A Cultural Resource Overview of the Bureau of Land Management Coleville, Bodie, Benton, and Owens Valley Planning Units, California

Author(s): Colin I. Busby; John M. Findlay; James C. Bard

Year: 1979

Summary

This report represents a contribution to a number of regional (i.e., planning unit) studies commissioned by the Bureau of Land Management for lands under its control in the State of California.

The intent of these various studies is to provide the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with an overview and synthesis of the existing cultural resource information, including historic, prehistoric and ethnographic data available for the study area, in this case, the Bodie/Coleville and Benton/ Owens Valley planning units of the Bakersfield District Office. The BLM is mandated by the Antiquities Act of 1906, the Resevoir Salvage Act of 1960 (as amended by Public Law 93-291), The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended), The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Executive Order 11593 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (among others) to identify, evaluate and protect both prehistoric and historic cultural resources on public lands under its jurisdiction. The purpose of this report is to provide a compilation and synthesis of data on cultural resources within the various planning units that can serve as background information in BLM Environmental Analysis Records (EAR), Environmental Statements (ES), Unit Resource Analyses (URA), Management Framework Plans (MFP) and other documents that may require cultural resource information.

The data is presented in terms of previous archaeological research, a culture history (or sequence), ethnography, ethnohistory, a narrative history and needs and recommendations for future management (including directed archaeological research) and protection of cultural resources. This compilation and presentation of cultural resource information will, hopefully, encourage long term planning resulting in the conservation and protection of a non-renewable portion of America's heritage.

As defined by the BLM, the Bodie/Coleville and Benton/Owens Valley planning units cover approximately 1.2 million acres (750,000 acres public land, 450,000 acres private land) of variable terrain in Inyo and Mono Counties, California. The planning units are bounded in part by the State of Nevada on the north and east with the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, more particularly the Inyo National Forest, on the west. The eastern boundary is the Inyo National Forest and the slopes of the Inyo and White Mountains. California State Highway 190 forms the southern boundary.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2014, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.

Cite this Record

A Cultural Resource Overview of the Bureau of Land Management Coleville, Bodie, Benton, and Owens Valley Planning Units, California. Colin I. Busby, John M. Findlay, James C. Bard. Cultural Resources Publications. Bakersfield, CA: Bureau of Land Management. 1979 ( tDAR id: 127610) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SQ91BZ

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Keywords

Culture
Japanese • Mono Lake Paiute • Northern Paiute • Owens Valley Paiute • Paiute • Paiute-Shoshone • Washo

