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r r r ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE DIABLO RANGE: r INVESTIGATIONS AT THE ARROYO BLANCO RANCHERIA (CA-FRE-1331) r FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r r r by r. ERIK C. ZABORSKY r r A thesis submitted to the Master of Arts Graduate Program in Anthropology at California r State University, Bakersfield, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of r. MASTER OF ARTS In r. ANTHROPOLOGY r r. r. Bakersfield, California 2006 r. r_ TO THE OFFICE OF MASTER OF ARTS GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY: The members of the committee examining the thesis of Erik C. Zaborsky find it satisfactory and recommend that it be accepted. Cali fo rnia State Uni versi ty. Bakersfi eld Frontispiece: Overview. of Arroyo Blanco Rancheria (CA-FRE-1331 ), looking southeast. The tlat, oak-studded area in the approximate center of the photograph IS interpreted as the primary occupation area of the site (see Chapter 5). '- 11 r ~ r r r r r Copyright «} Erik C. Zaborsky All Rights Reserved r 2006 r r ~ r f; r r r r r r iii r r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r Thank you to everyone at California State University, Bakersfield, the Bureau of r Land Management, Santa Rosa Rancheria, and my family and friends who supported me though this process. r This thesis has been an effort that spans centuries, nay millennia. Without the support r of lots of people this research in Fresno County, California would not have transpired. I will do my best to recognize all of you that have helped me but if I forget a name or individual r effort, please forgive me and know that you can take some credit in this archaeological r endeavor. r First a big thank you to the California State University, Bakersfield, archaeological field schools of Spring Quarter 2001 and Spring Quarter 2002 who did the lion's share of r initial excavation and mapping. The field school role call from 200 I is the following: Bruno r Huerta, Derek Hurt, Blendan Walker, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Amy Girado, Dr. Jill K. Gardner, Jeremy Kroger, Fran Rogers, Ryan Stahl, Becky Orfila, Amanda DesLauriers, Sandy Rogers, r Citla Vazquez, Susan Lewis, and Julie Minor. Bruno, Derek, and Citla were nice enough to r come back later that spring, too. In spring 2002, the list of participants was: Tim Kelly, Bruno Huerta, Derek Hurt, Blendan Walker, Justin Gamble, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Darron r Nilsson, Shannon Hurst, Rebecca Ragsdale, Juan Pinzon, Audrey Williams, and Dr. Jill K. ·r Gardner. A very special thank you goes to Alex DeGeorgey and Joann Mellon from northern r California who volunteered their time, expertise, and good character to come down and assist r with the documentation of the housepit and burial features ... sometimes things happen to r work out perfectly. r iv r r Without the contributions of ·the following individuals and companies, the special r studies section would be lacking: Erin Dwyer of Paradise who completed the floral analysis; Robert Parr of the Center for Archaeological Research in Bakersfield who did the protein r residue tests; Darden Hood, Lethia Cerda, and David Miller from BetaAnalytic, Inc., in r Miami, Florida, who completed the radiocarbon testing; and finally Craig E. Skinner and Jennifer Thatcher of the Northwest Obsidian Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon, who r did all the obsidian hydration and sourcing studies. Thank you to Julie Anne Hamon r (Delgado) from the Bureau of Land Management for providing a plant list of the White Creek study area. Also, thank you to Dr. Roger LaJeunesse on behalf of the Fresno County r Coroner's Office and Dr. Robert M. Yohe II of California State University, Bakersfield, for r their analyses and impressions on the recovered human remains. Gary Breschini of Archaeological Consulting, Inc., in Salinas was very helpful in r getting reference material and allowing me to pick his brain about local excavations. r California archaeologists Bob Gibson and Bill Olsen were both helpful to me early on during my research, especially in formulating questions about the Salinan, Yokuts, and r Costanoan/Ohlone ethnic boundaries. Thanks to fellow graduate student Rubie Switalski in r developing a set of maps that are coherent and do everything a set of maps should do. Jim Snyder, librarian at Yosemite National Park, also deserves a big thank you for allowing me to r get into Frank F. Latta's notes and manuscripts, and for sending me a copy of the document r which helped to give a real place name to archaeological site CA-FRE-1331. r A special thank you goes to Marilyn Hilton, the University's Department of Sociology/Anthropology Secretary and so much more. She was instrumental in helping me r achieve thesis completion and navigating those eternal administrative procedures. Another r r v r r thank you goes to Marisa Marquez, my graduate student evaluator at Admissions and r Records. Although I didn't get to bother him as much