After a decade–long battle with cancer, L. Mark Raab passed away on August 16, 2019, in Weston, Missouri, where he and his wife, Ann Raab, settled after his retirement in 2005 as Emeritus Professor from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). During his 21–year tenure at CSUN, Mark made an enormous impact on archaeological research in Alta and Baja California that earned him the SCA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. His friends,colleagues, and former students remember him for his dedication, contributions to California archaeology, and his sense of humor. Born in Escondido, California, he earned his B.A. from CSU Fullerton in 1968. He then left California to pursue an M.A. in Anthropology at Vanderbilt University (1970), and a Ph.D. in Anthropology/Archaeology at Arizona State University (1976). His dissertation research focused on prehistoric community organization in the Santa Rosa Wash, an areaof the Papagueria in southern Arizona.

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L. 马克·拉布 (1946–2019)

在与癌症进行了长达十年的斗争之后，L. Mark Raab 于 2019 年 8 月 16 日在密苏里州韦斯顿去世，他和他的妻子 Ann Raab 于 2005 年退休后定居在那里，担任加州州立大学北岭分校名誉教授(CSUN)。在 CSUN 的 21 年任期内，Mark 对 Alta 和 Baja California 的考古研究产生了巨大影响，并于 2005 年为他赢得了 SCA 终身成就奖。 他的朋友、同事和以前的学生都记得他对加利福尼亚的奉献和贡献考古学，以及他的幽默感。他出生于加利福尼亚州埃斯孔迪多，1968 年获得加州州立大学富勒顿分校的学士学位。然后他离开加利福尼亚前往范德比尔特大学攻读人类学硕士学位（1970 年），并获得博士学位。在亚利桑那州立大学获得人类学/考古学博士学位（1976 年）。