CRAF Board of Directors
CHRISTINE GRIMALDI CLARKSON, M.A., R.P.A. 30958294
Christine Grimaldi Clarkson served as the Development and Membership Director from 2015-2018 and was instrumental in the creation and development of the California Rock Art Foundation. Christine was elected by the Board to be the Executive Director of CRAF in March 2018.
Christine is an anthropologist and Registered Professional Archaeologist (R.P.A.). She received her B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Art History from the University of California, Davis, and her M.A. in World Cultures with an emphasis in Archaeology from the University of California, Merced. She is currently employed as a Science Laboratory Technician for the Merced College Anthropology Department where she functions as the Lab Technician, Curator, and Archaeology Field Supervisor.
Christine has been researching and conducting archaeological work in Central California for over 20 years, and also pursues interests in Southwest and Mesoamerican archaeology. Her research has led to the discovery and documentation of an ancient astronomical observation area created by Native Americans in Central California. Articles on this subject have been published in SCA Proceedings and Rock Art Papers. Christine’s research interests include rock art, sacred space, landscape archaeology, archaeoastronomy, indigenous religion and cosmology, ethnoarchaeology, past population movements, bioarchaeology and biological anthropology.
Christine is an anthropologist and Registered Professional Archaeologist (R.P.A.). She received her B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Art History from the University of California, Davis, and her M.A. in World Cultures with an emphasis in Archaeology from the University of California, Merced. She is currently employed as a Science Laboratory Technician for the Merced College Anthropology Department where she functions as the Lab Technician, Curator, and Archaeology Field Supervisor.
Christine has been researching and conducting archaeological work in Central California for over 20 years, and also pursues interests in Southwest and Mesoamerican archaeology. Her research has led to the discovery and documentation of an ancient astronomical observation area created by Native Americans in Central California. Articles on this subject have been published in SCA Proceedings and Rock Art Papers. Christine’s research interests include rock art, sacred space, landscape archaeology, archaeoastronomy, indigenous religion and cosmology, ethnoarchaeology, past population movements, bioarchaeology and biological anthropology.
ALAN GARFINKEL GOLD, PH.D., R.P.A. 989105
Dr. Alan Garfinkel Gold is the President and Founder of the California Rock Art Foundation. He is a California and Great Basin anthropologist and archaeologist. He is currently teaching at California State University, Bakersfield. Dr. Gold has authored five books including Prehistory of Kern County, Archaeology and Rock Art, and the Handbook of the Kawaiisu and has formally published 47 scientific articles in various academic journals. He is the recipient of both the 2008 and 2011 California State Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation.
Alan has focused his research interests attempting to better understand the rich and complex archaeological record of the far Southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, western Mojave Desert, and southwestern Great Basin. He has concentrated his focus on the research areas of linguistic history, past population movements, forager religion, animal ceremonialism, and Numic Ghost Dance paintings. Most recently he has framed his studies in close collaboration with Native peoples of the area and has applied their cultural constructs and unique perceptions into interpretive schemata for local rock art.
Alan has focused his research interests attempting to better understand the rich and complex archaeological record of the far Southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, western Mojave Desert, and southwestern Great Basin. He has concentrated his focus on the research areas of linguistic history, past population movements, forager religion, animal ceremonialism, and Numic Ghost Dance paintings. Most recently he has framed his studies in close collaboration with Native peoples of the area and has applied their cultural constructs and unique perceptions into interpretive schemata for local rock art.
DONNA GILLETTE, PH.D., R.P.A. 15504
Donna Gillette is a native Californian with a lifetime love of California history. This interest was nurtured while volunteering as a Moveable Museum Docent for the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, giving talks on California History in 4th grade classrooms. This interest continued to develop and she received an M.A. in Anthropology from California State University Hayward (now Eastbay), and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. While her research has focused on rock art, her dissertation was a contextual study looking at prehistoric movement across the landscape of the Hopland Research and Extension Center, in Mendocino County, which has 5 sites of the rock tradition that she has focused on for the last 20+ years – the PCN (Pecked Curvilinear Nucleated) tradition that is found throughout the Coastal Ranges of California.
Donna is the Vice President of the California Rock Art Foundation, has been on the Board of the American Rock Art Research Association for more than 15 years, and was a member of the Bay Area Rock Art Research Association while living in the Bay Area. She has presented numerous papers on rock art at local, national and international conferences and has published several articles in journals. She recently served as lead editor on a 2013 Springer publication – Rock Art and the Sacred Landscape. Donna currently donates her archaeological services to the DANA Adobe in Nipomo.
