POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SEVERAL SITES IN THE OAK COUNTRY ESTATES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2002

Summary

Samples from eight archaeological sites located along Santa Maria Creek in Oak Country

Estates, southern California, were examined for pollen and/or protein residue. Four stratigraphic

pollen columns were examined to provide evidence concerning vegetation from the time of

prehistoric occupation until present. In addition, several pieces of ground stone and flaked lithics

were examined for evidence of food processing or procurement. Radiocarbon ages, ranging from

1800 BP to 1000 BP and finally 500 BP, indicate that this area supported a large, Late Period

village inhabited prior to Spanish occupation. Recovery of worked porcelain flakes indicates that

the village continued to be occupied after contact with the Spanish.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SEVERAL SITES IN THE OAK COUNTRY ESTATES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman. 2002 ( tDAR id: 378804) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8TX3DTP

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Pollen

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Flaked Lithics • Ground Stone • Pollen Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis • Santa Maria Creek • Southern California

Geographic Keywords
Oak Country Estates • Santa Maria Creek • Southern California

Temporal Keywords
Late Period

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