CA-SBR-424 (Site Name Keyword)

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Prehistoric Adaptation to a Desert Spring Environment: Archaeological Investigations of Surprise Spring, San Bernardino County, California (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul.

The results of a program of archaeological survey and test excavations at the Surprise Spring site (CA-SBr-424) are presented. The site is located on the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. The springs are formed by tectonic activity along a ridge immediately east of the site. Prior to 1941, the springs flowed above ground. Continual pumping of water has dropped the water table to around 250 feet below surface, thereby suppressing the springs. The area...


Preliminary Survey of the Archaeological Resources of the U.S. Marine Corps Camp at Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Franklin Fenenga. John R. Murray.

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