400 feet below the ocean’s surface, researchers glimpsed thousands of years into the past.
An interdisciplinary group of scientists, anthropologists, students and tribal partners spent a week at sea studying ancient Indigenous landscapes buried beneath the waters around Southern California’s Channel Islands.
The team included SDSU’s Jimmy Futty (’20, ’22), a geophysics Ph.D. student, and Jillian Maloney, associate professor of geological sciences, Amy Gusick from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, SDSU alumna Roslynn King (’22), biologists from UCSD and a large group of SDSU students.
The team worked around the clock to learn more about how the land evolved and how ancient people lived, all while making scientific discoveries, offering a hands-on learning opportunity for students and identifying culturally significant areas for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
Read more in the latest edition of SDSU Magazine.