Manzanar National Historic Site, California

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WACC documents associated with archaeological work at the park.

Site Name Keywords
Manzanar • Manaznar • Manzanar Relocation Center

Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features

Culture Keywords
Historic • Japanese American • Euroamerican • Historic Native American • Shoshone

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing • Data Recovery / Excavation • Systematic Survey

Material Types
Glass • Human Remains • Ceramic • Fauna • Building Materials • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Wood • Chipped Stone

Geographic Keywords
California • Inyo County • US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Inyo County (County) • California (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Owens Valley

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Documents
  • The Archeology of Somewhere: Archeological Testing Along U.S. Highway 395 Manzanar National Historic Site, California (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

    The National Park Service conducted archeological investigations at 23 sites, features, and loci along U.S. Highway 395 within and around the Manzanar National Historic Site in Inyo County, California. Caltrans has proposed upgrading the current two-lane highway in the vicinity of the National Historic Site to a four-lane divided highway. The archaeological work was deemed necessary to determine the research potential of the cultural resources and to make recommendations about how...

  • I Rei To: Archeological Investigations at the Manzanar Relocation Center Cemetery, Manzanar National Historic Site, California (2001)
    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...

  • Three Farewells to Manzanar: The Archeology of Manzanar National Historic Site, California Part 1 (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

    This report presents the results of archeological investigations at Manzanar National Historic Site in the Owens Valley of eastern California. The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of ten such facilities at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese immigrants were interned during W orId War II. The archeological work was designed to inventory and evaluate all historical and prehistoric archeological resources within the National Historic Site, as well as other archeological resources near...

  • Three Farewells to Manzanar: The Archeology of Manzanar National Historic Site, California Part 2 (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

    This report presents the results of archeological investigations at Manzanar National Historic Site in the Owens Valley of eastern California. The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of ten such facilities at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese immigrants were interned during W orId War II. The archeological work was designed to inventory and evaluate all historical and prehistoric archeological resources within the National Historic Site, as well as other archeological resources near...

  • Three Farewells to Manzanar: The Archeology of Manzanar National Historic Site, California Part 3 (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

    This report presents the results of archeological investigations at Manzanar National Historic Site in the Owens Valley of eastern California. The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of ten such facilities at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese immigrants were interned during W orId War II. The archeological work was designed to inventory and evaluate all historical and prehistoric archeological resources within the National Historic Site, as well as other archeological resources near...

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