February 18, 2018
Rock Art of Southern California
- Date/Time: Sunday, February 18, 8 am – 6 pm
- Meet at: Pilot Travel Center, North Palm Springs
- Fee: $60 JTNPA/PINE member, $70 non member
- Instructor: Daniel McCarthy, M.S., Anthropology
- Hike Level: Easy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-art-of-southern-california-spring-2018-registration-40042579433
Discover the mystery of the enigmatic symbols left behind by the Indigenous Peoples with Daniel McCarthy. McCarthy will provide a glimpse into the life of the Native Nations through pictographs and petroglyphs preserved in stone. This all-day field class will carpool from the Coachella Valley to Corn Springs in the Salton Sea area and end in Idyllwild. Participants will not only have the thrill of seeing rock carvings and paintings in their original setting but will learn what is known of their stories. The class will also learn about the migratory patterns of the Native Peoples, their places of habitation, and the reason they traveled seasonally. Participants will drive over 150 miles during the class. Carpooling is recommended.
March 10, 2018
Intaglios Along the Colorado River
- Date/Time: Saturday, March 10, 7:30 am – 6 pm
- Meet at: Oasis Visitor Center
- Fee: $60 JTNPA member, $70 non member
- Instructor: Daniel McCarthy, M.S., Anthropology
- Hike Level: Easy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intaglios-of-the-colorado-river-spring-2018-registration-40042820153
Intaglios or large figures laid out on the ground are one of the unsolved mysteries of modern Archaeology. Officially classified as a form of rock art, there are over 300 intaglios in the American Southwest and Mexico. Daniel McCarthy will lead this all-day field class to three sites to explore these larger than life images preserved on the desert floor. The best known of these are the Blythe Intaglios along the Colorado River that are famous for multiple human-like figures. The largest human figure is 240 feet in length! Participants will learn about these “gravel pictographs” and their significance. This is a great opportunity to visit these immense drawings with an expert archaeologist. Participants will drive 230 miles (round trip) during the class, from Twentynine Palms to just north of Blythe where the class will finish. Carpooling is encouraged.
March 18, 2018
Native American Plant Uses
- Date/Time: Sunday, March 18, 9 am – 4 pm
- Meet at: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
- Fee: $60 JTNPA member, $70 non member
- Instructor: Daniel McCarthy, M.S., Anthropology
- Hike Level: Easy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/native-american-plant-uses-spring-2018-registration-40042930483
This class is sponsored by Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Discover the abundant uses of native desert plants with Daniel McCarthy. McCarthy will teach participants about the plants historically harvested by the native peoples of Southern California for food, medicine, and utilitarian purposes. The program will start with an overview of local Native American tribes and how culture defines plant use. Attendees will learn about plant communities, habitat, and distribution, focusing on the ethnobotany of key species found in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. In the afternoon, the class will identify edible plants found in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. No plants will be harvested. Respectful gathering practices will be discussed as well as restrictions on collecting on federal lands and in the National Park.
“New Evidence – Humans in North America >15,000 years ago”
March 24, 2018
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 Coast route, the Kelp Highway Hypothesis.
1:00 – Jon Erlandson, PhD, archaeologist, professor and director of the Museum of Natural & Cultural History (MNCH), University of Oregon who has worked on California’s Channel Islands for 40 years will discuss human evolution, the role of fishing and seafaring in human prehistory, and the peopling of the Americas.
Photo: CA-SMI-Caliche flats crescent,
Erlandson 2018
2:15 – Pat O’Grady, PhD, archaeologist at University of Oregon led a tour for SAS members at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter site in Oregon where evidence of human presence possibly older than 15,000 years has been found. At this symposium he will discuss the results of the 2016 and 2017 excavation seasons.
Photo: Agate stone flake tool found beneath Mount St Helens tephra at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter, Riley, Oregon. Image credit: Patrick 2017
3:30 – Mike Collins, PhD, archaeologist, Texas State University and director of Gault School of Archeological Research (GSAR) will discuss the very earliest evidence for people in the Western Hemisphere–who they may have been, when they arrived, whence they came, what their cultural materials were like, how they might have gotten here, and what we know about their dispersions across the Americas
UCD Extension, 2901 K Street Sacramento, CA 95816, Room 200
Park on 2nd level, $3 parking fee if validated Doors open at 12:30
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Suggested Donation – $5
Questions? Please contact Jan Johansen at janjohansen@nullsbcglobal.net