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RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT OF CA-SDI-10,552,
CA-SDI-10,550, AND A PORTION OF CA-SDI-9045 FOR
THE MELROSE DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT: *
Carlsbad City Project No 3598
Prepared for •
'TIM GABRIELSON,
RICK ENGINEERING. ,.
5620 FRIARS'ROAD
SAN DIEGO, CA 92110-2596 '
Prepared by
JO ANNE D. GILMER
PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGIST
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' RUSSELL O.COLLET'1 :
PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGIST-
DAYLE M CHEEVER
SUPERVISING ARCHAEOLOGIST '
RECON NUMBER 3012A
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NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA BASE INFORMATION
Author: J0 Anne D. Gilmer, Project Archaeologist
Russell 0. Collett, Project Archaeologist
Dayle M. Cheever, Senior Archaeologist
Consulting Firm RECON
Report Date: October 11, 1999
Report Title: Results of the Archaeological Significance Assessment of CA-
SDI-10,552, CA-SDI-10,550, and a portion of CA-SDI-9045 for
the Melrose Drive Extension Project
Prepared for: Rick Engineering Company
Submitted to: City of Carlsbad
Contract No.: RECON Number 3012A
USGS Quad Map: San Marcos, Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, and San Luis Rey
Quadrangles.
Keywords: Carlsbad, CA-SDI-9045, 10,550, 10,552, Prehistoric, disturbed,
significance testing, not significant, lithic scatters, faunal remains,
settlement.
Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to conduct significance evaluations at three
archaeological sites in the Melrose Drive extension area. Over 90 person hours were
spent in the field during July 1999, by RECON archaeologists under the supervision of
Dayle Cheever. Questions of site chronology, function, and structure were addressed.
Examination and analysis of materials collected from CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-SDI-
10,552 were conducted to address these questions. Radiocarbon analysis was not
completed because no quantities of shell or bone were present at either of these sites. The
results of the study indicate that CA-SDI-10,552 and SDI-10,550 are small activity
locations. The site activities were stone tool finishing and refinishing. The sites are not
large, suggesting that these areas were used only once. There is nothing to suggest that
other activities took place at either location. The untested portion of CA-SDI-9045 was
found to be inaccessible, having been buried by recent road construction. No further work
is recommended for this location.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Management Summary
Undertaking Information 4
Setting 8
PaleoenvirOnment 17
Cultural Background 18
Research Design
Methods 32
Research 32
Documentation 33
Fieldwork 33
Laboratory Work 34
Report of Findings 35
Survey Results 35
CA-SDI-9045 36
CA-SDI-10,550 36
CA-SDI-10,552 38
Discussion 50
Management Considerations 50
Project Certification and Staff 51
References Cited 52
TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)
FIGURES
1: Regional locationof the project 2
2: Project location on U.S.G.S. map 3
3: Site locations 9
4: Excavation at site CA-SDI-10,550 37
5: Site Sample map of CA-SDI-10,552 39
TABLES
Archaeological Resources 8
Ethnographic Uses of Plants Within the Project Area 13
Flake and Shatter Totals from Units 1 and 2 CA-SDI-10,552 45
Recovered Debitage CA-SDI-10,552 46
5:, Total Debitage from CA-SDI-10,552 47
PHOTOGRAPHS
1: View of Unit 1, looking southwest 5
2: View of Unit 2, looking east . 5
3: View looking south from the industrial parking lot 6
4: Overview of site, fromdebris pile looking south to Carlsbad Raceway 6
5: View looking north . . 7
6: View of general ground conditions 7
7: Surface collected blades and graver/burin from CA-SDI-10,552 40
8: Points from CA-SDI-10,552 41
9: Surface collected biface fragment from CA-SDI-1.0,552 42
10: Surface, collected biface preform from CA-SDI-10,552 . 43
11: Surface collected undifferentiated scraper from CA-SDI- 10,552 44
ATTACHMENTS
Cataloging and analysis system
Resumes for key project personnel
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Management Summary
The purpose of the current study was to conduct archaeological data recovery excavations
at CA-SDI-9045, -10,550 and -10,552. Excavations were conducted in July 1999, by
RECON archaeologists under the supervision of Dayle Cheever, certified by the Registry
of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). Approximately 90 person-hours were spent in the
field. This report presents the methods and results of cultural resource significance
evaluations that were conducted for the Melrose Drive Extension alignment and 20-foot
construction buffer. The program consisted of significance testing at CA-SDI-10,552 and
CA-SDI-10,550, which were previously unevaluated and an evaluation of a portion of
CA-SDI-9045, which previously was partially tested. This significance evaluation was
conducted according to the Cultural Resource Guidelines (CRG) of the City of Carlsbad
and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21083.2. The subject
property is located entirely within the limits of the city of Carlsbad, California. The
project is located on the north side of Palomar Airport Road on Carlsbad Raceway
property. It is on an upland mesa at the headwaters of the south fork of Agua Hedionda
Creek (Figures 1 and 2).
A search of site records and reports was conducted at the South Coastal Information
Center (SCIC) and the San Diego Museum of Man (SDMM) prior to the May 19 and 20,
1998 pedestrian reconnaissance survey and reviewed prior to the commencement of this
significance evaluation. The project survey indicated that five archaeological resource
locations were within the project's boundaries. Two of these sites (CA-SDI-9041 and
CA-SDI-9043) were previously evaluated and found to be not important under CEQA
criteria (Wade et al. 1989). CA-SDI-9045 was partially evaluated and it was
recommended that further work should be completed on the untested northern portion of
this site. During the current evaluation this northern portion was found to be buried
beneath the existing road and fill. The final two sites, CA-SDI-10,552 and CA-SDI-
10,550, were not previously evaluated.
The following is a 'site significance report evaluating CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-SDI-
10,552. It presents a brief introduction to the project including a review of the
environmental setting, a history of cultural resource investigation for the region, a
presentation of a synthetic culture history, research questions, and methods, including
both field and laboratory studies for evaluation of CA-SDI-10,552, and CA-SDI-10,550,
and CA-SDI-9045.
The results of the testing study at CA-SDI-10,552 suggests the site was used as a flaking
station, because of the number of fine-grained flakes that were recovered. This site does
not suggest activities such as cooking, because only five bones were recovered; none
were burned and nothing resembling hearths were found. No grinding implements were
recovered, which might have suggested procuring and prOcessing of seasonally available
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plant materials. These sites were found to be not important and further evaluation would
not significantly add to the body of information already gathered from testing at other.
sites in this area.
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An archaeological monitoring program is recommended during construction brushing and
grading within the alignment as a supplement to the site evaluation programs. Due to the
number of sites located within the area, the probability of identifying undisturbed
resources is considered a reasonable possibility. Field notes, photographs, and
documents associated with this study are on file at the RECON offices under job number
3012A.
Undertaking Information
This report presents the results of a cultural resource significance assessment program at
three recorded archaeological sites for the Melrose Drive Extension Project. The current
cultural resource investigation was undertaken for the purpose of identifying cultural
resources and determining their significance and providing recommendations for future
treatment/management as an aid to 'project 'planning as suggested in the CRG.
Recommendations are provided for treatment of the known cultural resource sites within
the study area.
The study region is the area immediately surrounding the Carlsbad Raceway property,
which is located within a region of the County that has a rich history of prehistoric and
historic cultural resource materials and has a high sensitivity for cultural resource sites.
A cultural resource document search and pedestrian reconnaissance survey of the project
area was accomplished in April 1999 and included close inspection of a 500-foot-wide
margin on either side of the proposed centerline of the Melrose Drive Extension (see
Figure 1). The proposed road extension will connect the intersection of Melrose Drive
and Palomar Airport Road to the south with the existing portion of Melrose Drive, further
north.
Five cultural resource locations are recorded within the study area. Two of these sites
(CA-SDI-0941 and CA-SDI-9043) were evaluated previously, found not important under
CEQA criteria (Wade et al. 1989), and require no additional work. A third site, CA-SDI-
9045, investigated by RECON archaeologists in 1989, straddles the boundary between
the 1989 study area and the current project. This partially tested site warranted additional
study based on the findings of the 1989 investigation: In addition, two sites recorded
since the 1989 testing (CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-SDI-10,552) had not been evaluated
(Photographs 1-6). The survey report (Collett and Cheever 1999) recommended that
additional cultural resource investigations should be completed to evaluate the
uninvestigated portions of CA-SDI-9045, and CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-SDI-10,552, and
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PHOTOGRAPH 1
View .of Unit 1, Looking Southwest
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I 01 View of Unit 2, Looking East
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CA-SDI-10,552 PHOTOGRAPH 5
View Looking North
CA-SDI-10,552 PHOTOGRAPH 6
View of General Ground Conditions
to evaluate the potential of additional cultural materials being present in areas of poor
visibility.
The project survey provided updated information on site locations within the study area
and general conditions, including p?evious site disturbance. These disturbances were not
a significant factor in the investigation. Based on the site record information and survey
results, it appeared that both CA-SDI-10,552 and CA-SDI-10,550 are flaked stone tool
finishing or rejuvenating stations. Both of these sites appear to represent short-term
activity areas (Table 1).
TABLE 1
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE PROJECT AREA.
Evaluated Sites Sites Recommended for Sites Not Sites Requiring
Found Not Important Additional Evaluation Evaluated Evaluation
CA-SDI-9041 CA-SDI-9045 CA-SDI-10,550 CA-SDI-9045
CA-SDI-9043 . CA-SDI-10,552 CA-SDI-10,550
CA-SDI-10,552
A. Setting
The current study area is located in the city of Carlsbad, California (see Figure 1), north
of Palomar Airport Road and east of El Camino Real. The proposed alignment lies
within the limits of a project area known as the Wimpey/Gentry property. The project
region encompasses the Carlsbad Raceway, with tilled fields to the south and deep
canyons and finger ridges to the north. The project is shown on the USGS San Marcos
quadrangle in Township 12 South, Range 3 West, in Section 18 (see Figure 2). CA-SDI-
10,552 is directly north of and overlooking the raceway on approximately one acre of
upland mesa, at the headwaters of the south fork of Agua Hedionda Creek (see
Photographs 3-6). The mesa to the north of this site has been completely developed. CA-
SDI-10,550 is located just north of Palomar Airport Road, within a plowed field (see
Photographs 1 and 2). CA-SDI-9045 is presently buried beneath the terminal segment of
the northern portion of Melrose Drive (Figure 3).
The Melrose project alignment is composed of two portions (see Figure 2). The area on
the south end has a gradual, south-facing slope that supports a thick growth of weeds and
ruderal grasses and retains evidence of past agricultural land use. The northern segment
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is steeper with north-facing slopes, and covered by thick native brush. There is also a
small seasonal drainage associated with this segment of the project. This area is within
the Carlsbad Raceway property and has been significantly affected by race course
activities. The northern end of the alignment includes an embankment that forms the
north side of a drainage (mesa or finger ridge) in an area of approximately one acre.
Brush and weeds across the length of the alignment hampered surface visibility during
both the survey and data recovery portion of the testing.
The following discussion of the environmental setting encompasses the Melrose Drive
Extension area and is followed by a generalized discussion of the archaeologically and
ethnographically based culture history of San Diego County. The purpose of this section
is to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the range of natural and cultural
resources, which were abundant in the vicinity.
1. Natural Environment
The Melrose Drive Extension Project area is located just north of Palomar Airport Road
above the south fork of Agua Hedionda creek. The area can be characterized as valley
drainages and upland mesa topography with brush-covered steep slopes. Carlsbad
Raceway property is centrally located within the study area (see Figures 1-3). The project
is located south and east of Agua Hedionda Lagoon (approximately two miles east of El
Camino Real). The principal drainage is a seasonal stream flowing roughly southwest
toward San Marcos Creek, which in turn flows into Batiquitos Lagoon about 3.5 miles
southwest of the project. Elevations on the property range from 339-476 feet above mean
sea level (MSL). The land that surrounds the project consists of sloping tilled areas, steep
slopes with level ridges, fingers, and benches, which provide suitable sites for human
habitation. The area is part of a tributary system of Batiquitos Lagoon and the landform
represents a convenient travel corridor. The proximity of a wide range of plant and
animal food and utilitarian resources as well as fresh. water and rock outcrops also
contribute to the desirability of this location for human settlement.
Another important feature of the study area is the climate. In general terms the local
climate has been classified as Mediterranean. This is a climate that is characterized by
two seasons, a temperate wet winter and a moderate dry summer. Southern California is
the only place in the United States with this type of climate (Caughman and Ginsberg
1981). Most rainfall occurs between October and March, with the greatest number of
rainy days and greatest rainfall between December and February. The summer is
essentially warm and dry. Because of the insular qualities of the Pacific Ocean, the
winter temperatures on the coast generally do not reach much below 60 degrees in the day
and 50 degrees at night, although the inland areas can be much colder during the day and
particularly at night. Similarly, the summer temperatures, while warmer, generally hover
in the high 70s to low 80s on the coast, with a considerable increase in temperature as one
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moves inland. Differences of 10 degrees or more are not uncommon within 10 miles of
the coastal belt.
The coastal belt is significantly influenced by a strong high-pressure system (the Pacific
High) located to the west and by the Pacific Ocean. In combination, these faciors block
the cool, moist breezes that originate in the northern Pacific, from moving onshore. The
Pacific High shifts from north to south with the approaching winter months, allowing
winter storms to come onshore. This system also allows for a condition within the
coastal belt known as onshore flow, whereby cooler, moist air moves inland, sometimes
as thick fog banks. This circumstance can result in the deposit of trace amounts of
moisture as dew that could be considered a source of fresh water, though not a traditional
one.
2. Geology and Soil
The ridges that surround the project area are composed of well-developed soils, mostly
Huerhuero loam and Linne clay loam (Collett and Cheever 1999). Clay soils cover a large
portion of the main drainage area but also occupy a significant portion of the upland
areas, sometimes occurring as isolated patches surrounded by loamy soils. The'se soils
are principally derived from underlying Pleistocene sandstone and conglomerate beds
(Lusardi Formation) or from the Eocene sandstone and siltstone beds (Torrey and Del
Mar Formations). These sediments are classified as subsets of the Santiago Formation,
which is known to be paleontologically sensitive, containing vertebrate and invertebrate
fossils in some locations. The basement Santiago Peak Volcanics are metamorphic rocks
of Jurassic age. The newest deposits in the study area are Quaternary alluvium and
terrace deposits. Slopes range from 5 to 30 percent slopes with medium runoff and
moderate erosion (U.S. Department of Agriculture 1973).
Of some interest from an archaeological perspective are the metavolcanic rocks, which
are present south and southeast of the study area (Kaldenberg 1976). Native Americans
used this fine-grained stone extensively for production of stone tools as evidenced at
several sites in the vicinity (Wade et al. 1989; Berryman and Cheever 1999). Several
quarry sites have been used in historic times, especially along the San Marcos Creek
drainage. Two prehistoric quarry sites are located southwest of El Fuerte Street
(Kaldenberg 1975a). These sites (SDM-W-587 and SDM-W-589) located on an
extrusive vein of andesite were mapped and collected in the 1970s by a local
archaeologist (Kaldenberg 1975b). One quarry site is located just east of the intersection
of Questhaven Road and Rancho Santa Fe Road, south of the project (Fink 1977). Fink
described the site as consisting of thousands of stone flakes, cores, and simple tools. He
evaluated the site as being of "major scientific importance" because of the size, rarity,
preservation, and apparent association with San Dieguito groups (Fink 1977:10). SDM-
W-191 was revisited in 1983 (Woodman 1983) and in 1986 (Wade 1986) and was found
to remain as originally described. The site is currently within the fenced area of the San
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Marcos Landfill. Certainly, the fine-grained and apparently high-quality metavolcanic
stone, which was available in the project vicinity represented a draw for the aboriginal
populations of this area. Another important stone material, in the form of bedrock
outcrops of granite and granodiorite were located within the project boundaries and also
have been reported on the hill slopes to the east of Rancho Carrillo, directly south of this
project area (Pigniolo and Briggs 1989). These rough stone surfaces have been used
extensively throughout San Diego County as grinding or milling surfaces for processing
plant foods and other subsistence and utilitarian resources.
