-locations/)
- [A Critical Test of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis?](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/a-critical-test-of-the-younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis/)
- [Stuck in Pits: Uncovering the Secrets of Ice Age](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/stuck-in-pits-uncovering-the-secrets-of-ice-age/)
- [Mimbres Culture – Past and Present](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/mimbres-culture-past-and-present/)
- [Diving into the Mystic](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/diving-into-the-mystic/)
- [A tale of two teosintes: how genetics is reshaping our understanding of maize domestication](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/a-tale-of-two-teosintes-how-genetics-is-reshaping-our-understanding-of-maize-domestication/)
- [Scholar Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/scholar-webinar/) - 2:00 – 2:30 PM PT - “Blackfriary Archaeological Field School” by Brianna Ramirez, New Mexico State University 2:45 – 3:30 PM PT – “Gallina Field School” by Noor Sullivan, University of Maryland, College Park “Blackfriary Archaeological Field School” by Brianna Ramirez, New Mexico State University recent graduate This past summer, Brianna attended the Blackfriary Archaeological
- [UCD Scholars](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/ucd-scholars/) - SAS Meeting – UCD Scholars Monday, January 13, 2024 at UCD, Young Hall, Room 224 and web 2:00 – 2:30 PM PT - “Blue Oaks Ranch Field School” by Lauren Castaneda-Molin, University of California, Davis student 2:45 – 3:30 PM PT - "Seasonality, Subsistence, and Population Pressure: Archaeological Insights From Two San Francisco Bay Archaeological
- [Meadowcroft Rockshelter](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/meadowcroft-rockshelter/) - The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of initiation of excavations at Meadowcroft Rockshelter in southwestern Pennsylvania. Meadowcroft was the first serious challenge to the Clovis-first peopling model that had dominated American archaeological thought for decades. Generations of students have passed through graduate schools since the early excavations at Meadowcroft and most, regrettably, have never
- [Annual Meeting and South African Talk](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/annual-meeting-and-ostrich-beads-in-south-africa-talk/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Saturday, December 2, 2023 1:00 p.m. – 6:00+ p.m. at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and Zoom Followed by dinner at local restaurant The Annual Meeting will be conducted in person at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and broadcasted via Zoom start at
- [Impact of Colonial Mineral Extraction on Southwest Pueblos' Production of Pottery](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/impact-of-colonial-mineral-extraction-on-southwest-pueblos-production-of-pottery/) - SAS Webinar “Glittering and Glassy: Understanding the Intersection Of Colonial Mineral Extractivism and The Production of Late Rio Grande Lead Glaze-Painted Pottery In Seventeenth-Century New Mexico” by Danielle Marie Huerta Saturday, November 11, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT What happens to Indigenous technologies when the dissemination of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is forced
- [Ukraine - Its Turbulent History](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/ukraine-its-turbulent-history/) - “Ukraine – Its Turbulent History” by Paul K. Davis, SAS vice president Saturday September 9, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PT Paul K. Davis will review the long and difficult history of the modern nation of Ukraine starting at its prehistory and finishing with its current conflict. Ukraine prehistory as a part of the
- [Ostrich eggshell beads: a trade item in Knersvlakte, South Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/ostrich-eggshell-beads-a-trade-item-in-knersvlakte-south-africa/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Saturday, December 2, 2023 1:00 p.m. – 6:00+ p.m. at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and Zoom Followed by dinner at local restaurant The Annual Meeting will be conducted in person at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 and broadcasted via Zoom start at
- [Rio Grande Lead Glaze-Painted Pottery in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/rio-grande-lead-glaze-painted-pottery-in-seventeenth-century-new-mexico/) - “Glittering and Glassy: Understanding the Intersection of Colonial Mineral Extractivism and the Production of Late Rio Grande Lead Glaze-Painted Pottery in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico” by Danielle Marie Huerta, PhD Candidate U.C. Santa Cruz Saturday, November 11, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT What happens to Indigenous technologies when the dissemination of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- [Crosspath: an Ancestral Pueblo Site - Lithics Production?](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/crosspath-an-ancestral-pueblo-site-lithics-production/)
- [Unlocking Crosspatch Site's Past](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/unlocking-crosspatch-sites-past/) - SAS Webinar “X Marks the Spot: Mapping as the Key to Unlocking the Crosspatch Site's Past” by Jessica Weinmeister Monday, August 14, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT The Crosspath Site (5DL858, formerly Sarvell Site and Berry Ruin) is a large Ancestral Pueblo community center with Basketmaker through Pueblo II components. Crosspath is located
- [South Africa during Later Stone Age](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/south-africa-during-later-stone-age/) - SAS Webinar South Africa during Later Stone Age Saturday May 13, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 PM PT “Ostrich eggshell beads: a trade item in Knersvlakte, South Africa” by Patricia McNeill and “Early Later Stone Age at Knysna Cave, South Africa: Analysis of lithic assemblages” by Sara Watson 2:00 PM “Ostrich eggshell beads: a trade
