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DOCUMENT Citation Only Meredith A. Wilson.

Redacted appendices associated with the Piute Creek survey report. (no document has been uploaded with this metadata)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie M. Drew. Teresa M. Militello.

Between October 1992 and March 1994, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, assisted the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake (NAWS China Lake), California, in their efforts to comply with the directives of federal regulation 36 CFR Part 79 and Public Law 101-601 (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act-NAGPRA). The project was conducted in three...

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

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WACC reports associated with survey and excavations in the Mojave National Preserve, California.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donn Grenda.

This report presents the results of data recovery at the archaeological site of Yukaipa’t (CA-SBR-1000 ). The site is located at an elevation ranging from approximately 2,150 feet (655.3 m) to 2,170 feet (661.4 m) above mean sea level (AMSL) on the crest of a small north-south ridge above Chicken Springs Wash in San Bernardino County, California. The work was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), in response to a proposed realignment of Avenue E. SRI’s investigations began in April...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew D. Peters. Andrew Vorsanger.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Regional Office, is planning environmental restoration activities as part of the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP). The LCR MSCP is a 50-year multi-stakeholder, Federal and non-Federal partnership responding to the need to balance the use of lower Colorado River water resources and the conservation of native species and their habitats in compliance with the Endangered Species Act. Reclamation designated two...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Martin R. Rose. Michael K. Lerch.

Between April and June of 1985, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 1,000 acres and a limited site-relocation program in the Mojave River Forks Reservoir, San Bernardino County, California, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Prior to the fieldwork, a documents search identified 17 previously recorded or reported prehistoric sites, 2 historic properties, and 1 isolated prehistoric artifact in the study area. During the survey, 17...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martyn D. Tagg.

The Oasis of Mara is one of five palm oases in the Joshua Tree National Monument and represents the northernmost palm oasis in the western hemisphere. The National Park Service has proposed the installation of subsurface waterlines from the Visitor Center to the palm stands in order to supplement the available water supply, thus protecting the trees and preserving the natural integrity of the oasis. This Park Service proposal led to the initiation of archeological test excavations in the oasis...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peregrine Gerard-Little. Stephen Sennott. Daniel J. O'Rourke.

Argonne National Laboratory conducted a historic facility inventory and evaluation on behalf of the United States Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California. The inventory and evaluation aids Edwards Air Force Base in managing the historic properties under its jurisdiction as required by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The inventory evaluated extant portions of a government-owned railroad and associated buildings on post. As a result of this study,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donn R. Grenda. Deborah W. Gray.

TThis report presents the results of testing at archaeological sites CA-RIV-653/H and CA-RIV-1098, historic properties eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These are 2 of 22 prehistoric archaeological sites in the Prado Flood Control Basin, Riverside County, California. RIV-653 is a multicomponent site, noteworthy both for its prehistoric component and its historical-period component, the Bandini Cota adobe. RIV-1098 is directly east of RIV-653; the 2 sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Twelve charcoal samples from six features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These features represent oblong roasting pits/thermal features at site CA-RIV-9086 in Riverside County, California, and consist of fire-affected rocks in a lens of dark sediment. Native Cahuilla are known to have used and roasted agave, and it is possible these features were used for roasting agave. Twelve radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eleven charcoal samples from a trench at the Echo Playa trench site on the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) in San Bernardino County, California, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon ages will be used to constrain the timing of paleoearthquakes on the central Garlock fault. The oldest samples are expected to return middle- to late-Holocene ages.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal fragments from the fill of two hearths at site CA-SBR-13249 in the Blacktop Training Area of the Twentynine Palms Base, southern California, were submitted for identification. This site represents a Saratoga Springs (ca. 1335-680 cal BP) habitation and rockshelter site and consists of a rockshelter and three artifact concentrations. A midden deposit containing the two hearth features was noted in Concentration 1. Identification of charcoal will determine types of wood burned as fuel in...