3. Vegetation
The vegetation patterns within the project boundaries have been heavily disturbed by
construction and off-road vehicles. Eight different plant communities were identified
during a biological survey conducted by RECON (1999). Dunham and Berryman (1991)
identified nine vegetation communities within a short distance from the Melrose Drive
Extension area. The Melrose Drive Extension property consisted of freshwater marsh,
willow scrub, baccharis scrub, Diegan coastal sage scrub, mixed chaparral, agriculture,
non-native grassland, and disturbed areas. The cultural resource sites on the property are
found in direct association with areas that are now or were in- the past coastal sage scrub,
mixed chaparral, -oak woodland, and native grassland communities. Native Americans
utilized many of the plants, common to these vegetation communities for food, medicine,
clothing, and construction of shelter and weapons. Information on the plants that are
known to have been utilized by native people in this region is provided in Bean and
Saubel (1972), Balls (1972), Hedges and Berresford (1986), Hinton (1975), Waterman
(1910), Shipek (1970), and Sparkman (1908). Based on these ethnographic sources and
the plant list generated during the biological assessment of projects to the south of the
Melrose Drive Extension, a listing of plants was constructed that were likely used by
Native Americans for food, medicine, or construction on this property was created. In
Table 2, the plants- are categorized by vegetation communities and the common and
scientific names are listed as well as the proposed uses.
As can be seen from Table 2, a wide variety of plants were available for use as food,
medicine, or construction materials. The majority of the usable foods are found within
the sage scrub and chaparral communities or within oak woodland/riparian communities.
Many of the plants found in the native grasslands contain edible bulbs, which are also
likely to have been eaten by Native American populations.
The upland sites were within coastal sage or chaparral plant communities, although at
some locations those native plant communities had been destroyed by agriculture. The
lowland sites existed at the interface between the riparian woodland/willow scrub and
sage scrub/chaparral communities. One of the pervasive themes of testing research in this
region is the influence of plant resource proximity on site location. Based on the changes
that have been reported for plant community distribution in San Diego County, generally
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TABLE 2
ETHNOGRAPHIC USES OF PLANTS WITHIN RANCHO CARRILLO
Scientific Name Common Name Part Used/Use
Valley Needlerass Grassland
A Ilium sp. Wild onion bulb/food
Avenafaula Wild oats (non-native) seeds/food
Bloomeria crocea Golden star
Brodiaeafihtfolia Threadleaved brodiaea bulb/food
Bromus rubens Red brome
Brornus mollis Smooth brome
Dichelostemma puichella Wild Hyacinth
Orthocarpus densflorus Owl's clover
Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-eyed grass -
Stipa pulchra Valley needlegrass
Coastal Sace Scrub/Southern Maritime/Mixed Chaparral
Adenostoma fasciculatum Chamise
Adoiphia caitfornica California adolphia
Arctostaphylos glandulosa Del Mar manzanita berry, leaves/food, beverage
Artemisia californica Coastal sagebrush
Calochortus splendens Mariposa lily bulbs/food
Comarostaphylis diversifolia Summer holly
CorethrogynefiIaginfolia Sand aster
Encelia calçfornica Coast encelia
Eremocarpus setigerus Dove weed leaves/medicinal
Eriogonumfasciculatum Flat-top buckwheat flowers/medicinal
Helianthemum scoparium Alderson rockrose
Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon fruit
Isomeris arborea Bladderpod
Lonicera subspicata Wild honeysuckle medicinal
Lotus scoparius Deerweed
TABLE2
ETHNOGRAPHIC USES OF PLANTS WITHIN RANCHO CARRILLO
(continued)
Scientific Name Common Name Part Used/Use
Malacothamnusfasciculatus Bush mallow
Marah macrocarpus Wild cucumber -.
Mimulus puniceus Red bush monkey-flower
Quercus dumosa Scrub oak seeds (acorn)
Mirabilis calfornica Wishbone bush
Opuntia littoralis 0 Shore cactus fruit/pads
Plantago major Common plantain
Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbitfoot grass
Rhamnus crocea Redberry medicinal
(R. calfornica [coffeeberry] ref. in Hedges and Beresford 1986)
Rhus integrifolia Lemonadeberry berries/beverage
Rhus laurina . Laurel sumac , medicinal
Ribes speciosum - Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry
Salvia apiana White sage stalks, seeds/food
Salvia mellifera Black sage seeds/food
Selaginella cinerascens Pygmy spikemoss
Stachys rigida Hedge-nettle
Stephanomeria virgata Stephanomeria or mule weed
Stipa coronata Giant stipa
Xylococcus bicolor Mission manzanita
Yucca schidigera Mohave yucca stalk/construction
Yucca whipplei Our Lord's candle root-stalk/food
Riparian Woodland/Willow Scrub
Ambrosia psilostachya Western ragweed medicinal
Anemopsis calfornica - Yerba mansa - root, leaves/medicinal
Baccharis glutinosa Mulefat
Platanus racemosa California sycamore medicinal
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TABLE 2
ETHNOGRAPHIC USES OF PLANTS WITHIN RANCHO CARRILLO
(continued)
Scientific Name Common Name Part Used/Use
Quercus agrifolia Coast live oak food
Rhus laurina Laurel sumac
Salix gooddingii California black willow construction
Salix lasiolepis Arroyo willow construction
Sambucus mexicana Elderberry food/fruit
Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison oak
Mesic Areas and Wetlands
Distichilis spicata Saltgrass
Heliotropium curassavicum Chinese pusley
Juncus acutus Spiny rush leaves/basketry
Juncus bufonius Toad rush leaves/basketry
Juncus mexicanus Mexican rush leaves/basketry
Nicotiana glauca Tree tobacco smoking/non-native
Opuntiaficus-indica Indian fig fruit, pads/food
Scirpus acutus Tule or hard-stem 'bulrush
Scirpus robustus Prairie bulrush
Sida leprosa ' Alkali-mallow
Solanum nodflorum Nightshade
Solidago occidentalis Western goldenrod leaves, stems/medicinal
Typha latfo1ia Tall cattail root, shoots/food
Xanthium sp. Cocklebur leaves/cooking
Zigadenusfremontii Star zigadenus medicinal
it appears that the project has lost many of the native species as well as the diversity that
was once more prevalent. One of the more dramatic changes may include the loss of
larger trees, in particular oaks and willows from the banks of the drainages.
4. Fauna
The vegetation communities, which are described above, support a diverse assemblage of
animals. The following information was extrapolated from the Carrillo Ranch biological
report (Dunham and Berryman 1991), which is located directly south across Palomar
Airport Road, and the current RECON biological report written for the current project. It
should be noted that the animals that are present in the project area today are probably
consistent with the species that have been present in the area for many thousands of years.
It is probable that if there have been changes, it has probably been towards a reduction in
population numbers and in the variety of species that are currently present.
Few animals were observed during the archaeological excavations on these sites;
however, an alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata webbi), a western fence lizard
(Sceloporus occidentalis), cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), red-tailed hawk (Buteo,
jamaicensis calurus), turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and a roadrunner (Geococcyx
californianus) were observed. The biological survey report noted that several species
were likely to occur, but were not observed during fieldwork. These include the side-
blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana), the orange-throated whiptail (Cnemidophorus
hyperythrus beldingi), rattlesnakes (Crotalus sp.), gopher snakes (Pituophis catenifer
annectens), ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi), coyote (Canis latrans), raccoon
(Procyon lotor), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), and a variety of mice and rats.
Individuals who live near the project property reported bobcats in that drainage. Each of
these animals represents a potential food source for Native American occupants of the
region and archaeological collections from throughout the county indicate the strong
presence of rabbit, squirrel, and woodrat as components of cultural bone assemblages.
Numerous perching birds were also observed, which may or may not represent food
resources, ' although larger birds such as California quail, various migratory fowl, and
egret were likely used as food. A range of migratory birds may also have-been available
on ponds or at Batiquitos Lagoon.
The project property and the surrounding area, because of several natural resource
communities, each supporting a wealth of food, medicinal, and utilitarian resources,
appears to have represented an extremely favorable location for human habitation in the
past Staple foods, such as acorn, agave, and shellfish, were and remain available either
on-site or within a one-day collecting radius. Bushes and trees that can be used to supply
fuel; and water are present in the upper drainages and seeps, and the creek in the valley
bottom represents a permanent water source. Raw material for the manufacture of flaked
stone and ground stone artifacts (granitics for ground stone implements and fine-grained
metavolcanics for flaked stone tools) is available in nearby locations to the south and
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southeast. Further evidence that this was a favorable settlement location is demonstrated
by the presence of a large number of recorded sites in the vicinity and within the project
area.
B. Paleoenvironment
It is an undisputed fact that there have been shifts in environmental conditions throughout
the Holocene (the past 10,000 years) (Mehringer 1967; Axelrod 1983). Evidence for
these changes has come primarily from geological evidence on the coast and
paleobotanical studies completed in the Great Basin area. Antevs (1952) has discussed
the climatic history of California in terms of three post-Pleistocene, periods: the
Anathermal, the Altithermal, and Medithermal.
Warren and Pavesic (1963) summarized the available pollen data from the Great Basin
and the implications for reconstructing paleoenvironments in coastal California. They
proposed that the period after 10,000 years before the present (B.P.) was a drying trend
which culminated in a change from an arboreal (tree-dominated) to a predominantly
grassland-dominated community by 7,000 years B.P. Grasslands alternated with desert
environments during short intervals over the subsequent centuries until there was a
stabilization to the dry environments of today's deserts. Later, with further desiccation of
the desert areas, the coast must have been more strongly influenced by diffusion and
migration of peoples from the interior" (Warren and Pavesic 1963).
Conclusions regarding changes in temperature, rainfall, and vegetation patterns have been
extrapolated for coastal California as well. Eighmey (1992) summarized the available
information (Mehringer 1967; Inman 1983; Axlerod 1983) regarding known changes in
coastal vegetation patterns during the Holocene. A general trend of increasing mean
temperatures and aridity resulted in the gradual retreat of conifer forests from the interior
and coastal areas and a corresponding replacement by oak woodlands and coastal sage
scrub. Paleobotanical data from Mehringer (1967), Inman (1983), and Axlerod (1983)
-suggest that nuts from conifers (such as pines and cypress) may have represented a
substantial food resource on the coast and, consequently, represented a substantial
influence on settlement patterning during the early period of prehistory.
In addition to: increasingly inhospitable climatic conditions in the interior regions, there
were considerable changes in the physiography of the coast which resulted from the
general warming and drying trend. Inman (1983) and Masters (1988) discuss plate
tectonics and paleoclimatic changes and the resulting rise of the sea level during the past
10,000 years. Although this rise slowed after 6,000 years B.P. (having subsequently risen
approximately five meters), alteration of the coast line configuration is a factor in the
explanation of cultural resource settlement patterns. Warren and Pavesic (1963) also
argue that this alteration is a factor in the viability of the lagoons for various shellfish
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populations. These alterations have strong ramifications for the project study area as
Batiquitos Lagoon is a prominent element of the physical environment for the area, and
the presence of marine shellfish remains in virtually all of the sites in the region further
forges the link between these areas. While sea level rose, the lagoons were well flushed
and thus supported large populations of rock-dwelling and sandy beach—dwelling
shellfish. When the rise in sea level slowed, the lagoons became progressively silted and
shellfish populations were reduced or restricted in distribution. These alterations have
been discussed at length by local archaeologists with regard to the ramifications they had
for human settlement and cultural practices. CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-SDI-10,552 had no
shellfish remains present as part of the ecofaunal materials recovered. One small shell
was recovered from CA-SDI-10,552; however, it appears to be part of a much, older
fossilized deposit.
C. Cultural Background
1. Prehistory
The traditional culture history for San Diego County consists of three periods: San
Dieguito, La Jolla, and Diegueno. These three periods were first identified in the
literature by Malcolm Rogers, who conducted archaeological survey, research, and
excavation from 1919 through 1945 throughout the county. Most of this work was
conducted under the auspices of the San Diego Museum of Man and, as Hanna (1991) has
pointed out, Rogers' work was conducted in a time when classification and chronology,
were the primary goals of archaeology. Most archaeological investigations completed
subsequent to Rogers' proposed chronology have assessed archaeological sites as to
where they fit within the framework established by Rogers. With the inception of the
"New Archaeology," some archaeological research shifted to a deductive approach where
the validity of this framework was tested with 'archaeological data from the sites.
The goal of the New Archaeology was to develop and constantly refine models of human
behavior. The first step in this more scientifically based research approach is to posit
hypotheses, test implications, and data requirements. The information recovered during
investigation of an archaeological site is the data which is used to answer the test
questions and, thus, to evaluate the hypotheses and ultimately the general model. Several
researchers have called for an application of the data (the archaeological site information)
to evaluate Rogers' model of San Diego Prehistory (Bull 1983, 1987; Warren 1985).
However, Hanna (1991) observed, "Not only did Rogers' work survive the New
Archaeology movement (Ca. 1948-1968), but his culture-chronological focus has since
remained a main theme of much local work."
The following culture chronology for coastal San Diego is based on a synthesis of the
existing literature developed by Hanna (1991) and presents only one of many versions of
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San Diego prehistory. As discussed above, this chronology is intended as a general
model which is dynamic and subject to testing as new information is uncovered.
One currently accepted general model of San Diego County prehistory, the product of
many small revisions with a few broad extensions, is still quite recognizably based on the
original Malcolm Rogers' chronology. This presentation differentiates three principal
cultural patterns (the Archaic, Late Prehistoric, and Protohistoric Periods—the San
Dieguito, La Jolla, and Diegueno, defined earlier by Rogers), each marked by its own
material culture inventories, site types, spatial distributions, and relative or absolute date
ranges. These three general patterns have also been associated with perceived local or
regional variants that some researchers believe must reflect significant differences in
ancient peoples' social and economic lives; however, these assertions remain nebulous.
A summary of this tripartite model is provided below, together with some discussion of
unresolved issues, competing research explanations, and alternatives to the model itself.
a. The Archaic Period (San Dieguito and La Jolla Complexes)
Early occupants of the San Diego area are archaeologically represented by a culture
pattern that Malcolm J. Rogers first described as the "Scraper-Makers" and later as the
"San Dieguito" (Rogers 1929, 1938). The material culture inventory was initially defined
on the basis of several sites and then formalized with material from the C.W. Harris site
(CA-SDI-149/SDM-W-198), first excavated by Rogers in 1938 and since considered the
San Dieguito "Type Site" (Warren 1966). The so-called San Dieguito artifact assemblage
is typified by large, unifacially worked core-based tools, unidirectional flake cores, and
bifacial, flake-based tools classified as "projectile points" and "knives." These stone
tools often exhibit both a high degree of workmanship and careful raw material
selectivity. Leaf-shaped blades, occasionally with wide-stemmed hafting elements, are
common point and/or knife forms in this tradition. The hafting and delivery systems
associated with these artifacts are widely debated but probably included hardened
foreshafts fastened to atlati darts and lances. Bows may have been used, but the mass
(weight) of many of these points implies that this was rare if in fact present at all.
Rogers' original compilation of San Dieguito tool kit traits did not include ground stone
artifacts, a technology that was attributed to the later "La Jolla" culture complex. Along
with members of the Western Lithic Co-Tradition, the primary economic emphasis for
the San Dieguito people has been suggested as a large-game—based subsistence strategy
requiring the production of hunting and butchering tools (Davis et al. 1969). Since the
early work by Rogers, a number of investigators have suggested the presence of ground
stone implements in direct contact with San Dieguito—age materials, in particular at sites
dating to the later phase of this tradition (Grenda 1992:22). The presence of ground stone
and the suggestion on the part of some researchers that the San Dieguito were not solely
hunters of game animals has created an area of some controversy (Grenda 1992:22). A
growing body of data from purported San Dieguito sites in the San Diego area has
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recently begun to place some of these reconstructions in doubt. Whereas ground stone
artifacts were not previously thought to be associated with these earlier complexes,
manos have been found within lower sections of the C.W. Harris site (Carrico et al.
