Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project, Volume 1: Research Design
The Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project is a multi-step comprehensive approach designed to achieve compliance with applicable Municipal, State, and Federal laws and regulations protecting cultural resources. This document represents the first step: the completion of a project specific...
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Westchester Bluffs Del Rey Hills Playa del Rey, CA Playa del Rey Bluffs Mar Vista, CA Venice, CA Ballona Wetlands Marina del Rey, CA Santa Monica, CA Ballona Escarpment Ballona Gap Santa Monica Bay Centinela Creek El Segundo Sandhills Aguaje de la Centinela Rancho La Ballona Cienega o Paso del la Tijera Sausal Redondo Santa Monica Mountains Westchester, CA Culver City, CA Los Angeles River Beverly Hills Ballona Lagoon Baldwin Hills Los Angeles County County Ballona Creek Rincon DE Los Bueyes Los Angeles, CA Palos Verdes Hills Playa Vista, CA Historic Protohistoric Millingstone Horizon Middle Horizon Late Prehistoric Horizon Japanese American Historic Native American Shoshonean Gabrielino Spanish CA-LAn-62b CA-LAn-211b Playa del Rey Site #4 Mar Vista site LA-136 CA-LAn-54 Redondo Wilmington Site CA-LAn-78 LA-29 Deane's Broken Mortar site Deane's Site #1 CA-LAn-60 CA-LAn-62 CA-LAn-193 CA-LAn-211 CA-LAn-1698 CA-LAn-211a Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Water-Related Shipping-Related Structure Cremation Inhumation Non-Domestic Structures Horse Stable Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex Settlements Encampment Hamlet / Village Stable Shell Scatter Oil Well Complex Concrete Block Mound / Earthwork Concrete Ramp Oil Derrick Footing Gate Corporate Headquarters Burial Machine Shop Aircraft Production Center Village Structure Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features Historic Structure Archaeological Feature Industrial Complex Artifact Scatter Mining Complex Ramp Reservoir Pier Fence Riding Ring Commercial or Industrial Structures Isolated Artifact Shell Midden Factory / Workshop Midden Trash Midden Mine-Related Structures Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features Post Hole / Post Mold Lithic Scatter Road Patterned Ware Steatite Deer Bone Ironstone Pismo Clam Tivela stultorum Rubber Aluminum Tar California Colored Dinnerware Brass Concrete Chione sp. Porcelain Soapstone/Steatite Fish Mammal Metavolcanic Rock Monterey Chert Steel Oyster Ostrea sp. Scallop Pecten sp. Whiteware Abalone Haliotis sp. Chert Deer Basalt Abalone Oyster Sandstone Obsidian Quartzite California Horn Snail Cerithidia californica California Horn Snail Cerithideopsis californica Volcanic Rock Onyx Slipper Snail Crepidula onyx Clear Glass Amethyst Glass Brown Glass Flow Blue American Majolica? Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii Stoneware Annular Ware Iron Pacific Littleneck Protothaca staminea Spiny Pricklycockle Trachycardium quadragenarium Lewis's Moon Snail Polinices lewisii Lewis's Moon Snail Neverita lewisii Spiny Pricklycockle Dallocardia quadragenaria Protothaca sp. Mollusk Native Pacific Oyster Ostrea lurida California Tagelus Tagelus californianus Pacific Littleneck Leukoma staminea Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata California Venus Chione californiensis Chalcedony Smooth Venus Chione fluctifraga Frilled Venus Chione undatella Washington Clam Saxidomus nuttallii Marine Snail Marine Clam Marine Scallop Saxidomus nuttallii Ceramic Chipped Stone Fauna Fire Cracked Rock Glass Ground Stone Building Materials Human Remains Macrobotanical Metal Mineral Shell Wood Bone Plastic Green Glass Asphaltum Majolica Earthenware Wire Nail Bone Animal Projectile Point Chalcedony Flake Whistle Bowl Awl Automobile Cottonwood Triangular Projectile Point Ash Obsidian Flake Bead Bone Whistle Scraper Tire Basalt Flake Debitage Chopper Shell Bead Cobble Thatcher Manufacturing