historyeekend, american tv is featuring santa barbara, california. california is located on the central coast. staff visitedur many sites. learn more about santa barbara all weekend on american history tv. >> we have here in the santa barbara area, the oldest dated human skeletal remains in north america. bones of this ancient individual date back 13,000 years were found on an island off of our coast, santa rosa island. curator at the museum and archaeologist found a human femur buried 37 feet below the ground surface at the side wall of arlington canyon on santa rosa island at a place called arlington springs. we have now done modern radiocarbon dating of bone is ain indicating that it little over 13,000 years old. the oldest dated skeletal remains in america. some people asked the question, why do you have native american culture in a natural history museum? important tos include people as part of nature . people have been living here before the coming of europeans, making use of the natural environment. they used it for the sustenance and making a