1990). Other sites, such as SDM-W-131, SDM-W-40, and SDM-W-1584, have revealed
milling technology in association with dates of greater than 8,000 years B.P. (Gallegos
1984; Norwood 1980). There appears to be a progressive narrowing of definitional
differences between the San Dieguito and assumedly later complexes.
Many archaeological sites attributed to the San Dieguito time frame are described as
surface or very shallow deposits, typically located on inland knolltops and ridge-fingers
overlooking watercourses. The usually tenuous nature of these deposits, coupled with a
limited range of tool types, has led many researchers to interpret San Dieguito sites as
either temporary camps or as loci of specialized activities, such as hunting or food
processing. If these views are correct, then a San Dieguito economy, based primarily on
hunting activities and secondarily on the use of plant resources, was probably expressed
as a nomadic lifestyle that may have entailed seasonal patterns of movement dictated by
the availability of local resources. Excavations in and around San Diego County in the
40 years following Rogers' pioneering work have revealed the existence of the San
Dieguito Complex within San Diego County by as early as 9,000 years ago (Gallegos
1985).
Technological attributes, tool forms, and general material culture trends have been used
to place the San Dieguito Complex within a much larger Archaic Period cultural
continuum, sometimes called the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition (Bedwell 1970; Hester
1973). This group of coeval cultural patterns developed in Great Basin and Colorado
Desert playa lake areas during moist periods following the last glaciation, with the
economy developing around plants and animals that survived increasingly and
environments. This post-Paleoindian era saw the emergence of hunting economies, over
wide areas of the desert southwest, which exhibited similar technological patterns due to
their shared economic base. Such similarities among many Archaic Period sites in the
Colorado Desert and Great Basin have led some researchers to group them within what
has been called the "Western Lithic Co-Tradition" (Davis et al. 1969).
Within traditional nomenclature, the San Dieguito Complex is followed in the
archaeological record by a pattern that Malcolm J. Rogers first termed the "Shell-Midden
People" and later renamed the "La Jolla Complex" (Rogers 1938, 1945). Rogers' initial
formulation considered that the "Shell-Midden People" were antecedent to the
"Scraper-Makers." This conclusion was based on what he perceived to be as differences
in the sophistication of stone tool technology. His subsequent chronological reversal of
these two assemblages stemmed largely from stratigraphical interpretations at the C.W.
Harris site (Warren 1966). The definition and chronological position of the La Jolla
Complex, particularly in relation to the San Dieguito Complex, have since been subject to
continuing debate (Bull 1987; Gallegos 1987; Hayden 1987). Warren (1968) considers
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the La Jolla Complex a local variant of the Encinitas Tradition. Other complexes
commonly associated with the Encinitas Tradition include the Pauma, Topanga,
Oak-Grove, and Early Milling Horizons of the southern California coastal and inland
zones (Chartkoff and Chartkoff 1984:108).
Frequently mentioned Encinitas Tradition hallmarks are an increased dependence on
milling technology and a decrease in certain styles of flaked lithic artifacts, which
characterize San Dieguito assemblages. This technological shift, which purportedly
stemmed from utilization of a wider resource base and an emphasis on settlement in the
coastal belt, is reflected by a more diverse tool assemblage. The resource shift appears to
have been towards plant foods and marine resources and hunting of smaller game. A
specific inference is that the large number of grinding implements indicates processing of
hard seeds from plants of the chaparral and inland mountain regions, which might have
permitted a diminished reliance on hunting. This shift, coupled with an increasing use of
littoral resources, marks the end of the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition and its coastal
manifestation, sometimes called the "Paleo-Coastal Tradition" (Chartkoff and Chartkoff
1984:108; Moratto 1984:109).
Archaeological sites attributed to the La Jolla Complex have been assigned dates ranging
from about 8,000 B.P. to 3,000 B.P., overlapping late San Dieguito phases in many areas
(Moratto 1984:147). Besides the presence of ground stone tools, La Jolla sites are
typically associated with flexed burials and shell middens, and occasionally with
cogstones or discoidals. The flaked stone tool assemblages from these sites generally
contain higher percentages of battering and crushing implements. There is less emphasis
on tools with a finely worked cutting edges, and assemblages with significantly lower
percentages of large bifacially worked knives and unifacially worked "scraper/cores" than
is thought to be typical of the San Dieguito Complex. Tools from coastal sites of the La
Jolla Complex appear to express less selectivity of raw material and to show less detail
and care in workmanship than tools found within San Dieguito assemblages.
An apparent inland manifestation of the La Jolla Complex was termed the "Pauma
Complex" by D. L. True (1958), who proposed the name to describe assemblages
recovered from over 20 inland sites in northern San Diego County. The Pauma
assemblage features stone'tools, which initially seemed to follow the San Dieguito pattern
(e.g., foliate points and crescentics) but were found in association with ground stone
implements usually ascribed to the La Jolla Complex. Subsequent research revealed that
some of these purported associations resulted from mixed strata and provenience at multi-
component sites. After further study and reflection, True decided that "the Pauma
complex inventory is very similar to the adjacent La Jolla ... and some undefined but
close relationship is proposed between the two" (True 1980:370). Materials from these
sites seem closely tied to the La Jolla Complex, although influences from the emergent
Campbell Tradition to the north are sometimes proposed (Moratto 1984:152). Site
assemblages attributed to the Campbell Tradition often include "side notched and
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lanceolate points, large knives, a variety of flake scrapers, and drill-like implements"
(Warren 1968:2).
Relationships between the San Dieguito, Pauma, and La Jolla Complexes are an area of
active debate and research locally. Present interpretations of the archaeological data fall
into two main categories: (1) defense of the traditional view asserting temporal and
cultural differences between the three complexes and '(2) a variety of alternative
explanations as to the purported differences among the artifact collections based on
incomplete data. Perhaps the most commonly referenced alternative explanation is that
the La Jolla Complex is simply a different, environmentally based manifestation of the
original San Dieguito Complex.
Traditionaliss explain distinctions between San Dieguito and La Jolla assemblages as
genuine examples of adaptive culture change or population replacement. The former
scenario posits that an inland hunting lifestyle (San Dieguito culture) expanded toward
the seashore, where an abundance of shellfish and other marine resources promoted
longer-term settlement around lagoons where the population was supported by intensive
gathering and foraging for subsistence resources within a smaller catchment area. The
abundant food supply found in and around lagoons is suggested to have resulted in a
deèmphasis on hunting and a reduced mobility accounting for depth and richness of the
midden deposit at La Jolla Period' sites far exceeding what has been noted at San.
Dieguito—age associations. This explanation seems to fit the evidence from coastal sites
fairly well and can also accommodate evidence from inland sites. Radiocarbon dates,
where available, do not seem to indicate a hiatus between .the two cultures giving the
appearance of a seamless cultural transition of a single culture group. If this is true, then
the so-called Pauma sites may represent settlements created by people in transition
between the two economies or expressed differences associated with responses to
environmental conditions.
The second traditional scenario, population . replacement, is fueled primarily by. the
observation that assemblages from San Dieguito sites are by definition significantly
different from thOse seen in coastal La Jolla sites. In a classical example of a "migration
versus diffusion" argument, some archaeologists have viewed the technological
differences between these archaeological assemblages as significant enough to require
separate historical origins for the two archaeological cultures. Although the invasion
scenario appears expedient and efficient, it is based on partially tautological premises.
Changes in economic and technological patterns are evident throughout the Archaic
Period, but whether they represent in situ change or they represent the introduction of
other cultural elements is a critical point of difference. Models allowing for in situ
change would more easily. reconcile data retrieved from San Diego County sites with that
found in adjacent areas to the north and east. The question also remains as to where these
immigrants came from.
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Nontraditional interpretations have been fueled by several types of information stemming
from the proliferation of archaeological surveys and site excavations in recent years.
Many local archaeologists have come to realize that distinctions between La Jolla—pattern
and San Dieguito—pattern sites lessen with increased distance from the coast. Moving
inland, archaeological collections produce more finely made hunting tools in association
with milling tools and even shellfish remains have been found at these sites, in some
cases as much as 20 miles from the coast. Accumulating radiocarbon dates over the past
three decades indicate significant temporal overlaps between La Jolla and San Dieguito
assemblages. It now appears that the 12,000-7,500 B.P. range for "San Dieguito" sites
(Wallace 1955, 1978; True 1958; Warren et al. 1961; Warren 1966, 1967, 1968; Rogers
et al. 1966; Moriarty 1967; Davis et al. 1969) maybe too conservative on the upper end.
While the 11,000-1,500 BP. range for "La Jolla" sites (Wallace 1955, 1978; Moriarty
1966; Rogers et al. 1966; True 1966; Warren 1968) is too conservative on the lower end.
Such observations have led some researchers to propose that what have been seen as
culturally diagnostic artifact assemblages are actually alternate tool kits of a single culture
which were adapted to suffice in different resource areas. The "La Jolla" assemblages
may in fact be specialized tool kits associated with seasonally utilized, coastal processing
sites. Where these "La Jolla" processing sites also functioned as temporary camps,
briefly but regularly used over long time spans, substantial deposits of food refuse and
specialized tools could accumulate in the archaeological record. Given a small and
biased sample of sites, such deposits might easily be misinterpreted to define a
technologically simple, almost retrograde "La Jolla" culture pattern distinctive from
separate, technologically complex "San Dieguito" hunting culture elsewhere. The
apparent proliferation of La Jolla sites and the apparent length of this cultural horizon
may represent a gradual accumulation of similar site occupation episodes, a progressively
increased reliance upon locally available coastal resources, or both. Similarly, the
duration and size of coastal site occupations may have changed through time in response
to environmental conditions among other factors, with a result of a misunderstanding of
the cultural continuity.
The resolution of these debates is feasible through archaeological means and, will partly
depend on obtaining' detailed information, including absolute dates, from a significantly
expanded sample of the still poorly represented inland sites. Discovering a large number
of contemporary inland and coastal Archaic Period sites would strongly suggest "San
Dieguito" and "La Jolla" synchronicity, whereas an absence of such sites, despite
concerted efforts to locate them, would go far towards confirming traditional views.
Zone patterning for frequently recurrent in situ associations of "San Dieguito" and "La
Jolla" diagnostic artifacts would support the thesis of functional (tool kit) rather than
cultural distinctiveness, particularly if "San Dieguito" items were rarest near the coast
and "La Jolla" items were rarest in the interior. Near-coast sites at locations transitional
to interior valleys and highlands should provide good test data because the functional
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(tool kit) thesis predicts a high frequency of occurrence of specialized items from both
patterns, as well as habitation and tool-production debris.
b. The Late Prehistoric Period
Milling technology in southern California and adjacent areas appears to have had a
relatively complex history. As noted, suggestions that milling artifacts were present in at
least some portion of the San Dieguito pattern's spatial-temporal distribution have fueled
enduring controversy over the validity of supposed cultural-chronological units and the
nature of relationships between them. There is broad consensus over assigning "La Jolla"
and other possible regional variants to the Early Millingstone Horizon, and very late La
Jolla Complex assemblages appear to exhibit lineal continuity with Late Millingstone
Horizon assemblages. A potentially significant Early Millingstone Horizon variant is the
"Encinitas Tradition," which Warren (1968) believes endured innorth -coastal San Diego
County until about 1,500 B.P. and defines as a well-developed collection economy
focused on pinyon pine, hollyhock, shellfish, and a wide variety of other plant and animal
resources
The "Cuyamaca Complex" (True 1970), an early Late Millingstone Horizon assemblage
in southern San Diego County, adjacent parts of Imperial County, and northern Baja
California, is considered directly antecedent to the ethnohistonc Diegueno or Kumeyaay
(Chartkoff and Chartkoff 1984:164; Moratto 1984:156). Rogers (1945) defined three
phases of these "Yuman" cultures, which Warren (1968) classifies as the "Yuman
Tradition" of his "Late Prehistoric Stage." The two-phase "San Luis Rey Complex"
(Meighan 1954) in northern San Diego County and adjacent areas, which Rogers (1945)
considered "Shoshonean" precursors to the ethnohistoric "Luiseno," is called the
"Shoshonean Tradition" within Warren's (1968) Late Prehistoric Stage. Wallace (1955)
classifies all of these cultures as part of the "Late Prehistoric Horizon."
The slow development of Early Millingstone Horizon cultures seems to have progressed
fairly uniformly until approximately 1,200 B.P., when fairly strong evidence appears for
population influxes into San Diego County from desert regions to the east. According to
Rogers (1945), the "Yuman invasion" of Hokan speakers was episodic and protracted,
and in the final phase (Yuman III) can be equated with the appearance of direct
Kumeyaay ancestors. Similarly, Meighan's (1954) San Luis Rey II phase is thought to
reflect a direct intrusion of Shoshonean speakers from desert areas north of the Yumans,
while Moratto (1984) believes that the circa 1,200 B.P. appearance of the Irvine Complex
and San Luis Rey Complex signifies establishment of the ancestral Luiseno populations.
C. The Protohistoric Period
The Protohistoric Period is associated with local populations that were directly ancestral
to ethnohistorically known cultures, which in archaeological terms equates with
Yurnan III and San Luis Rey II. Through roughly 1,300 B.P., the Late Prehistoric Period
archaeological record shows increasing contacts with groups outside the San Diego area.
Groups settled in the lower Colorado River valley were partly agricultural, for the most
part spoke a Hokan-family language, and maintained contacts with the Pima-Papago and
various Pueblo peoples farther east. Most nonriverine desert groups belonged to a
widespread set of social groups, including nomads and a few semi-agriculturalists, that
spoke languages of the Shoshonean family and had connections throughout the Great
Basin and into Mexico. There also appear to have been contacts between groups in the
San Diego area and groups along the California coast, including the Santa Barbara
Channel area.
Through trade, assimilation, or population movements, or some combination of all three,
a number of distinctive cultural attributes were overlaid onto the local Millingstone
Horizon traditions. Among these attributes are certain projectile point types, other finely
worked lithic tools, steatite artifacts, different mortuary goods, and cremations. At some
point between about 1,350 and 1,200 B.P., the local material culture inventory became
virtually identical with that of the ethnohistorically known groups. This is particularly
true with the local appearance of imported lower Colorado River valley ceramics and the
later onset of local ceramic production, probably by about 750 B.P. (AD. 1200).
Proto-historic Period economies are characterized by a heavy reliance on acorns and other
plant materials requiring extensive processing before use. The gradual elaboration of this
economy, which probably began earlier in the Late Prehistoric Period, resulted in
distinctive milling features found on bedrock outcrops throughout the area. These
features include conical depressions (mortars) and shallow but larger depressed areas
(basins and slicks) on the surfaces of boulders (usually granite). Mortars were used with
a pounding tool (pestle) for grinding acorns into a paste that was leached and dried to
make acorn meal, which was a dietary staple. The large, shallow slicks and basins are
thought to have been used with a hand-stone (mano) in processing seeds and other
vegetable foodstuffs. Although such features cannot be directly dated, many have been
found in association with site deposits of Late Prehistoric or occasionally early historic
age.
One difficulty with defining the Protohistoric Period is that influences from encroaching
Spanish colonial forces undoubtedly reached northern groups, far in advance of the
founding of Mission San Diego de Alcala and Presidio de San Diego in A.D. 1769. For
the local area the pace of cultural change accelerated after that date, and ultimately, the
coming of the Spanish precipitated large-scale native depopulation, relocation, and social
collapse of the aboriginal groups. This era also resulted in terminological confusion
because Fray Junipero Serra, following standard practice, called the San Diego mission
neophytes "Dieguenos" and the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia neophytes "Luisenos."
These terms were extended to incorporate all natives within the holdings of each
combined mission and Presidio administrative district, generally in complete ignorance of
traditional sociopolitical divisions.
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It is difficult to accurately reconstruct aboriginal social and political structures because
the Spanish recorded little information of value in this regard, and ethnographic field
research began long after native cultures had experienced significant historical impacts.