as I should have, thanks to Dr. Robert Negrini of the University's Geology Department for the identification of some lithic r mysteries and answers to general geomorphological questions. One person that definitely r deserves a special thank you is Dr. Jill K. Gardner. Jill is a friend and colleague who introduced me to Cal. State Bakersfield, supported me during my time there, and was the one r who helped me to truly realize what the editing process is all about. r Thank you to Tim Moore, Bureau of Land Management geologist from the Hollister Field Office, who answered my numerous questions on lithic material identification, r formation, and structure. He was also able to provide the Niton portable x-ray fluorescence r (XRF) machine to examine the iron oxide content of a sandstone sample from CA-FRE- 1331. Other people to thank from the Bureau of Land Management are: Russ Kaldenberg for r offering some suggestions to the original research design; Bob Beehler, George Hill, and r Rick Cooper for being very understanding and supportive bosses while I was working on my field work, lab work, and writing; archaeologists Ken Wilson, Kirk Halford, and Duane r Christian for their program support; engineer technician John Wrobel; administrative help r from Sandy Borges, Carol Bustos, Lenore Avila-Pino and Teresa Alberts; technical support r and land use history from Bruce Cotterill, Dan Byrne, and Sam Fitton; and moral support came from anthropologist Yolanda Chavez and archaeologists Cheryl Foster-Curley, Jack r Scott, and Margaret Hangan. The Bureau of Land Management archaeologists who got their r hands dirty at CA-FRE-1331 were: my program and life mentor and Rick Hanks (thanks for the great frontispiece photo); the esteemed Dr. Eric Ritter from the Redding Field Office; r Julie Burcell from the Ukiah Field Office; James Barnes from the Folsom Field Office; and r r vi r r Kim Cuevas from the Bakersfield Field Office. Their combined expertise in and out of the r field is without equal. My peers Julie, James, and Kim worked at the site repeatedly and Julie was extra helpful with profile illustrations. I will always appreciate their efforts and r their different perspectives on cultural resources management, and I will always treasure r their friendship. Finally, a special thanks to John Skibinski - because of "Ski's" personal and professional commitment, I began my journey as an archaeologist with the Bureau of r Land Management in California. r Thank you to all of the other students and colleagues who helped me during my tenure at California State University, Bakersfield, including Audrey Williams, Vickie r Harvey, Deanna Heikken, Gale Grasse-S prague, Robin Tidmore, Susan Wolfe, Matt r DesLauriers, Jay Hinshaw, Nelson Siefken, Dr. Gerrit L. Fenenga, and Dr. Jean Hudson. Two special people on the campus made life bearable during the work grind: Bob Parr of the r Center for Archaeological Research made the hours spent in the laboratory seem less tedious r and much more· humane, and Adele Baldwin of the Southern San Joaquin Archaeological Information Center who showed me that life can be complicated but is too short to lose your r perspective (or your mind over) the little things. Another thank you at Cal. State is deserved r to Becky Orfila, M.A., for illustrating some of the groundstone artifacts and providing moral r support with a dose of friendship. A quick thank you goes to the Kern County Archaeological Society for allowing me r to present some of the preliminary data and findings to a riveted audience several years ago. r Needless to say this research would not have succeeded without the participation and consultation of Native Californian people. Early in the research design, consultation with r Ann Marie Sayers from Indian Canyon in Hollister provided some good input. A special r r Vll r r thanks to Lalo Franco of the Santa Rosa Rancheria of Tachi Yokuts from Lemoore for his r personal and professional insights, as well as his assistance in the legal handling and proper disposition of the human burial discovery. r Thanks to Ray Iddings, Jr., for his continual support and willingness to help backfill r some test units at CA-FRE-1331. Also thanks to: archaeologist Gabriel Roark of Jones & Stokes, Inc., in Sacramento; archaeologist Linda Hylkema of Santa Clara University; soil r scientist Kerry Arroues of the Natural Resource Conservation Service in Fresno; geologist r Fred Fisher of the United States Geological Survey at the University of Arizona; archaeologists Dan Foster and Linda Sandelin of the California Department of Forestry and r Fire Protection; archaeologist Rob Edwards, Director of the Archaeological Technology r Program at Cabrillo College in Aptos, who gave me a solid foundation in California archaeology I will always draw upon - thanks Rob; artist Joseph Demaree of San Jose; Joe r Deford of Bakersfield; archaeologist Mary Barger of the Western Area Power Administration r in Denver; archaeologist Mark Hylkema of California Department of Parks and Recreation in Santa Cruz; and paleontologist Dr.