Joshua Tree National Park, California (Geographic Keyword)

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The Archaeology of Joshua Tree National Park
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WACC reports that summarize archaeological survey and excavation in Joshua Tree National Park (formerly Joshua Tree National Monument).


Archeological Investigations at Joshua Tree National Park, California (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Loy C. Neff. Meredith A. Wilson.

TWO projects in one report: Part 1: Archeological Testing at Six sites in Joshua Tree National Park, California Archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), National Park Service (NPS), Tucson, Arizona, conducted archeological testing at six previously recorded sites in Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR) between May 10 and June 4, 1999. The sites lie within the area of potential effects of proposed Park road constrnction, Project PRA-JOTR-12(3), Route 12 - Park...


Fifty Years of Archeology in the California Desert: An Archaeological Overview of Joshua Tree National Monument (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas F. King.

This overview discusses Joshua Tree National Monument as a physical entity and as a cultural entity, delineating the changes in environment and land use to which it and adjacent regions of the California Desert have been subjected. The author summarizes and evaluates archeological investigations into the area's prehistory, beginning with the Campbells' pioneer efforts. Survey, concentrated in the northwest-central section of the Monument, has dominated research in the overview area, but a few...


IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Several fragments of wood taken from sources in Joshua Tree National Park, Channel Islands National Park, and Death Valley National Park, California, were submitted for identification. Wood was identified so that similar material can be used to preserve the buildings.