Donna is the Vice President of the California Rock Art Foundation, has been on the Board of the American Rock Art Research Association for more than 15 years, and was a member of the Bay Area Rock Art Research Association while living in the Bay Area. She has presented numerous papers on rock art at local, national and international conferences and has published several articles in journals. She recently served as lead editor on a 2013 Springer publication – Rock Art and the Sacred Landscape. Donna currently donates her archaeological services to the DANA Adobe in Nipomo.
ERAN BARNEA
Eran Barnea is a visual artist and a filmmaker with years of experience in feature films, TV and digital media. He has worked in post-production for many major Hollywood movies for the past 20 years, with film credits on features such as Alpha, Point Break, The Imitation Game, Spiderman II, Star Wars EPI, among many others.
For the past 4 years, Eran has been working on a documentary film about ancient rock art around the world, with a spot light on the Cosos and the participation of Dr Alan Garfinkel Gold.
For the past 4 years, Eran has been working on a documentary film about ancient rock art around the world, with a spot light on the Cosos and the participation of Dr Alan Garfinkel Gold.
Ryan Scott Gerstner, B.S.
Ryan Scott Gerstner is a North American archaeologist with seven years of experience doing cultural resource management in the western United States. He received his B.S. in Anthropology from Utah State University Logan, in 2015 with an emphasis in cultural resource management and archaeology. He is currently earning his Master's degree. He has conducted fieldwork throughout Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Florida, and California, and has experience in survey, excavation, monitoring, and laboratory work.
His interests in rock art began in western Colorado, where he documented rock art sites for the Ute Trails Project, and has since gone on to study the rock art of southern California. Ryan leads archaeological field work for the California Rock Art Foundation, currently working on a large rock art recording project in Mojave National Preserve. He has a diverse range of expertise including Geographic Information Science applications for archaeological research and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based 3D modeling. His fieldwork experience includes private, municipal, county, state, and federal survey, excavation, and monitoring projects.
His interests in rock art began in western Colorado, where he documented rock art sites for the Ute Trails Project, and has since gone on to study the rock art of southern California. Ryan leads archaeological field work for the California Rock Art Foundation, currently working on a large rock art recording project in Mojave National Preserve. He has a diverse range of expertise including Geographic Information Science applications for archaeological research and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based 3D modeling. His fieldwork experience includes private, municipal, county, state, and federal survey, excavation, and monitoring projects.
PAUL GOLDSMITH, A.S.C.
Paul Goldsmith has been shooting film for 50 years. He studied film at New York Univeristy and the first film he photographed won an Emmy. He lived and worked as a cinematographer in NYC making documentaries and films for Public TV. He moved to California in 1974 where he filmed music videos and television (MAX HEADROOM) before breaking into features (SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, Michael Caine, KILLING TIME, Kiefer Sutherland). After he got married and started a family (four daughters) he left features because they required him to be on location endlessly and began to film commercials. For many years he had at least one broadcast during the Super Bowl.
Paul was elected a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, won a cinematography Emmy for a National Geographic he photographed (DON’T SAY GOODBYE), and a feature documentary (WHEN WE WERE KINGS) he shot won an Oscar. His interest in Native American history was piqued when he worked as the director of photography on a series of films on this topic for PBS (WE SHALL REMAIN).
Paul has always worked as a director-cameraman but recently has begun making his own films as well. An independent documentary that he made with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History was acquired and broadcast by KCET. This film, SIX GENERATIONS, told the story of the women in one Chumash family stretching back to First Contact as recorded by oral history and anthropologist John Peabody Harrington who lived with the family off and on for 49 years. Only three films a year are acquired from independent producers by KCET and the story was retold in a front page (COLUMN ONE) article by the LA Times.
Paul's next film was TALKING STONE, ROCK ART OF THE COSOS which he made in concert with Alan Garfinkel Gold. It tells the story of the remarkable canyons of petroglyphs on the China Lake Naval Base. It was broadcast by PBS SoCal. That film in turn generated a book of the same name published by the University of Utah Press.
Paul was elected a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, won a cinematography Emmy for a National Geographic he photographed (DON’T SAY GOODBYE), and a feature documentary (WHEN WE WERE KINGS) he shot won an Oscar. His interest in Native American history was piqued when he worked as the director of photography on a series of films on this topic for PBS (WE SHALL REMAIN).
