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Home My WebLink AboutHDP 94-05; Jefferson Street Lot 18; Hillside Development Permit (HDP) (2)ADDENDUM TO A CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE MUHE PROJECT CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA City of Carlsbad HDP Nos. 9404 and 9405 Prepared for: Daniel Muhe 54014 Aguila Lane Carlsbad, California 92008 Prepared by: Brian F. Smith and Larry J. Pierson Brian F. Smith and Associates 14678 Ibex Court San Diego, California 92129 (619) 484-0915 February 7, 1996 Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Projeci National Archaeological Data Base Information Author(s): Consulting Firm: Report Date: Report Title: Submitted to: Submitted by: U.S.G.S. Quadrangle: Study Area: Key Words: Brian F. Smith and Larry J. Pierson Brian F. Smith and Associates 14678 Ibex Court San Diego, Califomia 92129 (619) 484-0915 February 7, 1996 "Addendum To A Cultural Resource Survey And Assessment For The Muhe Project, Carlsbad, Califomia" Daniel Muhe 4014 Aguila Lane Carlsbad, Califomia 92008 Brian F. Smith and Associates 14678 Ibex Court San Diego, Califomia 92129 U.S.G.S. San Luis Rey, Califomia (7.5 minute) Single-family dwelling City of Carlsbad, Califomia; SDI-628; site destroyed; site tested; U.S.G.S. San Luis Rey Quadrangle (7.5 minute). Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Project Table of Contents Page Management Summary/Abstract Methodology . Report of Findings Discussion/Interpretation Management Considerations Persormel Certification . References 1 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 Appendix — Tables List of Figures Figure 1: General Location Map Figure 2: Project Location Map (U.S.G.S.) . 2 3 Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Project MANAGEMENT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Brian F. Smith and Associates (BFSA) recently conducted an archaeological test of the Muhe Project (Smith 1994), located on the south side of Buena Vista Lagoon in Carlsbad, Califomia (Figures 1 and 2). This testing was required because a registered archaeological site was located on the subject property. The results of the initial testing demonstrated that the site was a significant cultural resource. Mitigation measures were recommended to the City of Carlsbad by BFSA (Smith 1994), and a mitigation program was subsequently approved. BFSA arrived at the site on August 30,1995, to conduct the mitigation excavations and found that the majority of Site SDI-628 had been graded away under a permit issued by the City of Carlsbad. As a result, the mitigation program was limited to the excavation of a single 50-centimeter by 200-centimeter unit in the extreme northem portion of the property. This excavation revealed that the small remaining portion of the site had been highly disturbed as a result of previous impacts. Although the area of the excavation had been previously impacted, all archaeological materials were collected, studied, and the data is presented in the appendix to this addendum. Based upon the information collected, it was determined that the remaining portion of SDI-628 within the Muhe Project (north lot only) was very disturbed and did not retain any further research potential. No additional test units were deemed necessary to complete the mitigation program. Monitoring of the trench excavations for the realignment of existing utilities and installation of services to the subject property was conducted, but did not reveal any intact cultural deposits. Only very disturbed soil (shell and archaeological deposits mixed with asphalt and concrete) was observed. All collections, notes, photographs, and other materials related to this project will be curated at the archaeological laboratory of BFSA in Poway, Califomia. GENERAL LOCATION MAP THE MUHE PROJECT CITY OF CARLSBAD FIGURE 1 I I IBirSaiiii IFo SmMQii ^ AsscDteSaidces Archaeological and Historical Consulting N PROJECT CARLSBAD PROJECT LOCATION MAP THE MUHE PROJECT U.S.G.S. SAN LUIS REY QUADRANGLE (7.5 MINUTE SERIES) FIGURE 2 Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey arui Assessment for the Muhe Project METHODOLOGY The archaeological mitigation program for the Muhe Project was necessarily substantially reduced due to the loss by grading of the majority of Site SDI-628 within the northem parcel of the