The Yuman-speaking inhabitants throughout most of San Diego County were loosely
organized into at least two dialectically separate groups, each associated with a
geographic area that was home to many triblets or bands. The Ipai (northern) and Tipai
(southern) divisions were not so much clearly defined territorial units as they were emicly
recognized, cultural and dialectical structures (Luomala 1978:592). In original usage,
these terms probably had geographic and/or classificatory meanings that have since been
lost or modified. A currently accepted name for the Diegueno is Kumeyaay, a term of
unclear origin that Spier (1923:298) records as originally associated with the northern
Ipai division. The term Kumeyaay was subsequently and variously extended to include
other groups, and it is now used to designate all Yuman-speaking peoples between the
Pacific Ocean, the vicinity of Carlsbad, the Salton Sea area, and north-central Baja
California (May 1975:1). -
The Batiquitos Lagoon drainage system has been a focus of ongoing research into these
issues, due partly to the abundance of archaeological investigations which have been
completed in this area and due also to the density and quality of the archaeological sites
along the drainage. The following chapter (Research Design) discusses previous
archaeology and conclusions regarding settlement and subsistence for the Batiquitos
Lagoon system.
2. History -
The occupation of San Diego County by nonindigenous populations began in A.D. 1769
with the establishment of a Spanish royal presidio and the Franciscan Mission, San Diego
de Alcala near the mouth of the San Diego River, about 30 miles south of the Melrose
Drive Extension Project. In 1798, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, eighteenth mission
in the California chain, was founded on the San Luis Rey River about eight miles
northwest of the project location. The San Luis Rey mission was particularly successful
in terms of religious conversions, relations with the native populace generally,
agricultural enterprises, and cattle ranching. According to Engelhardt (1921:46), the
mission prospered well into the period following Mexico's revolt against Spain in 1810.
After 1812 the Mexican government failed to supply goods for the missions or salaries
for the soldiers and San Luis Rey was forced to support both the military and its own
operations. By 1831, the mission had baptized 5,298 Indians, performed 1,391 marriages'
and 2,586 Christian burials, had direct control of 1,891 people, and boasted livestock
amounting to 26,000 head of cattle, 25,500 sheep, 2,150 horses, 1,200 goats, 300 pigs,
and 250 mules (Engelhardt 1921:80).
The coming of Mexican independence in 1822 initiated a series of significant changes
affecting occupants of the Carlsbad region. In 1826 the new government emancipated
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from mission control all Indians who had qualified for Mexican citizenship, and several
moved away from Mission San Luis Rey. The same year, a decree of Governor Jose
Maria Echeandia directed that the emancipated Indian communities be organized as
secular pueblos, the padres be replaced by secular clergy, and the mission lands then be
parceled out to private ownership (Pourade 1961:178-179). An 1829 decree by
Echeandia, expelling all men of Spanish birth from California, was designed to defeat
Franciscan opposition to secularization (Pourade 1961:179). It precipitated the departure
of Fray Antonio Peyri from San Luis Rey in 1832, notwithstanding Governor
Echeandia's granting an exception to the decree in Peyri's favor (Engelhardt 1921:73-78).
In 1834 the mission was placed under the military administration of Captain Pablo de la
Portilla. By 1835, the mission lands were formally confiscated by the Mexican
government (Engelhardt 1921:94-96). Contrary to the Secularization Act and
Echeandia's decrees, so far as is known, only three towns composed of ex-neophytes
were ever organized in San Diego County, these being at Las Flores, San Pasqual, and the
San Dieguito Valley (Pourade 1961:208). In general, mission lands and goods were
appropriated by local Californios, while the Indians were left either to fend for
themselves or work as marginally remunerated laborers.
Pio Pico took control of Mission San Luis Rey in 1835. Refusing the Indians their
freedom, which had been granted under Mexican emancipation decrees, he retained them
as forced labor until he sold the property (in violation of government orders) to Jose A.
Cot and Jose A. Pico in 1845. When the United States obtained California in 1846, Pio
Pico fled to Mexico and the mission's owners were forced to surrender it to the new
government of California (Engelhardt 1921:102-103, 133, 136). North County Indians
remained scattered and generally dispossessed of both land and civil rights throughout the
middle and latter nineteenth century, despite the appointment .of government agents
beginning soon after California joined the Union. There was minimal progress in
regularizing Indian policies until the establishment of reservations beginning in 1875
(Engelhardt 1921:173). The mission was left mostly abandoned from 1846 until 1892,
although in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln executed title deeds that returned it to the
Catholic Church (Engelhardt 1921:233). The mission was restored in 1892-1893 by two
Franciscans from Mexico and rededicated on May 12, 1893. A day school for local
children and a boarding school for girls were opened in 1913, and both the church and
schools have remained in continuous operation since (Engelhardt 1921:242-248).
Secularization of the California missions during Mexican rule brought about an era of
large private land grants, directly abut the Melrose Drive Extension. The nearby
13,311.01-acre Agua Hedionda Rancho that extended along the coast south of Carlsbad
and east to include part of the present study area, was granted toJuan Maria Marron in
1842. Marron, a sea captain who was first recorded as a San Diego resident in 1821,
became the head of a prominent southern California family and played an influential role
in political affairs during the Mexican era (Brackett 1960:38). Marron has also been
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described as "a son of a frontier settler, who always managed to hold a public post of
some kind at one time or another" (Pourade 1963:66).
Marron's wife Felipa was born in San Diego in 1809. The daughter of Juan Maria Osuna,
who was born in California in 1785. Osuna served as a corporal in the San Diego
Company, participated in the revolt of 1831, became the first alcalde of San Diego in
1834 and justice of the peace in 1839. He was the majordomo and administrator of
Mission San Diego during 1840-1843, and in 1836 assumed the Silva family's 1831 San
Dieguito Rancho grant, for which he was given provisional grants in 1840 and 1841 and
an absolute grant in 1845 (Brackett 1960:20-21). Osuna's role as an alcalde meant that
he was empowered to approve or deny land grant petitions, and this early start on'a career
of political bossism probably paid subsequent yields in the form of his son-in-law's
obtaining the Agua Hedionda grant. As was typical of the period, many acres lying
outside the grant boundaries were treated as a de facto part of the holdings. Marron left
Agua Hedionda to his heirs in 1853, and they obtained patent in 1872 (Brackett 1960:38),
but the land had already been sold in 1860 to Robert Kelly.
Robert Kelly, a native of the Isle of Man, came to California in 1850 during the Gold
Rush and helped build the Davis Wharf in "New Town" San Diego (Brackett 1960:31).
In 1852, Kelly and "Colonel" Asher R. Eddy (former lieutenant, U.S. Army) had
somehow wrested ownership of Jamacha Rancho from Dona Apolinaria Lorenzana, to
whom it had been granted in 1840 (Brackett 1960:31; Pourade 1963:209-210). After the
partners sold Jamacha Rancho in 1858, Kelly was in the mercantile business at Old Town
until 1860, when he purchased Agua Hedionda Rancho (Brackett 1960:31, 38). The
Marrons had begun selling their interests in Agua Hedionda during 1859 and leased the
ranch to Francis Hinton in 1860 for a $6,000 loan (Pourade 1963:261) prior to Kelly's
purchase the same year. The present project abuts the southeastern corner of Agua
Hedionda Rancho.
To the south lies Las Encinitas Rancho, a grant of one square league that was made to
Andres Ybarra in 1852 (Brackett 1960:39). Although Ybarra was a Los Angelino in
1819, he participated in the 1831 revolt against Victoria, in 1836 was juez de campo
(judge of the plains) at San Diego, and, prior to receiving his grant, ran a dram shop in
San Diego (Brackett 1960:40). Las Encinitas Rancho became a way station for the San
Diego—Los Angeles stages and in 1868 was purchased and stocked by Joseph S.
Mannasse and Marcus Schiller, pioneer San Diego merchants who operated a large
supply business serving local ranchers (Brackett 1960:40). Immediately south of Las
Encinitas Rancho was Osuna's San Dieguito Rancho.
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Research Design
The region encompassihg the Melrose Drive Extension has been the subject of intensive
archaeological investigation for the past 23 or more years. Recorded investigations
include pedestrian surveys, significance evaluations to characterize some of the identified
cultural resource sites, and data recovery excavations. The majority of this work has
resulted in the discovery, recording, and assessment of sites located on the uplands,
slopes, and drainages flanking Agua Hedionda Creek, around Batiquitos Lagoon. The
current study seeks to determine the patterns of regional land use through the
identification of site distribution patterns within the Melrose Drive Extension area. To
accomplish this one must summarize the data on record for the region, supplement this
with new information from the current study, and compare the results with earlier results
to identify patterns of land use. The basic settlement model has tribal groups camped at
habitation areas situated along the large or primary drainages in a region. Smaller
foraging or gathering parties set off on short-term, resource-specific forays along
secondary drainage courses and created resource collection sites (Collett and Cheever
1999).
These sites were evaluated for importance within a developing regional settlement and
environmental model focused on Batiquitos Lagoon and the adjacent drainages. Much
archaeological research in the Batiquitos Lagoon region has been devoted to explanations
of inter- and intrasite variability through time and across the landscape (Cheever and
Eighmey 1991.
One way to appraise land use by prehistoric inhabitants is to address a limited range of
assemblages. The following definitions and expectations are provided as the operating
parameters for defining the archeological sites under study.
Stations. Stations are the simplest and most ephemeral of the site types. Stations
represent activities that are not associated, for the most part, with the production of
material culture items but are stopping places associated with specific goals or needs.
Stations could prove important for understanding nonresidential aspects of gathering and
might include specialized tools and personal items. In the case of tool production and
maintenance, situation is based on visibility and proximity of raw material. Landform and
available water may determine the potential location of stations. Expected artifacts and
features associated with lithic stations would include but are not limited to the following:
Locally, available materials associated with stone tool production, use or.
maintenance. .
Debris associated with the production, use, and maintenance of stone tools.
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Cache Sites. Cache sites are the locations where surplus commodities are stored for later
use. Examples might be Piute pine-nut storage pits and Kumeyaay acorn granaries. It is
proposed that cache sites should be associated with processing areas or locations. The
combination of these two site types in close proximity might better be classified as a
location rather than a, cache. In' the current model, a simple cache site is expected to
include at least the following characteristics:
A small or absent tool assemblage, exclusive of the cached, items.
Situation in close proximity to either the cached resource or the potential use area.
Quantities of unprocessed remains or raw materials.
Protective structures, pits, or covers
Cache sites are expected to occur either separately, in conjunction with processing sites
(locations), or in proximity to residential bases. The recognition of cache sites is
problematic, especially if nothing remains of the cached materials. The generally secret
nature of caching things also makes detection of these sites difficult. '
Locations. A location is a site produced by the activities associated with a processing or
extractive task. A kill site or a shell midden could be considered locations, as could a
quarry. Within this site type category, the unit of analysis is an activity event and its
material manifestations. Since a single temporal event would be, for all intents and
purposes, invisible to archaeological resolution, what is needed is a site where a repetitive
series of single activity events or a group of related activity events were conducted.
These sites are generally termed "special activity sites" in that they do not (theoretically)
encompass all of the domestic activities (and by inference the material by-products) that
would occur near a central habitation area. Given these conditions, locations are
predicted to contain the following:
A specific task-related' tool kit.
Situation in an area that is more favorable for the activity or is associated with
resources important to the activity.
A limited amount and diversity of domestic refuse.
Debris from the use or modification of the targeted resource(s).
From the standpoint of archaeological recovery,. these variables will manifest themselves
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A limited number of specific tool types.
Location, near a definable orreconstructable resource.
Limited recovery of multiple classes of domestic refuse (for example, shellfish, bone,
charcoal, and seeds). -
Specific types and limited quantities of debitage.'
Hearths, if present, related to basic processing and not containing a variety of cooking
debris.
Field Camp. A field camp represents a temporary working and living area associated
with gatherer task groups while they are away from the main residential base. Field
camps are expected to be located along the routes between resource areas and within
larger resource areas. With transient camps, the remains of special processing activities
are not expected to occur in large quantities. In proximity to a specific resource area,' a
field camp might show some similarities with locations; however, they are considered to
be distinctive because they would have a significantly higher percentage of domestic
debris in the recovered sample. Field camps should be recognizable by:
A small but representative sample of several artifact types.
Location, near a major resource area or travel route.
Moderate quantities of domestic refuse, including portable food items.
F 4. A variable debitage assemblage with recognizable emphasis on the production and
use of a particular task-related tool kit.
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5. Cooking and processing .hearths, although they should be single-use with small or
absent quantities of food refuse.
Residential Base. The last of the sites in the typological hierarchy is the residential base.
This is considered to be the most complex of the sites that are encountered in
archaeological research in the southern California region. This site type probably
accounts for the fewest number of sites in the region and perhaps the most often
misidentified. The differentiation between residential bases and field camps is
problematic, especially when a field camp has been occupied more than once. Of
particular concern is differentiating "accretion middens" from true residential bases. The
situation of a field camp at a desirable location may result in multiple occupations over a
series of years and the accumulation of ecofact and artifact patterns similar to those found
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at a residential base. This is particularly true if there is a shift in resource emphasis over
the occupation sequence at a field camp.
Residential bases are seen as the hub of both forager and gatherer social group settlement
during the seasonal rounds. For foragers, the residential base may be a transitory
phenomenon; in particular, if the social group spends a portion of the year separated into
smaller family units. In the case of a gathering-based economy, the residential base may
play a more important role as the place where less mobile group members would spend
much of 'their time while various search parties brought materials back to this central
location.
As the focus of social and economic life, a residential base is expected to consist of a
relatively complete cross section of domestic and personal refuse. Specialized extractive
tasks, such as those carried out at satellite locales, are not expected to be a regular feature
of these sites, although limited amounts of all processing tasks could take 'place at a
residential base. In general, a residential base is expected to exhibit an increased depth of
deposit over a relatively short time frame. These sites should produce large quantities
and a variety of subsistence debris. The represented artifacts should be diverse and flaked
lithic debris should be representative of categories such' as finishing, sharpening, and
maintenance.
In addition to the artifacts, residential bases should display multiple and at least some
complex features. These might include house floors, hearths, roasting pits, and storage
pits. The spatial relationships within these residential sites are predicted to be complex,
within definable activity areas or intrasite patterning. Finally, residential bases are
predicted to be located in a position central to the other sites in the region. For gatherers,
this pattern would include the presence of a residential base with sites identified as
locations, caches, and stations in reasonably close proximity.
Methods
A. Research
Archaeological record searches were obtained from SCIC and SDMM for the project
area. Compiled archival information includes known sites and isolates within the search
area as well as a review of historic maps and landmarks lists. The scope of the searches
was limited to the proposed project area. In-house research consisted of reviewing all the
site record forms from the Carrillo Ranch project (Hanna and Wade 1990), the 'Mandana
property (Collett and Cheever 1999) and the Carlsbad Raceway project (Wade et al.
1989).
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Documentation
Cultural materials and locations identified during the documentary and field portion of
this project were recorded using the California Department of Parks and Recreation
cultural resource inventory forms. Copies of the completed forms were submitted to the
SCIC and SDMM as resource updates to supplement existing records.
Fieldwork
The purpose of a significance testing is to determine if the sites under study contain the
quantity, quality, and variety of archaeological materials that can be applied towards the
understanding of important research themes or specific research questions. The goals of
the current research project were to determine which of the preceding site types apply to
the cultural materials uncovered at CA-SDI-9045, CA-SDI-10,552, and CA-SDI-10,550
and to place these sites within the larger settlement model. The field methods that were
used were determined based on a desire to collect the necessary information for such
identification.
At the onset of evaluation, each site location was revisited to develop specific testing
methods. Relocation of each site was based on information provided on the site record
forms and observations made in the field. The'data recovery was conducted on July 21-
23, 28, 1999, by RECON archaeologists Russ Collett, Jo Anne Gilmer, John Whitehouse,
and Elizabeth Davidson under the supervision of Dayle Cheever, RPA. A total of 102
person hours were spent in the field.
