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While conducting opportunistic regional survey in summer 2022 in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Belize, Dr. Jon Spenard’s Rio Frio Regional Archaeological Project was informed of a series of granitic rock debitage piles nearby. Investigations revealed them to be ancestral Maya quarries and ground stone tool workshops, the first of their kind recorded anywhere in the Maya region. Naming the site the Buffalo Hill Quarries, the project mapped over a dozen extraction features (quarry pits and cut faces) surrounded by debitage piles spread over an area of approximately 16 hectares (40 acres). The site continued, but time did not permit its full documentation. Noted throughout the mapped area were dozens of production tools and discarded objects in various stages of reduction. Aided by data from an aerial LiDAR survey of the region, the project returned in summer 2023 to finish mapping the site and conduct test excavations on an extraction locus to investigate ancestral Maya quarrying methods and techniques. In this talk, Dr. Spenard will present the results of those two field seasons, introduce more results from the LiDAR survey, and discuss the next stages of the project, including examining who the quarry workers were and how their products may have been distributed. This event will be held on Zoom. For more information visit: sandiegoarchaeology.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Forum featuring African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Jesse Nevel, the Uhuru 3. On July 29, 2022, the FBI violently raided 7 Uhuru Movement offices and homes in 2 cities, falsely accusing this decades-old international Black Power organization of serving as pawns of the Russian government in their decades of work fighting for reparations and opposing U.S. wars. 81-year-old African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela is a former SNCC field organizer registering voters in Florida during the Civil Rights movement and has since traveled the world organizing for African unity and liberation. Hess and Nevel are leaders in the movement for white reparations to the black community working under the leadership of the APSP. The event will introduce Chairman Omali’s new book, “The Verdict is In: Reparations Now!” Discussion will be held on the upcoming November 4th Black People’s March on the White House and the building of the anti-colonial free speech movement. San Diego State University, Adams Humanities Room 2108 For more information visit: eventbrite.com

The veteran film, television and stage actress died Wednesday morning at the age of 82, after a brief illness.

Belly up & Casbah Present Del Water Gap and Kristiane Del Water Gap Is the Solo Project of Songwriter & Producer S. Holden Jaffe. Jaffe Currently Resides in Brooklyn, Ny and Is Inspired by “romantic Encounters and Dimly Lit Rooms." For more information visit: musicboxsd.com Stay Connected on Facebook

Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.

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The shortlist for the Carol Shields Prize was announced Tuesday morning. The award recognizes "creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States."

Enjoy a special garden workshop in the Trudy Bronner Discovery Garden with Jimbo's Naturally Escondido! Make delicious recipes with local, seasonal ingredients from Jimbo's! Parents and little ones will get to participate and learn together. Today's recipe: Maracas made from coffee beans and upcycled materials No registration required. FREE with Museum Admission.

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Stephen King's first novel, Carrie, NPR wants to know about your favorite King book.

Plenty of people go to couples therapy — why not siblings therapy? Experts say the long, complicated relationships between siblings are worth exploring and tending to.