The Archaeology of the Western Mojave

Author(s): Gary B. Coombs; Richard McCarty; Tara Shepperson; Sharon Dean

Year: 1979

Summary

This report details the planning, implementation and results of a cultural resources inventory (or reconnaissance)of a 0.6% sample of approximately 1.4 million acres in the western portion of the Mojave Desert. The project was conducted in 1978-1979 by Archaeological Research, Inc. under my direction and in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (contract YA-512-CT8-160).

This document is intended principally as a management and research tool. It was prepared specifically for the BLM Desert Planning Staff, as an aid in the preparation of a plan, required under the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976, for the protection and use of the California Desert. The report is addressed secondarily to anthropologists and historians, who may be particularly concerned with the substantive and theoretical findings stemming from the research. Non-professional readers may therefore find many of the discussions and other passages that follow to be of little personal interest.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2014, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.

Cite this Record

The Archaeology of the Western Mojave. Gary B. Coombs, Richard McCarty, Tara Shepperson, Sharon Dean. Cultural Resources Publications - Archaeology. Riverside, CA: Bureau of Land Management. 1979 ( tDAR id: 127411) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QR4Z3S

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Haskomat • Humbolt • Pinto • Rose Springs phase • San Diguito • Serrano • Vanyume

Site Name
SBCM-616

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Ambrosia dumosa • Arctostaphylos • ARID-II • Atriplex hymenelytra • Coleogyne ramosissima • Cottonwood Points • Cultural Resources • Elko Series Point • Ephedra • Grayia spinosa • Gypsum Cave Point • Haplopappus linearifolius • Humbolt Concave Base Points • Juniperus californica • Juniperus osteosperma • Larrea tridentata • Lycium • Manix Lake Lithic Industry • Nitrophila occidentalis • Pinon/juniper Woodlands • Pinus monophylla • Predictive Modeling • Quercus turbinella • Salicornia subterminalis • Salvia • Sarcobatus vermiculatis • Suaeda • Yucca brevifolia • Yucca whipplei Show More

Geographic Keywords
06071 (Fips Code) • ALVORD MOUNTAINS • Amboy Crater • Antelope Valley • Barstow • Bullion Mountains • Cady Mountains • Calico Mountains • California (State / Territory) • Fry Mountains • Granite Mountains • Iron Mountain • Iron Ridge • KRAMER HILLS • Lucerne Valley • Mojave Block • Newberry Cave • Newberry Mountains • North America (Continent) • Opal Mountains • Ord Mountains • Red Hill • RODMAN MOUNTAINS • San Bernadino Mountains • San Bernardino (County) • Shadow mountains • Sidewinder Mountains • Stoddard Ridge • Twentynine Palms • United States of America (Country) • Victorville • Yucca Valley Show More

Temporal Keywords
Fallon Phase • Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.803; min lat: 33.871 ; max long: -114.131; max lat: 35.809 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Bureau of Land Management

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Research, Inc.

Record Identifiers

Contract Number(s): YA-512-CT8-160

NADB document id number(s): 1044172

NADB citation id number(s): 000000015571

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