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James Schoenwetter (Ph.D. Southern Illinois 1967) was a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. His research interests included prehistoric cultural ecology, applications of pollen analysis in archaeology and research methodology. Before his retirement in 2000 he directed the ASU Anthropology Department’s palynology lab. Pollen research by Schoenwetter and his students involved a variety of sites in Mesoamerica, North America and Europe. He directed archaeological and botanical...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen G. Harry.

This document presents the results of data recovery investigations at CA-KER-140, a siliceous quarry in the Fremont Valley of the western Mojave Desert. These investigations involved two major research goals. The first goal was to better understand how the quarry was used, and what its role was in the prehistoric adaptive system of the valley. The second goal had to do with assessing a recently introduced dating technique, rock varnish cation-ratio analyses. The data indicate that CA-KER-140...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from features at sites CA-SBR-5568/H, CA-SBR-10073, CA-SBR-10074, CASBR-10075, CA-SBR-10078, and CA-SBR-12464 in southern California were processed for macrofloral remains and examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). In addition, charcoal from CA-SBR-5568/H was submitted for AMS radiocarbon analysis. Sites CA-SBR-10073, CA-SBR-10074, and CA-SBR-10075 represent prehistoric vegetation processing and lithic reduction activity areas that appear to have been seasonally...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Feature fill, charcoal, or lithic artifacts were recovered from seven sites in the Off-Road Vehicle area at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. These sites are being evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places. Macrofloral analysis of fill from two hearths is used to provide information concerning possible plant resources processed in the hearths. Charcoal recovered from a test unit will be identified to determine types of wood burned as fuel. Lithic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

Column samples from site CA-SBR-9711 and from a hearth at site CA-SBR-11330 were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized at these sites. Protein residue analysis was conducted on two lithic flakes from CA-SBR-9711 and on a mano fragment from CA-SBR-9717 to determine if these tools were used for processing plant and/or animal remains. The mano fragment also was examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Martin R. Rose. Michael K. Lerch.

Between July and October of 1984, Statistical Research, Inc., conducted a cultural resources overview and limited field checks of six proposed reservoirs and associated borrow sites in the Upper Santa Ana River Drainage. The proposed areas of impact are dispersed throughout the San Bernardino Valley, covering portions of both San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California. Although each area is relatively small, in combination they touch on most areas of the San Bernardino Valley. Thus,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara Cowie. Patrick Baird. Arthur C. MacWilliams.

During May of 2002, ten mining properties and one residential camp were recorded in the Standard Mining District at Mojave National Preserve. These properties, which date from the late 1800s to recent decades, include abundant mining features and, in many instances, detritus from associated mining camps. Field analyses of artifacts, in conjunction with extensive archival research, provide chronologies of mine use and insights into mining life in this remote area. The information obtained from...

PROJECT Chris Drover. Shelby Manney.

Multi-component project containing both historic and pre-historic elements. It is located in Pala San Diego. This project is for JPOWER and will consist of a new Power Station that will be placed directly onto the footprint of a historic orange grove. The other impacts will include water, natural gas, and energy lines that will be dug and laid between 10 and fifteen miles coming to the power plant. The power station location is approx. 4 miles from the Pala mission and the eastern boarder...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shelby Manney.

Multi-component project containing both historic and pre-historic elements. It is located in Pala San Diego. This project was for JPOWER and consisted of a new Power Station that will be placed directly onto the footprint of a historic orange grove. The other impacts included water, natural gas, and energy lines that will be dug and laid between 10 and fifteen miles coming to the power plant. The power station location is approx. 4 miles from the Pala mission and the eastern boarder of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site CA-SBR-14, a rock shelter situated south of Pilot Knob Valley, is situated at an elevation of 3,500 ft on the South Range east of the Naval Air Weapons Center, China Lake in San Bernardino County, California. Radiocarbon dates of AD 1485–1650 and diagnostic artifacts indicate the site represents a Late Prehistoric occupation during the Rose Spring time period. Located in the ethnographic region of Kawaiisu, the site is culturally affiliated with the Numic. Feature 1 contained three...