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    Archaeology Day at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas on Saturday, October 14, 2023

    On Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the National Park Service, California State Parks, and Western National Parks Association (WNPA) will host Archaeology Day at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center in Calabasas.

    The family-friendly event, including parking, is free and is organized to shed light on a discipline that is sometimes overlooked.

    The morning will start with a blessing, land acknowledgment, and Native American presentations

    All-day activities will include digging up artifacts in an “excavation” box, spear throwing, flint knapping demos, local artifacts on display, replica viewing and much more.

    Visitors of all ages will also get a chance to earn a special patch and become junior archaeologists.

    Archaeologists from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and California State Parks will also present on the following topics:

    11:00am to 12:00pm – Early Archeology and the Public in 19th Century America by James Snead, Ph.D. (California State University, Northridge)

    12:00pm to 1:00pm – Stewarding the Past and Present: Chumash and University Collaborations at CSU Channel Islands by Colleen M. Delaney, Ph.D. (Professor of Anthropology, California State University, Channel Islands)

    1:00pm to 2:00pm – Why Archeology in National Parks? by Laura Kirn, M.A. (Cultural Resources Team Lead, Channel Islands National Park )

    2:00pm to 2:30pm – Closing presentation by Chumash elders Ted and Dennis Garcia

    Call or email the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center if you have any questions at (805)-370-2301 or [email protected].

    More specific details at www.samofund.org/outdoors-calendar#event=76831217;instance=20231014090000?popup=1


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