- [Southwest Pre-history: Rincon Bench, UT & Mesa Verde, CO](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/southwest-pre-history-rincon-bench-ut-mesa-verde-co/) - SAS Webinar “Living on the Spine of the World: Placemaking at Early Community Centers Rincon, UT” by Daniel Hampson Monday, April 10, 2023 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT Rincon Bench, located on the northern bench above the San Juan River at the intersection of Comb Ridge in southeast Utah has been the site for
- [Analysis of bones: Human and Canid](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/analysis-of-bones-human-and-canid/) - “Born with a Lead Spoon in their Mouth: Life History & Health in 19th Century San Francisco” by Diana Malarchik and “Canid Analysis” by Jessica Morales On December 3, 2022 at our annual meeting Jelmer Eerkens gave a fascinating presentation, “Can we identify these 150 year-old remains? Recent archaeoforensic research in San Francisco”. Diana Malarchik
- [Analysis of faunal remains from Wallace Great House, Colorado](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/analysis-of-faunal-remains-from-wallace-great-house-colorado/) - "All bones great, small, and unidentifiable: analysis of faunal remains from Wallace Great House, Colorado” by Lucy Maun Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT As an outlier Chaco Great House, Wallace Great House (5MT6970) in Cortez, Colorado has been excavated intermittently by the Wallace Ruin Project since 1969, and consistently since
- [“Analyzing Upper Paleolithic blank cutting edge efficiency at Tolbor, Mongolia](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/analyzing-upper-paleolithic-blank-cutting-edge-efficiency-at-tolbor-mongolia/) - “Analyzing Upper Paleolithic blank cutting edge efficiency at Tolbor, Mongolia” by Corey Johnson Monday, March 13, 2023 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT Overview of presentation: The appearance of Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) technology in northern East Asia ca. 45 kya marks a significant change in the lithic archaeological record of the region. Understanding the
- [The Archaeology of Gardens and Gardeners at Colorado’s Japanese American Incarceration Camp](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/the-archaeology-of-gardens-and-gardeners-at-colorados-japanese-american-incarceration-camp/) - SAS Webinar "Finding Solace in the Soil: The Archaeology of Gardens and Gardeners at Colorado’s Japanese American Incarceration Camp” by Dr. Bonnie J. Clark, University of Denver Monday, February 13, 2023 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT During World War II, Americans of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes and placed into confinement camps
- [A case study from NW Greenland](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/a-case-study-from-nw-greenland/) - SAS Webinar "Using ZooMS to understand osseous technology debris: A case study from NW Greenland” by Erika Ebel, Graduate Student at University of California Davis Saturday, February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST The site of Iita in northwestern Greenland has had human occupation for the past 1000 years. Two distinct groups have
- [Excavations at Pont de Bonn, France and La Prele, Wyoming](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/excavations-at-pont-de-bonn-france-and-la-prele-wyoming/) - "Finds and Methods at the University of Wyoming Field School 2022” by Haley Bjorklund, Student at University of California Davis and "Pont de Bonn Field School” by Marlena Billings, Student at University of California Davis Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST "Finds and Methods at the University of Wyoming Field School
- [Disert Ireland Archaeological Field School- Excavations at an early ecclesiastical site in Co. Donegal, Ireland](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/disert-ireland-archaeological-field-school-excavations-at-an-early-ecclesiastical-site-in-co-donegal-ireland/) - Disert Ireland Archaeological Field School- Excavations at an early ecclesiastical site in Co. Donegal, Ireland by Megan Donham, Cal State LA Graduate Student Pont de Bonn (Commune de Modave) is an excavation site in Belgium. The site of ‘Le vieux chateau’ is located on a cliff and shows evidence of pre-Roman occupation that could correspond
- [Annual Meeting and Recent Archaeoforensic Research](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/annual-meeting-and-recent-archaeoforensic-research/) - Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.’s Annual Meeting Featuring “Can we identify these 150 year-old remains? Recent archaeoforensic research in San Francisco, CA” by Jelmer Eerkens, Professor of Anthropology at University of California Davis at U. C. Davis campus, Young Hall, Room 224 Saturday, December 3, 2022 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Following the SAS annual meeting
- [Digging Olompali](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/digging-olompali/) - “Digging Olompali” by E. Breck Parkman Monday, November 14, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT Breck Parkman’s first assignment as a State Archaeologist was to inventory the cultural resources of Olompali, a brand, new 760-acre State Park in Marin County. According to Breck, one of his most important discoveries was a cultural deposit consisting
- [Water and Wind: Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Correlations at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/water-and-wind-paleoenvironmental-and-archaeological-correlations-at-rimrock-draw-rockshelter/) - UPDATE ON RIMROCK DRAW ROCKSHELTER Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Harney County, Oregon, has produced a number of artifacts, botanical remains, and sedimentary deposits indicative of both a nearby marsh and substantial stream. Crescentic stone tools are frequently associated with shallow desert lakes and plants like wapato, bulrush, and wada, are also found in similar settings.