Co. Worked Bone Bone Bead Core Lithic Debitage Bone Human Shaft Straightener Nail Arrow Point Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata Beads Fish Bone Bead Flake Metavolcanic Flake Quartzite Flake Monterey Chert Flake Deer Bone Whistle Hammering Stone Shell Bowl Abalone Shell Bowl Flake Tool Brass Lipstick Case Rubber Tire Flexed Burial Human Toe Boe Lipstick Case Burned Bone Animal Steel Projectile Radio Tarring Pebble Plastic Radio Playa del Rey Field Pestle Cox Stable Shotgun Cartridge Venice Oil Field Wallace China Syracuse China Wooden Wheel Howard Hughes Industrial Complex Food Remains Owens-Illinois Pacific Coast Co. Tool Bone Awl Fishhook Mortar Archaeological Overview Historic Background Research Heritage Management Research Design / Data Recovery Plan Site Evaluation / Testing |
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Westchester Bluffs Del Rey Hills Playa del Rey, CA Playa del Rey Bluffs Mar Vista, CA Venice, CA Ballona Wetlands Marina del Rey, CA Santa Monica, CA Ballona Escarpment Ballona Gap Santa Monica Bay Centinela Creek El Segundo Sandhills Aguaje de la Centinela Rancho La Ballona Cienega o Paso del la Tijera Sausal Redondo Santa Monica Mountains Westchester, CA Culver City, CA Los Angeles River Beverly Hills Ballona Lagoon Baldwin Hills Los Angeles County County Ballona Creek Rincon DE Los Bueyes Los Angeles, CA Palos Verdes Hills Playa Vista, CA Historic Protohistoric Millingstone Horizon Middle Horizon Late Prehistoric Horizon Japanese American Historic Native American Shoshonean Gabrielino Spanish CA-LAn-62b CA-LAn-211b Playa del Rey Site #4 Mar Vista site LA-136 CA-LAn-54 Redondo Wilmington Site CA-LAn-78 LA-29 Deane's Broken Mortar site Deane's Site #1 CA-LAn-60 CA-LAn-62 CA-LAn-193 CA-LAn-211 CA-LAn-1698 CA-LAn-211a Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Water-Related Shipping-Related Structure Cremation Inhumation Non-Domestic Structures Horse Stable Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex Settlements Encampment Hamlet / Village Stable Shell Scatter Oil Well Complex Concrete Block Mound / Earthwork Concrete Ramp Oil Derrick Footing Gate Corporate Headquarters Burial Machine Shop Aircraft Production Center Village Structure Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features Historic Structure Archaeological Feature Industrial Complex Artifact Scatter Mining Complex Ramp Reservoir Pier Fence Riding Ring Commercial or Industrial Structures Isolated Artifact Shell Midden Factory / Workshop Midden Trash Midden Mine-Related Structures Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features Post Hole / Post Mold Lithic Scatter Road Patterned Ware Steatite Deer Bone Ironstone Pismo Clam Tivela stultorum Rubber Aluminum Tar California Colored Dinnerware Brass Concrete Chione sp. Porcelain Soapstone/Steatite Fish Mammal Metavolcanic Rock Monterey Chert Steel Oyster Ostrea sp. Scallop Pecten sp. Whiteware Abalone Haliotis sp. Chert Deer Basalt Abalone Oyster Sandstone Obsidian Quartzite California Horn Snail Cerithidia californica California Horn Snail Cerithideopsis californica Volcanic Rock Onyx Slipper Snail Crepidula onyx Clear Glass Amethyst Glass Brown Glass Flow Blue American Majolica? Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii Stoneware Annular Ware Iron Pacific Littleneck Protothaca staminea Spiny Pricklycockle Trachycardium quadragenarium Lewis's Moon Snail Polinices lewisii Lewis's Moon Snail Neverita lewisii Spiny Pricklycockle Dallocardia quadragenaria Protothaca sp. Mollusk Native Pacific Oyster Ostrea lurida California Tagelus Tagelus californianus Pacific Littleneck Leukoma staminea Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata California Venus Chione californiensis Chalcedony Smooth Venus Chione fluctifraga Frilled Venus Chione undatella Washington Clam Saxidomus nuttallii Marine Snail Marine Clam Marine Scallop Saxidomus nuttallii Ceramic Chipped Stone Fauna Fire