Antiquities
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Glenn S. Dumke Collection of Western Americana
Collection
Identifier: 0194
Abstract
Glenn Dumke was a prominent leader for the development and growth of higher education as well as a passionate educator and scholar of Western American and Hispanic history. His collection features pottery and basketry that is presumed to be from the Chumash tribe.
Dates:
Undated
Pepperdine University Archaeological Survey and Excavation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0114
Abstract
Before Pepperdine University existed, the Chumash Native Americans inhabited what is modern day Malibu. Their invention and use of the plank canoe (tomol), their beautifully crafted baskets, tools and bead making, and their customs/beliefs are what make the Chumash unique.The Chumash are still present and thriving today in Southern California. In 1970, UCLA Archaeologist John Beaton and his team surveyed the site that would become Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. They excavated a rock...
Dates:
1970 - 1977