project. In addition, the placement within the project of the test unit excavations was severely restricted to the areas adjacent to the property boundaries. Because of these limitations, the planned one-square-meter excavations were reduced to a single 50- by 200-centimeter excavation along the northem property boundaiy. Native American Consultation The excavation did not reveal any evidence of human remains or associated objects in the prehistoric cultural deposit. Furthermore, since the deposit had been impacted, the likelihood that any intact religious or sacred artifacts or features would be found was greatly reduced. For these reasons, no Native American assessment or consultation was requested. REPORT OF FINDINGS The single excavation extended to a depth of 100 centimeters. At that point, formational soil (an intact geological formation) was encountered. Modem trash items and pavement fragments were noted to a depth of 90 centimeters. The presence of modem (i.e., within the past 40 years) construction debris mixed with the midden soil indicates that the entire remaining midden deposit has been thoroughly impacted and mixed with constraction debris. In all likelihood, this mixing took place when Jefferson Street was modemized and widened, and underground utilities were installed, several years ago. The lack of intact stratigraphy and deposit integrity has rendered the site insignificant. The important areas of the site identified in the test report were located west of the area where the test unit was excavated for this phase of study, in the area which was graded before mitigation could take place. Some intact elements of the site may still exist on the southem parcel of the Muhe Project, and mitigation measures should remain in effect and should be considered as a condition of a grading permit. Normally, the artifacts and ecofacts recovered from an excavation unit would be thoroughly analyzed. However, the materials recovered from the mitigation phase were subjected only to standard laboratory recording and categorizing. No interpretive value was attributable to the "mix" of modem constraction debris and cultural materials. No special studies, other than shell identification, were completed. The tables appended to this report provide standardized information about the recovered materials from the test unit excavation. In these tables, the quantity and weight of all the constraction debris was not included, but all levels where materials were found that were not part of the prehistoric deposit have been included in Table 1. The Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Project archaeological recovery consisted largely of marine shell, with small quantities of lithic waste and bone (Tables 1-10, included in the Appendix). A hammerstone and a utilized flake were the only tools recovered from the excavation. pigCUSSIOMNTERPRETATIQN The archaeological mitigation program for the Muhe Project resulted in the determination that the site within the northem parcel was completely destroyed by previous impacts and grading for the present project. The recovery of archaeological materials during the mitigation program did not modify or negate the interpretation of the site function or the cultural assignment discussed in Smith 1994. The site is still interpreted as a primary food reduction and preparation location associated with the La Jolla cultural horizon. MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS The cultural resource previously registered within the project has been found to be no longer significant. No further archaeological concems are recommended. No additional mitigation measures are warranted. PERSONNEL The Muhe Project archaeological mitigation program was directed by Brian F. Smith, principal investigator, with assistance provided by Charles Callahan and Stephen Burke. This report was prepared by Brian F. Smith and Larry J. Pierson. CERTIFICATION The information provided in this document is correct, to the best of my knowledge, and has been compiled in accordance with the guidelines of the City of Carlsbad. Brian FrSmith Date Principal Investigator Addendum to a Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Project REFERENCES CITED Smith, Brian F. 1994 "A Cultural Resource Survey and Assessment for the Muhe Project." Report on file at the City of Carlsbad, Califomia. APPENDIX Tables TAPLE 1 Mitigation Unit Excavation Data Site SDI-628 The Muhe Project Location Quantity/ Unit Datum ftom Datum Depth Weight Azimuth/Range Recovery Catalog Description Number B 137°/72Feet 0-10 cm. 46.3 g. 1.1 g. 4.8 g. 9.8 g. 1.0 g. 3.6 g. 0.8 g. 1 10-20 cm. 20-30 cm. 0.3 g. 0.1 g. 57.