California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program (CASSP)

April 2024 workshop field trip
Location of April 2024 CASSP workshop field training

What we do

We recruit, train, and support members of the public to volunteer as site stewards at archaeological and historical sites.

Site stewards regularly visit their assigned sites and report site conditions. They keep sensitive site information confidential. They do not dig in the site or remove artifacts.

Site stewards work with state and federal public agencies and at private conservation organizations. They are supervised by local archaeologists to whom they submit their reports.

CASSP activities provide volunteers with purposeful work, support agency archaeologists, and help protect heritage sites.

Contact us

CASSP is provided by Partners for Archaeological Site Stewardship, P O Box 7577, Long Beach, CA 90807, (562) 453-8984. Partners for Archaeological Site Stewardship is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Announcing a CASSP Heritage Hike to Corn Springs

The next Heritage Hike will go to Corn Springs, a rock art site in the Chuckwalla Mountains, near Desert Center. This "hike" is a stroll, because the site is located close to parking. At this Heritage Hike, we will learn about rock art sites, local history and prehistory, and preservation issues for sites like this.

A small portion of rock images at Corn Springs.