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Chapter 3 Comments and Coordination highway and railroad construction. Little of the site is visible on the surface. Past research in the area has identified six locations, two of which are found within the APE Another location, SBA-1C/D is near the APE, but is situated on a high terrace overlooking the highway. Numerous burials have been removed over the years, and the site contains a wide range of artifactual and ecofactual material including groundstone artifacts, beads, bifaces, marine shell refuse and faunal remains. It is very unlikely that any intact deposits exist within the project APE. CA-SBA-1168 This site was discovered in 1980 during construction monitoring. The site consists of a thin cultural lens located approximately 18 feet below existing grade. The deposit, containing chipped stone tools and shellfish remains, is covered by imported fill associated with past highway construction. The deposit is visible in the road cut and is largely undisturbed in its buried context. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) for the project was established in consultation with the The Department’s Professionally Qualified Staff (PQS) Principal Investigator - Prehistoric Archaeology, and the VEN/SB 101 HOV Project Manager on April 29, 2008. The APE was established around the proposed project construction easement. The APE represents the worst case scenario and includes all proposed alternatives and construction easements. Most of the project is situated on a marine cut terrace which lies directly below the southern slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The terrace dates from the Middle Miocene and is mainly composed of Monterey shale and unnamed sandstone, mudstone, and breccia (coarse grained rock). Little to no soil development occurs on the terrace. While coastal sage scrub abounds on the slopes above, only grasses and forbs and other ruderal species occur on the terrace adjacent to the highway. Most of the terrace has been disturbed by freeway and residential development. The project is located in the ethnographic and historic territory inhabited by the Barbareño Chumash of the Hokan language stock. The coastal adaptation of the Chumash included subsistence based on shellfish, fish, a variety of seeds and vegetable products, and hunting of marine mammals and deer. Groups also traveled inland to trade for piñon nuts, acorns and elk. The nearby village of Shuku located near Rincon Creek was centrally tied to this exchange network and likely traded with adjacent villages and the Gabrielino to the south. Modern Chumash place a high value on cultural resources such as archaeological sites, especially historically identified villages, mortuary areas, and isolated burials, shrines and traditional natural resources and features. 124 IS/EA VEN-SB US101 HOV Project
Chapter 3 Comments and Coordination The history of Santa Barbara County can be broken down into four periods; Early Explorer Period (1542-1769), Spanish Mission Period (1769-1821), Mexican Ranch Period (1821-1846), and Anglo-American Period (1846- to present). Today, the City of Santa Barbara is home to over 90,000 people. The regional metro area has a population of approximately 400,000. Tourism continues to be a major source of revenue for the area (Hatcher 2004). Environmental Consequences On March 12, 2008, The Department’s archaeologists conducted an Extended Phase I cultural resources investigation within the proposed project limits located along U.S. 101. The area investigation encompassed the entire extent of the APE for the proposed widening, pedestrian undercrossing, and bikeway improvements. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the presence or absence of subsurface cultural material within the APE and to ascertain the degree of potential disturbance to any identified resources. The study, entailing the excavation of eight Shovel Test Pits (STPs), effectively determined whether subsurface cultural material was likely to be present within the APE The test units were excavated within the area of direct impact. However, due to safety constraints, placement of the excavation units was mostly limited to areas adjacent to US- 101 (frontage roads, on- or off-ramps, etc). Nevertheless, it is believed that adequate coverage of the APE (and immediate area) was obtained by testing in these areas. Sites CA-VEN- 141 and CA-SBA-1B, although occurring near the project, were not tested due to their considerable distance from the area of direct impact. From the excavation of the eight STPs it was determined that none of the site locations within the APE contained intact cultural material. In some locations, marine shell remains were found, but these were felt to be from natural or secondary deposition. All areas tested appeared disturbed from previous highway construction. While some site boundaries (as indicated on existing survey and excavation reports) fall within the project APE, it is felt that these areas are devoid of intact cultural material. Based on the results of the record research and STP excavation, it is highly unlikely that any resources exist within the project APE so there would be no impacts from any of the BUILD alternatives. The APE has been subjected to profound disturbance from previous highway construction. Cut and fill activities associated with this construction have, without a doubt, carried away or totally destroyed any existing deposits. Marine shell remains as seen in some of the STPs either represent natural sediments or secondary IS/EA VEN-SB US101 HOV Project 125
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