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 30th '26 - Props & Stops: non-pottery ceramics at Petsas House, Mycenae
- Oct 8th '26 - Aspects of the Judahite Economy: LMLK Jars, Olive Presses, and Imports from Tell en-Nasbeh
- Oct 14th '26 - Archaeological Knowledge Under Threat
- 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”
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
