Viewing California’s Past through Seeds and Science

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Lectures 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
at Maidu Museum & Historical Site
1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, California 95661

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Celebrate International Archaeology Day. Maidu Museum & Historical Site will offer hands on archaeological experience for children and family tours of their historical site. Sacramento Archeological Society will feature lectures on how plants can be used to investigate California prehistory and how skeletons can shed light on the participation of women in California warfare.

1:00 – “Archaeobotany in California: Exciting Things Learned from the Remains of Every Day Activity.” by Eric Wohlgemuth, Principal Investigator and Chief Archaeobotanist, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. – Archaeobotany, the study of plant remains from archaeological sites in California.

2:00 – “Warrior Women of Central California” by Al Schwatala – recent research conducted with Marin Pilloud of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno on the active participation of women in combat in California.

Entrance Fee Charged
Questions? Please contact Jan Johansen at janjohansen@sbcglobal.net or Maidu Museum and Historical Site at 916.774.5934