The San Diego Archaeological Center announces Submerged Prehistory, the second tour in the San Diego?s First Peoples series, on Saturday, March 2, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The event will start at the parking lot of La Jolla Shores Beach and features a visit to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This event will take place regardless of the weather. Space is limited to 25 people.
As a supplement to the new By Land and By Sea exhibit at the San Diego Archaeological Center, this field trip series will explore the physical locations and landscapes that the first people in the Americas lived in.
Dr. John Hildebrand will guide this second tour on San Diego?s submerged prehistory. During the earth?s last glacial period, global sea level was lower by more than 100 m from the sea level of today. The continental shelves exposed by these lower sea levels would have been an important landscape for migration and habitation of peoples coming into the Americas. The La Jolla region of San Diego County is the location of an offshore submarine canyon, bringing marine resources near to the shoreline, both today and at the time of lowered sea levels. In this field trip, we will examine the geology, marine ecology and archaeological record of the La Jolla region, and discuss the role of submerged landscapes in understanding North American prehistory.
Age limit: 18+
Admission/Cost:
Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 AM to Noon
For more information, please visit: www.sdarchaeology.org
As a supplement to the new By Land and By Sea exhibit at the San Diego Archaeological Center, this field trip series will explore the physical locations and landscapes that the first people in the Americas lived in.
Dr. John Hildebrand will guide this second tour on San Diego?s submerged prehistory. During the earth?s last glacial period, global sea level was lower by more than 100 m from the sea level of today. The continental shelves exposed by these lower sea levels would have been an important landscape for migration and habitation of peoples coming into the Americas. The La Jolla region of San Diego County is the location of an offshore submarine canyon, bringing marine resources near to the shoreline, both today and at the time of lowered sea levels. In this field trip, we will examine the geology, marine ecology and archaeological record of the La Jolla region, and discuss the role of submerged landscapes in understanding North American prehistory.
Age limit: 18+
Admission/Cost:
Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 AM to Noon
For more information, please visit: www.sdarchaeology.org
