Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project, Volume 1: Research Design

• Main Authors: Altschul, Jeffrey H., Ciolek-Torrello, Richard S., Homburg, Jeffrey A., Swanson, Mark T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: SRI Press 1991
• Subjects: 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; Pacific; Baldwin; Venus; Redondo; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8p271p7; https://core.tdar.org/document/400874/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...