Little Bits, Big Picture
Archeological Excavations in Vacaville

October 7, 2011 -  Now Extended to June 30, 2012

New display content produced by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation now added to the original exhibition

Archaeologists recently excavated below the surface in downtown Vacaville and unearthed evidence of people living along the Ulatis creek watershed for thousands of years. The digs were part of redevelopment, construction, and flood control projects, providing a glimpse at traces of the environment and lifeways of our first neighbors. Excavated bits and pieces of animal bone, stone, shell, glass and clay were collected, recorded, catalogued and studied to reveal elements of early life in prehistoric, and later historic, Vacaville. Little Bits, Big Picture is an exhibition at Vacaville Museum featuring revelations from underneath our feet.