The fieldwork began with relocating the previously recorded sites and clearing site
vegetation with hand equipment such as shovels and rakes. The location of CA-SDI-9045
was revisited with a finding that the location of this site has been covered by construction
of a segment of road. The bedding and fill for this road completely obscure any
indications of this site. No further work was conducted at this location. A surface survey
was completed at CA-SDI-10,550 and —10552, during which surface artifacts were
flagged in cluster groupings and instrument plotted on the site map prior to collection.
The locations of the sample units were determined by the results of the surface survey
and collection, placing them in the areas with the greatest quantity of surface artifacts and
judgmentally placing them in the least disturbed portion of the site. Sample units were
established in the areas of these sites that had the best potential for subsurface return and
that suggested the least amount of disturbance.
A total of four lx 1-meter sample units were completed during the assessment process,
two at each of the tested sites. The sample units were excavated in 10-centimeter (cm)
contour levels and all of the removed soil was passed through one-eighth-inch wire mesh
screen. Excavation of the sample units continued until a non-artifact- or non-ecofact-
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bearing level was reached. Excavation was accomplished with hand tools such as
shovels, picks, .a digging bar, and trowels. The clay quality that was prevalent in a
number of the sampled areas required the use of a digging bar and considerably slowed
the excavation process.
Photographs were taken of each unit and surround areas. Field notes completed for each
sample level include descriptions of the stratigraphic contexts, features, and general
descriptive information for the various excavation units.. A brief summary of the
recovered materials was also recorded on the field record sheets.
D. Laboratory Work
All of the recovered materials were returned to RECON for cleaning and sorting. The
recovered artifacts were labeled with the job number, site number, and the appropriate
catalog number. A series of attributes were recorded for each of the formal tools and
debitage, including identifying the parent material, tool dimensions, weight, whether the
tool was complete or broken, the presence of cortex, and a series of attributes regarding
use, damage, and modification.
The analysis of the artifacts and ecofacts was designed to identify the elements of the site
types described above. The cataloging and analysis system that was used is provided as
Attachment 1. This system is designed to provide descriptive as well as attribute
information for the flaked lithic and ground stone tools. The accumulated information
was entered into the RECON 'database to allow for comparison with other collections and
for statistical appraisal.
The largest collection of artifacts generally recovered from archaeological sites is
classified as debitage. These items are separated by sample unit and subgrouped by level
and sorted by material type into nine Type choices. For each level within a sample unit
the debitage is, sorted into Type categories by stone material. 'In this way each of the
items is examined and any modification or utilization can be noted. This allows for a
close inspection of the collections and in this 'way any fragments of flaked lithic artifacts
such as bifaces, will not escape notice.
The analysis of flaked lithic debris follows a series of steps that were originally proposed
by Jane Rosenthal (Norwood, Bull, and Rosenthal 1981). The categorization method is
summarized here. The analysis of these items is geared towards reconstructing the stages
of manufacture that provides information regarding the manufacture of flaked lithic
artifacts, provides information on the types of flakes and shatter that is produced at
various stages in the manufacturing process. These artifacts are described as flakes and
angular waste. The definition of a flake for the current study is' a stone, which was
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removed from a larger stone by a human agent and retains evidence of this removal in the
form of a striking platform and a bulb of percussion among other attributes.
The angular waste grouping includes items that are probably flakes; but the bulb and/or
the striking platform are not present. In addition, the angular waste group includes items
that are produced during hard hammer percussion where a strike can result in pieces or
shatter breaking off the parent stone. These items do not have the attributes of a flake;
however, the size, presence of flake scars on the dorsal surface, and selected materials are
all used to make a determination regarding the placement of an item in this group. Both
flakes and angular waste were sorted by geological parent material and subsequently into
groups of seven flake types and two types of angular waste. In general, the sorting of
these items is based on size and on the presence of flake scars and cortex or-rind.
Report of Findings
A. Survey Results
Archaeological record searches were conducted through the South Coastal Information
Center at San Diego State University and the San Diego Museum of Man, on April 27,
1998. A field reconnaissance of the proposed alignment found no evidence of the
cultural materials that are recorded for these sites. Overall, visibility was difficult due to
heavy vegetation cover over the entire study area. The raceway track area was not
surveyed during this field effort due to vehicle activity and also because of an absence of
undisturbed areas. In 1989, archaeologists from RECON conducted cultural resource site
evaluations for three sites recorded within the Melrose Drive Extension area (Wade et al.
1989). The present field reconnaissance survey of the project area included close
inspection of a 500-foot-wide margin on either side of the proposed centerline of the
Melrose Drive Extension. CA-SDI-9045, -10,550, and -10,552 are relocated. Limited
quantities of cultural material were observed; however, the potential for obtaining data in
undisturbed strata seemed likely. The pedestrian survey for the Melrose Drive Extension
was conducted according to the Cultural Resource Guidelines of the City of Carlsbad and
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21083.2.
The record searches indicate that many rchaeological sites and cultural isolates are
recorded within a one-mile radius of the subject property. These resources were recorded
during studies of neighboring properties. The known prehistoric sites include long-term
camps with developed refuse middens, and short-term processing locations containing
shell midden, ceramics, lithics, or a combination of these. Historic period activity also
has been recorded within the search area. Historic map searches conducted by the SCIC
indicate that no historic-era activity was mapped within the Melrose Drive Extension
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project area before 1948. The result of this research indicate agricultural clearing and
planting ona limited scale at the southernmost edge of the subject property.
In summary, four sites within the proposed Melrose Drive alignment have been assessed
for their importance under CEQA criteria, during the survey portion of this examination.
Three of these were found not important. A portion of the fourth resource was also
evaluated. The investigators recommended that additional evaluations be undertaken on
remaining portions of the fourth resource located outside of their study area. This site,
CA-SDI-9045, is situated within the proposed Melrose Drive alignment at the southern
terminus of the existing Melrose Drive.
Two additional cultural resource sites were recorded in the project area since Wade et al.
(1985) completed their investigations. The additional work recommended as part of the
current Melrose Drive Extension investigation includes testing at these new sites, CA-
SDI-10,550 and —10,552.
CA-SDI-9045
In 1989 RECON archaeologists tested a series of four cultural resource sites on the
Wimpey/Gentry property (Carlsbad Raceway) (Wade et al. 1989), including CA-SDI-
9045 (see Figure 3). These sites were found not important based on the results of the
archaeological investigation. CA-SDI-9045 was tested only within the southern margin,
and a variety of material was recovered. The potential for additional subsurface deposits
lead investigators to propose additional study of the remaining area of CA-SDI-9045,
which was mapped to the north of the Wimpey/Gentry fence line. Unfortunately, the
previously untested northern portion of this site has been entirely covered by
approximately six meters of fill and completely capped by a relatively new roadway. The
areas around the alignment were inspected for indication of site components such as
artifacts, soil stratum, and disturbed site components. The results of these searches was
negative. Further investigation in this area is impractical.
CA-SDI-10,550
This site is located at the southeast end of the proposed Melrose Drive alignment
corridor, along the northern edge of Palomar Airport Road (Figure 4; see Photographs 1
and 2). This site was recorded by Cardenas and Winterrowd (1985) as a "light density
lithic scatter." The number of artifacts reported includes two tools and two bifacial
thinning flakes of metavolcanic material. These four artifacts, plus one small interior
flake that was recovered during the present study, represent the total assemblage
identified in the site area. This suggests a low level of occupation, possibly limited to a
single resource collection event. The distribution of the artifacts is more likely the result
of post depositional disturbances from agricultural activity than from prehistoric discard
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patterns occurring over the reported 12,892-square-meter site area. Ground surface
visibility during the 1985 survey was reported as excellent and the site boundary, based
on the dispersal of these stone artifacts was given as 12,892 square meters. Conditions at
this site during the current work efforts indicate that a moderate amount of disturbance
has occurred. Weeds and dry grasses covered and hindered surface visibility. The area
had been disked for weed abatement and agricultural purposes some time in the past. The
soil was friable, medium brown, sandy loam with recent cultural materials mixed in. The
area had also been partially graded because there were several large debris piles on the
property.
This area retains little integrity; therefore, the potential for obtaining data would be
limited. Areas undisturbed, such as below the plow zone, and obscured areas at the
margins of the impacted site area may retain undisturbed deposits. One small, patinated,
fine-grained metavolcanic flake was recovered from this site in a shovel scrape. A total
of four shovel scrapes and two ixi-meter units were completed at this location (see
Figure 4). Shovel scrapes and sample units were placed in areas that showed the least
amount of disturbance and where it appeared there was a better likelihood of finding
buried archaeological deposits. Visibility was moderate to poor because of the dried
vegetation present across the site. Historic materials, including glass and asphalt, were
recovered from both units.
D. CA-SDI-10,552
This site is located north of the Carlsbad Racetrack on the southern edge of a well
developed mesa top (Figure 5; see Photographs 3-6). The total quantities of recovered
artifacts and ecofacts from the two sampling units (lxi meter) from this site resulted in
442 flakes, 180 pieces of angular waste or shatter, 1 projectile point, 3 black flakes, 1
modified flake, and 5 bone fragments (Photographs 7-11). The surface collection
recovered 404 flakes and 262 pieces of angular waste or shatter. The data recovery effort
consisted of four distinct collection methods. The traditional collection method was from
sample units, excavated in 10-centimeter increments; the second was point plot surface
cluster collections; and a third recovery method was the general surface collection. This
consisted of everything that did not comfortably fit into the point plot surface collection
or material that was observed during or after excavation. In this method items were
recovered from the site surface and collected without locational information. This
collection of surface artifacts was undertaken on an opportunistic basis as items were
uncovered by foot and vehicle traffic during the course of the field effort. Finally, the
Subsurface Exploratory Excavation Units (SEEUs) (0.5 x 0.5-meter sample units dug in
10-cm increments) method was used to explore additional areas.
Unit 1 was excavated in heavily compacted sandy clay soil to a depth of 30 centimeters.
At 27 centimeters the soil changed to a yellowish gray clay subsoil with decomposing
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granite; by 30 centimeters the subsoil was made up completely by decomposing granite.
The amount of artifacts recovered dropped to zero. The unit produced debitage
(including chert), and angularly fractured rock.
Unit 1 excavation effort resulted in the recovery of 384 pieces of debitage and one.
projectile point, while Unit 2 produced 233 pieces of debitage and 5 bone fragments.
Debitage found at CA-SDI-10,552 units 1, and 2 is summarized in Table 3. The
represented flakes include examples of core reduction, shaping, and finishing/retouching
types, with the greatest number representative of finishing and retouching. The shatter
from the site is predominantly from secondary reduction. There are flakes and shatter
from fine- and coarse-grained metavolcanics, quartzite, quartz, and chert with the greatest
number of items sourced from fine-grained metavolcanics. Unit 1 also produced one
unclassified projectile point from level 10, and a modified flake and three blade flakes
from level 20. The formal tools are all formed from the fine-grained metavolcanic
material. All formal tools except one projectile point (2 projectile points, 1 scraper,
2 blade flakes, 1 modified flake) come from the surface collection and not the units.
TABLE 3
FLAKE AND SHATTER TOTALS FROM UNITS 1 AND 2
CA-SDI-1O,552
Flake/Shatter Type
Unit 1
Total Number
Percent of
Flake Total
Unit 2
Total Number
Percent of •
Flake Total
Flakes
Blade 3 1.2% 0 0
Core reduction, basic shaping 38 14.8% 18 10%
Finishing, resharpening 215 83% 161 90%
Total Flakes 256 179
Shatter
Secondary shatter 126 100% 54 100%
Unit 2 was excavated on the southern edge of the site in more compact (yellow brown
sandy clay) soil. Angular rock was present throughout the unit and yellowish clay and
decomposing granite was encountered at 10 centimeters. The unit was abandoned at
20 cm. Debitage was present in a lower quantit' than was found in Unit 1. Five small
bone pieces were recovered from this unit.
CA-SDI-10,552 appears to occupy an area of approximately one acre based on the results
of the testing program. Site size is limited to some extent by the surrounding landform
and the cultural deposit appears to be localized within a somewhat smaller site area with a
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maximum depth of deposit of 30 centimeters. The assessment program at this site
resulted in the recovery of Piedras del Lumbres chert, fine-grained metavolcanic debitage,
and five bone fragments (0.6 gram). No ceramic material was recovered.
Based on artifact morphology, the site appears to date from an early period of prehistory;
however, the presence of chert indicates the possible influence of Late Period cultural
activities. Based on the testing results, this site appears to qualify as a flaking station,
separated from the main field camp, which was probably located within the Carlsbad
Raceway or across Palomar Airport Road at Carrillo Ranch. The only activities that
appear to have taken place are the finishing and rejuvenation processes of lithic artifacts
production. CA-SDI-10,552 does not appear to be a multi-component site, but rather an
activity area.
The comparison of dated samples from this site with other sites in the region is not
possible. Only one fragment of shell (0.1 gram) was recovered and the five bone
fragments weighed only 0.6 gram. The ideal choice for a radiocarbon sample would be
charcoal from an intact hearth feature or burned bone or shell from such a feature;
however, none are available.
The two SEEUs produced 22 flakes and 9 pieces of angular waste or shatter (Table 4).
TABLE 4
RECOVERED DEBITAGE CA-SDI-10,552
Debitage SEEU #1 SEEU #2 Total
Finishing 12 8 20
Secondary Shatter 9 0 9
Basic Shaping 2 0 2
TOTAL 23 8 31
1. Debitage
Debitage (flakes and angular waste) typically comprises the greatest number of artifacts
recovered from prehistoric archaeological sites. The group includes formal flakes that
exhibit multiple formation landmarks; that is, a bulb of percussion, platform, ripples,
striations, terminal hinge fractures, dorsal scars or cortex, and so on. The classification
system for debitage is discussed above and includes seven flake types and two types of
angular waste. These items are separated into groupings by the stone parent materials and
then subdivided into groupings by the established attributes associated with the reduction
process. The recordedflake and waste types are summarized below:
The represented stone parent materials for debitage at CA-SDI-10,552 are coarse-grained
metavolcanic stone with and without porphyry (CGM and CGM), finegrained
metavolcanic stone with and without porphyry (FGM and FGM), quartzite, quartz, and
chert (see Table 4). Fine-grained metavolcanic stone was used most often on-site as a
source of flakes and shatter. Among the flakes 98.1 percent are categorized as fine-
grained metavolcanic stone with 90.8 percent of the shatter also identified as fine-grained
metavolcanic stone. In the local archaeological community this material type is described
variously as felsite (a green color variant), rhyolite, andesite, and occasionally, basalt
(usually the black color variant). The distinguishing qualities among these material types
tend to be color and the fineness of the graim The collection from CA-SDI-10,552 can be
descriptively characterized as predominantly felsite. The represented materials tend to be
green in color and items in the fine-grained grouping have an almost imperceptible grain.
This type of fine-grained material could be described as "plastic" in appearance in as
much as the surface of the stone is uniform and smooth with no apparent inclusions or
irregularities. Table 4 breaks down the debitage by units at CA-SDI-10,552.-
Table 5 provides the distribution of the recovered flakes by material type and flake type.
This table highlights the weighting of flakes in the fine-grained metavolcanic groups as
well as the large numbers of flakes that were identified as finishing flakes and basic
shaping flakes. Finishing flakes are represented in the highest number. In addition to the
presence of a platform and bulb of percussion, these flakes are smaller than 2 cm in size,
have no remaining cortex, and have at least one dorsal flake scar. These items are
produced during the finishing stages of stone tool manufacture or during edge
rejuvenation. A total of 2,219 flakes of this type were recovered. The large collection of
this flake type supports the proposition that tools were completed and maintained for use
at CA-SDI-10,552 (Table 5).
