The Far Western Speaker Series provides a forum where scholars can present their research, and discuss their ideas. Speakers and audience members are diverse, and include some of the top academics in the country, graduate students engaged in cutting-edge research, and archaeologists from the contracting world. Lectures are held at the Far Western Lab at 2727 Del Rio Place, Davis, CA 95618.
Selected Occasional Speaker Citations
November 18th, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Denise Jaffke, Darrel Cruz, Courtney Higgins, and William (Billyhawk) Enos
Washoe Knowledge, Submerged Sensitivity Modeling, and Underwater Survey at Dáʔaw (Tahoe)
October 6th, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Anna Goldfield
Making Science into Stories: Content Creation as Archaeology Outreach
William A. White, III
2023
It’s Going to Take More than Field School: College Degrees, CRM, and Making a Living in Today’s Economy. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. December 2023
Timothy Slowik
2023
Chronology and Upland Settlement on Orestimba Creek, Central Diablo Range, California. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. October 2023.
April Kamp-Whittaker
2023
Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. September 2023.
Katie Hanrahan
2023
Distribution and Chronology of Schist Millingstones in Owens Valley. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. May 2023.
Leslie Hoefert
2023
CalNAGPRA and AB 275: The Reality of Collections Consultation and Repatriation. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. May 2023.
Brieann DeOrnellas
2023
Industry and Malady: Entanglements of and Disease Afflicting Breast Cancer Patients in the Bay Area. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. May 2023.
Rachel Davies
2023
The Sacramento City Garbage Crematory Faunal Assemblage: Early Twentieth Century Consumer Patterns. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. May 2023.
Brittany Hill
2023
Bioarchaeology of Care in Three San Francisco Bay Area Muwekma OOhlone Ancestral Sites. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California. February 2023.
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