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  • An Anthropological Evaluation of William Keys' Desert Queen Ranch: Joshua Tree National Monument, California (1977)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Parker Hickman.

    This is a study of the anthropological research value of William Keys' Desert Queen Ranch, an historic site at Joshua Tree National Monument in the southern California Desert. General problems for future research were derived from an analysis of the history of the ranch in its regional context. Documentary records were used to identify networks of interaction at the ranch itself and in the surrounding region, providing a context of social and economic change within which behavior at the ranch...

  • Appendices: Piute Creek Archeological Survey and Site Documentation, Mojave National Preserve, California (2007)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Meredith A. Wilson.

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

  • Archeological Inventory and Testing at Indian Camp and Tie Canyon, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Nancy E. Pearson.

    This report describes the results of an archeological inventory and testing project that archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) completed in the Death Valley Scotty Historic District (DVSHD), in Death Valley National Park (DEVA), California, between February 27 and March 9, 2001. The inventory was completed in site CA-INY-5702/H to rerecord the site to standards required by Director's Order 28 (DO-28) (NPS 1997) and by the Standards and Guidelines for...

  • Archeological Investigations at Joshua Tree National Park, California (2004)
    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...

  • 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 Overview of Redwood National Park (1973)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael J. Moratto.

    Compiled here are data gathered during three seasons of fieldwork (1971-1973) in and near Redwood National Park, California. In order to design a program for the preservation and interpretation of the cultural features in Redwood National Park, the National Park Service has sponsored detailed studies of the local history and archeology. The archeological study, based upon three seasons of library research and field reconnaissance, provided the data for this overview. The chapters dealing with...

  • 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...

  • Archeological Survey and Site Testing for the Joshua Tree Roads Project, Package 291, Joshua Tree National Park, California (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Loy C. Neff. Christopher C. Corey.

    TWO reports in one volume: Part 1: Archeological Survey and Site Assessments for the Joshua Tree Roads Project, Package 291, Joshua Tree National Park, California Archeologists from the National Park Service (NPS), Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), conducted archeological survey and site assessments in the roadway corridor, or area of potential effects (APE), of a proposed road construction project in Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR), California. The road construction is...

  • Archeological Survey in Northeastern Death Valley National Monument (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text C. Micheal Barton.

    This report describes the results of an archeological clearance survey along 61 km of the northern and northeastern boundaries of Death Valley National Monument. The purpose of this survey was to identify cultural resources within a right-of-way for a fence, planned for this part of the monument boundary, in order the assess the impact of fence constructi on on these resources. Bri ef di scussi ons of the present and past environment and the cultural history of the survey area...

  • Archeological Survey of Lower Vine Ranch, Death Valley National Monument (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Krista Deal. Lynne D'Ascenzo.

    In late 1986, archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center conducted two phases of archeological fieldwork at Death Valley Scotty's Lower Vine Ranch property in northern Death Valley National Monument, California. The completion of a large-scale instrument map of the structures and grounds composing the historic ranch complex and a pedestrian survey of the ranch access road were the primary objectives of the initial phase of fieldwork at Lower Vine, carried out from...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Excavations at Harmony Borax Works (1977)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text George A. Teague. Lynette O. Shenk.

    Archeological work carried out at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley during the fall of 1976 was prompted by proposed management activities which include stabilization of ruins and replacement of fencing. Harmony Borax Works was the central feature in the opening of Death Valley and the subsequent popularity of the Furnace Creek area. The plant and associated townsite played an important role in Death Valley history.

  • Excavations at The Oasis of Mara: Archeological Investigations at Joshua Tree National Monument (1983)
    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...

  • Fifty Years of Archeology in the California Desert: An Archaeological Overview of Joshua Tree National Monument (1975)
    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...

  • 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...

  • Mine Documentation in the Standard Mining District, Mojave National Preserve, California (2006)
    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...

  • One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert: An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument (1980)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Parker.

    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...

  • Piute Creek Archeological Survey and Site Documentation, Mojave National Preserve, California (2007)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Meredith, A. Wilson.

    The Mojave National Preserve (MOJA) plans to establish a visitor use area to interpret the cultural resources surrounding Fort Piute (CA-SBR-119/H). Fort Piute, a small military outpost built in 1867, is located in the east-central section of MOJA, near the eastern MOJA boundary. The visitor use project area is adjacent to a section of the Mojave Road (CA-SBR-3033/H), within the Fort Piute (CA-SBR-119/H) site boundary, and within site CA-SBR-213/H, a large multicomponent archeological...

  • Rock Walls and Wooden Fence Posts: Archeological Inventory and Ethnohistorical Research in Johnson Canyon, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Nancy E. Pearson.

    This report describes the results of an archeological inventory project that archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) completed between 11 and 24 March 2001, in the proposed Hungry Bill's Ranch Historic District (HBRHD), an ethnohistorical and archeological complex of sites and resources in Death Valley National Park (DEVA), California. The inventory was completed so that these cultural resources, which stretch for nearly two miles along the bottom lands and...

  • Stoneworking in Eureka Valley: Archeological Investigations at the Eureka Dunes Site (CA-INY-2489) (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton. William W. Bloomer. Lynn Johnson.

    The National Park Service conducted archeological investigations at the Eureka Dunes archeological site (CA-INY-2489) within Death Valley National Park. Proposed developments to protect the unique Eureka Dunes ecosystem would affect less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the archeological site. However, the archeological work was designed to investigate the whole site. Archeological field work included mapping, intensive controlled surface collection, and subsurface testing. Over 26,000 artifacts were...

  • Survey and Excavations in Joshua Tree National Monument: Report of the 1985 Joshua Tree Road Improvements Project (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard G. Ervin.

    In the spring of 1985, archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) conducted archeological investigations at Joshua Tree National Monument in sonthern California. This undertaking, which was designated project JOTR 85A in WACC files, was carried out in response to plans for repairing and widening the system of roads in the monument (Package 173). The JOTR 85A project was specifically connected to Phases II and III of the road repair project. Road construction for...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • The Timba-Sha Survey and Boundary Fencing Project: Archeological Investigations at Death Valley National Monument (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Martyn D. Tagg.

    In March 1984, the author and J. Michael Bremer, archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center, conducted two small archeological projects in Death Valley National Monument. The first consisted of a 200-acre land survey in and around Timba-Sha Indian village, which overlooks the salt pan in central Death Valley, California. The second consisted of data collection from four sites located in the Grapevine Mountains in southwest Nevada. Although the projects are...