This summer we conducted the 2026 ARF Archaeology Field School at Peralta Historical Park! We expanded a unit from the 2024 season and encountered more 20th century refuse.
Upcoming Events
- Sep 16th '26 - Who Should Train Tomorrow’s Archaeologists? Cultural Resource Management, Universities, and the Future of Archaeological Education
- Sep 22nd '26 - Lara Fabian (UCLA), “The Caspian Corridor and the Making of a Connected Eurasia”
- Oct 16th '26 - Gerardo Aldana | Sak Tahn Waax, Astronomy, and Psychedelics in the History of Mayan Oracular Science
- Oct 19th '26 - Jake Nabel (Penn State), “Misunderstanding in Ancient Interstate Relations: The Arsacid Princes of the Roman Empire”
- Nov 20th '26 - Scott Arcenas (University of Montana), “The Causes and Dynamics of Political Violence in Ancient Greece”
Research Map
Recent Research
Recent Publications
The Study of Indigenous Landscape and Seascape Stewardship on the Central California Coast
Kent G. Lightfoot, Michael A. Grone, Gabriel M. Sanchez, 2025
The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Fort Ross, California. Vol. 1 (2nd ed., 2019)
Lightfoot, Kent G., Wake, Thomas A., Schiff, Ann M., 1991
Metini Village: An Archaeological Study of Sustained Colonialism in Northern California
Lightfoot, Kent G., Gonzalez, Sara L., 2018
Khonkho Wankane: Archaeological Investigations in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia
Janusek, John Wayne, 2018
Te Henua Enana: Images and Settlement Patterns in The Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Millerstrom, Sidsel N, 2017