Site Type
Rock Art

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Heritage Management

General
Abies concolor • Abies magnifica • Achillea millefolium lanulosa • Aconitum columbianum • Agropyron scribneri • Agropyron smithii • Allenrolfea occidentalis • Angelica lineariloba • Antilocarpa americana • Aquilegia formosa • Archaeological Overview • Archeological Overview • Arctostaphylos patula • Artemisia arbuscula nova • Artemisia rothrockii • Astragalus inyoensis • Atriplex canescens • Atriplex confertifolia • Bassariscus astutus • Betula fontinalis • Betula occidentalis • Canis latrans • Carex helleri • Castanopsis sempervirens • Castilleja chromosa • Ceanothus cordulatus • Cercocarpus ledifolius • Cervus nannodes • Chrysothamnus nauseosus • Chrysothamnus teretifolius • Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus • Citellus leucorus • Citellus townsendii • Cottonwood Triangular • Cyprindon radiosus • Dalea californica • Dalea fremontii • Dipodomys merriami • Dipodomys microps • Dipodomys ordii • Dipodomys panamintinus • Distichlis spicata stricta • Dodecatheon redolens • Draba breweri • Draba oligosperms • Eastgate Expanding Stem Point • Elko Series Point • Encelia farinosa • Ephedra nevadensis • Ephedra viridis • Erethizon epixanthum • Erigeron • Eriogonum • Eriogonum marifolium • Ethnography • Eurotia lanata • Eutamias minimus • Eutamias panamintinus • Eutamias quadrimaculatus • Eutamias speciosus • Eutamias townsendii • Felis concolor californica • Felis rufus baileyi • Festuca brachyphylla • Franseria dumosa • Gentiana holopetala • Gentiana newberryi • Glaucomys sabrinus lascivus • Grayia spinosa • Gulo luscus • Gypsum Cave Point • Haplopappus aparigioides • Haplopappus macronema • Hilaria jamesii • Historic Overview • Hulsea algida • Humbolt Concave Base Points • Hymenoclea salsola • Ivesia shockleyi • Juncus parryi • Juniperus occidentalis • Juniperus osteosperma • Koelaria cristata • Lagurus curtatus • Lake Mojave Point • Larrea divaricata • Ledum glandulosum • Lepus americanus californensis • Lepus californicus • Lepus townsendi townsendi • Lomatium inyoense • Lutra canadensis • Lycium andersonii • Management • Marmota flaviventer • Martes cauriana sierrae • Mendora spinescens • Mephites mephits estor • Mertensia ciliata stomatechoides • Microdipodops megacephalus • Microdipodops pallidus • Mimulus primuloides • Mining • Mirabeilis forebelii • Mustela cicognanii lepta • Mustela frenata nevadensis • Mustela vison • Nama rothrockii • Neotoma lepida • obsidian sourcing • Obsidian Trade • Odocoileus hemionus inyoensis • Ondrata zibethica • Onychomys leucogaster • Onychomys torridus • Opuntia basilaris • Opuntia echinocarpa • Oryzopsis hymenoides • Ovid canadensis californiana • Ovid canadensis nelsoni • Oxyria digyna • Penstemon • Penstemon heterodoxus • Penstemon newberryi • Penstemon speciosis kennedyi • Perognathus formosus • Perognathus longimembris • Perognathus parvus • Peromyscus eremicus • Phacelia fremontii • Phleum alpinum • Phlox covillei • Phyllodoce breweri • Pinto Basin Point • Pinus albicaulis • Pinus balfouriana • Pinus flexilis • Pinus jeffreyi • Pinus murrayana • Poa pratensis • Poa rupicola • Poa suksdorfii • Polemonium chartaceum • Populus tremuloides • Populus trichocarpa • Potentilla breweri • Primula suffrutescens • Procyon lotor • Protentilla fruiticosa • Prunus andersonii • Purshia tridentata • Reithrodontomys megalotis • Ribes cereum • Ribes montigenum • Rosa woodsii ultramontana • Rose Spring Corner Notched • Sacrobatus vermiculatus • Salix • Sambucus racemosa • Scapanus latimanus • Sedum rosea • Shepherdia argentea • Siphateles bicolor • Sitanion hystrix • Sorex palustris • Sorex trowbridgii • Sorex vagrans • Spilogale gracilis gracilis • Sporobolus airoides • Suaeda torreyana ramosisima • Sylvilagus audubonii arizonae • Symphoricarpos longiflorus • Tamiasciurus douglasii • Taxidea taxus • Tetradymia axillaria • Tetradymia glabrata • Thomomys talpoides • Tourism • Trifolium monoense • Trisetum spicatum • Tsuga mertensiana • Typha latifolia • Ursus americanus californensis • Vulpes fulva necator • Vulpus macrotes • Zapus princeps Show More

Geographic Keywords
06003 (Fips Code) • 06027 (Fips Code) • 06051 (Fips Code) • Alabama Hills • Alpine (County) • California (State / Territory) • Camp Manzanar • Crater Mountain • Inyo (County) • Lake Crowley • Lake mono • Lake Tahoe • Mono (County) • Mono Basin • North America (Continent) • Owens Valley • Poverty Hills • San Joaquin River • Sierra Nevada Mountains • Stanislaus National Forest • Tungston Hills • United States of America (Country) • White-Inyo Mountains • Yosemite National Park

Temporal Keywords
Cottonwood phase • Little lake phase • Rose spring phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1500 to 1300 (Rose Spring)

Calendar Date: -3000 to -1500 (Little Lake)

Calendar Date: 1300 to 1900 (Cottonwood)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -120.169; min lat: 37.013 ; max long: -118.827; max lat: 38.881 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Pamela Endzweig

Principal Investigator(s): Colin I. Busby

Sponsor(s): Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield District

Prepared By(s): Basin Research Associates

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 1080623; 1043658; 1043659; 1040079

NADB citation id number(s): 000000015068; 000000020427; 000000012538; 000000015067

Notes

General Note: Submitted to: BLM, Bakersfield

General Note: Sent from: Basin Research Associates

General Note: Originally this record was automatically added to tDAR from NADB. In 2014, a copy of the document was added and the record metadata was updated. There were multiple additional records (tDAR id: 127605, 132743, 190504) for this document, which have been marked as "duplicate".

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