Dear Collegues and Friends,

There are still a few spaces available in the Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology
Field School, a new and innovative course that uses cutting edge
scientific tools in a collaborative research project with
Tongva/Gabrielino tribal members, the Santa Catalina Island
Conservancy and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.

Beginning June 22, 2008 and ending July 25, 2008, the field school
provides students with practical working knowledge of survey,
excavation, lab and cataloging methods while immersing them in the
9,000 years of prehistoric martime history of the Tongva/Gabrielino
nation. Students will also learn about how to apply cultural resource
laws to public sector archaeological work.

Situated just off the coast of Los Angeles, Catalina Island was
historically an important trading supply outpost for Southern
California and beyond. The field school is part of the on-going Pimu
Catalina Island Archaeological Project (PCIAP), which is working to
assess and protect archaeological sites on Catalina.

Please see the website for more information:
http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/Catalina/overview.htm.

Although the website states that registration deadlines have passed,
contact Wendy Teeter at [log in to unmask] or at (310) 825- 1864 if
you would like to participate.

Desiree Martinez
Co-Director, Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School