Santa Cruz Island Reserve

15 Jul, 05 PM - 28 Jul, 05 PM

During this trip I will be excavating at archaeological sites SCRI-384, an archaeological site in the front yard of the field director's house. I will be doing this as part of CSUN's already approved field school project. A two-phase project focused on small residential archaeological sites in the marginal interior areas of Santa Cruz Island is proposed in order to gain insight into Late and Contact period Chumash settlement systems which are currently poorly understood. During Phase I of the project, systematic surveys of the Central Valley and upper Ca?ada Christy will be conducted to determine the location and number of these sites. Phase II will consist of large-scale excavations at two residential interior sites, SCRI-324 and SCRI-384, to determine season of occupation, site and household organization, and possible economic specialization. This research will not only elucidate the temporal and spatial shifts in Late and Contact period settlement patterns, but provide an understanding of the economic and social activities taking place at these interior residential sites. Comparing data from these sights with collections excavated from large coastal village sites will then allow for the initiation of a dialogue on the shifting social relationships and organization taking place during this time of increasing sociopolitical complexity.

Visit #12942 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

Approved

Under Project # 6920 | Research

Prehistoric Settlement Organization on Santa Cruz Island

graduate_student - University of California, Santa Barbara

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Elizabeth Sutton Jul 15 - 28, 2007 (14 days)

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Private Room 1 Jul 15 - 28, 2007