UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology will be holding a field school on Catalina Island, California, from June 22-July 25, 2008.

This is 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 cultural 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.

Pimu Island Archaeological Project