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L. Mark Raab
b. 1946
An archaeologist and professor whose work opened vivid windows onto prehistoric California, coastal lifeways, and the deeper history of the American West. His books blend field experience, big-picture thinking, and a clear interest in how people adapted to changing environments.
1 Audiobook
Conservation Archaeology of the Richland/Chambers Dam and Reservoir
by L. Mark Raab, Randall W. Moir
About the author
L. Mark Raab was an American archaeologist and anthropology professor best known for his research on prehistoric California and maritime archaeology. Sources available here identify him as born in 1946, earning a B.A. from California State University, Fullerton in 1968, an M.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1970, and a Ph.D. in anthropology with an archaeology specialization from Arizona State University in 1976.
Over a long academic career, he worked in California, the American Southwest, the Southeast, and Mexico. He served at California State University, Northridge, where he became professor emeritus and directed the Center for Public Archaeology, and later taught part time in Kansas and Missouri. His research interests included hunter-gatherer ecology, maritime prehistory, San Clemente Island, and archaeological theory.
Raab also wrote and edited widely used books, including Prehistoric California and California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective. The information I found indicates that he retired from CSUN in 2005 and died on August 16, 2019, in Weston, Missouri. Colleagues remembered him as an influential scholar, teacher, and mentor whose work helped shape the study of California archaeology.