Paul has always worked as a director-cameraman but recently has begun making his own films as well. An independent documentary that he made with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History was acquired and broadcast by KCET. This film, SIX GENERATIONS, told the story of the women in one Chumash family stretching back to First Contact as recorded by oral history and anthropologist John Peabody Harrington who lived with the family off and on for 49 years. Only three films a year are acquired from independent producers by KCET and the story was retold in a front page (COLUMN ONE) article by the LA Times.
Paul's next film was TALKING STONE, ROCK ART OF THE COSOS which he made in concert with Alan Garfinkel Gold. It tells the story of the remarkable canyons of petroglyphs on the China Lake Naval Base. It was broadcast by PBS SoCal. That film in turn generated a book of the same name published by the University of Utah Press.
ERIC HANSON
Eric Hanson is a Principal of Blueplanet VR, and is a faculty member at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. With a background in design, architecture, photography, and visual effects, Eric finds enormous application for volumetric VR in environmental issues and media, specializing in 360 capture technology, cultural heritage, and science visualization content, along with a long prior history of working in feature film visual effects. His work can be seen in “The Day After Tomorrow”, “Cast Away”, “Fantasia 2000”, and “The Fifth Element”, among others. Recent work has led to collaborations with The Dunhaung Foundation, Frontline/ PBS, The Navajo Nation & Ai Weiwei, and the Onward Project. At USC he leads curriculum in Cinematic VR and Visual Effects, but mostly wishes he could sleep more.
WILLIAM D. HYDER, M.A.
Bill Hyder retired from the University of California, Santa Cruz after serving in a variety of academic administrative roles. He received M.A.s in Political Science and Anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His master’s research focused on Chumash rock art. In addition to conducting research projects for the National Park Service and California State Parks, Bill is a past president of the American Rock Art Research Association (A.R.A.R.A.) and a research associate of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. He has authored, co-authored, or edited eight rock art books and monographs and two numismatic books in addition to 25 articles in various publication and conference proceedings.
Bill’s current research focuses on Basketmaker art of the Cedar Mesa and is exploring blending poetic voice with scientific analysis in the study of rock art. Behind the scenes, he quietly promotes young archaeologists who represent the future of our science and the work of photographers who bring a fresh eye to sharing our appreciation of rock art.
Bill’s current research focuses on Basketmaker art of the Cedar Mesa and is exploring blending poetic voice with scientific analysis in the study of rock art. Behind the scenes, he quietly promotes young archaeologists who represent the future of our science and the work of photographers who bring a fresh eye to sharing our appreciation of rock art.
LINDA HYLKEMA, M.A.
As an archaeologist specializing in the Late Holocene and Spanish Colonial eras in Central California, Linda Hylkema has been worked for the past 30 years as an archaeologist for various agencies including the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Cal-Fire (CDF), California State Parks and numerous Cultural Resources Management (CRM) firms. She has written dozens of archaeological survey and data recovery reports, has published articles in the Society of California Archaeology Annual Proceedings, American Indian Rock Art, Santa Clara County Connections, Historical Archaeology, California Department of Forestry Archaeological Reports, co-authored Uncovering and Interpreting History and Archaeology at Mission Santa Clara, published by Lulu Press, and in Beneath the Ivory Tower: the Archaeology of Academia, published by the University of Florida Press.
Formerly the Assistant Campus Archaeologist and Manager of the Archaeology Research Lab (ARL) at Santa Clara University, she is now the SCU’s University Archaeologist and Cultural Resources Program Director. During her nineteen-year tenure, Linda’s main priority has been overseeing the mitigation of archaeological resources on the university campus as a result of various construction projects. She also supervises the Archaeology Collections Manager of the vast artifact collections, overseeing their conservation and curation with the assistance of student lab technicians.
She received a double BA in Psychology and Anthropology from San Jose State University, and her MA from California State University, Hayward in 2005. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities like kayaking, gardening, hiking, rock hounding, and camping with her son and family, as well as catering to her two golden retrievers. She also works closely with several private land owners in the Diablo Range recording prehistoric sites on their ranches and is on the Advisory Board for the Friends of Historic San Antonio Mission.
Formerly the Assistant Campus Archaeologist and Manager of the Archaeology Research Lab (ARL) at Santa Clara University, she is now the SCU’s University Archaeologist and Cultural Resources Program Director. During her nineteen-year tenure, Linda’s main priority has been overseeing the mitigation of archaeological resources on the university campus as a result of various construction projects. She also supervises the Archaeology Collections Manager of the vast artifact collections, overseeing their conservation and curation with the assistance of student lab technicians.