TABLES
TOTAL DEBITAGE FROM CA-SDI-10,552
Flake/Shatter CGPM Chert FGM FGPM Quartz Quartzite Total
Cortex Removal - - 5 1 - - 6
Finishing - 29 2121 39 9 1 2199
Primary Shatter - 4 - - - - 4
Secondary Shatter 1 22 405 10 14 1 453
Trimming - S - - 3 - - - 3
Thinning - - 6 - - - 6
Blade Flakes - - 5 - . - - 5
Basic Shaping 1 8 115 21 - -- - 145
TOTAL 2 59 2664 71 23 2 2821
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Flaked Lithic Artifacts
The term flaked lithic artifact is used to describe any individual artifact created of stone
and used or modified for a specific purpose as indicated by damage or modification.
Artifacts as varied in purpose as projectile points and hammer stones belong to this class
(see Photographs 7-11).
Modified Flake
A single modified flake was recovered from this site (CA-SDI-10,552) during the data
recovery effort. This item is defined as having been unifacially or bifacially flaked after
being struck from a core. Modification creates more alteration than the rounding and
nibbling associated with use. They usually do not display obvious signs of wear or use
damage on the edges. An example of a modified flake might be an item with two or more
flake scars along the margin of a flake, with no other alteration or signs of use. There is a
possibility that these flakes, in particular those with unifacial flake scars, are examples of
items that were struck from a tool during production, but after which some margin
modification had occurred. The modified fine-grained metavolcanic flake weighed 12.0
grams.
Projectile Points
There are three items from this site cataloged as projectile points (#60, #14, and #15).
Projectile points can be a flake or blade parent stone, which is triangular, subtriangular, or
even lozenge-shaped, more or less elongated, with a sharpened distal end which come to
a point. The modifications on points are generally produced by pressure flaking although
hard and soft hammer percussion can also be used to form a point. The flake may be
unifacially or bifacially retouched, the bulb removed, and the proximal end may be
worked in a variety of styles to facilitate hafting. One small point fragment was recovered
from CA-SDI-10,552, Unit 1 in the 0-10 level. It weighs 1.8 grams and is 5 millimeters
(mm) thick. This item was fashioned from fine-grained metavolcanic material. The other
two points were surface collected, one is fashioned from chert and the other fine-grained
metavolcanic material (see Photograph 8).
Biface
Two broken biface fragments (#58 and #81) were recovered from the surface at CA-SDI-
10,552. Both items were fashioned from fine-grained metavolcanic material and weighed
between 24.0 grams and 24.2 grams. It appears that both were flake based. Neither
demonstrate any use wear, and may have been broken during fabrication. Generally,
bifaces are worked pebbles or cobbles, but they may also be large flakes where the most
common characteristic is that they are worked on both faces by total or comprehensive
retouch (see Photographs 9 and 10).
Burin/Graver
One item in this collection is cataloged as a graver (catalog #57). It is broken and only
the distal end remains. It weighs 1.5 grams and was fashioned from fine-grained
metavolcanic material (see photograph 7). A burin can be any flake, or blade with one or
more points at an angle or concavity, made by bilateral notching or retouching.
Unclassified Scraper
Scrapers represent a broad category of tools that includes a variety of scraper types.
Scrapers are often thick in cross section and typically the shaping of these items was
produced by unifacial flaking. Edge damage includes nibbling, microstepping, and
limited crushing. Edge angles are generally less than 60 degrees but are occasionally
greater among the larger artifacts. One item in the CA-SDI-10,552 collection (catalog
#59 is cataloged as an unclassified scraper. This artifact weighs 57.0 grams, is 57.0 mm
long, 45.6 mm wide, and is 19 mm thick. This scraper was fashioned from fine-grained,
patinated, metavolcanic material with no visible use wear (see Photographs 10 and 11).
Blades
A blade is produced as a flake that is twice as long as it is wide, with parallel edges,'
perpendicular to the striking platform. Unretouched items of this type are classified as
"blade" type flakes and are addressed as such. Blade flakes that have been used or
moderately retouched are considered as blade tools. Edge damage on these items is
typically limited to rounding and/or nibbling, but minimal microstepping may be
observed. Edge angles are usually less than 30 degrees. Two items were classified and
cataloged as blades. Both were fashioned from fine-grained metavolcanic material and
were recovered with the surface collection. The complete blade was cataloged as number
62, weighed 4.5 grams and 54.0 mm long. The broken blade has been cataloged as
number 56 and has the typical triangular shape, which is often seen in obsidian blades.
Both blades were patinated (see Photograph 7).
Animal Bone
Bone recovered from CA-SDI-10,552 was analyzed to determine the represented species.
The information collected from the analysis was entered into the spread sheet program.
A total of 0.6 gram (5 fragments) of animal bone was recovered during the excavation
effort at CA-SDI-10,552. All of this material appeared cooked, but not burned. The
faunal material appears to represent both fish and rabbit, though the fragmented condition
made assignment of a particular species imprecise.
10. Shell
There was only one small shell fragment recovered form CA-SDI-1O,552. The origin of
this item is unknown and does not contribute any meaningful information to this site
investigation.
Discussion
Documentary research of the study area indicated that five sites are recorded within the
Melrose Drive Extension right-of-way. Previous researchers evaluated CA-SDI-9041 and
CA-SDI-9043 (Wade 1986) and found them to be not important. During the current
S
study three sites were examined, CA-SDI-9045, was found to be buried beneath a
segment of Melrose Avenue and inaccessible for study, while CA-SDI-10,550 and CA-
SDI-10,552 were determined to be not significant. Because of an earlier data recovery
effort on portions of CA-SDI-9045 and the inaccessibility of the northern portion, no
further work was accomplished at CA-SDI-9045.
Excavation at CA-SDI-10,550 produced one small flake from a shovel scrape and the
"light density lithic scatter" that was reported On the site record (1985 site record update)
was not relocated. No artifacts were recovered from this site in either of the lx 1-meter
units. The recorded materials at this location appear to, have been -displaced by various
activities and the subsurface testing demonstrated an absence of an archaeological
deposit. No further work is recommended at this site.
The current evaluation documented a small flaking station with five fragments of faunal
material from CA-SDI-10,552. The location of this site is within one-half mile of a year-
round water supply. This small stone flaking station was probably a satellite of larger
sites in the area. The materials that were found indicate a short duration of use and a
fairly focused or limited set of undertaken activities. Further investigation at this site will
not contribute substantively to our current understanding of the prehistoric pattern for this
area.
Management Considerations
The combined field effort episodes, analysis, and documentation of CA-SDI-9045,
-10,550 and -10,552 have demonstrated that these sites do not contain the quantity,
quality, or variety of archaeological materials that support a finding of significance.
These sites do not represent deposits with the potential to produce data that would
support important research. The work completed at these sites have provided little addi-
tional understanding of prehistoric settlement and site development in this region.
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The three prehistoric sites in the Melrose Drive Extension area were relocated through a
pedestrian survey and have been evaluated for significance under the California
Environment Quality Act and the City of Carlsbad Cultural Resource Guidelines. In the
proposed development undertakings, the level of impact to the existing resources will be
heavy. However, the impact to resources is not significant.
Project Certification and Staff
This report was prepared in compliance with the Californi Environmental Quality Act
(Section 21083.2 of the Statues and Appendix K of the ide ines) and with policies and
procedures of the City of Carlsbad. To the best of o w ge the statements and
information contained in this report are accurate. 'A
DayM. Ch ever
Archaeologists (RPA)
The following individuals were responsible for the completion of the project tasks.
Resumes for key personnel are provided as Attachment 2.
Dayle Cheever Project Supervisor
Russell 0. Collett Project Archaeologist
Jo Anne D. Gilmer Project Archaeologist
John L R Whitehouse Field Archaeologist
Elizabeth Davidson Field Assistant
Harry Price Senior Technical Illustrator
Loretta Gross Production Supervisor
Stacey Higgins Production Specialist
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ATTACHMENTS
ATTACHMENT 1
Catalog Sheets
Abbreviated Coding Dictionary Excerpt. Refer to the complete codes for items not listed.
CODING DICTIONARYFOR THE RECON LAB SYSTEM
Record the codeddata onto one or more of the new analysis/catalog sheets. Remember
to complete the accession number, job name, site, and job number entries at the top of
each sheet. Use only ONE SITE PER PAGE. Complete the entry for each catalog
sheet entry regardless of repetition. Provenience designations are the responsibility of
the Field Supervisor, so deficiencies should be brought to his/her attention for correction.
Job no. RIIIIIIIIA. No hyphen and indicate letter designation if any or leave blank.
Catalog no. This is the artifact's or item's unique number within the collection.
Site no. This can be California state trinomial, San Diego Museum of Man, or
temporary, but temps must.. be replaced AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Indicate the character prefix for the site number and "H" designator
without hyphens' or other punctuation, for example "5D1121231-r",
"5DM633", etc.
Locus Designated by site record or as needed for our new sites.
Easting Meters east of datum, west is expressed as negative east. [a.k.a. X axis]
Northing Meters north of datum, south is expressed as negative north. [a.k.a. Y
axis]
Level Lowest depth of the vertical provenience. Surface is expressed as zero
(0), all others are indicated as a multiple often, i.e. 10, 20, 30, 40, etc.
Task code This is a series of codes which identify what was going on when the
artifact was collected. Additions are at the discretion of the Field Director
and Lab Director in concert with the Senior Archaeologist. Refer to the
coding sheets below.
Task no. The number of what was being done. Unit 1, scrape 1, trench 1, surface
item 1, etc..
Artifact type This is a series of codes in groups of 100. Types ending in 00 are
undifferentiated or undetermined. Refer to the coding sheets below.
Class List the series of hundreds indicated for type, i.e. 0-99 = class 0, 100-199
= class 1, 200-299 = class 2, etc.
Weight The weight of the item to the nearest one-tenth gram.
RECON Archaeology Laboratory Coding Dictionary, Version of Aug. 1999
Abbreviated Coding Dictionary Excerpt. Refer to the complete codes for items not listed.
Count The number of the items sharing the same catalog number. This is
important where each item is the result of specific action such as flakes or beads.
If too many to determine, indicate a zero, for example a bag of shell fragments or
undifferentiated bone bits. Completeness is not a factor in determining the
number of items.
Material List the appropriate code to indicate the material of the item. Refer to the
coding sheets below.
Length The measurement to the nearest millimeter from A to B.. Refer to the
dimension determination diagram below.
Width The measurement to the nearest millimeter 900 to AB.
Thickness Th& measurement to the nearest millimeter 90° to each of W and L.
Condition Indicate the appropriate code to describe the item's condition. Refer to
the coding sheets below.
Item status Where is the artifact in relation to the collection.
0= Discarded
l=Curated
2= In Type Collection
During the catalog process is the appropriate time to make observations regarding
specific artifacts. At this time the artifact is in-hand and can be commented on easily.
Also, observations about the total collection can be made on comment forms. These
might include "Most degraded batch of granite I've seen, ever" or "Odd that no manos
were found", etc. Comments of this nature and on specific artifacts are encouraged,
especially in cases of datable items, items with distinguishing marks, or. decoration, or
items that are not explicitly described by the catalog process without additional comment.
When making comments or adding descriptions, these should be made on additional
sheets and not placed in the margins of the catalog sheets. The sheets must, be
coordinated using the catalog number of the artifact. A sample comment sheet is
available, but any paper will be suitable if it contains the necessary provenience
information to associate the descriptions with the artifacts being commented on. The
goal is to collect information; work toward it.
RECON Archaeology Laboratory Coding Dictionary, Version of Aug. 1999
Abbreviated Coding Dictionary Excerpt. Refer to the complete codes for items not listed.
Task Codes
0= Undifferentiated task event.
10= Undifferentiated survey.
11= Survey by lOm transects.
20= Undifferentiated surface collection program.
21= Surface collection by point plot.
22= Surface collection by lOm x lom grid.
23= Surface collection by 20m x 20m grid.
24= Surface collection by Im radius surrounding a point.
30= Undifferentiated shovel scrape program. 35= 2m x 5m
31= Im x Im shovel scrapes.
32= 2m x 2m shovel scrapes.
33= 3m x 3m
34=l0mxl0m
40= Undifferentiated shovel test pits (STPs) 44= Auger hole
41= STPs 25cm x 50cm no levels reported. 45= Post hole
42= STPs 25cm x 50cm, 10cm levels reported.
50= Undifferentiated hand excavation.
51= Im x Im subsurface by 10cm levels.
52= 2m x 2m subsurface by 10cm levels.
53= 3m x 3m subsurface by 10cm levels.
54= Im x 2m subsurface by 10cm levels.
55= Im x 0.5m subsurface by 10cm levels.
5 0.5m x 0.5m subsurface by 10cm levels (SEEUs).
57= 20cm x 20cm column sample by 10cm levels.
58= Soil sample.
60= Undifferentiated backhoe (or similar machine) trench.
61= Linear backhoe trench.
62= Broad-blade scrape.
63= Pit or non-linear excavation, [Note: features identified by backhoe are addressed in 80s].
70= Undifferentiated monitoring recovery.
71= Feature discovered during monitoring.
72= Scatter discovered during monitoirng.
73= Recovery from excavated exposure.
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Task Codes (cont'd.)
80= Undifferentiated feature.
81= Feature recording.
82= Feature item collection only.
83= Feature surface test and residue sample collection.
84= Feature test probe, to investigate size, depth and content.
85= Feature excavation, as a single entity.
86= Feature excavation and sampling as part of mechanical excavations.
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CLASS 0 ARTIFACT TYPES
Flaked Lithic Artifacts (FLA)
0= Undifferentiated FLA. 10= Crescentic
1= Core 11=Drill
2= Blade 12= Blank
3= Unclassified projectile point 13= Combination
4= Knife 14= DO NOT USE (other is now 0).
5= Unclassified scraper 15= Projectile point [Desert Side Notched]
6= Chopper 16= Projectile point [Cottonwood]
7= Hammerstone 17= Projectile point [Dos Cabezas Serrated]
8= Utilized flake 18= Biface
9= Modified flake
For Special Studies Only
20= Convex Sidescraper
21= Convex-Concave Sidescraper
22= Concave Sidescraper,.
23= Double-Convex Sidescraper
24= Convergent Sidescraper
25= Double-Convergent Sidescraper
26= Denticulate Sidescraper
27= Notched Sidescraper
28= Domed Sidescraper
29= Straight Sidescraper
30= Straight-Convex Sidescraper
31= Straight-Concave Sidescraper
32= Double Straight Sidescraper
33= Thumbnail Scraper
34= Tabular Scraper
35= Multiple Scraper
36= Endscraper
37= Graver
CLASS 0 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
0= Broken
1= Whole
2= Broken and Burned
3= Broken and Heated
4= Broken and Decorated
7= Whole and Burned
8= Whole and Heated
9= Whole and Decorated
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CLASS 0 MATERIAL TYPES. (abridged)
0= Undifferentiated
1= CGM (course grained metavolcanic)
2= CGPM (course grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
3= FGM (fine grained metavolcanic)
4= FGPM (Fine grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
5= Quartzite
6= Quartz
7= Chert (includes all crypto-crystalline silicate in general)
8= Obsidian
9= DO NOT USE (Formerly "other", now undifferentiated)
11= Granite
12= DO NOT USE (Formerly quartzite, which is now 5)
13= Andesite
14= Sandstone
15= DO NOT USE (Formerly "other" for groundstone, now undifferentiated)
16= Basalt
17= Felcite
18=Rhyolite
19= Steatite .
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CLASS 1 ARTIFACT TYPES
Groundstone Artifacts
100= Undifferentiated groundstone item
101=Mano
102= Pestle
103= Slab
104= Basin
105= Bowl
106= DO NOT USE (Formerly "other," now type 100).