Cracked Rock Glass Ground Stone Building Materials Human Remains Macrobotanical Metal Mineral Shell Wood Bone Plastic Green Glass Asphaltum Majolica Earthenware Wire Nail Bone Animal Projectile Point Chalcedony Flake Whistle Bowl Awl Automobile Cottonwood Triangular Projectile Point Ash Obsidian Flake Bead Bone Whistle Scraper Tire Basalt Flake Debitage Chopper Shell Bead Cobble Thatcher Manufacturing Co. Worked Bone Bone Bead Core Lithic Debitage Bone Human Shaft Straightener Nail Arrow Point Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata Beads Fish Bone Bead Flake Metavolcanic Flake Quartzite Flake Monterey Chert Flake Deer Bone Whistle Hammering Stone Shell Bowl Abalone Shell Bowl Flake Tool Brass Lipstick Case Rubber Tire Flexed Burial Human Toe Boe Lipstick Case Burned Bone Animal Steel Projectile Radio Tarring Pebble Plastic Radio Playa del Rey Field Pestle Cox Stable Shotgun Cartridge Venice Oil Field Wallace China Syracuse China Wooden Wheel Howard Hughes Industrial Complex Food Remains Owens-Illinois Pacific Coast Co. Tool Bone Awl Fishhook Mortar Archaeological Overview Historic Background Research Heritage Management Research Design / Data Recovery Plan Site Evaluation / Testing Altschul, Jeffrey H. Ciolek-Torrello, Richard S. Homburg, Jeffrey A. Swanson, Mark T. Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project, Volume 1: Research Design |
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Westchester Bluffs Del Rey Hills Playa del Rey, CA Playa del Rey Bluffs Mar Vista, CA Venice, CA Ballona Wetlands Marina del Rey, CA Santa Monica, CA Ballona Escarpment Ballona Gap Santa Monica Bay Centinela Creek El Segundo Sandhills Aguaje de la Centinela Rancho La Ballona Cienega o Paso del la Tijera Sausal Redondo Santa Monica Mountains Westchester, CA Culver City, CA Los Angeles River Beverly Hills Ballona Lagoon Baldwin Hills Los Angeles County County Ballona Creek Rincon DE Los Bueyes Los Angeles, CA Palos Verdes Hills Playa Vista, CA Historic Protohistoric Millingstone Horizon Middle Horizon Late Prehistoric Horizon Japanese American Historic Native American Shoshonean Gabrielino Spanish CA-LAn-62b CA-LAn-211b Playa del Rey Site #4 Mar Vista site LA-136 CA-LAn-54 Redondo Wilmington Site CA-LAn-78 LA-29 Deane's Broken Mortar site Deane's Site #1 CA-LAn-60 CA-LAn-62 CA-LAn-193 CA-LAn-211 CA-LAn-1698 CA-LAn-211a Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Water-Related Shipping-Related Structure Cremation Inhumation Non-Domestic Structures Horse Stable Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex Settlements Encampment Hamlet / Village Stable Shell Scatter Oil Well Complex Concrete Block Mound / Earthwork Concrete Ramp Oil Derrick Footing Gate Corporate Headquarters Burial Machine Shop Aircraft Production Center Village Structure Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features Historic Structure Archaeological Feature Industrial Complex Artifact Scatter Mining Complex Ramp Reservoir Pier Fence Riding Ring Commercial or Industrial Structures Isolated Artifact Shell Midden Factory / Workshop Midden Trash Midden Mine-Related Structures Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features Post Hole / Post Mold Lithic Scatter Road Patterned Ware Steatite Deer Bone Ironstone Pismo Clam Tivela stultorum Rubber Aluminum Tar California Colored Dinnerware Brass Concrete Chione sp. Porcelain Soapstone/Steatite Fish Mammal Metavolcanic Rock Monterey Chert Steel Oyster Ostrea sp. Scallop Pecten sp. Whiteware Abalone Haliotis sp. Chert Deer Basalt Abalone Oyster Sandstone Obsidian Quartzite California Horn Snail Cerithidia californica California Horn Snail Cerithideopsis californica Volcanic Rock Onyx Slipper Snail Crepidula onyx Clear Glass Amethyst Glass Brown Glass Flow Blue American Majolica? Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii Stoneware Annular Ware Iron Pacific Littleneck Protothaca staminea Spiny Pricklycockle Trachycardium quadragenarium Lewis's Moon Snail Polinices lewisii Lewis's Moon Snail Neverita lewisii Spiny Pricklycockle Dallocardia quadragenaria Protothaca sp. Mollusk Native Pacific Oyster Ostrea lurida California Tagelus Tagelus californianus Pacific Littleneck Leukoma staminea Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata California Venus Chione californiensis Chalcedony Smooth Venus Chione fluctifraga Frilled Venus Chione undatella Washington Clam Saxidomus nuttallii Marine Snail Marine Clam Marine Scallop Saxidomus nuttallii Ceramic Chipped Stone Fauna Fire Cracked Rock Glass Ground Stone Building Materials Human Remains Macrobotanical Metal Mineral Shell Wood Bone Plastic Green Glass Asphaltum Majolica Earthenware Wire Nail Bone Animal Projectile Point Chalcedony Flake Whistle Bowl Awl Automobile Cottonwood Triangular Projectile Point Ash Obsidian Flake Bead Bone Whistle Scraper Tire Basalt Flake Debitage Chopper Shell Bead Cobble Thatcher Manufacturing Co. Worked Bone Bone Bead Core Lithic Debitage Bone Human Shaft Straightener Nail Arrow Point Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata Beads Fish Bone Bead Flake Metavolcanic Flake Quartzite Flake Monterey Chert Flake Deer Bone Whistle Hammering Stone Shell Bowl Abalone Shell Bowl Flake Tool Brass Lipstick Case Rubber Tire Flexed Burial Human Toe Boe Lipstick Case Burned Bone Animal Steel Projectile Radio Tarring Pebble Plastic Radio Playa del Rey Field Pestle Cox Stable Shotgun Cartridge Venice Oil Field Wallace China Syracuse China Wooden Wheel Howard Hughes Industrial Complex Food Remains Owens-Illinois Pacific Coast Co. Tool Bone Awl Fishhook Mortar Archaeological Overview Historic Background Research Heritage Management Research Design / Data Recovery Plan Site Evaluation / Testing |
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The Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project is a multi-step comprehensive approach designed to achieve compliance with applicable Municipal, State, and Federal laws and regulations protecting cultural resources. This document represents the first step: the completion of a project specific research design that presents current knowledge of the cultural resources in the project area and outlines future steps to mitigate potential impacts of the proposed project. To complete the research design two tasks were undertaken. First, a thorough archival search was conducted. Background information on the environment, prehistory, and history of the area was collected and synthesized. In addition data on six previously recorded prehistoric and several historic locations were obtained from knowledgeable individuals, published and unpublished reports, and historic maps. The background information provides the framework for the development of historic contexts from which the potential eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places for each particular resource is assessed. The historic contexts developed for Playa Vista are (1) man-land relationships, (2) culture history and cultural dynamics, and (3) historic development of the Ballona. The second task completed for the research design was a pedestrian survey of the 1,087-acre Playa Vista project area. Seventeen temporary site numbers and five isolated find designations were assigned during the survey. Of the 17 sites, 4 appear to be composed of redeposited historic material and 4 others, consisted solely of dark soil with shell remains. The remaining 9 sites consist of 3 historic sites and 6 prehistoric sites, 3 of which had been previously recorded. Because much of the surface in the project area is either obscured by fill or disturbed, it is possible that the pedestrian survey may not have located all the sites, especially prehistoric sites. Recommendations are made to continue the inventory using subsurface probing. The report is organized in two parts. Part I, which consists of Chapters 1 through 6, presents background information on the prehistoric and historic occupations of the project area, identifies appropriate historic contexts through which the potential eligibility of properties for inclusion in the National Register is assessed, and describes the current knowledge of cultural resources in the project area. Part II, contained in Chapters 7 and 8, focuses on National Register evaluation and compliance issues. |