She received a double BA in Psychology and Anthropology from San Jose State University, and her MA from California State University, Hayward in 2005. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities like kayaking, gardening, hiking, rock hounding, and camping with her son and family, as well as catering to her two golden retrievers. She also works closely with several private land owners in the Diablo Range recording prehistoric sites on their ranches and is on the Advisory Board for the Friends of Historic San Antonio Mission.
STEVEN IMHOOF
Steven Imhoof's practice focuses on land use, environmental, and natural resource issues related to land development. He advises residential, commercial and utility clients on a wide range of land use and environmental issues including land acquisition due diligence, project entitlement, permitting, endangered species, state and federal jurisdictional waters and wetlands, CEQA/NEPA compliance, and cultural/historic resources. In addition, he advises clients regarding the development impact of regional habitat conservation plans, including the Western Riverside Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP). Steven also has extensive experience representing developers in federal litigation under the federal Endangered Species Act. Currently he assists residential and commercial developers regarding a wide range of entitlement, permitting, and environmental issues.
Specialties:
• Natural Resources
• Environmental
• Land Use
• Utility Permitting
Specialties:
• Natural Resources
• Environmental
• Land Use
• Utility Permitting
L. FRANK MANRIQUEZ
L. Frank Manriquez is a Tongva/Ajachmem artist, writer and tribal activist. “Since the beginning of time our people have been making and doing. For 200 years we have been interrupted.” In the face of extinction L. Frank Manriquez examines the subjugation of artifacts and the importance of cultural continuity in serving her ancestors’ legacy. Her paintings have been featured in galleries and museums nationally and internationally.
L. Frank is the co-founder of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival and serves on the board of the Cultural Conservancy, and the California Indian Basketweavers Association.
L. Frank has won several awards for her activities, including from the American Association of University Women, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Fund for Folk Culture. In 1995 she was featured as a "Local Hero" in KQED-TV/Examiner Newspaper's Native American Heritage Month series. In 1990 L. Frank was Artist in Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA; her artwork has been exhibited widely throughout California and appears in several publications, including a regular column/graphic, "Acorn Soup", in the quarterly newsletter News from Native California.
L. Frank is the co-founder of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival and serves on the board of the Cultural Conservancy, and the California Indian Basketweavers Association.
L. Frank has won several awards for her activities, including from the American Association of University Women, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Fund for Folk Culture. In 1995 she was featured as a "Local Hero" in KQED-TV/Examiner Newspaper's Native American Heritage Month series. In 1990 L. Frank was Artist in Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA; her artwork has been exhibited widely throughout California and appears in several publications, including a regular column/graphic, "Acorn Soup", in the quarterly newsletter News from Native California.
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Lucy Parker, Southern Sierra Miwok
Bio coming soon.
ERIC RITTER, PH.D
Eric Ritter Received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis. Currently he is an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, an adjunct professor in archaeology at Shasta College, founder of Las Californias Heritage Research Group, and a Visiting Scholar at the Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley.
Eric has conducted archaeological work throughout California, Baja California and the Great Basin (and a few other locations as well) for over 50 years. His anthropology/archaeology/ethnography publications in various journals and books exceeds 100, and he has completed hundreds of technical reports as well. He is the recipient of the Society for California Archaeology’s Lifetime Achievement Award, BLM California Archaeologist of the Year award, the University of California, Davis Parent of the Year award, and other honors. His primary interests are in hunter-forager archaeology, rock art, geo-archaeology, historical archaeology, and cultural resource management.
Eric has conducted archaeological work throughout California, Baja California and the Great Basin (and a few other locations as well) for over 50 years. His anthropology/archaeology/ethnography publications in various journals and books exceeds 100, and he has completed hundreds of technical reports as well. He is the recipient of the Society for California Archaeology’s Lifetime Achievement Award, BLM California Archaeologist of the Year award, the University of California, Davis Parent of the Year award, and other honors. His primary interests are in hunter-forager archaeology, rock art, geo-archaeology, historical archaeology, and cultural resource management.
Bio coming soon.
KEVIN STEIN
Kevin Stein is principal at Stein Company, Inc. and an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College Masters of Entertainment Management Program. His background includes network, cable, and syndicated television and film as a producer.
Kevin studied English Literature and Cultural Anthropology at Boston University where he focused on shamanic studies and entheogens in the ancient world. He followed his undergraduate studies with fieldwork in Brazil for the World Health Organization and the Federal University of Bahia, and did his graduate work in Clinical Psychology at Swarthmore College and Harvard University.
