Chumash (Culture Keyword)

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AAPL, Chapter 21, Analysis of Shell Materials from the AAPL (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carol Griffith.

All shell materials recovered from the AAPL project are included in this analysis. The shell assemblage consists of materials recovered from sites in four states along the pipeline path. Shell materials were recovered during both surface reconnaissance and later excavation. This is an incomplete chapter; missing pgs. 776-783.


An Anthropometric and Morphological Analysis of a Prehistoric Skeletal Population from Santa Cruz Island, California (1960)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas W. McKern.

The data on skeletal materials from the vicinity of Santa Barbara, California, including the islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz, have appeared periodically in anthropometric studies of the California Indians. The following pages are concerned with the description of skeletal material from a prehistoric group of California Indians. The skeletons which form the subject of this report were the result of two summers (1927, 1928) archaeological work on the island of Santa Cruz in the...


Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Proposed Getty Oil Company Diatomite Mining Area Near McKittrick (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ancient Enterprises, Inc.. Andrew Pigniolo.

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Biophysical Aspects of Chumash Rock Art (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas C. Blackburn.

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LET-552: Section 106 Transmittal Letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for Demolition of Buildings 960 and 970 (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) for demolition of buildings 960 and 970. The purpose of the project is to demolish Buildings 960 and 970, because they are vacant and no longer in use. United States Air Force Policy requires the removal of facilities that are no longer in use, or else they will continue to degrade and become a liability. The northeastern part of site CA-SBA-246 extends into the Area of Potential Effects (APE)....


LET-635: Section 106 GBSD Tribal Consultation Letter (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Continued Consultation Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. This letter initiates consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding proposed activities associated with the GBSD Test Program at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The United States Air Force is preparing an Environmental Assessment/Overseas Environmental Assessment (EA/OEA) under the National Environmental Policy Act. The Tribe will...


LET-636: Section 106 Continued Tribal Consult Letter for the GBSD Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 continued consultation letter with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. This letter is a response to the tribal comments that were sent back to Cultural Resources in response to the consultation with the United States Space Force regarding the Environmental Assessment for the GBSD Test Program. This letter includes a couple of the comments from the Tribe concerned the GBSD Test Program Project,...


LET-637: Section 106 Continued Tribal Consultation Letter on the GBSD Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Continued Consultation Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program (GBSD). This letter is a response to the tribal comments that were sent back to Cultural Resources in response to the consultation with the United States Space Force regarding the Environmental Assessment for the GBSD Test Program.


LET-639: Section 106 Continued Tribal Comment Letter GBSD Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Comment Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Defense (GBSD) Test Program. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians provided comments following their review of the Section 106 investigation report and the Draft Environmental Assessment for the GBSD project. In response, refinements in the project design have greatly reduced the extent of ground disturbance planned at Launch Facility 04 (LF-04) and within the historic Native American village of Lospe...


LET-640: Section 106 Tribal Consultation Letter for GBSD (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Consultation Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) concerning the Ground Based Strategic Defense (GBSD) Program. VAFB is responding to the tribe’s concerns expressed in the letter dated March 18th, 2021. Responses within the letter correspond with the same order and numbering as the comments previously offered by the Tribe.


LET-641: Tribal Continued Comments Letter for GBSD Project (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Consultation Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). In a previous letter dated from 18 March, 2021, the Tribe provided comments that pointed to a shortcoming in an inventory of the broadest range of cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effects (APE). In response, VSFB expanded their inventory effort to include: traditional cultural properties, cultural landscapes, sacred sites, and...


LET-642: Official Tribal Concurrence Letter for GBSD Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Concurrence Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The Tribe had previously responded to VSFB with requests for inclusion of inventory of the broadest range of cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effects (APE). At this time, the Tribe concurs that the effort to identify the broadest range of cultural resources is complete.


LET-643: SYBCI Comments Letter for GBSD Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth Kahn.

This document is a Section 106 Official Tribal Comment Letter from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding the Ground Based Strategic Defense (GBSD) Test Program. The Tribe requests 1) review of the Native America Grave Protect and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program, 2) inclusion as a signatory on the NAGPRA Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program, 3) and concurrent development of the NAGPRA Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program and the Memorandum of...