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ftdatacite:10.6067/xcv8p271p7 2023-05-15T17:54:22+02:00 Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project, Volume 1: Research Design Altschul, Jeffrey H. Ciolek-Torrello, Richard S. Homburg, Jeffrey A. Swanson, Mark T. 1991 https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8p271p7 https://core.tdar.org/document/400874/playa-vista-archaeological-and-historical-project-volume-1-research-design en eng SRI Press Westchester Bluffs Del Rey Hills Playa del Rey, CA Playa del Rey Bluffs Mar Vista, CA Venice, CA Ballona Wetlands Marina del Rey, CA Santa Monica, CA Ballona Escarpment Ballona Gap Santa Monica Bay Centinela Creek El Segundo Sandhills Aguaje de la Centinela Rancho La Ballona Cienega o Paso del la Tijera Sausal Redondo Santa Monica Mountains Westchester, CA Culver City, CA Los Angeles River Beverly Hills Ballona Lagoon Baldwin Hills Los Angeles County County Ballona Creek Rincon DE Los Bueyes Los Angeles, CA Palos Verdes Hills Playa Vista, CA Historic Protohistoric Millingstone Horizon Middle Horizon Late Prehistoric Horizon Japanese American Historic Native American Shoshonean Gabrielino Spanish CA-LAn-62b CA-LAn-211b Playa del Rey Site #4 Mar Vista site LA-136 CA-LAn-54 Redondo Wilmington Site CA-LAn-78 LA-29 Deane's Broken Mortar site Deane's Site #1 CA-LAn-60 CA-LAn-62 CA-LAn-193 CA-LAn-211 CA-LAn-1698 CA-LAn-211a Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Water-Related Shipping-Related Structure Cremation Inhumation Non-Domestic Structures Horse Stable Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex Settlements Encampment Hamlet / Village Stable Shell Scatter Oil Well Complex Concrete Block Mound / Earthwork Concrete Ramp Oil Derrick Footing Gate Corporate Headquarters Burial Machine Shop Aircraft Production Center Village Structure Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features Historic Structure Archaeological Feature Industrial Complex Artifact Scatter Mining Complex Ramp Reservoir Pier Fence Riding Ring Commercial or Industrial Structures Isolated Artifact Shell Midden Factory / Workshop Midden Trash Midden Mine-Related Structures Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features Post Hole / Post Mold Lithic Scatter Road Patterned Ware Steatite Deer Bone Ironstone Pismo Clam Tivela stultorum Rubber Aluminum Tar California Colored Dinnerware Brass Concrete Chione sp. Porcelain Soapstone/Steatite Fish Mammal Metavolcanic Rock Monterey Chert Steel Oyster Ostrea sp. Scallop Pecten sp. Whiteware Abalone Haliotis sp. Chert Deer Basalt Abalone Oyster Sandstone Obsidian Quartzite California Horn Snail Cerithidia californica California Horn Snail Cerithideopsis californica Volcanic Rock Onyx Slipper Snail Crepidula onyx Clear Glass Amethyst Glass Brown Glass Flow Blue American Majolica? Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii Stoneware Annular Ware Iron Pacific Littleneck Protothaca staminea Spiny Pricklycockle Trachycardium quadragenarium Lewis's Moon Snail Polinices lewisii Lewis's Moon Snail Neverita lewisii Spiny Pricklycockle Dallocardia quadragenaria Protothaca sp. Mollusk Native Pacific Oyster Ostrea lurida California Tagelus Tagelus californianus Pacific Littleneck Leukoma staminea Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata California Venus Chione californiensis Chalcedony Smooth Venus Chione fluctifraga Frilled Venus Chione undatella Washington Clam Saxidomus nuttallii Marine Snail Marine Clam Marine