- [Tracking the First Americans](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/tracking-the-first-americans/) - "Tracking the First Americans” by Vance Holliday Monday, October 3, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT The question of when people first arrived in the Americas, based on scientific evidence, has been argued for decades and even centuries. For many years the conventional answer was about 13,000 years ago with the appearance of people
- [Mound Building Culture of Mississippi Valley Region](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/mound-building-culture-of-mississippi-valey-region/) - SAS Webinar “Mound Building Culture of Mississippi Valley Region” by Jan Johansen Monday, September 12, 2022 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. PDT Jan and Tom Johansen experienced a driving tour of mound sites in the Mississippi Valley in April, 2022. In this Webinar Jan will discuss the Mound Building Culture of the Mississippi Region and
- [Mayan Civilization - A Look into the Past](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/mayan-civilization-a-look-into-the-past/) - SAS Webinar "Mayan Civilization- a Look into the Past” by Jan Johansen Monday, August 8, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT John and Dan Foster and Jan, Tom and Jeremy Johansen, all SAS members had the pleasure of traveling to the Yucatán to visit Maya sites the end of May, 2022. They visited 16
- [Ancient sites in Chile](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/ancient-sites-in-chile/) - SAS Webinar “Ancient sites in Chile - Highlighting Monte Verde, TAgua Tagua and the Chinchorro" by Ruth McElhinney Monday, July 11, 2022 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT People have been living in the southwest part of South America for more than eighteen thousand years - and some archaeologists say it could be as much
- [June Scholar Seminar](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/june-scholar-seminar/) - June Scholar Seminar "Seasonality and harvesting practices for pre-contact site in Alameda-11" By Marcela Barron, University of California. Davis graduate student Saturday, June 11, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT Bulk samples from a shell midden deposit were collected on a precontact site in CA-ALA-11, an estuarine site in the city of Alameda on
- [Stone Tools at Nelson Bay Cave South Africa](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/stone-tools-at-nelson-bay-cave-south-africa/) - Saturday, May 14, 2022 2:00 p.m. "Stone Tools at Nelson Bay Cave South Africa" by Sara Watson, PhD candidate UC Davis Looking at material from South Africa, one of the likely places where our species may have developed, Sara Watson in her dissertation is investigating the emergence of new behaviors starting from some 65,000 years
- [“Lost Cultures of South America (Peru)”](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/experimental-reproduction-of-bone-tools-an-attempt-to-quantify-relative-complexity-of-bone-projectile-points-from-middle-late-stone-age-africa/) - “Lost Cultures of South America (Peru)” by Jan Johansen, SAS Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST We know about the ancient Egyptians and their pyramids; the Greeks and their sculptures and temples; and everybody knows about the Maya and their famous calendar and the Inca who were overthrown by the Spanish.
- [Preview of Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/preview-of-sacramento-old-town-waterfront-archaeology-tour/) - SAS Webinar “Preview of Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour” by John Foster, Archaeologist Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT John Foster, underwater archaeologist will preview the Sacramento Old Town Waterfront Archaeology tour. In a short talk John will introduce the embarcadero and show images and artifacts from the 1980’s.
