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The Archaeology of Joshua Tree National Park
One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert: An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument (1980)
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WACC reports that summarize archaeological survey and excavation in Joshua Tree National Park (formerly Joshua Tree National Monument).
One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert: An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument (1980)
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This overview describes known facts about the social and economic history of Joshua Tree National Monument from the period of Indian-European contact to the present. I summarize the archeological reports and various other written materials pertinent to the monument area, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the different source materials. Major social and economic developments are traced in chapters documenting Indian occupation and acculturation, mining, livestock raising, and the...