Scallop Saxidomus nuttallii Ceramic Chipped Stone Fauna Fire Cracked Rock Glass Ground Stone Building Materials Human Remains Macrobotanical Metal Mineral Shell Wood Bone Plastic Green Glass Asphaltum Majolica Earthenware Wire Nail Bone Animal Projectile Point Chalcedony Flake Whistle Bowl Awl Automobile Cottonwood Triangular Projectile Point Ash Obsidian Flake Bead Bone Whistle Scraper Tire Basalt Flake Debitage Chopper Shell Bead Cobble Thatcher Manufacturing Co. Worked Bone Bone Bead Core Lithic Debitage Bone Human Shaft Straightener Nail Arrow Point Purple Dwarf Olive Olivella biplicata Beads Fish Bone Bead Flake Metavolcanic Flake Quartzite Flake Monterey Chert Flake Deer Bone Whistle Hammering Stone Shell Bowl Abalone Shell Bowl Flake Tool Brass Lipstick Case Rubber Tire Flexed Burial Human Toe Boe Lipstick Case Burned Bone Animal Steel Projectile Radio Tarring Pebble Plastic Radio Playa del Rey Field Pestle Cox Stable Shotgun Cartridge Venice Oil Field Wallace China Syracuse China Wooden Wheel Howard Hughes Industrial Complex Food Remains Owens-Illinois Pacific Coast Co. Tool Bone Awl Fishhook Mortar Archaeological Overview Historic Background Research Heritage Management Research Design / Data Recovery Plan Site Evaluation / Testing Text article-journal ScholarlyArticle 1991 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6067/xcv8p271p7 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project is a multi-step comprehensive approach designed to achieve compliance with applicable Municipal, State, and Federal laws and regulations protecting cultural resources. This document represents the first step: the completion of a project specific research design that presents current knowledge of the cultural resources in the project area and outlines future steps to mitigate potential impacts of the proposed project. To complete the research design two tasks were undertaken. First, a thorough archival search was conducted. Background information on the environment, prehistory, and history of the area was collected and synthesized. In addition data on six previously recorded prehistoric and several historic locations were obtained from knowledgeable individuals, published and unpublished reports, and historic maps. The background information provides the framework for the development of historic contexts from which the potential eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places for each particular resource is assessed. The historic contexts developed for Playa Vista are (1) man-land relationships, (2) culture history and cultural dynamics, and (3) historic development of the Ballona. The second task completed for the research design was a pedestrian survey of the 1,087-acre Playa Vista project area. Seventeen temporary site numbers and five isolated find designations were assigned during the survey. Of the 17 sites, 4 appear to be composed of redeposited historic material and 4 others, consisted solely of dark soil with shell remains. The remaining 9 sites consist of 3 historic sites and 6 prehistoric sites, 3 of which had been previously recorded. Because much of the surface in the project area is either obscured by fill or disturbed, it is possible that the pedestrian survey may not have located all the sites, especially prehistoric sites. Recommendations are made to continue the inventory using subsurface probing. The report is organized in two parts. Part I, which consists of Chapters 1 through 6, presents background information on the prehistoric and historic occupations of the project area, identifies appropriate historic contexts through which the potential eligibility of properties for inclusion in the National Register is assessed, and describes the current knowledge of cultural resources in the project area. Part II, contained in Chapters 7 and 8, focuses on National Register evaluation and compliance issues. 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