- [Tunna Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa "The Place Where The Antelope Go To Dream"](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/tunna-nossi-kaiva-gwaa-the-place-where-the-antelope-go-to-dream/) - Tunna Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa "The Place Where The Antelope Go To Dream" by Morgan Hall and Parinita Kumari, University of California, Davis Saturday, March 12, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST University of California, Davis sponsors a field school at the site of Tunna' Nossi’ Kaiva’ Gwaa in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest on the
- [Backing of Stone Tools – Experimental Archaeology](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/backing-of-stone-tools-experimental-archaeology/) - SAS Webinar “Backing of Stone Tools – Experimental Archaeology” by Caleb Chen, New York University graduate student Saturday, February 12, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST Archaeologists record backed stone tools (tools that have been dulled along one edge by retouch or other intentional breakages) in worldwide assemblages. There are two main hypotheses to
- [Native American Village in Sierra Foothills – Excavation](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/native-american-village-in-sierra-foothills-excavation/) - “Native American Village in Sierra Foothills– Excavation” by Kiana Hugins, University of California, Merced Saturday, January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST Grandad Archaeological Field School has been conducted at the Native American village site (Polachi) in the Sierran Foothills between Oakhurst and Mariposa for 20+ years. The village was occupied for over
- [Rondelles - Artistic Objects from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian Culture](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/rondelles-artistic-objects-from-the-upper-paleolithic-magdalenian-culture/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, November 13, 2021 2:00 p.m. "Rondelles – Artistic Objects from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian Culture” by Marlena Billings, UC Davis Anthropology Student Rondelles are circular discs made from various materials (the most common being bone and stone) with a central hole. They have been found in sites from the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian
- [An Indigenous Archaeology of Pawneeland: Oral Traditions, Archaeology, and Euro-American Accounts of Pawnees in the Central Plains](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/an-indigenous-archaeology-of-pawneeland-oral-traditions-archaeology-and-euro-american-accounts-of-pawnees-in-the-central-plains/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, December 11, 2021 2:00 p.m. PST "An Indigenous Archaeology of Pawneeland: Oral Traditions, Archaeology, and Euro-American Accounts of Pawnees in the Central Plains” by Carlton Quinn Shield Chief Gover Annual Meeting Program The schedule for the event is as follows: 1:30 – Meet and Greet 2:00 - “An Indigenous Archaeology of Pawneeland:
- [Queen of Sheba](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/queen-of-sheba/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, October 9, 2021 2:00 p.m. "Queen of Sheba" by Lynette Blumhardt Scholars do not agree on where ancient Sheba was or whether or not the Queen of Sheba ever existed. There are a number of contenders for a possible location of Sheba. One site would be modern Yemen. The other is the
- [The Potential of Obsidian Hydration Dating for Titicaca Basin Archaeology](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/the-potential-of-obsidian-hydration-dating-for-titicaca-basin-archaeology/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, July 10, 2021 2:00 p.m. "The Potential of Obsidian Hydration Dating for Titicaca Basin Archaeology" by Luis A. Flores-Blanco, PhD student at UC Davis Description of presentation A projectile point chronology for the South-Central Andes currently provides some chronological control for dating sites in the region (Klink and Aldenderfer 2005), however, flakes,
- [The Robberg of Southern Africa: Late Glacial Lithic Technology](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/the-robberg-of-southern-africa-late-glacial-lithic-technology/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, August 14, 2021 2:00 p.m. "The Robberg of Southern Africa: Late Glacial Lithic Technology" by Sara Watson, PhD candidate UC Davis The Robberg technocomplex is one of southern Africa’s most distinctive and cohesive technologies and found in cave and rock shelter sites across southern Africa at the end of Marine Isotope Stage
- [The Olmec Cascajal Block through the Portable Portals](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/the-olmec-cascajal-block-through-the-portable-portals/) - by Joanne Carpenter The Cascajal Block is a tablet-sized writing slab in Mexico made of serpentinite which has been dated to the early first millennium BCE. It is incised with hitherto unknown characters that may represent the earliest writing system in the New World. Joanne will discuss the possible link between this discovery and the Olmec civilization. The Cascajal
- [Polynesian Contact with the Americas: An Update](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/polynesian-contact-with-the-americas-an-update/) - By Terry Jones, Department of Social Sciences, California Polytechnic State University And Kathryn A. Klar, University of California, Berkeley The possibility of prehistoric Polynesian contact with the Americas has been considered by historians, archaeologists, and other scholars for centuries. Most evidence and most scholarly discourse have focused on South America, but as early as the
