The CAR is directed by Mark Q. Sutton, Ph.D., R.P.A., (vita).  Dr. Sutton has over 30 years of experience in California archaeology, mainly in southern California. He has worked extensively in contract archaeology and has experience as an archaeologist for both the State and Federal governments and as a private consultant. Dr. Sutton has worked as archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management and Edwards Air Force Base. He currently is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology, CSU, Bakersfield.

Areas of Research:  Hunter-Gatherer Studies, California and Great Basin Prehistory and Ethnology, Linguistic Prehistory, Ethnobiology, and Human and Cultural Ecology.

Phone: (661) 664-3153            Fax: (661) 665-6909

e-mail: msutton@csub.edu

Robert E. Parr, M.S., R.P.A., (vita) is the Associate Director of the CAR.  Mr. Parr holds a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Riverside. His area of expertise is the archaeology of inland southern California and Nevada. Mr. Parr has been employed as an archaeologist by the U.S. Forest Service, China Lake Naval Weapons Air Station, and various private firms. He has extensive experience in contract archaeology, in both historical and prehistoric cultural resources. 

Phone: (661) 664-2476      e-mail: rparr@csub.edu

Jill K. Gardner, M.A., R.P.A., (vita) is the Assistant Director for the CAR.  Ms. Gardner holds a Master's degree from CSUB, and is currently ABD at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Her area of expertise is the prehistoric archaeology of southern California (primarily the southern San Joaquin Valley) and the western Mojave Desert.  She also has extensive experience in contract archaeology.

Phone: (661) 664-3297      e-mail: jgardner4@csub.edu

Other Personnel

The CAR field and lab employees are selected from among qualified graduate and undergraduate students in the archaeology program at CSUB. To qualify as a field crew member, a student must have successfully completed the CSUB field archaeology course and have demonstrated the ability to do competent work under supervision. Persons working in the laboratory must have completed the CSUB archaeological laboratory methods course. Many of our graduate students possess extensive experience in both field and laboratory and are proficient in one or more specialties (e.g., lithic, faunal, statistical analysis).  In circumstances where additional personnel are needed, persons of known experience and competence are hired from outside the University.