Returning from Yosemite with Scott Carpenter

Join us as we talk with archaeologist Scott Carpenter about his career, including his time as Chief of Cultural Resources at Yosemite National Park, the excavation of a cache of obsidian artifacts, his work with indigenous communities, and his documentation of a portion of the Lewis and Clark trail. 

 

To learn more:

Return the National Parks to the Tribes https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/return-the-national-parks-to-the-tribes/618395/

From Cliff to Cache: Analysis of a Middle Archaic Obsidian Cache from Southwestern Montana lithics-chapter10 (2).pdf

Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks https://www.amazon.com/Dispossessing-Wilderness-Indian-Removal-National/dp/0195142438