Sarah Bertman

I am currently a graduate student pursuing my master's in Public Archaeology at California State University, Northridge. I have a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles. I am an archaeologists at Edwards Air Force Base where I utilize the skills I have learned in school and in Cultural Resource Management (CRM). My primary region of interest is in California archaeology, and more specifically in the western Mojave Desert. My master's thesis focuses on the movement of rhyolite, a stone tool material local to the western Mojave; I want to investigate how this material was circulated and how it dictated relationships among local tribes. I am interested in working with local tribes and archaeologists to help improve relationships.