A Suggested Chronology for Southern California Coastal Archaeology

Evolution of marine mammal hunting: A view from the California and Oregon coasts

“…In the Santa Barbara area, major technological innovation (i.e., appearance of the mortar and pestle) is attributed to population stress caused by increasing human numbers and decreased biotic productivity associated with mid-Holocene warming (Glassow et al 1988). On the San Diego coast, however, this period does not differ markedly from the preceding one (Wallace 1955;True 1966;Warren 1968). In both areas use of all types of coastal and inland envi ronments continues.…”

A Programmatic Approach to Determine Eligibility of Prehistoric Sites in the San Diego Subregion, Southern Coast Archeological Region, California, for the National Register of Historic Places

“…There are many culturehistorical frameworks for coastal southern California. Although their goals are varied, they all use traits observed in archeological collections to divide prehistory into cultural periods (Altschul and Grenda 2002;Apple and Cleland 1994;Bull 1975;Byrd 1996a;Clevenger et al 1993;Erlandson and Colton 1991;Gallegos 2002;King 1981King , 1990Moratto 1984;Raab and Yatsko 1998;Rogers 1945;Strudwick 1995a;True 1966, Wallace 1955Warren 1964Warren , 1968Warren et al 1993;Woodman 1996aWoodman , 1996b. There is a notably strong distinction between the chronologies applied to cultural development on the southern Channel Islands and those applied on the mainland; therefore, they are discussed independently.…”

“…Extant chronological frameworks for the southern Channel Islands were built upon earlier chronologies proposed for the mainland, notably those of Moratto (1984) and Wallace (1955) (Figure 8). In this report, two major frameworks are discussed: Altschul and Grenda (2002) and Erlandson and Colton (1991).…”

“…The more recent island occupation, the Shoshonean period, was characterized by cremations, obsidian projectile points, pestles, metates, and sweathouses. Subsequent to Rogers' work in 1930, numerous culture histories have been proposed for the southern California region, including those by Chartkoff and Chartkoff (1984), King (1981), Kowta (1969), Moratto (1984), Orr (1968), Wallace (1955Wallace ( , 1978, and Warren (1968). In these, there have been efforts to refine San Nicolas Island culture chronologies.…”

Cultural Evolution and Paleogeography on the Santa Barbara Coast: A 9600-Year 14C Record from Southern California

“…They represent one standard deviation statistics (68% probability), based on the random nature of the radioactive disintegration process. Also by international conventional, no corrections are made for DeV- (King, 1981), Oak Grove culture (Rogers,1929), or Millingstone horizon (Wallace, 1955 (Erlandson, 1985). Lower sea levels, ca -20m, should have exposed broader coastal plain, resulting in increased terrestrial productivity.…”