Riverside County (County) (Geographic Keyword)

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One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert: An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Parker.

This overview describes known facts about the social and economic history of Joshua Tree National Monument from the period of Indian-European contact to the present. I summarize the archeological reports and various other written materials pertinent to the monument area, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the different source materials. Major social and economic developments are traced in chapters documenting Indian occupation and acculturation, mining, livestock raising, and the...


POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT, AND SOIL RESISTIVITY OF CORE SAMPLES FROM FORD DRY LAKE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney.

Two cores were collected from two locations at the Ford Dry Lake Playa in eastern Riverside County’s Chuckwalla Valley, California. Remote assessment of the dry lake was made using Google Earth. Coring was conducted under the guidance of the Genesis Solar Energy Project Geoarchaeologist near two of the locations suggested by PaleoResearch Institute staff. Two cores measuring 25 feet each and consisting of drive intervals of 5 feet were submitted for analysis to provide a description of...


Prehistoric Game Monitoring on the Banks of Mill Creek: Data Recovery at CA-RIV-2804, Prado Basin, Riverside County, California (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donn R. Grenda.

This report presents the results of data recovery at archaeological site CA-RIV-2804 (hereafter referred to as RIV-2804), a historic property eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The site is located at an elevation ranging from 499 feet (152.1 m) to 512 feet (156.1 m) above mean sea level (AMSL) on the crest of a small ridge above Mill Creek, in the Prado Flood Control Basin, Riverside County, California. The work was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc....


Printout of Lithic Database with Coding Sheets (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald Towner.

Printout of the flaked stone lithic database of the analyzed portion of the collection. A partial coding sheet is included to make the printout usable.


PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS (CIEP) OF BEDROCK MILLING WASHES FROM SITES CA-RIV-8750, CA-RIV-8751, CA-RIV-8752, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Bedrock milling outcrops that are part of three archaeological sites (CA-RIV-8750, 8751, and 8752) were sampled for protein residue analysis. Four slicks and two control locations were sampled CA-RIV-8750 (Table 1). Two slicks were sampled at each CA-RIV-8751 and CA-RIV-8752 as well as control locations.


PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF BEDROCK MILLING FEATURE WASH SAMPLES FROM THE BTC MILLING SITE, P-33-11224, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Washes from three bedrock milling features (mortars) and a surface control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from the BTC Milling Site, P-33-11224, located in Riverside County, California, near the community of French Valley. The goal of the analysis is to identify any plant, animal, and insect protein residues that may be present on the use surfaces of three non-portable bedrock milling features.


Shell Analyst report from subcontractor (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Arthur Vokes.

This appendix summaries the shell material recovered from the Lake Elsinore excavations. A sample of 1418 fragmentary and approximately 1018 specimens. The great majority of these are freshwater gastropods; although a number of marine taxa are well represented in the sample.


Survey and Excavations in Joshua Tree National Monument: Report of the 1985 Joshua Tree Road Improvements Project (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard G. Ervin.

In the spring of 1985, archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) conducted archeological investigations at Joshua Tree National Monument in sonthern California. This undertaking, which was designated project JOTR 85A in WACC files, was carried out in response to plans for repairing and widening the system of roads in the monument (Package 173). The JOTR 85A project was specifically connected to Phases II and III of the road repair project. Road construction for...


Worked Bone Catalog (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Statistical Research, Inc.

Worked bone inventory showing individual attributes of each analyzed artifact.


Yamisevul: An Archaeological Treatment Plan and Testing Report for CA-RIV-269, Riverside County, California (1987)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Steven D. Shelley.

Limited archaeological testing and archival research was conducted on three cultural resources located along Mission Creek in Riverside County, California. All three resources are located on land formerly belonging to the Mission Creek Indian Reservation. Two of the resources, the Kitchen/Thomas settlement complex and a subterranean stone structure, were occupied by former residents of the reservation during the early portion of the twentieth century. The third resource, CA-RIV-269, consists of...