Mark Castro

Lecturer & Research Associate - Archaeology

Biography: 

Lecturer & Research Associate - Archaeology
Co-Director, Cultural Resources Facility

Research: 

My ongoing research interests include looking at exchange networks in California Prehistory; Culture Contact in Northern California, Native Resistance to outside encroachment of their way of life and altercations with the US Military; Gold Rush and Late 19th Century Transportation Systems; Boom and Bust economies of the 19th and 20th centuries in Northern California; and using new technologies for public engagement and teaching purposes. Read more on the CRF website.

Education:

M.A. Cultural Resources Management, Sonoma State University
B.A. Anthropology, Cal Poly Humboldt

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