Society for California Archaeology 2010 Annual Meeting

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ALLEN, Jennie A.
Department of Anthropology, California State University
See AINIS, Amira
ALLEN, Mark W.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Evaluating the Medieval Climatic Anomaly in the Western Mojave Desert: The View from
Sage Canyon
• Symposim 4 (De Anza North); Thursday, 3:15 PM
Sutton et al. (2007) have proposed a model for the Western Mojave Desert that argues for
considerable cultural complexity in the form of large village sites in well-watered locations
during the late Gypsum to the late Rose Spring Complexes. It also posits that around 1,000 BP
drastic changes were set in motion largely by the Medieval Climatic Anomaly. These include
shifts in technology, settlement pattern, obsidian trade, and likely population density. The
explanatory potential of this model is being further examined through surveys and test
excavations at Red Mountain and Sage Canyon, two contrasting regions of the Western Mojave
ALLEN, Mark W.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
BURNS, Gregory R.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,
COWIE, Laura C.
California State University, Fullerton
Household Analysis at Tomo-Kahni: Late Prehistoric Domestic Space on the Western Edge
of the Mojave
• Symposium 4 (De Anza North); Thursday, 3:00 PM
The Tomo-Kahni site complex near Tehachapi lies at the heart of the Kawaiisu cultural area on
the edge of the Mojave Desert. CA-KER-230, one of the principle residential components, dates
primarily from the Late Prehistoric into the historic period. It and other sites were excavated by
the Archaeological Survey Association in the 1950s and Antelope Valley College from 1971-72.
We present an analysis of the KER-230 collections from several house pits. We also argue that
the household scale of analysis may be a fruitful approach for assessing archaeological models
for the Mojave and adjacent areas such as the Southern Sierra.
ALLEN, Mark W.
Cal Poly Pomona
see JONES, Terry L.
ALVITRE, Cindi M.
Tongva
Crisis Curation Networking: Case Studies of Action and Intervention by a
California Indian Community
• Plenary Session (Ben H. Lewis Hall South); Thursday, 10:30 AM
As contemporary archaeology moves forward in addressing issues of curatorial responsibilities,
"previously unreported collections" continue to emerge adding to an already saturated list
of archaeological and ethnographical collections. A sobering reality is that resources are scarce