Final Report on the Archaeological
Final Report on the Archaeological Field Work Conducted on a Portion of the Kiriṭ-smin ’ayye Sokṓte Tápporikmatka [Place of Yerba Buena and Laurel Trees Site] CA-SCL-895 (Blauer Ranch) Located within the Evergreen Valley District, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Ca. Report Prepared for San Jose State University, Department of Anthropology The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, and College of Social Sciences Research Foundation Prepared by: Emily C. McDaniel, Alan Leventhal (MA), Diane DiGiuseppe (MS), Melynda Atwood (MS), David Grant (MS) and Muwekma Tribal Members: Rosemary Cambra, Charlene Nijmeh, Monica V. Arellano, Sheila Guzman-Schmidt, Gloria E. Gomez, and Norma Sanchez With Contributions by Dr. Eric Bartelink, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico Dr. Brian Kemp, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman Cara Monroe, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman Jean Geary (MS), Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging, SJSU Orhan Kaya, Archaeological Illustrator December 2012 Table of Contents Page No. Table of Contents i List of Figures iii List of Tables x List of Maps xii Acknowledgments xiii Dedication of this Report xiv Chapter 1: Introduction, Excavation Background History and Overview 1-1 (Emily C. McDaniel and Alan Leventhal) Chapter 2: Environmental Setting and Paleo-Ecological Reconstruction and Catchment Analysis (Alan Leventhal and Emily C. McDaniel) 2-1 Chapter 3: The Analysis of Human Osteological Remains 3-1 (Emily C. McDaniel, Melynda Atwood, Diane DiGiuseppe, and Alan Leventhal) Chapter 4: Preliminary Report on the Extraction of DNA for Sites: CA-SCL-30H, CA-SCL-38, CA-SCL-287/SMA263, CA-SCL-755, CA-SCL-851, CA-SCL-870, CA-SCL-894, and CA-SCL-895 4-1 (Cara Monroe and Dr.
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