Claire Tatlow first joined Far Western as an Archaeological Field Technician in 2022, and became a Staff Archaeologist at Far Western’s main office in Davis, California in 2024. She has been working in the field of archaeology since 2018. Claire received a B.S. in Anthropology & Geography with a concentration in Archaeology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2020. Her projects with Far Western have included data recovery, survey and construction monitoring. Her experience primarily focuses on California’s central coast and the eastern Sierra Nevada. She has also conducted field work for the Ness of Brodgar on the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
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Publications and Presentations:
Tatlow, C., E. Cook, M. Noet, J. Webb, K. Knox, B. F. Codding, and T.L. Jones
2022
Return to the Shellfish Beds: New Insights on Use of California Sea Mussels (Mytilus californianus) and Turban Snails (Tegulaspp.) Based on Harvesting Experiments. California Archaeology 14(2): 133-157.
Noet M., J. Webb, C. Tatlow, E. Wright, A. Isolani, T. L. Jones
2019
Understanding the Relative Value of Marine Mollusks as a Resource: Results of Recent Collecting Experiments with the California Sea Mussel. Society for California Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.
Webb J., E. Wright, H. Ehrlich, M. Noet, C. Tatlow, L. Arrillaga
2018
Settlement Strategies on the Central California Coast: Evidence for a Seasonal Shell fishing Camp at CA-SLO-58. Society for California Archaeology, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Brown M., N. Dagley, C. Dunlap, H. Ehrlich, A. Isolani, A. Landeros, A. Muñoz, M. Noet, C. Tatlow, T. L. Jones
2017
Preliminary Findings of CA-SLO-58. Society for California Archaeology, Southern Data Sharing Meeting, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Awards:
2020 Exceptional Achievement in Archaeology— Department of Social Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.