Society for California Archaeology 2010 Annual Meeting

50 Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting 2010
High Sierra Surveys in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - A Summary of Sites,
Sourcing, Protein, Projectiles, and Hydration
• General Session 2 (De Anza South); Friday, 9:00 AM
Archeological surveys were conducted in the higher elevations of Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks from 1997 to 2004. A total of 88 sites were recorded or revisited. Seasonal
occupation of alpine and sub-alpine zones is documented. Site types and artifacts are outlined,
with a prevalence of Late Prehistoric projectile points being noted. Fifty-five obsidian
specimens were submitted for sourcing and hydration analysis. Ten obsidian specimens were
submitted for protein residue analysis. The results of these analyses are presented and
summarized.
BURNS, Gregory R.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
See ALLEN, Mark W.
BUPPERT, Kiri
See ANDERSON, Megan
BURRILL, Richard
The Anthro Company
Hi Good Cabin Site (CA-TEH-2105H)
• General Session 2 (De Anza South); Friday, 9:15 AM
This talk will summarize excavations at the Hi Good Cabin site (CA-TEH-2105H), owned by a
sheep farmer of the same name, which dates to the late 1870s. The data from the site were used
to examine conflicts between the Yahi and Euro-American settlers of Tehama County as
described in historical accounts. Specifically there are data linking the cabin to the presence of
Ishi’s Yahi band in 1870 immediately after the so-called Five Bows formal ceremony, which
called for negotiations to win release of three Yahi female hostages, which is partially
reconstructed in Theodora Kroeber’s (1961) Ishi in Two Worlds.
BURY, Rick
RAD Group
PETERSON, Robert
USAF
Rockets and Rock Art: Protection of Prehistoric Art on VAFB
• Symposium 5 (Victoria South); Friday, 8:45 AM
This paper outlines Air Force efforts to identify, evaluate, preserve, and protect rock art on
Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of the Section 110 process. At present 14 known rock art
locations are being monitored on base by conservation specialists. The work has included
survey, detailed recordation, and data recovery to provide baseline information for an ongoing
condition monitoring program. This has resulted in recovery of significant new data on
Chumash rock art in northern Santa Barbara County including several new sites new information
on the antiquity of rock art on the Central Coast.