Yosemite National Park, California

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WACC documents associated with archaeological work at the park.

Site Name Keywords
Yosemite National Park • El Portal • Cunningham Flat Site • Campground Site • Swinging Bridge Site • Windfall Site • YOSE 2-77 • Rocky Point Site • Crossroads Site • 4-MRP-171

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Archaeological Feature • Non-Domestic Structures • Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Artifact Scatter • Isolated Artifact • Isolated Feature • Midden

Culture Keywords
Miwok • PaleoIndian • Archaic • Historic • Niwok

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

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Ceramic • Dating Sample • Fauna • Human Remains • Macrobotanical

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

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Documents
  • Archeological Investigations in the Central Sierra Nevada: the 1981 El Portal Project (1982)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark F. Baumler. Scott L. Carpenter.

    This report documents information from archeological investigations at several previously recorded sites in the El Portal Administrative District, Yosemite National Park, California. This work was conducted to provide data necessary for proper management within the guidelines of National Park Service policy and historic preservation laws for cultural resources. Material from both surface and subsurface collections at these sites spans a considerable time range in the cbronology of the Yosemite...

  • An Archeological Research Design for Yosemite National Park, California (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael J. Moratto.

    The National Park Service has developed plans to alter Yosemite National Park operations and facilities during the 1980's and '90s. Some of the proposed changes would affect archeological and historic resources. As one element of planning, the present document advances a comprehensive program for future archeological investigations in the park. The aim of this study is to provide a research design to ensure that future work, whether prompted by management and salvage needs or by "pure...

  • Archeology in Yosemite National Park: The Wawona Testing Project (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text John C. Whittaker.

    The Wawona Testing Project evaluated three potential sewage development locations and examined some other sites to produce general information on Wawona prehistory. Systematic surface collections and/or test excavations were conducted at five sites. Two of these were relatively large and important prehistoric sites for the Wawona valley. Host of the material recovered relates to the late prehistoric occupation, the Mariposa Complex, or protohistoric Miwok. There is also evidence...

  • Test Excavations in the Wawona Valley: Report of the 1983 and 1984 Wawona Archeological Projects, Yosemite National Park, California (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard G. Ervin.

    This report summarizes the results of two field seasons of archeological work in the Wawona Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. The investigations were necessitated by plans to construct new water and sewage treatment facilities in the Wawona area. Each site was chosen for investigation because of the possibility of adverse impact as a result of construction activities. However, in every case of potential impact, planners and designers associated with the construction projects were able...

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