2003

Archaeological Site Condition Assessment Records at Sites in Angeles and San Joaquin Districts, California State Parks.  Survey, recordation, and evaluation of archaeological sites within the California State Park System in order to provide recommendations for protection and maintenance of such sites.

2003

Wolfsen Rehab Project, Extended Phase I Study, State Route 165, Merced County.  Testing and evaluation of the "Dover Overflow" site for Caltrans as part of a rehabilitation project on State Route 165 north of the City of Los Banos.

2003

Cultural Resources Study for the SCE Tehachapi Wind Power Transmission System Project.  Records search and field check of selected sites and regions in Kern and Los Angeles counties intended to identify areas of known and/or suspected archaeological/paleontological sensitivity in order to allow SCE to make determinations regarding the ultimate location for a transmission system.

2002

Archaeological Assessment of the Arroyo Pasajero Westside Detention Basin with Tulare Lakebed Flood Storage Project, Kings County, California.  Survey and geologic trenching of the western shoreline of Tulare Lake near Kettleman City, on behalf of the California Department of Water Resources and the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Seven prehistoric sites and 46 prehistoric isolates were recorded along the 190-ft. contour, which is believed by some to have been a possible Clovis shoreline.

2002

Archaeological Investigations at CA-KER-246, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California.  Testing of site CA-KER-246 for the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the Bureau of Land Management.  The results demonstrated the site to be a single-component lithic reduction site dating to the Gypsum Period, with a possible earlier component during the Pinto Period.

2001

Archaeological Survey Report, Cartago-Olancha Four-Lane Project, U.S. Route 395, Inyo County, California.  A Phase I archaeological investigation conducted on behalf of Caltrans.  The survey, which consisted of approximately 3,400 acres, resulted in the recordation of 31 prehistoric sites, 20 historical sites, and four combined sites.

2001

Test Excavation of the Friant Cove Site (CA-FRE-3111/H), Friant, Fresno County, California.  Testing and evaluation (Phase II study) of the Friant Cove site, located in central Fresno County.  Excavations revealed a prehistoric component with an intact archaeological deposit dating to the Middle Holocene, between ca. 5,100 and 5,500 years B.P.

2000

Archaeological Monitoring at CA-KER-4595. Archaeological monitoring at prehistoric archaeological site CA-KER-4595 during construction of roadway improvements along State Route 178.

1999

Archaeological Assessment of Two Historic Can Dumps at Enterprise Mill (CA-TUL-814H) and Galena Mine Camp (CA-TUL-1648H), Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest, Tulare County, California. An archaeological inventory of two historical can dumps located in two separate historical archaeological sites, to see if they were contemporaneous with historical operations in and around the sites.

1998

Test Excavation of Prehistoric Site CA-KER-4595, Kern County, California.  Test excavations on behalf of Caltrans of CA-KER-4595 at the mouth of the Kern Canyon just east of Bakersfield.  The site was determined to have functioned as a small camp, a milling station, and a fishing station with considerable time depth (upwards of 6,000 years old).  Trading activities involving Olivella and obsidian were also evident.

1997

The Dillonwood Grove Site (CA-TUL-1985), Tulare County, California.  Testing and evaluation of the Dillonwood Grove Site on the western slope of the southern Sierra Nevada in eastern Tulare County, on behalf of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.  In-field lithic analysis units, obsidian sourcing and hydration, and protein residue analysis indicated that this site was a temporary camp associated with seasonal hunting and/or gathering forays as long ago as ca. 1,800 years B.P.

1997

Archaeological Inventory of the Chevron/Santa Fe Midway Valley 3D Seismic Survey Project.  Archaeological survey of 64 square-mile petroleum exploration project for federal compliance, involving BLM, Department of Energy, and private lands in western Kern County, CA.

1997

An Archaeological Assessment of the Western Naval Petroleum Reserve No.1 3-D Seismic Survey Project, Elk Hills, Kern County, California.  Comprehensive archaeological survey of 9,000 acres of land in the Elk Hills, recordation of numerous historical oilfield related sites and historic McKittrick Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the US Department of Energy.

1996 

Archaeological Survey Report for a Rehabilitation and Widening Project on State Route 41, Kern County, California. Pedestrian survey on behalf of Caltrans for a portion of State Highway 41 in Cottonwood Canyon, northwest Kern County. The survey resulted in the discovery of four prehistoric archaeological sites, two isolated artifacts, and the re-recording of a previously discovered archaeological site.

1996

Archaeological Assessment of the Tollgate Vegetation Management Program (RX-4-013-KRN), Kern County, California. Archaeological assessment for a VMP project in the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, on behalf of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Seven prehistoric archaeological sites were discovered and recorded, all bedrock milling sites. Also recorded were the Tollgate Lookout Tower and one isolated mano.

1995

A Cultural Resource Assessment of the Asphalto Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Kern County, California. Literature review, primary record update, and site inspection for a segment of the historic Asphalto Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad located on Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in Kern County. The purpose of the study was to establish whether this section of the Asphalto line constituted a significant historical property.

1995

An Archaeological Assessment of Mobil Oil Corporation's Mid-north, Annex, Pacific, Maricopa S, and Sunset 18B Leases; Midway-Sunset Oil Field, Kern County, California. Oil field survey and recordation of 23 historical, petroleum industry-related sites, for Chevron USA. 

1993

An Archaeological Assessment of the Short Range Anti-tank Weapon (SRAW) Test Range, China Lake Naval Weapons Air Station, Inyo County, California. Inventory of 730-acre tract north of Indian Wells Valley, Mojave Desert.

1993 

An Archaeological Assessment of the Big Cactus Flat Test Range, China Lake Naval Weapons Air Station, Inyo County, California. Inventory of over 1,600 acres in a basin of the Coso Mountains, Mojave Desert.

1993

An Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed Rand Mining Company Expansion Project, Randsburg, Kern County, California.  Survey of 1,500 acres of land and recordation of 225 historical sites in the western Mojave Desert.

1992

An Archaeological Assessment of Five Alternate Routes for State Highway 58.  Project for Cal-Trans involving the assessment of approximately 100 miles of proposed highway between Bakersfield and Interstate 5, S. San Joaquin Valley.

1991

Cultural Resources Testing and Evaluation at Hart Flat, Kern County.  Test excavations of 30 sites in the Tehachapi Mountains.

1990

An Archaeological Data Recovery Program At CA-SBR-1913 and CA-SBR-6580, on the Mojave Siphon Project, Summit Valley, San Bernardino County, California.  For Department of Water Resources, State of California, data recovery of two large prehistoric sites; large excavation project of 155 excavation units on the Mojave River.

1990

Archaeological Testing of Fourteen Sites in Rosamond, California. Test excavations of several large sites in Rosamond, western Mojave Desert.

1989

A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Proposed Hidden Valley Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility, Mojave Desert, California. 100% survey of 11,520 acres in central Mojave Desert.

1987

The Archaeology of the Cantil Test Track, Fremont Valley, Western Mojave Desert, California.  Survey of six sections in western Mojave Desert, testing and data recovery of eight prehistoric sites and one historic homestead, conducted for Honda USA.

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