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A star is born. Professor Eighmey gets interviewed by PCTV in Palomar College’s Archaeology Lab.

Time to celebrate. Banquet dinner at the Society for California Conference.

Our very own Kristina Moore won this year’s Student Poster Award at the Society for California Archaeology Annual Conference. This the third year Palomar Archaeology students have won this award. Our students are competing with CSU and UC graduate students.

Very proud of our archaeology Palomar students who presented their original research at the Society for California Archaeology Annual Conference in Riverside in March.

This is the world’s longest continuous road that a person can walk on 🌍

4,700-year-old ball of yarn found near Lake Bienne. Lüscherz, Switzerland, around 2700 BC

More: https://thetravelbible.com/top-artifacts-from-the-stone-age/

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT!

Come work with us this summer!

Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS in partnership with Environment for the Americas and the National Park Service Youth & Young Adult Programs announces that the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) has been selected to host *TWO*️ Latino Heritage Internship Program - LHIP architecture students for summer 2024.

The LHIP architects will produce HABS measured drawings and a short HABS historical report on the Alazán-Apache Courts in San Antonio, Texas. The project will be based at the Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS (HABS/HAER/HALS) office in Washington, DC with one week of travel to the site for fieldwork. Travel costs to the site will be covered by .
The 10-week paid internship starts May 20 and ends August 9, 2024.

COMPENSATION
Weekly stipend of $640
Cost of round-trip travel to the HABS/HAER/HALS Office in Washington, DC (some restrictions may apply)
Housing will be provided

APPLICATIONS DUE February 5, 2024
Portfolio/Work Samples Required

HOW TO APPLY
Online Announcement:
https://latinoheritageintern.org/job/summer-architect-interns-historic-preservation-technicians-plc-onsite-habs-haer-hals-nps/
Online Application:
https://environmentamericas.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0v3se?source=

ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Summer 2024 project consists of producing Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) measured and interpretative drawings of the Alázan-Apache Courts Leasing and Community Center Building and select historic structures associated with this endangered public housing complex in San Antonio, Texas. The interns will also write a short-form HABS historical report on the structures drawn under the guidance of a HABS Historian or others familiar with the site. There will be a 5-day trip to the site to undertake field measurements by hand and with a laser scanner. Travel expenses will be reimbursed by HABS/HAER/HALS.

The internship will provide the students with marketable skills that will further their professional career in , historic preservation, and the use of new technologies. The position requires ability in hand-sketching and hand-measuring in the field, the production of detailed, as-built, measured drawings of the Alázan-Apache Courts in AutoCAD. The selected intern(s) will learn about various documentation methods such as and terrestrial , including being introduced to several new software programs. The HABS team will produce standard two-dimensional architectural drawings (site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, and architectural details, etc.) to the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). There is potential for some drawing in 3D and 3D modeling. The interns will also write a short-form HABS historical report on the buildings being recorded under the guidance of a HABS historian and/or others knowledgeable in the history of “Los Courts”. Upon completion, the documentation produced will be transmitted to the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection in The Library of Congress where it will be permanently archived and made available to a world-wide audience online. The internship position is supervised by a permanent architect of the Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS (HABS/HAER/HALS) staff.

SITE SIGNIFICANCE
Opened in 1940-41, the Alázan-Apache Courts—aka Los Courts—is the oldest and largest extant public housing complex in San Antonio. Located in the city’s predominately Mexican American Westside, and conceived at a time when housing, schools, and public facilities were legally segregated, Los Courts have provided affordable housing for San Antonio’s working poor, in an area where historically families have struggled with poverty, lack of municipal services, severe flood conditions, and high death rates. The Alazan-Apache Courts not only introduced critical infrastructure to the Westside, but for nearly 80 years have provided a critical safety net for thousands of people who have contributed to the growth of the city, a city that is currently experiencing a growing affordable housing crisis.

THREATENED AND ENDANGERED
Los Courts appeared on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s "America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places" in 2020 hoping to raise awareness of this threatened and endangered site.

Photo Caption: HABS Architect, Paul Davidson, provides instruction to the 2023 Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) Summer Architects Allison Villada and Steven Esparza on how to take panoramic photos to capture color data of the Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center in Socorro, Texas.

American Institute of Architecture Students-AIAS

A reenactment of a Persian equestrian dress dating back 2,500 years. Ancient historian Prof. It was designed by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and sewn by Rebecca Southall. From The British Museum's "Luxury and Power Persia to Greece" exhibition.

Scientists have developed a new tool that enables them to identify prehistoric and historic individuals’ relatives up to the sixth-degree A new method of genetic analysis makes it possible to determine family relationships of prehistoric and historical individuals up to...

