California (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Bulk soil samples were recovered from paleoflood study sites along the Consumnes River and the South Fork of the American River in the Sierran foothills of California. Botanic components and detrital charcoal will be identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material will be separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two bulk soil samples from an exploratory trench across the Rogers Creek fault in Sonoma County, California, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected for geologic purposes of constraining the timing of paleoseismic events on the fault. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Nine bulk soil samples were floated to recover potential charcoal for radiocarbon dating. These samples were exposed during paleoseismic investigation of the Red Mountain Fault in southern California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Plant remains from Bolinas Lagoon and Bodega Harbor cores were submitted for identification prior to submission for radiocarbon dating. A small bulk sample from a Bolinas Lagoon core also was submitted for flotation and identification of datable material.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Claire E. Zak.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. To date, little research has been conducted on the conservation of waterlogged paper due to the typical lack of preservation of thin organic material on shipwrecks. The purpose of this report is to discuss the conservation of waterlogged paper artifacts from Brother Jonathan, a shipwreck sunk in 1865 in the Pacific Ocean off the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alfred L. Kroeber.

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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 Citation Only Sarah C. Heffner.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: The Importance and Usefulness of Exploring Old or Forgotten Collections" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The 1969 excavation of Yreka, California’s third Chinatown is one the earliest archaeological investigations of a Chinese community in California and one of the first large-scale historical archaeological salvage projects in the State. The Yreka excavations took place at...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Seth Mallios.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Gender in Historical Archaeology (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Even at its inception twenty years ago, the Nathan Harrison Historical Archaeology Project was focused on 2020, as this date marked the 100-year anniversary of Harrison’s passing. Archaeological insights into San Diego County’s most prominent African-American pioneer grew with each year of research, and we scheduled a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton. Jeremy D. Haines. Mary M. Farrell.

Between December 1999 and M:lrch 2001 the Western Archeological and Conservation Center of the National Park Service conducted archeological investigations at the relocation center cemetery in Manzanar National Historic Site. A total of 19 surface features were investigated: 104 square meters and 210 linear meters of trench were excavated. In addition an area of 575 square meters was scraped to depths of up to 10 cm. This work discovered that many of the rock outlines and grave markers present...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal recovered from a small, but well-developed midden with a high concentration of rock and charcoal in the Cal City Cave, CA-KER-517, was submitted for identification. This site is located within the corporate boundaries of California City in southeastern Kern County, California. It consists of a small rock shelter that is believed to have functioned as a work station for the processing of faunal material in the historic/protohistoric time period. Charcoal was identified to provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Kuzminsky. Phillip L Walker.

This document is a report for the analysis of human remains collected from the archaeological site Ca-SBA-207. All skeletal material encountered during work at the site was collected, cleaned, and inventoried. The skeletal remains that might possibly be human were sent to the osteology laboratory of Phillip Walker at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for identification and analysis. The human skeletal remains, in conjunction with the archaeological context and material of the site,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Twelve charcoal samples from Site CA-MRN-67 were submitted for identification. This site is a prehistoric shell midden on the eastern shore of the Marin Peninsula in what is now Larkspur, Marin County, California. It is believed to have been inhabited during the Early Period into the Terminal Middle Period (3980-960 BP), possibly representing an ancestral Coast Miwok population. Charcoal and other charred botanic remains were identified to provide information about types of wood burned as fuel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A small piece of wood was removed from a prehistoric bow for the purpose of identifying the type of wood used in construction of the bow. This bow was purchased at a garage sale in California and was believed to be associated with the Chumash culture; however, the presence of a green, copper-based pigment on the bow suggests that it was from a Southwest group (Jeb Taylor, personal communication).

DOCUMENT Citation Only Frances Culp Soule.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Q. Sutton.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Denise Jaffke. Chris Corey. Jim Wood. Alyssa Scott.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Pre-Recorded Video Presentation Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Holmes' Colfax quicklime manufacturing site, located near Colfax in Sierra Nevada, was uncovered as a result of the River Fire in 2021. While the site is certainly important for addressing questions about technology, perhaps the more impressive aspect is the density and diversity of the artifact...

DOCUMENT Citation Only H. M. McHenry. P. L. Walker. P. D. Schulz.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eight samples recovered during monitoring at site CA-SBA-59 in Santa Barbara, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Recent radiocarbon dates reflect Middle Holocene prehistoric site occupation. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Laura Ruggiero.

Soil samples and an asphaltum sample from Sites CA-SBA-671 and CA-SBA-677 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California were analyzed for macrofloral remains. These sites represent coastal dune bluff sites overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning possible plant resources that may have been utilized at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of 13 macrofloral soil samples and 2 previously 1/8 inch-screened macrofloral samples were collected from Site CA-SBA-223/H, which is a multicomponent prehistoric and historic site located on the coast of North Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. All samples were recovered from units testing the prehistoric component. Twelve soil samples were collected from undifferentiated (i.e., non-feature) site matrix from TEUs 1-6. One soil sample and two 1/8 inch screened samples were collected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter J. Gleichman.

Six soil samples from undifferentiated midden deposits at site CA-SBA-990 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a lithic and shell deposit containing chert debitage, flaked stone tools, marine shell, fish and terrestrial animal bone, shell beads, fire-altered rock, and ground stone tools. Radiocarbon dates from shell at the site suggest occupation from the Late Prehistoric into the Protohistoric, approximately A.D....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter J. Gleichman.

Six soil samples from undifferentiated midden deposits at site CA-SBA-990 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a lithic and shell deposit containing chert debitage, flaked stone tools, marine shell, fish and terrestrial animal bone, shell beads, fire-altered rock, and ground stone tools. Radiocarbon dates from shell at the site suggest occupation from the Late Prehistoric into the Protohistoric, approximately A.D....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Six sediment samples and two adobe brick samples from the Espinosa Adobe, Site CA-MNT-1429H, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. One of the adobe brick samples also was examined for pollen and phytoliths. This site contained an adobe dwelling constructed in 1823 by Salvador Maria Espinosa. The adobe building survived through 1930, but was in ruins by 1954. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information to help determine the local plant population at the time of the adobe...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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