South West Dig



Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Meet the Cahuilla Desert People Dig

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #1 – Where is the California desert region located? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #2 – The Cahuilla live in this desert region but were not the first inhabitants. How long ago did the first desert people known live there? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #3 – What linguistic family is the Cahuilla root language stock from? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #4 – What secret treasure lies beneath the Cahuilla’s ground that enables them to have lived in the desert for many generations? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #5- Not all of the Cahuilla lived down on the desert valley floor – some lived up in the mountains? In what ways were their lives different? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #6 – The Cahuilla made two utilitarian objects – one was also made by almost all First peoples, but another was not made hardly anywhere else in California and more common in the Southwest. What were these two items? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #7 – What types of food did the Cahuilla gather ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Nov 27, 9:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #8 - Camp Internet students and teachers, with parents, have gone to three Cahuilla sites over the last few years – what are the names of these two sites we have field reports from ? button button They are open to visitors today if you and your family ever visit this area.

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