Excellent opportunity!

Interested in Archaeology?
The Colorado Desert Archaeology Society will be hosting an Archaeology Technician Volunteer Training course this winter. The course takes place over six weeks with lectures from Jan. 19th to Feb. 24th with Friday night lectures and Saturday fieldwork. If interested please contact Robin Connors, [email protected].

Middle Paleolithic Human Diet was More Diverse than Previously Thought | Sci.News Archaeologists have analyzed the ancient animal remains from Ghar-e Boof, a Middle Paleolithic site in the southern Zagros of Iran that was occupied between 81,000 to 45,000 years ago.

Did you know? Duolingo hired linguistic anthropologists who found that by incorporating gaming elements such as streaks, levels, and rewards, the app has better-motivated users to stay committed to their language learning goals.

You could be that anthropologist! Explore great career options at ACE!

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Unearth some spooky history this Archaeology Halloween. BOO!

See the Face of an Inca Teenager Killed in a Ritual Sacrifice 500 Years Ago The mummified girl, known as "Juanita," was found in 1995 on Peru's Ampato volcano

Happy students, happy profs. Elfin Forest excavation.

ANTHROPOLOGY DAYS ARE HERE! Tuesday October 31st at the Clock Tower: Bone Games, Cave Art Painting, Atlatl Throwing, and much, much more. Wednesday, November 1st: Anthropology Talks in MD-124 or on Zoom.

Come join the Palomar Archaeology crew at Arch-in-the-Park this Saturday at the beautiful Rancho Penasquitos Adobe. Meet the Archaeology team, check out the booths, and eat some fry bread.

Once you get them in the units, you can’t get them out.

Another great day in the field.

Brown Continent

"AFTER OUR WALK, THERE WERE NO BABIES LEFT.

The late James Scott, who died around 1944 at about 110 years of age, walked in the forced Removal from the Alabama/Georgia region to Oklahoma when he was 7 or 8 years old. His parents died during the Removal. He was from Okemah, Oklahoma.

The following is his recollection of the Removal:

“One morning, when it was already getting cold, a runner came to our village out of breath, saying haltingly “Talking papers. They are sending people with talking papers-people are already disappearing-what’s left behind is being stolen. They are sending us to a burial ground. They keep talking about judgment day. We need to either hide or mix with other tribes up north. These demons are shooting Indians if we resist. I have to warn the next village.” He left and, even though I was just a boy, I knew that something very bad was about to happen-A dark cloud hovered over us. I don’t know how many days went by. We started gathering provisions, we talked about other tribal towns, The earth trembled, and even the trees seemed to be shaking. The hovering dark cloud brought the evil men sooner than we expected. The soldiers started shooting. The whites rounded us up like cattle and put shackles on the strong men.
There was a silent cry-no words-so devastating-silent prayers-then low humming of the chant of communal encouragement. Gun butts were hitting mouths. That morning cold winds blew-like judgment day.
We did not know where we were heading. There were talking papers-more talking papers-The whites would keep on bringing talking papers, and tragedy always followed. Along the trail, they split us up. I lost my mother and father and ended up with an uncle. Little babies sometimes would have their head smashed against a tree. Strong shackled men were used for pulling wagons and chopping wood. Those who got sick were left or dumped by the soldiers. There was hardly any food-People were hungry, cold, and frost bitten. The whites roasted meat and the aroma made you want to die. Each time someone fell, they sacrificed, saying, “Take my blanket-I am going home.” The chilling wind never left us-we have seen blizzards-now we were in one. Even Strong Buffalo would not have survived such a winter. Somehow, the Creator was with us. Most of the time, children walked; However, sometimes they would be allowed to ride in a wagon with older folks. About the time we reached Indian territory. There were very few of us-mostly older children and shackled men. After our walk, there were no babies left; they killed the babies. Hardly any women made it. I only had one uncle left. We began with about 500 in our group and we wound up with 50 and we wound up near Okemah, Asilanabi, Greenleaf, The places where we finished growing up. These places were near some Christian Indians who had already got there before us. The last day – I was always looking for it, but it did not come. It took 20 years for the nightmares to lessen.”

!WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

PHOTO OF JAMES SCOTT

Beautiful day at the Safari Park Friday morning to observe primates with bio students. On the way found a poignant quote by Margret Mead

Artifact Illustration class at Rancho Penasquitos Adobe. Palomar students created some amazing art. Thank you Donna Walker!!!!!! @ Los Penasquitos Ranch House