Upcoming Events
In the Spotlight
- SCAS Outreach: “Beneath The Floorboards: The Archaeology of the Redman-Hirahara House.”
- SCAS Outreach: Archaeology Day at Castro Adobe State Historic Park!
- SCAS Outreach: Vets4Vets “2nd Annual Santa Cruz Mac N Cheese Cook-Off!”
- New SCAS Meeting Location: Elks Lodge!
- Scotts Valley Display Project Update! (7/05/25)
- Scotts Valley Display Project Update! (10/24/24)
- SCAS Event: The Castro Adobe Tour (6.27.24)
SCAS Outreach: “Beneath The Floorboards: The Archaeology of the Redman-Hirahara House.”
DATE: Saturday, November 7, 2026 TIME: 10:30 – 11:30 AM (Pacific) WHERE: Betty Leonard Community Room, Aptos Branch Library; 7695 Soquel Drive LINK: Beneath the Floorboards: The Archaeology of the Redman-Hirahara House — Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
SCAS Outreach: Vets4Vets “2nd Annual Santa Cruz Mac N Cheese Cook-Off!”
Join SCAS for the 2nd Annual Mac N Cheese Cook-Off and Live Music! DATE: Saturday, September 19, 2026 TIME: 11:00am – 2:00 PM (Pacific) WHERE: VFW Post 7263 at 2259 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz Tickets are $20. Veterans and Kids … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Dr. Robert Cartier on: “The Scotts Valley Site: Ancient Enigmas.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for a presentation by … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Dr. Ruben Mendoza on: “Götterdämmerung in Teotihuacan: Iconoclasm, Civil Conflict, and the Violent Fall of Ancient Mexico’s Greatest Metropolis.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for a presentation by … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Cameron Garcia on: “Rediscovering the Lost Archaeology of Pinnacles National Park, San Benito and California’s Badlands.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for a presentation by … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Phoenix Rumbaugh and Leonardo Ramirez on: “Working With the Journals of Frank Latta: An Investigation of a Scholar of the California Precontact and Historic Eras.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for a presentation by … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Dr. Marco Meniketti on: “Experiments with Documenting Ancient and Historic Landscapes. A Case Study Using Inexpensive 3D imaging and AI Modeling.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for a presentation by … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Alan Leventhal on: “8,000 years at the Murphy Springs Site, Morgan Hill.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at a new location, the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for … Continue reading
SPEAKER EVENT: Dr. John Pryor on: “Papa Quail Pomo Basket Project.”
Note: This is a hybrid event! We invite you to join us in-person at a new location, the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, 95060, or via Zoom (see below for Zoom registration form)! Join SCAS for … Continue reading
ONLINE SPEAKER EVENT: Laura W. Ng on: “Archaeological Research on the Rock Springs Chinatown: Daily Life Before and After the 1885 Chinese Massacre.”
NOTE: This is an online event (see Zoom registration form below); we will not be meeting at the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Join SCAS for a presentation by Laura W. Ng on: “Archaeological Research on the Rock Springs Chinatown: Daily … Continue reading