Kevin’s continued dedication to shamanic studies and practice have included work with Michael Harner at the Esalen Institute, ethnobotanist, Terence McKenna, and various cultures in the Amazon, Egypt, California, and the American Southwest. He has lectured on Shamanism at the British Museum and done training workshops on shamanism throughout the U.K. Kevin's teaching experience includes Harvard Alumni College, Cal Arts, Cal State Long Beach, and
Carnegie Mellon. His interest in neuroscience and rock art led to volunteer work for a number of years at the UCLA Rock Art Archive, where he did research and site recording focused on the Chumash territory.
Kevin studied English Literature and Cultural Anthropology at Boston University where he focused on shamanic studies and entheogens in the ancient world. He followed his undergraduate studies with fieldwork in Brazil for the World Health Organization and the Federal University of Bahia, and did his graduate work in Clinical Psychology at Swarthmore College and Harvard University.
Kevin’s continued dedication to shamanic studies and practice have included work with Michael Harner at the Esalen Institute, ethnobotanist, Terence McKenna, and various cultures in the Amazon, Egypt, California, and the American Southwest. He has lectured on Shamanism at the British Museum and done training workshops on shamanism throughout the U.K. Kevin's teaching experience includes Harvard Alumni College, Cal Arts, Cal State Long Beach, and
Carnegie Mellon. His interest in neuroscience and rock art led to volunteer work for a number of years at the UCLA Rock Art Archive, where he did research and site recording focused on the Chumash territory.
F. Renee Van De Carr, M.D.
Doctor Rene Van de Carr is one of the earliest pioneers of prenatal stimulation, and teaches parents how to stimulate their unborn babies through music and other exercises at his Prenatal University in California, USA.
In his book While You Are Expecting: Your Own Prenatal Classroom, Dr. Van de Carr writes, "There is a critical time in an infant's development beginning at about five months into pregnancy. Interaction between the baby and its environment stimulates brain growth both before and after birth." This is the fundamental principal on which he bases his program. Since his initial research, Dr. Van de Carr, along with coauthor Marc Lehrer, has collected data on more than 3,000 children born after going through the Prenatal University program. His remarkable findings show that children benefit from stimulation before birth beginning at five months into pregnancy and continuing until the age of two.
In his book While You Are Expecting: Your Own Prenatal Classroom, Dr. Van de Carr writes, "There is a critical time in an infant's development beginning at about five months into pregnancy. Interaction between the baby and its environment stimulates brain growth both before and after birth." This is the fundamental principal on which he bases his program. Since his initial research, Dr. Van de Carr, along with coauthor Marc Lehrer, has collected data on more than 3,000 children born after going through the Prenatal University program. His remarkable findings show that children benefit from stimulation before birth beginning at five months into pregnancy and continuing until the age of two.
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The Foundation seeks to increase public appreciation and support for rock art in California by:
Serving as a resource for the academic community, private developers, government land managers, Native American and historic preservation groups, and environmental professionals.
Helping government agencies and their staffs, developers, and landowners to understand their obligations and opportunities to competently manage rock art sites.
Encouraging the conservation of rock art resources for future research, public interpretation and enjoyment.
Providing training for individuals and groups through hands-on rock art recording and rock art cultural resource management.
Encouraging respect, appreciation and a better understanding of California’s cultural heritage with a specific focus on its remarkable rock art resources (including pictographs, petroglyphs, portable rock art, geoglyphs, and rock alignments).
Representing the concerns of California rock art professionals before government commissions and agencies, and with legislation.
Recognizing the significance that many rock art sites possess special importance to particular ethnic groups and local communities (including and importantly Native Americans).
Discouraging vandalism, theft, and exploitation of rock art resources.
Serving as a resource for the academic community, private developers, government land managers, Native American and historic preservation groups, and environmental professionals.
Helping government agencies and their staffs, developers, and landowners to understand their obligations and opportunities to competently manage rock art sites.
Encouraging the conservation of rock art resources for future research, public interpretation and enjoyment.
Providing training for individuals and groups through hands-on rock art recording and rock art cultural resource management.
Encouraging respect, appreciation and a better understanding of California’s cultural heritage with a specific focus on its remarkable rock art resources (including pictographs, petroglyphs, portable rock art, geoglyphs, and rock alignments).
Representing the concerns of California rock art professionals before government commissions and agencies, and with legislation.
Recognizing the significance that many rock art sites possess special importance to particular ethnic groups and local communities (including and importantly Native Americans).
Discouraging vandalism, theft, and exploitation of rock art resources.
Current and Future CRAF Goals: We are seeking someone who specializes in grants. If you would like to help with any of these or other CRAF efforts, please contact Christine Grimaldi Clarkson.
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