110= Drilled Item
CLASS 1 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
0= Undifferentiated
1= CGM (course grained metavolcanic)
2= CGPM (course grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
3= FGM (fine grained metavolcanic)
4= FGPM (Fine grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
5= Quartzite
7= Chert (includes all crypto-crystalline silicate in general)
11= Granite
13= Andesite
14= Sandstone
16= Basalt
19= Steatite
CLASS 1 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
21= Broken unifacial unshaped
22= Broken unifacial unshaped burned
23= Broken unifacial shaped
24= Broken unifacial shaped burned
25= Broken bifacial unshaped
26= Broken bifacial unshaped burned
27= Broken bifacial shaped
28= Broken bifacial shaped burned
31= Whole unifacial unshaped
32= Whole unifacial unshaped burned
33= Whole unifacial shaped
34= Whole unifacial shaped burned
35= Whole bifacial unshaped
36= Whole bifacial unshaped burned
37= Whole bifacial shaped
38= Whole bifacial shaped burned
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CLASS 2 ARTIFACT TYPES
Debitage or Flakes and Angular Waste
200= Undifferentiated debitage
201= "Blade" type flake
202= Bifacial thinning flake
203= Platform creation, cortex removal
204= Cortex removal
205= Core reduction, basic shaping
206= Finishing, resharpening
207= Trimming
208= Shatter during primary reduction
209= Shatter during secondary or subsequent reduction
CLASS 2 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
0= Undifferentiated
1= CGM (course grained metavolcanic)
2= CGPM (course grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
3= FGM (fine grained metavolcanic)
4= FGPM (Fine grained, porphyritic metavolcanic)
5= Quartzite
6= Quartz
7= Chert (includes all crypto-crystalline silicate in general)
8= Obsidian
9= DO NOT USE (Formerly "other", now undifferentiated)
11=Granite.
12= DO NOT USE (Formerly quartzite, which is now 5)
13=Andesite
14= Sandstone
15= DO NOT USE (Formerly "other" for groundstoñe, now undifferentiated)
16= Basalt
17=Felcite
18=Rhyolite
19= Steatite
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CLASS 3 ARTIFACT TYPES
Aboriginal Ceramic Artifacts
300= Undifferentiated ceramic sherd
301= Body sherd
302= Neck sherd
303= Rim sherd
304= Base sherd
305= Lid sherd
306= Handle sherd
307= Foot sherd
311= Pipe
312= Figure or Effigy
313= Shaped Item
CLASS 3 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
70= Undifferentiated
71= Tizon Brown
72= Colorado Buff
CLASS 3 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
0= Broken
1= Whole
2= Broken and Burned
3= Broken and Heated
4= Broken and Decorated
5= Broken, Decorated, and Burned
6= Broken, Decorated and Heated
7= Whole and Burned
8= Whole and Heated
9= Whole and Decorated
10= Whole, Decorated and Burned
11= Whole, Decorated and Heated
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CLASS 4 ARTIFACT TYPES
Bone, Non Human, Including Artifacts
400= Undifferentiated bone
401= Sylvilagus audubonii (desert cottontail)
402= Sylvilagus bachmani (bush rabbit)
403= Lepus calfornicus (black-tailed jackrabbit)
404= Sperinophilus beecheyi (Calif. ground squirrel)
405= Thomomys bottae (pocket gopher)
406= Neotoma sp. (woodrat)
407= Enhydra lutris (sea otter)
408= Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer)
409= Urocyon cinereoagentus (gray fox)
410= Canis sp. (coyote, dog, wolf)
411= Unidentifiable small mammal
412= Unidentifiable large mammal
413= Crotalus sp. (vipers, rattlesnakes)
414= Lampropeltus sp. (kingsnake)
415= Unidenifiable reptile
416= Clemmys sp. (turtle)
417= Unidentifiable bird
418= Peromyscus sp. (mouse)
419= Cervus sp. (deer)
420= Dideiphis virginiana (opossum)
442= Unidentifiable fish
443= Bos taurus (domestic cow)
444= Not speciated Otolith
445= Not speciated crustacean
480= Undifferentiated bone artifact
481= Awl, describe
482= Bodkin or Fid, describe
483= Bead, describe
484= Ovis/Capra (domestic goat)
485= Not speciated ray spine
486= Not speciated snake
487= Needle
488= Unidentifiable med. mammal
CLASS 4 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
30= Undifferentiated 31= Bone
32= Antler 33= Horn
34= Hide 35= Hair
36= Carapace 37= Terrestrial exoskeleton
38= Tooth 39= Cartilage
CLASS 4 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
0= Broken
2= Broken and Burned
4= Broken and Decorated
6= Broken, Decorated and Heated
7= Whole and Burned
9= Whole and Decorated
11= Whole, Decorated and Heated
1= Whole
3= Broken and Heated
5= Broken, Decorated, and Burned
8= Whole and Heated
10= Whole, Decorated and Burned
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CLASS 5 ARTIFACT TYPES
Shell, Including Artifacts
500= Undifferentiaied shell
501= Acanthina sp.
502= Acanthochitona sp.
503= Acmaea sp.
504= [Do not use]
505= Aesopus sp.
506= [Do not use]
507= Astraea sp.
508= Calliostoma sp.
509= Callistochiton sp.
510= Cancellaria sp.
511= Cerithidea sp.
512= Chione sp.
513= Collisella sp.
514= Conus sp.
515= Crucibulum sp.
546= Turbonilla sp.
547= Turritella sp.
548= Americardia sp.
549= Lamellaria sp.
550= Crepidula sp.
516= Dentalium sp.
517= Donax sp.
518= Haliotis sp.
519= Hinnites sp.
520= Homalopoma sp.
521= Kelletia sp.
522= Leavicardium sp.
523= Lirularia sp.
524= Littoria sp.
525= Lucinisca sp.
526= Macron sp.
527= Megathura sp.
528= Mytilus sp.
529= Nassarina sp.
530= Norrisia sp.
551= Tivela sp.
552= Pteropurpura sp.
553= Ballanus sp.
554= Bead, describe
555= Dendropoma sp.
531= Notoacmea sp.
532= Ocenebara sp.
533= Odostomia sp.
534= Olivella sp.
535= Opalia sp.
536= Ostrea sp.
537= Pecten sp.
538= Polinices sp.
539= Protothaca sp.
540= Pseudochama sp.
541= Saxidomus sp.
542= Serpulorbis sp.
543= Tagelus sp.
544= Tegula sp.
545= Tricolia sp.
556=Septzfersp.
557= Maxwellia sp.
558= Calcum sp.
559= Ocenebra sp.
560= Trimusculus sp.
561= gastropods, asstd.
CLASS 5 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
40= Undifferentiated 41= Shell
42= Coral 43= Pearl
44= Aquatic exoskeleton
CLASS 5 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
0= Broken
2= Broken and Burned
4= Broken and Decorated
6= Broken, Decorated and Heated
7= Whole and Burned
9= Whole and Decorated
'11= Whole, Decorated and Heated
1= Whole
3=.Broken and Heated
5= Broken, Decorated, and Burned
8= Whole and Heated
-10= Whole, Decorated and Burned
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CLASS 6 ARTIFACT TYPES
Object Of Interest Or Sample
Note: Make sure that these are actually planned samples to be cataloged and or kept.
600= Undifferentiated object
601= Soils
602= Charcoal
603= Floral
604= Fire Affected Rock (FAR)
605= Ash
CLASS 6 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
Vegetal Mineral
50= Undifferentiated 60= Undifferentiated
51= Charcoal 61=Ochre
52= Seeds 62= Hematite
53= Fibers 63= Soil sample
54= Bark only
55= Wood
56= Natural rubber
Fibers
90= Undifferentiated
91= Cotton
92= Silk
93= Wool
94= Linen
95= Grass
96= Bark
97= Paper
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CLASS 7 ARTIFACT TYPES
Historic Materials Type Groups
700= Undifferentiated historic item
For use only with items that are not typed or are not identified.
711= Consumer Group Item (items purchased and consumed on a regular basis)
712= Kitchen Group Item (food preparation and serving)
713= Household Group Item (daily household maintenance)
714= Garment Group Item (clothing items)
715= Personal Group Item (belonging to a single individual)
716= Furniture Group Item (furniture parts)
717= Hardware Group Item (misc. hardware not included in a specific group)
718= Tools Group Item (hand tools)
719= Livery Group Item (horse and horse-drawn vehicle items)
720= Munitions Group Item (firearms and related items)
721= Coin Group Item (Coinage and tokens)
722= Building Materials Group Item (construction materials)
723= Machinery Group Item (machine parts except agricultural implements)
724= Forge Materials Group Item (forge, furnace and stove wastes)
725= Agricultural Implements Group Item (farm machinery)
726= Other Occupations Group Item (specialized occupation items)
727= Unique Item (items not included in other groups)
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CLASS 8 ARTIFACT TYPES
Bone, Human, or Potentially Human
800= Human or potentially human bone
CLASS 8 MATERIAL TYPES (abridged)
31= Bone
38= Tooth
CLASS 8 CONDITION CODES (abridged)
0= Broken
1= Whole
2= Broken and Burned
3= Broken and Heated
7= Whole and Burned
8= Whole and Heated
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ATTACHMENT 2
Resumes of Key Personnel
DAYLE M. CHEEVER
Senior Archaeologist
Education/ Master of.Arts, Anthropology, San Diego State University, 1983
Certifications Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, San Diego State University, 1979
Certified by Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) in field research and
teaching since 1983
Credential for life from the California Community Colleges as an instructor of
anthropology
Certified by the City and County of San Diego in Archaeology
Permits U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Cultural Use
Permit, Coastal and California Desert Districts, Arizona Desert
Experience 20 years of experience
RECON
1988-present, Senior Archaeologist
As the senior member of RECON's Cultural Resources Group, has directed and
participated in all aspects of cultural resource identification and evaluation
programs, including research, survey, mapping, impact assessment, significance
testing, data recovery, mitigation recommendations (including preservation
planning and implementation), and technical report preparation. Has completed
cultural resource projects involving compliance with Section 106 of the State
Historic Preservation Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. Tasks
are directed towards fulfilling standards set in CEQA and NEPA as well as
numerous municipal policies for the evaluation of cultural resources through
documentation and analysis.
Has devised and managed archaeological mitigation monitoring requirements
for numerous construction projects. Works closely with clients and resource
agencies in developing feasible mitigation strategies. Has worked in the coastal,
mountain, and desert areas of southern California and in western Arizona, with
particular expertise in the management of cultural and historic resources of San
Diego County.
Is directly responsible for supervision and scheduling of field and' laboratory
personnel, for the development of research designs, protection and preservation
plans, and data recovery programs for RECON's clients. Also develops and
monitors project budgets.
WESTEC Services, Inc.
1985-1988, Project Archaeologist
Consulting Archaeologist/Consulting Faunal Analyst
1979-1985
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Selected Projects Federal Projects (Section 106, NAGPRA, HABS/HAER)
National Register Eligibility Assessment of CA-SDI-12731 in the Pine Creek
Summer Home Tract, Cleveland National Forest
Naval Post Graduate School Monterey, Wherry Housing Demolition Plan,
Cultural Resource Documentation
Pacific Bell Highway 80 Alignment Corridor, Cleveland National Forest
Loveland Reservoir Land Exchange, Sweetwater Authority and Cleveland
National Forest
Guatay Grazing Allotment, National Register Assessment of Three Prehistoric
Sites, Cleveland National Forest
National Register Evaluation of Building 5, Fleet Combat Training Center Pacific,
U.S. Department of the Navy, Southwest Division, NAVFACENGCOM
National Register Evaluation/ Documentation of Schwanbeck's Store, Crossroads,
CA. Lake Havasu Field Office, Bureau of Land Management
Section 106 Compliance for Paseo Ranchero and Telegraph Canyon Road Water
Reclamation Pipelines, Otay Water District
Section 106 Compliance for Otay Mesa Water Reclamation Pipeline, Otay Water
District
Historic American Engineering Record Documentation of Six Base End Stations
in the White's Point Reservation, Los Angeles County, California. National
Park Service and Department of the Air Force (SMC/AXFV)
U.S. Naval Subase San Diego Artifact Inventory, NAGPRA Compliance, and GIS
Site Information, Southwest Division, NAVFACENGCOM
Phase I - Cultural Resource Surveys
Cultural Resource Survey of Parcel 3, Carmel Creek Road, and Site Significance
Evaluation of CA-SDI-9677, San Diego, CA
Fanita Ranch Specific Plan, Santee, CA
Archaeological Constraints Study for LCAC Training Activities and Access
Roads at Green Beach and Blue Beach, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
Archaeological Constraints Study for Military Vehicles at Red Beach and White
Beach, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
Edom Hill Landfill Expansion, Riverside County, CA
Rçpublic Imperial Landfill Expansion, Imperial County, CA
Deletion of SA 680 from the County of San Diego Circulation Element, County of
San Diego, CA
Pipeline 2000 Phase IV, San Diego Gas & Electric, San Diego, CA
Eden Valley Drainage, San Diego County, CA
Mojave Crossing, Apple Valley and.Victorvile, CA
Whitewater River Levee/Palm Springs Line 34 in Riverside County, CA
Torrey View—Allred/Sorrento Hills Project. San Diego, CA
Torrey Reserve Terrace Project, San Diego, CA
Beazer Property (NAS Miramar, Parcel "C"), San Diego, CA
SDG&E Pipeline Alignment near Interstate 805/8 Junction, San Diego, CA
Forty-fourth Street Condominiums Project, San Diego, CA
Eagle Mountain Mini and Kaiser Industrial Railroad, Riverside County, CA
Mataguay Scout Reservation near Warner Springs, CA
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Portions of the Shaw Valley Property, San Diego, CA
Proposed Alignment at Sweetwater Reservoir, San Diego County, CA
Carrillo Ranch Road Realignment Study Area, Carlsbad, CA
Phase II - Determination of Significance
CA-SDI-8472, Locus C, North Torrey Pines/Genesee Avenue, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-7979, Border Avenue Development, Del Mar (LC94/9), CA
CA-SDI-10,940, Del Mar, CA
110 Acres within Carmel Highlands Precise Plan Neighborhood 8A; SDI-10,218,
Locus A; SDI-10,219; and SDI-4905, San Diego, CA
Stallions Crossing Project: SDI-7290, SDI-7291, SDI-7293, SDI-7298, SDI-7300,
SDI-10,118, San Diego, CA
Archaic Occupations within the San Dieguito River Valley: SDI-687, Sari Diego,
CA
SDI-11,297: A Prehistoric Site in Duizura, San Diego County, CA
Four Prehistoric Sites within the Railroad Canyon Road Project Area, Lake
Elsinore, CA
SDI-6753, SDI-6754, SDI-6819, and SDI-2046: Four Prehistoric Sites within the
Aviara Development, Carlsbad, CA
SDI-8813: The Palomar Heights Project, San Marcos, CA
A Portion of SDI-197: Torrey Enterprises—Sorrento Valley Property, San Diego, CA
San Dieguito Valley Project Area, San Diego, CA
SDM-W-2135: A Prehistoric Site within the Southridge Trails Project Area C,
Oceanside, CA
Pacific Business Park, Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA
SDI-11,019: University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of
Oceanography Master Plan, San Diego, CA
Results of an Extended Phase II Sampling at CA-SDI-197, Sorrento Pointe Project,
San Diego, CA
Cultural Resource Significance Assessment of 16 Cultural Resource Sites on the
McCrink Ranch Property, Santa Fe Valley Specific Plan, County of San Diego,
-CA
Phase III - Data Recovery/Mitigation
Alta Loma Heights Citrus Association Packing House Pre-demolition
Documentation and Educational Video
Data Recovery at CA-SDI-12,123, Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA
Data Recovery at CA-SDI-4687, Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad, CA
Home Avenue Trunk Sewer Data Recovery Project, San Diego, CA
A Proposed Research Design for the Completion of the Mitigation of Impacts to
CA-SDI-6941, Locus D; SDI-7604, Locus E; and SDI-10,200, California Terraces
Project, Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA
SDI-4907, Loci A, B, and C, Neighborhood 8A Carmel Mountain, San Diego
County, CA
-Data Recovery at CA-SDI-6753 and CA-SDI-6819: Aviara Development Project,
Carlsbad, CA
Data Recovery at Nine Cultural Resource Sites, Aviara Development, Carlsbad,
CA
Mechanical Excavation and Removal of Sixteen Human Burial Features from CA-
SDI-691, Aviara Development, Carlsbad, CA
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Results of an Archaeological Data Recovery at CA-SDI-4832/-4833/-4942 and
CA-SDI-11,982, Black Mountain Ranch, City of San Diego, CA
Mitigation Monitoring - San Diego Convention Center Expansion
Mission Valley West Development Project, San Diego, CA
Christianitos Creek Groundwater Monitoring Well Excavation Monitoring, Camp
Pendleton, CA
San Diego Avenue Construction Grading and Historic Feature Recovery, Old
Town, San Diego, CA
Mission Valley West LRT Extension, Morena Segment/North Mission Valley
Interceptor Sewer, San Diego, CA
A Portion of Hillside Drive in La Jolla, CA
Trenching on a Portion of Jefferson Street in Old Town, San Diego, CA
Salk Institute East Building and North Parking Lot Expansion, San Diego, CA
Water MainReplacement Group 477, San Diego, CA
Trenching for South Creek Tentative Map and Penasquitos Creek Improvement
Plan, CA
South Chollas Valley Interceptor Sewer Project, San Diego, CA
Water and Sewer Main Replacement Group 466A in Downtown San Diego, CA
Pomerado Extension Trunk Sewer, Poway, CA
Savage/ Spreckels Tire Factory and Aztec Brewing, San Diego, CA
Cultural Resource Investigation, Monitoring, and Worker Education Program at
the Mataguay Scout Reservation near Warner Springs, CA
Carlsbad by the Sea, Carlsbad, CA
The Saitman Residence, San Diego, CA
Pipeline 2000, San Diego Gas & Electric, Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA
Special Projects
Proposed Research Design for a Portion of Cleveland National Forest in Vicinity
of Loveland Reservoir, Sweetwater Authority, San Diego County, CA
Cultural Resource Guidelines for the City of Carlsbad, CA
Wrote and directed a 22-minute educational video and CD-ROM on the citrus
packing industry generally, and an historic era citrus packing house complex
specifically, Redevelopment Agency, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
RUSSELL 0. COLLETI
Project Archaeologist
Education/ Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, San Diego State University, 1989
Certifications Postbaccalaureate course work in archaeological method and theory, San Diego
State University, 1989, 1990, 1991
Experience 12 years of experience
RECON
1989-present, Project Archaeologist
An experienced archaeologist with special expertise in cultural resources of the
southwestern United States, is responsible for conducting background research,
field surveys, test excavations, data recovery excavations, and construction
monitoring for cultural resource studies. Began his career in archaeology with the
excavation and analysis of the San Diego Royal Presidio over the course of six
field seasons. Since receiving his bachelor's degree, has been Project Archaeo-
logist at RECON, where he has supervised more than 70 prehistoric and historic
projects and participated in over 200 survey and excavation projects.
