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The Mexican Ranchos of the 18th and 19th centuries represent a niche in California history which is not often well understood by students of any age. From elementary school education to popular media, the focus in California tends to be on either the precontact Native Americans or the Spanish Missions. The Ranchos are host to a pluralistic community, including laborers, visitors, traders, owners, and overseers. Fairly representing these multiple voices can be difficult, but by presenting diverse...
California’s Corporate Cattle (2017)
When thinking about open range cattle production, seldom is that image linked to a picture of corporate America. The Kern County Land Company operating on over 2 million acres of land in the American West, much of it devoted to animal husbandry. All stages of husbandry was operated by the Kern County Land Company from the cow / calf operations to the abattoir and shipping to supermarkets. In the San Emigdio Hills in south central California, where this paper will focus, the Emigdio Ranch was...
A call from the wild for primitive beekeepers (2013)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...
Calzones, Medias, And Camisas: Comparison Of The Material Assemblages Of 16th Century Spanish Probate Records To The Artifact Assemblage At The Luna Settlement Site (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Probate records, documents including wills and estate inventories and auctions, are excellent tools for historical archaeologists who seek to better understand the material possessions of past peoples. Probate and archaeological data...
Camden (44CE3)
The Camden archaeological site (44CE3) is located on the south side of the Rappahannock River approximately 2.5 miles east of Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia. It was excavated in the 1960s, under the supervision of Howard A. MacCord (1969). The site was occupied by Virginia Indians from c. 1650 until c. 1690, and was part of a much larger complex of Native American settlement that occurred in this area during the 17th century. Twenty sites, including 44CE3, are located in an...
The Camden Site (1969)
The Camden Site was the site of a single cabin, occupied about 1680 by an Indian family which had come to the site from the Potomac Valley. Assuming that the silver medal found in the site belonged to the occupant, we can identify him as the chief of the Machotick tribe. The styles of tobacco pipes and domestic ceramics were undergoing change from prehistoric wares to the Colono-Indian wares, known to have continued in use well into the 18th Century in Tidewater Virginia. Stone tools were...
Camden (44CE3): 1677 Silver Medal Labeled "Ye King of Patomeck" (2004)
Representative artifacts: 1677 silver medal labeled "Ye King of Patomeck"
Camden (44CE3): 1677 Silver Medal Labeled "Ye King of Patomeck" (2004)
Representative artifacts: 1677 silver medal labeled "Ye King of Patomeck"
Camden (44CE3): 1677 Silver Medal Labeled "Ye King of Patomeck" (2004)
Representative artifacts: 1677 silver medal labeled "Ye King of Patomeck"
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Camden Pottery (2004)
Artifact distribution map, Camden pottery
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Copper Ornaments (2004)
Artifact distribution map, copper ornaments
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, European Ceramics (2004)
Artifact distribution map, European ceramics
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Knife Fragments (2004)
Artifact distribution map, knife fragments
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Native American Pottery (2004)
Artifact distribution map, Native American pottery
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Potomac Creek Pottery (2004)
Artifact distribution map, Potomac Creek pottery
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Terra Cotta Pipes (2004)
Artifact distribution map, terra cotta pipes
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, Tin-Glazed Earthenware (2004)
Artifact distribution map, tin-glazed earthenware
Camden (44CE3): Artifact Distributions, White Clay Tobacco Pipes (2004)
Artifact distribution map, white clay tobacco pipes
Camden (44CE3): Bartmann Jug (2004)
Representative artifacts: Bartmann jug
Camden (44CE3): Ceramic Wasters (2004)
Representative artifacts: Ceramic wasters
Camden (44CE3): General Site Map (2004)
General site map
Camden (44CE3): Gun Parts (2004)
Representative artifacts: Gun parts
Camden (44CE3): Iron Knife Blades (2004)
Representative artifacts: Iron knife blades
Camden (44CE3): Locally-made Pipe (2004)
Representative artifacts: Locally-made pipe
Camden (44CE3): Locally-made Pipes (2004)
Representative artifacts: Locally-made pipes