Framing the View: The Transformation of Land Use along the California Coast during the World War Eras

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "California: Post-1850s Consumption and Use Patterns in Negotiated Spaces" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

California State University Channel Islands campus was originally constructed as the former Camarillo State Mental Hospital. This location serves as a case study for examining changes in communities and land use in California throughout time. Archaeological surveys on campus, artifact analyses, and historic records together document shifts in human activities at this location: the indigenous Chumash communities, Mexican-era ranching,. Euro-American farming, mental hospital, academic campus. This presentation outlines the usage of this area by a noteworthy variety of people, with an emphasis on the transformation from ranching/farming to the Camarillo State Mental Hospital. In particular, the discussion focuses on recent excavations at a probable Depression-era structure which was revealed after recent wildfires.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• California: Post-1850s Consumption and Use Patterns in Negotiated Spaces

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 676