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 3.5 9.8 i. 12.3 g. 0.8 g. 10.9 g. 1.4 g. 0.1 g. 1 1 72.8 g. 2.3 g. 0.2 g. 0.3 g. 9.4 g. 25.9 g. 21.6 g. 0.5 7.5 1.4 Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Burned Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Flake Chione sp. 187 Ostrea sp. 188 Ostrea sp. 189 Pecten sp. 190 Pecten sp. 191 Unidentifiable 192 Unidentifiable 193 Basalt 194 Modem Glass, Plastic, Concrete, Asphalt, Paper, and Metal Can Fragments Anomia sp. Anemia sp. Chione sp. Chione sp. Crepidula sp. Donax sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Charcoal Debitage Flake Modem Glass, Concrete, Fragments Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Flake Modem Glass, Concrete, and Asphalt Basalt Quartzite Asphalt, and Metal 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 Chione sp. Chione sp. Crepipatella sp. Donax sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable Quartzite 30-40 cm. 0.1 g. Marine SheU 56.9 g. Marine Shell Anomia sp. Chione sp. 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 Location Quantity/ Unit-Damm from Datum Depth Weight Azimuth/Range Recovery Catalog Description Number B 137°/72Feet 30-40 cm. 1.7 g. 0.1 g. 9.1 g. 2.1 g. 21.6 g. 0.5 g. 14.0 g. 1.1 g. 2 0.1 g. 40-50 cm. 64.6 g. 0.1 g. 1.2 g. 8.4 g. 2.0 g. 25.7 g. 0.8 g. 29.2 g. 2.0 g. 1 Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Flakes Bone 50-60 cm. 87.8 g. 2.2 g. 0.1 g. 1.1 g. 5.0 g. 1.0 g. 14.1 g. 0.6 g. 5.2 g. 24. 1 g- g- 1 2 1 1 60-70 cm. 0.1 g. 0.2 g. 20.8 g. 0.9 g. 2.3 g. 2.8 g. 1.8 g. 13.6 g. Donax sp. Mytilus sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable Basalt Small Mammal Modem Glass, Concrete, and Asphalt Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Hammerstone, Circular Modem Glass, Concrete, and Asphalt Chione sp. Crepipatella sp. Donax sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable Granite Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Marine Shell Marine Shell Marine Shell, Bumed Debitage Flakes Rake Utilized Flake Fragment Bone Bone, Bumed Modem Glass, Concrete, Marine Shell Marine SheU Marine SheU Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Chione sp. Chione sp, 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 Crucibulum sp. 245 Donax sp. 246 Ostrea sp. 247 Ostrea sp. 248 Pecten sp. 249 Pecten sp. 250 Polinices sp. 251 Unidentifiable 252 Unidentifiable 253 Andesite 254 Andesite 255 Basalt 256 Basalt 257 SmaU Mammal 258 Bird 259 and Asphalt Chione sp. 260 Donax sp. 261 Jaton sp. 262 Ostrea sp. 263 Ostrea sp. 264 Pecten sp. 265 r Location Quantity/ Catalog Unit Datum fix)m Datum Depth Weight Recovery Description Number Azimuth/Range B 137°/72 Feet 60-70 cm. 0.7 g. 5.3 g. 0.1 g. 1 70-80 cm. 80-90 cm. 90-100 cm. 38.1 g. 0.4 g. 0.1 g. 3.8 g. 0.2 g. 4.5 g. 0.1 g. 7.9 g. 0.7 g. 1 2 44.2 g. 0.3 g. 0.1 g. 2.0 g. 0.1 g. 9.5 g. 1.4 g. 6.9 g. 0.1 g. 14.8 g. 0.3 g. 0.1 g. 2.3 g. 0.5 g. 3.1 g. 0.4 g. 1.9 g. 0.2 g. 0.1 g. Pecten sp. 266 Unidentifiable 267 Unidentifiable 268 Basalt 269 Marine SheU, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Debitage Concrete and Asphalt Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Flake Flakes Concrete and Asphalt Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Concrete and Asphalt Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Marine Shell Marine SheU, Bumed Marine SheU Marine Shell, Bumed Marine SheU Marine SheU, Bumed Bone Modem Glass, Concrete, and Asphalt Chione sp. Chione sp. Crepipatella sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable Andesite Basalt Chione sp. Chione sp. Mytilus sp. Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Unidentifiable Unidentifiable 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 Chione sp. Chione sp. Crucibulum sp. 292 Ostrea sp. 293 Ostrea sp. 294 Pecten sp. 295 Pecten sp. 296 Unidentifiable 297 Unidentifiable 298 SmaU Mammal 299 TABLE 2 Ecofact Summary of Unit 2 Recovery Site SDI-628 The Muhe Project Depth (in centimeters^ Ecofact Category 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 Toul Percent Bone, Bird, Bumed 0.2 g. _ _ _ 0.2 g. 0.02 Bone, Small Mammal - - -0.1 g. -0.1 g. - - -0.1 g. 0.3 g. 0.03 Charcoal -0.1 g. - - - --- - -0.1 g. 0.01 Marine Shell, Anomia sp. -0.3 g. -0.1 g. -- - - - -0.4 g. 0.05 Marine Shell, Anomia sp., Bumed -0.1 g. - - - - - - - -0.1 g. 0.01 Marine Shell, Chione sp. 46.3 g. 57.1 g. 72.8 g. 56.9 g. 64.6 g. 87.8 g. 20.8 g. 38.1 g. 44.2 g. 14.8 g. 503.4 g. 57.02 Marine Shell, Chione sp., Bumed -0.1 g. 2.3 g. - -2.2 g. -0.4 g. 0.3 g. 0.3 g. 5.6 g. 0.63 Marine Shell, Crepidula sp. -0.3 g. - --- - - - -0.3 g. 0.03 Marine Shell, Crepipatella sp. - -0.2 g. -0.1 g. - -0.1 g. - -0.4 g. 0.05 Marine Shell, Crucibulum sp. - - - - -0.1 g. - - -0.1 g. 0.2 g. 0.02 Marine Shell, Donax sp. -0.6 g. 0.3 g. 1.7 g. 1.2 g. 1.1 g. 0.9 g. - - -5.8 g. 0.66 Marine Shell, Jaton sp. - - - - - -2.3 g. - - -2.3 g. 0.26 Marine Shell, Mytilus sp. - - -0.1 g. -- - -0.1 g. -0.2 g. 0.02 Marine Shell, Ostrea sp. 1.1 g. 3.5 g. 9.4 g. 9.1 g. 8.4 g. 5.0 g. 2.8 g. 3.8 g. 2.0 g. 2.3 g. 47.4 g. 5.37 Marine Shell, Ostrea sp., Bumed 4.8 g. 9.8 g. 25.9 g. 2.1 g. 2.0 g. 1.0 g. 1.8 g. 0.2 g. 0.1 g. 0.5 g. 48.2 g. 5.46 Marine Shell, Pecten sp. 9.8 g. 12.3 g. 21.6 g. 21.6 g. 25.7 g. 14.1 g. 13.6 g. 4.5 g. 9.5 g. 3.1 g. 135.8 g. 15.38 Marine Shell, Pecten sp.. Burned 1.0 g. 0.8 g. 0.5 g. 0.5 g. 0.8 g. 0.6 g. 0.7 g. 0.1 g. 1.4 g. 0.4 g. 6.8 g. 0.77 Marine Shell, Polinices sp. - - - - -5.2 g. - - - -5.2 g. 0.59 Marine Shell, Unidentifiable 3.6 g. 10.9 g. 7.5 g. 14.0 g. 29.2 g. 24.1 g. 5.3 g. 7.9 g. 6.9 g. 1.9 g. 111.3 g. 12.61 Marine Shell, Unidentifiable, Bumed 0.8 g. 1.4 g. 1.4 g. 1.1 g. 2.0 g. 1.1 g. 0.1 g. 0.7 g. 0.1 g. 0.2 g. 8.9 g. 1.00 Totals 67.4 g. 97.3 g. 141.9 g. 107.3 g. 134.0 g. 142.6 g. 48.3 g. 55.8 g. 64.6 g. 23.7 g. 882.9 g. 100.00 Percent 7.63 11.02 16.07 12.15 15.18 16.15 5.47 6.32 7.32 2.68 100.00 TABLE 3 Artifact Summary of Unit 2 Recovery Site SDI-628 The Muhe Project Depth (in centimeters) 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 Total Percent Artifact Category Lithic Production Waste: Debitage Flakes 1 3 3 18.75 11 68.75 Percussion Tools: Hammerstone 1 6.25 Precision Tools: Utilized Flake 1 1 6.25 Totals Percent 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 3 0 0 16 100.00 6.25 12.50 6.25 12.50 6.25 31.25 6.25 18.75 0.00 0.00 100.00 TABLE 4 Lithic Material Distribution Site SDI-628 The Muhe Project Artifact Category Material Andesite Basalt Granite Quartzite Total Percent Lithic Production Waste: Debitage 1 Flakes 3 2 6 3 11 18.75 68.75 Percussion Tools: Hammerstone 6.25 Precision Tools: Utilized Flake 1 1 6.25 Totals Percent 4 25.00 9 56.25 1 6.25 2 12.50 16 100.00 100.00 TABLE 5 Lithic Tool Measurement Data Site SDI-628 The Muhe Project Catalog Tool Description Dimensions fin centimeters) Weight Material Number Length Width Thickness (in grams) Percussion Tools 242 Hammerstone, Circular 6.9 6.6 2.4 135.9 Granite Precision Tools 257 UtiUzed Hake Fragment 5.1 3.1 2.1 41.2 Basalt TABLE 6 Flake Analysis: Material by Condition SDI-628 The Muhe Project Material Condition Whole Fragment Undetermined Total Percent Andesite Basalt Quartzite Totals Percent 2 2 1 5 45.45 1 4 1 6 54.55 0 0.00 3 6 2 11 100.00 27.27 54.55 18.18 100.00 TABLE 7 Flake Analysis: Material by Termination SDI-628 The Muhe Project Material Termination Feather Hinge Step Undetermined Total Percent Andesite Basalt Quartzite 1 4 1 3 6 2 27.27 54.55 18.18 Totals Percent 3 27.27 0 0.00 2 18.18 6 54.55 11 100.00 100.00 TABLE 8 Flake Analysis: Material by Size SDI-628 The Muhe Project Material 0-1 1-2 Size fin centimeters') 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7+ Total Percent Andesite Basalt Quartzite 2 3 1 2 1 3 6 2 27.27 54.55 18.18 Totals 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 Percent 45.45 36.36 18.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 11 0.00 100.00 100.00 TABLE 9 Flake Analysis: Material by Type SDI-628 The Muhe Project Material Primary Secondary Interior Pressure Total Percent Andesite Basalt Quartzite Totals Percent 0 0.00 3 6 2 0 0.00 11 100.00 0 0.00 3 6 2 11 100.00 27.27 54.55 18.18 100.00 TABLE 10 Flake Analysis: Material by Platform Preparation SDI-628 The Muhe Project Material Platform Preparation Present Absent Undetermined Total Percent Andesite Basalt Quartzite 2 4 1 3 6 2 27.27 54.55 18.18 Totals Percent 2 18.18 7 63.64 2 18.18 11 100.00 100.00