Lithic Procurement and Prehistoric Exchange On the Santa Barbara Coast: the Role of Franciscan Chert (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jerry D. Moore.

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MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SWORDFISH CAVE, SITE CA-SBA-503, CALIFORNIA (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six samples from various levels of fill in two units at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site represents a cave in a small sandstone outcrop with rock art panels both inside and outside the cave. A swordfish painted in black on top of a red oval is noted to be typical of chumash illustrations. This cave experienced several use episodes during the late and terminal Early Period and the beginning of the...


MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITE CA-SBA-60 LAS VEGAS CREEK, CALIFORNIA (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins.

A total of three samples were sent for macrofloral analysis and identification from site CA-SBA-60. Site CA-SBA-60 lies along the northern fringe of the Goleta Slough, west of Santa Barbara, CA. This multicomponent prehistoric and historic site is believed to be the historic Chumash village of S'axpilil. The three samples from CA-SBA-60 were collected from a bank exposure along Las Vegas Creek, where intact site deposits are capped with approximately 0.8 meters of disturbed fill. The...


MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SBA-133, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jenna Battillo.

The Santa Barbara Presidio site (CA-SBA-133) is a 19th Century Spanish/Mexican Period site located in Santa Barbara, California. Two bulk sediment samples excavated from a trash pit at the fort were submitted for flotation and macrofloral analysis. The goal of the project is to better understand the trading relationship between the presidio soldiers and the local Chumash tribe.


POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A FLOOR AT CA-SBa-46 (MESCALITAN ISLAND), SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Approximately one-third of the floor of an historic Chumash house was excavated on f1escalitan Island (CA-SBa-46). The floor was sampled for pollen along a 25 cm grid. The floor was clay, while the surrounding floor matrix was sand, so analysis of floor sediments that contained pollen and other debris that had been impressed into the surface was undertaken to identify evidence of subsistence and plant processing activities in the structure.


POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT AND GROUNDSTONE FROM SITE CA-SBA-1823, VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen analysis was conducted on six samples from a prehistoric Chumash site (CA-SBA- 1823) in the western Santa Ynez Mountains. A cache of lithic tools that included groundstone was ·recovered. Pollen analysis of washes of two manos was compared with samples from the sediment within the rock cache, sediment outside the rock cache, and two modern control samples.


Rock Art and Archaeology in Santa Barbara County, California (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William D. Hyder.

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VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. Michael A. Glassow.

This document is a preliminary report that presents the details of mapping 80 sites (maps not included) known in the project area, brief descriptions, and an initial evaluation of the significance of each site tested in the project area. Only 32 of the 80 sites were tested. As such this report was not considered adequate to provide supporting data for a draft EIS for the proposed Space Transportation Systems (STS) facilities at VAFB. A comprehensive final report on all aspects of field and lab...


VAFB-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report presents the results of a subsurface archaeological testing program at Sba-793 conducted by the Directorate of Environmental Management in May and June 1990. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effect of construction of the proposed waste water treatment plant on this National Register eligible site. Despite the disturbed appearance of the ground surface an undisturbed deposit exists within this portion of Sba-793. The deposit, however, does not contain any new or unique...


VAFB-2010-06: Rock Art Monitoring and Maintenance Reports Oct 2009 - July 2010 (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a Rock Art Monitoring Report for the 14 rock art sites that exist with Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. The purpose of Rock Art Monitoring is to 1) ensure Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) Compliance, 2) preserve and protect the unique cultural resources, and 3) monitor any threats to the rock art sites and recommend maintenance responses. The assessment report presents the findings, actions, and recommendations developed through scheduled monitoring and...


VAFB-2016-10: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2015-16 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy.

This document is a report on the monitoring of rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during the fiscal year of 2015-2016. This report is abridged notes to what could be a detailed instruction to manage the rock art on VAFB. Continued annual monitoring and site maintenance using similar methods developed by 30th Space Wing CES (Cultural Resources) will help in preserving the rock art of the prehistoric Chumash culture on VAFB.


VAFB-2017-15: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Karin Pitts-Olmedo.

This contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County in California. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District project as a single...