Photos
A collection of photos from our various field schools, independent student projects, class lessons, and fun times at the CAA!
California Field School Students and Anthropology Lab in 2022 and 2023
Students in the field at the Ireland Field School, Ballintober, Ireland. Years 2016 and 2017
Select artifacts housed at the CAA from various sites, including the Ireland Field School and the California Portola Redwoods.
A potsherd found in Ireland alongside its drawing, which allows for the reproduction of detail and nuance not available with a camera.
These two artifacts collected in Ireland are fragments of a clay pipe. Traditionally, bits of the mouth end of the pipe are broken off when they get too clogged, until the remaining bowl also gets tossed. Because of this, many broken pipe stem pieces are found compared to the number of pipe bowls. The photograph directly above is a portion of a pipe bowl and stem that was found.
Another collection of potsherds, two pieces were matched together. This vessel had likely undergone raku firing, which produced the distinct iridescence and glazed surface.
The above artifacts are two pieces of a toothbrush head found in a site in the Portola Redwoods. This particular toothbrush head was made from bone, a hundred or so years ago.
Students are cleaning the remains of a wild boar (Sus scrofa) in a Forensic Anthropology class while professor Ana Gonzalez supervises.
Anthropology professor Ana Gonzalez prepares the wild boar carcass for cleaning by boiling the remains to make the removal of soft tissue easier.
Below are students from the Archaeology Lab class, 16L, cleaning the previously boiled boar bones with scalpels, dental picks, and other utensils.
Room 3102, the Center for Applied Anthropology
A collection of human and homonin skull casts in the Anthropology Lab
A domestic dog skull from the CAA's faunal collection
Anthropology student Amy S. is re-wiring the deer skeleton so it can be properly cataloged and put on display.
Anthropology students are crafting deer bones out of clay to add to the deer skeleton, carefully studying each bone in bone in the sculpting process.
