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San Diego Archaeological Center
The San Diego Archaeological Center is a nonprofit curation facility and museum where visitors can learn the story of how people have lived in San Diego County for the past 12,000 years. Visit our museum, which is located in the picturesque San Pasqual Valley in Escondido, one mile east of the San Diego Safari Park. In addition to its role as a museum, the Center…
Living Room Lecture: Cacao in Mesoamerica and South America
In this presentation, Dr. Jonathan J. Dubois will focus on cacao and the iconography associated with it in the Ancient Americas. Most of our knowledge about the practice of rituals involving the consumption of fermented cacao beverages comes from Mesoamerican…
Living Room Lecture: Nathan Harrison Project
The 2021 summer field season at the Nathan Harrison site produced multiple stunning discoveries that furthered understanding into the life and legend of Palomar pioneer Nathan Harrison. San Diego State University professor and project director Seth Mallios will offer an…
Oh My Fluffle!
Dr. Arty Fax’s Archy Facts is a blog introducing kids to the exciting world of archaeology! “What in the world is a fluffle?” you might ask. Well, this funny little word means a group of wild rabbits. It turns…
Historic Archaeology: Ink Bottles
Historic archaeology connects places, things, and issues from the past or present using not only what is found during an excavation, but also written records and oral traditions that then help inform and contextualize cultural materials. During the spring of…
CRM Job Seekers
Looking for your next job? Make yourself visible to multiple firms with a single application. Cultural Resource Management (CRM) firms will use Job Seekers to look for qualified applicants for archaeological field and laboratory work in Southern California. For more…
Summer 2021 E-Newsletter
Read about our most recently acquired collections in our New Acquisitions exhibit, find out about volunteer opportunities in the Library, learn about the unveiling of the hypogeum at the Colosseum in our archaeology news for kids, and more in the…