As project archaeologist, he is responsible for conducting prehistoric and historic
background research, site records maintenance, personnel training and review,
and assembling crews for completing projects. Planning and directing project
area surveys, mapping including the use of geographic information system (GIS),
and translation of results into reports. Is responsible for archaeological
significance testing and excavation of mitigation projects. Is also responsible for
the coordination of preparation, cataloging, and analysis of artifacts by
laboratory staff, and interpreting the results. Is knowledgeable in data entry and
editing, and is experienced in transferring the results of his field surveys into
RECON's GIS.
RECON
1987-1989, Field and Laboratory Assistant
Alan Lyons, Inc.
1987-1989, Distribution Controller
Selected Projects Phase I - Cultural Resource Surveys
Cannel View Development, San Diego, CA
Beckman Property, Carlsbad, CA
North Santee Reservoir, Santee, CA
Cuyamaca Street Offsite Extension, Santee, CA
South Carlsbad Village Storm Drain Alignment, Carlsbad, CA
Buckel Minor Subdivision, Potrero, CA
Medina-Donaldson Survey, San Diego, CA
Cannel Oaks VTM Survey, San Diego, CA
Santa Fe Depot, San Diego, CA. Affinis
Cannel Valley Towne Center Property, San Diego, CA
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Newland Property, North City West Neighborhood 8A, San Diego, CA
San Diego Gas & Electric Company Property within the Hillside Review Zone,
San Diego, CA
San Diego Gas & ElectricCompany Two Pipeline Alternatives, San Diego and
Santee, CA
Proposed Antelope Valley Business Park, Palmdale, CA
Proposed Los Coches Subdivision, San Diego, CA
80-Acre Parkview Project Site, San Diego, CA
San Marcos Corporate Center, San Marcos, CA
Proposed Sycamore Canyon Power Plant, San Diego, CA
Black Mountain Road Bridge Expansion, San Diego, CA
Rose Ranch Property, San Marcos, CA
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA
Steiner Property, Carlsbad, CA
Mandana Property, Carlsbad, CA
Cantarini Property, Carlsbad, CA
Melrose Drive Extension, Carlsbad, CA
King Property, Alpine, CA
Phase H -Determination of Significance
Site CA-SDI-4628 Carmel View Development, San Diego, CA
Site FIN-i (temp) Hecht-Nielsen Property, San Diego, CA
Site CA-SDI-8195 Dove Lane/Lohf Property, Carlsbad, CA
Site B-S-1 (temp) Beckman Property, Carlsbad, CA
Site CA-SDI-9677 Perl Property, San Diego, CA
Site CA-SDI-4690 Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad, CA
Site CA-SDI-9676 Cetel Property, San Diego, CA
Sixteen Archaeological Sites on the McCrink Ranch Property, San Diego County, CA
Site SDI-12,122H: Sorrento Hills Phase 1 Coastal Development Area, San Diego, CA
SDI-11,944 and Archival Research of a Suspected Historic Era Swine Farm within
the South Palm Precise Plan, San Diego, CA
Site SDI-6699A within the South Palm Precise Plan, San Diego, CA
Ginsberg Property, San Diego, CA
Site SDM-W-109 Manzanita Apartments, Carlsbad, CA
Thirteen Archaeological Sites in the Future Urbanizing Area, Sub Area III, San
Diego, CA
Twelve Archaeological Sites Within the Villages of La Costa, Carlsbad, CA
Phase III - Data Recovery/Mitigation
Carrillo Ranch, Site CA-SDI-4687 Data Recovery Excavations, Carlsbad, CA
Black Mountain Ranch, Site CA-SDI-4832 Complex and Site CA-SDI-11,982 Data
Recovery Excavations, Sn Diego, CA
North City West Neighborhood 10, Site CA-SDI-12,123, San Diego, CA
Home Avenue Trunk Sewer Data Recovery Excavations, San Diego, CA
Oceanside Entertainment Center, Historic Archeology Data Recovery
Excavations, Oceanside, CA
Torrey Reserve West, CA-SDI-197, Data Recovery Excavations, San Diego, CA
Construction Monitoring
North Mission Valley Interceptor Sewer Pipeline, San Diego, CA
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Rose Canyon Trunk Sewer Archaeological Data Recovery and Monitoring, San
Diego, CA. RMW Paleo Associates.
Home Avenue Trunk Sewer Archaeological Monitoring, San Diego, CA
North Mission Valley Interceptor Sewer, San Diego, CA
South Chollas Valley Sewer, San Diego, CA
Water and Sewer Replacement Group 466A, San Diego, CA
Section 106/NAGPRA/Other Federal Projects
National Register Documentation for White's Point Reservation, Base End
Stations, San Pedro, CA., National Park Service, San Francisco Field Office.
National Register Eligibility Assessment for Three Sites in the Guatay Grazing
Allotment Area, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA
National Register Eligibility Determination for Schwanbeck's Store, Cross Roads,
CA. Bureau of Land Management Lake Havasu Field Office
Data Recovery Excavations for Prehistoric Sites in the San Joaquin Hills
Transportation Corridor, Irvine, CA. With Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA
Cultural Resource Survey for the "Fillmore Alternative" for State Route 86,
Riverside County, CA. Caltrans District 11, San Diego, CA
Data Recovery Excavations for Prehistoric Archaeological Sites CA-ORA-106 and
CA-ORA-482 within the Area of Potential Effect of the Proposed New Ford
Road, Irvine, CA. With Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA
Demolition Monitoring for the Spreckles/Savage Tire Company and Aztec
Brewery, San Diego, CA
Construction Monitoring for the Big Pipe Project, San Diego, CA. With Mariah
Associates, Reno Nevada branch office
National Register Eligibility Assessment of CA-SDI-12,731 in the Pine Creek
Summer Home Tract, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, CA
Cultural Resource Survey of Portions of Range 101, Naval Air Facility El Centro,
El Centro, CA
Historic Property Evaluations
Alta Loma Heights Citrus Association Packing House, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Historical Assessment for the Proposed Oceanside Beach Resort Development,
Oceanside, CA
Cultural Resource Survey and Significance Assessment of Historic Properties and
Shell Scatter (CA-SDI-4628) for the San Diego Jewish Academy Site, San
Diego, CA
Historical Assessment of Four Residential Buildings and Associated Features on
the King Property, Alpine, CA
Special Projects
Revised RECON's Archaeological Laboratory System for the Treatment and
Processing of Artifacts and Data
Created a Lab Director's Handbook, Filed Director's Handbook, and Manual of
Field Procedures to Accompany the Revised Laboratory and Field
Methodologies
Revised the Field Director, Laboratory Director, and Team Member manuals to
reflect the requirements of NAVFACENGCOM, Southwestern Division
Co-created an educational program to build awareness of planning and
preparation for high temperature field conditions
Collett, 4
Developed and implemented an educational program for building archaeological
field skills among recreational project participants
JO ANNE D. GILMER
Project Archaeologist
Education/ B.A. Anthropology, Archaeology and Geography, San Diego State University, 1990
Certifications M.A. Anthropology, San Diego State University
Experience 12 years of experience
RECON
1988-present, Project Archaeologist
Worked extensively in Central America on a number of Classic Maya period sites
and has been working in southern California in cultural resource management
since 1988. Responsible for survey and archival projects as well as significance
assessments and data recovery programs. Has extensive experience as a field
construction monitor and recently completed a two-month sewer trench
monitoring project in the city of San Diego.
KEA Environmental, Inmate Reception Center
1994, Archaeologist
Paul Chase
1990, Archaeologist
San Diego State University
1991-1993, Archaeological Laboratory Supervisor
San Diego State University, Mopan-Macal Archaeological Project, Belize,
Central America
1988-1991, Archaeologist
Maya Osteology
1987
Royal Presidio Project
1987, Team member/student
Selected Projects Phase I - Cultural Resource Surveys
SRWB Property Survey and Reporting, Carlsbad, CA
Villages Of La Costa Research and Survey, San Diego, CA
Sunwest Village Survey, Carlsbad, CA
Dumka Property Survey and Reporting, San Diego, CA
Tierra Alta Survey and Reporting, San Diego, CA
Cantarini Property, Carlsbad, CA
Naval Air Facility El Centro 5,000-acre Survey, El Centro, CA
Rancho Judith Research, San Diego, CA
Ginsberg Property, San Diego, CA
Per! Property Site CA-SDI-9677, San Diego, CA
Sycamore Canyon Archaeological Survey, CA
Carmel View Development, San Diego, CA
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Gilmer, 2
Beckman Property, Carlsbad, CA
South Carlsbad Village Storm Dram Alignment, Carlsbad, CA
Buckel Minor Subdivision, Portrero, CA
Medina-Donaldson Survey, San Diego, CA
Cannel Oaks VTM Survey, San Diego, CA
Cannel Valley Towne Center Property, San Diego, CA
Newland Property, North City West Neighborhood 8A, San Diego, CA
80-Acre Parkview Project Site, San Diego, CA
San Marcos Corporate Center, San Marcos, CA
Proposed Sycamore Canyon Power Plant, San Diego, CA
Black Mountain Road Bridge Expansion, San Diego, CA
Black Mountain Ranch Survey, San Diego, CA
Otay Ranch Survey, Chula Vista, CA
Rancho San Miguel Survey, Bonita,, CA
San Diego Gas & Electric Company Los Coches to Barrett Tap Pole Replacement
Survey, San Diego County, CA
Otay Mesa Reservoir Survey, San Diego, CA
Vista Del Mar Survey, San Diego County, CA
Goldrush Property Survey, El Cajon, CA
Melrose and Hacienda Commercial -Center Survey, Vista, CA
Phase II - Determination of Significance
Torrey Santa Fe, San Diego, CA
Mandana Property, Carlsbad, CA
Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA
Loveland Reservoir Significance Testing and Data Recovery, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-11,944 Archival of a Suspected Historic Era Swine Farm within the South
Palm Precise Plan, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-6699A within South Palm Precise Plan, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-4628 Cannel View Development, San Diego, CA
HN-1 (temp) Hecht-Nielsen Property, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-8195 Dove Lane/Lohf Property, Carlsbad, CA
B-S-1 (temp) Beckman Property, Carlsbad, CA
CA-SDI-9677 Perl Property, San Diego, CA
CA-SDI-4690 Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad, CA
SDI-12,122H: Sorrento Hills Phase 1, San Diego, CA
Rancho San Miguel, Bonita, CA
CA-SDI-4760 Willow Glen Drive, El Cajon, CA
CA-SDI-4763 Jamacha Boulevard, El Cajon, CA
CA-SDI-6714 Thelan Property, Alpine, CA
CA-SDI-4690 Pacific Bell Property, Duizura, CA
Black Mountain Ranch Archaeological Testing, San Diego, CA
Fanita Ranch Archaeological Testing, Santee, CA
Phase III - Data Recovery/Mitigation
- Carrillo Ranch, Site CA-SDI-4687 Data Recovery Excavation, Carlsbad, CA
North City West Neighborhood 10, Site CA-SDI-12,123, San Diego, CA
Inmate Reception Center, San Diego, CA
Clean Water Program Survey, Excavation and Data Recovery, San Diego, CA
Gilmer, 3
Stallions Crossing Data Recovery, San Diego, CA
Black Mountain Ranch Data Recovery, San Diego, CA
American Girl Mine Data Recovery, Imperial County, CA
Pacific Rim Mitigation Monitoring and Burial Feature Removal, Carlsbad, CA
Otay Mesa Data Recovery, San Diego County, CA
National Register Eligibility Assessment of Three Sites in the Guatay Grazing
Allotment Area, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA
San Diego Avenue Data Recovery, San Diego, CA
North City West Neighborhood 10, San Diego, CA
North City West Neighborhood 8A, San Diego, CA
Black Mountain Ranch, Site CA-SDI-4832 Complex and Site CA-SDI-11,982 Data
Recovery Excavations Lab, San Diego, CA
Oceanside Entertainment Center, Oceanside, CA
Construction Monitoring
SDG&E (Sempra Energy) Pipeline 2000 Monitoring and Reporting, San Diego,
CA
Stardust Golf Course Monitoring and Reporting, San Diego, CA
SDG&E (Sempra Energy) Encina Power Plant, Carlsbad, CA
Saitman Residence, San Diego, CA
San Diego Convention Center Expansion, San Diego, CA
North Mission Valley Interceptor Sewer Pipeline, San Diego, CA
La Jolla Farms Road Property, La Jolla, CA
North Mission Valley Interceptor Sewex and Light Rail Transit Construction, San
Diego, CA
Carlsbad by the Sea Archaeological, Carlsbad, CA
Stardust Golf Course Archaeological, San Diego, CA
Pipeline 2000 Archaeological, San Diego, CA
Otay Ranch Villages 1 and 5, Chula Vista, CA
Savage/ Spreckels Tire Factory and Aztec Brewing, San Diego, CA
Section 106/NAGPRAJOther Federal Projects
Cultural Resource Inventory on Naval Air Facility El Centro, El Centro, CA
Cultural Resource Services on Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
U.S. Naval Subase Artifact Inventory, NAGPRA Compliance, and GIS Site
Information, San Diego, CA
National Register Documentation for White's Point Reservation, Base End
Stations, San Pedro, CA, National Park Service, San Francisco Field Office
National Register Eligibility Assessment for Three Sites in the Guatay Grazing
Allotment Area, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA
Demolition Monitoring for the Spreckels /Savage Tire Company and Aztec
Brewery, San Diego, CA
Special Projects
Contribution to the revised RECON Archaeological Laboratory System for the
Treatment and Processing of Artifacts and Data