- [Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/evaluating-the-dog-as-a-hunting-tool-in-prehistoric-alta-and-baja-california-preliminary-results-2/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, April 10, 2021 2:00 p.m. ‘Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results’ by Jessica Morales California hunter-gatherer(-fishers) archaeology has long focused in understanding forager decision making related to mobility, residency, subsistence practices, and technology. Notably, stone tools have dominated the discussion of technology in
- [Seven Outstanding Petroglyph Sites in Central and Northwest California: Tales of Discovery and Collaboration](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/seven-outstanding-petroglyph-sites-in-central-and-northwest-california-tales-of-discovery-and-collaboration/) - 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
- [Peopling of the Tibetan Plateau: the occupation history and high-altitude adaptation](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/peopling-of-the-tibetan-plateau-the-occupation-history-and-high-altitude-adaptation/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, February 13, 2021 2:00 p.m. Peopling of the Tibetan Plateau: the occupation history and high-altitude adaptation by Peiqi Zhang Tibetan populations have successfully settled in the Tibetan Plateau for generations. As the largest and highest highland in the world, with an average elevation of 4,000 meters above sea level (masl), the Tibetan
- [Projectile point enlargement in the High Andean Archaic: an experimental atlatl study](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/projectile-point-enlargement-in-the-high-andean-archaic-an-experimental-atlatl-study/) - Saturday, January 30, 2021 2:00 p.m. Projectile point enlargement in the High Andean Archaic: an experimental atlatl study” by Caleb Chen Archaic projectile points from the Andean Altiplano exhibit a curious trend of increasing size over time in contrast to a size reduction commonly observed throughout North America. We hypothesized that the increase compensated for
- [Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/evaluating-the-dog-as-a-hunting-tool-in-prehistoric-alta-and-baja-california-preliminary-results/) - SAS Webinar Saturday, January 16, 2021 2:00 p.m. ‘Evaluating the Dog as A Hunting Tool in Prehistoric Alta and Baja California: Preliminary Results’ by Jessica Morales California hunter-gatherer(-fishers) archaeology has long focused in understanding forager decision making related to mobility, residency, subsistence practices, and technology. Notably, stone tools have dominated the discussion of technology in
- [Annual Meeting - Indus Valley Civilization Talk](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/annual-meeting-indus-valley-civilization-talk/) - At about 3:30 p.m. following an SAS Annual Meeting Ruth McElhinney will explore the Harappan Civilization of the Indus Valley located in what is today Pakistan. This culture, which peaked during the period from 2600 to 1900 BCE, featured urban planning, far reaching trade and symbols on trade seals that may have been a written
- [Cultural Resources and Parks - A view from California and Beyond](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/cultural-resources-and-parks-a-view-from-california-and-beyond/) - This talk will discuss the emergence of cultural resources within the Park movement in California. It will highlight the contributions of three giants who left important legacies for today- Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Aubrey Neasham, and Francis A. Riddell. Other examples beyond California will provide context for early historic preservation activities. John Foster attended UC
- [Maritime Technological Adaptations and the Peopling of the Far West of North America](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/maritime-technological-adaptations-and-the-peopling-of-the-far-west-of-north-america/) - We are pleased to invite you to another Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.'s webinar. October 17, 2020 2:00 p.m. "Maritime Technological Adaptations and the Peopling of the Far West of North America" By Kevin Smith This talk synthesizes Kevin’s dissertation research concerning the role of watercraft and lithic technologies in early subsistence and settlement systems of
- [Lovelock Cave Excavation Webinar](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/lovelock-cave-excavation-webinar/) - SAS Webinar September 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. “Lovelock Cave Excavation – Its Contribution to the Science of Archaeology” by John Foster Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet long and 35 feet wide. Lovelock Cave is one
- [SAS Board meeting](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/sas-board-meeting/)
- [Sacramento Archeological Society Webinar on Optically Stimulated Luminescience (OSL)](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/sacramento-archeological-society-seminar-on-optically-stimulated-luminescience-osl/) - August 15, 2020 2:00 p.m. “How to Make Sense of OSL without a degree in Physics” by Tom Johansen, MD OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) is a method used to date archaeological sites and their associated artifacts. This technique uses the radiation dosimeter property of minerals such as quartz and feldspar. The method estimates when the
- [SAS test session](https://sacarcheology.org/zoom-meetings/sas-test-session/)

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