Santa Cruz Island Reserve

18 Jun, 04 AM - 27 Jun, 08 AM

This trip to the reserve will involve excavation in Laguna Canyon. My aim is to recover data related to boat building and craft production among the Island Chumash. Laguna has the potential to provide significant insight into the nature of past human occupation because of its size, water source, and resource access. The excavation will be limited to a single site near the coast. Last summer, I surveyed and augered the canyon, and I will use that data to target my excavation at the location most likely to produce evidence for production activities. One auger at the coastal site produced a potentially worked fragment of Tivela stultorum, and other nearby investigation revealed asphaltum and lithic material of a type appropriate for heavy chopping and harvesting tools. I will begin by excavating a 1m by 1m unit at that location, expanding the unit to 1m by 1m areas adjacent to it if necessary to recover sensitive or important material encountered during excavation. After excavation is complete, I will wash the recovered material and then bring it back to the Channel Islands lab at UCLA to be sorted, counted, weighed, and quantified to produce data for my MA and for eventual publications.

Visit #32662 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

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Under Project # 27562 | Research

Laguna Canyon dissertation fieldwork

graduate_student - University of California, Los Angeles

Reservation Members(s)

Scott Sunell Jun 18 - 27, 2013 (10 days)
Chris Peterson Jun 18 - 27, 2013 (10 days)
Amber Madrid Jun 18 - 27, 2013 (10 days)

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Regular Bunkroom 3 Jun 18 - 27, 2013
Dock to Reserve Round-Trip 3 Jun 18 - 27, 2013
Vehicle Use - By Day 1 Jun 18 - 26, 2013
Vehicle Mileage 1 Jun 18 - 26, 2013