VAFB-1973-01: Excavations at the Barka Slough Site, SBA-1010, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, a Preliminary Report

Author(s): Laurence W. Spanne

Year: 1973

Summary

This document discusses the emergency excavations conducted at SBA-1010 the Barka Slough Site. The excavation yielded stratified cultural deposits buried five feet below the surface. The occupational sequence, with an estimated age of between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 500, produced abundant remains of what appear to be those of Canadian Elk, along with Mule Deer and other mammals. The artifact assemblage suggests hunting, butchering, and hide processing activities at the site which was probably occupied during the late summer or early fall.

Cite this Record

VAFB-1973-01: Excavations at the Barka Slough Site, SBA-1010, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, a Preliminary Report. Laurence W. Spanne. 1973 ( tDAR id: 438907) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8438907

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Middle Horizon

Material
Asphaltum • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Shell

Site Name
CA-SBA-1010

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Butchering / Kill Site • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hunting / Trapping • Living Surface • Midden • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Canadian Elk • Mule Deer

Geographic Keywords
Barka Slough • California (State / Territory) • San Antonio • San Antonio Creek • Santa Barbara (County)

Temporal Keywords
Middle Horizon

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 2400 to 2080 (Radiocarbon date for lowest portion of stratum II (Lab # UCR-269))

Calendar Date: -1000 to 500 (Estimated age of Occupation I)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -120.614; min lat: 34.756 ; max long: -120.542; max lat: 34.797 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Vandenberg Air Force Base

Landowner(s): Vandenberg Air Force Base

Sponsor(s): University of California Santa Barbara, CA

Repository(s): 30 CES/CEVPC Vandenberg Air Force Base

Prepared By(s): University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Record Identifiers

Vandenberg AFB Report No.(s): VAFB-1973-01

File Information

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CA_SBA-1010 excavation report