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appearance of.th s creekbed suggests that `it may not have been a',per.enial
stream prior to placetient of Lake Wyhotte'and the diverting of waters higher up
in the Sierra. ,
The vegetation of the area is reflective of'a mixed oak woodland. The dominant
tree canopy includea theee species of oak (live, white and black), and digger,
pine -all typical o, the lower Sonoran life Ione. Manzanita .(?sp.). and an
unidentified mid=height brush were also noted,.whilp annual grass�es�and poison
oak comprised the ground cover..Approx3mately 65% of the parcel had some form
of ground cover (brush, duff accumulation, etc) present, necessitating;
scrapping back this material to observe the soil
Although North Honcut'Creek is a perr,enial creek, doubt in this observer+s mind
remains as to whether ,this reflects the prehistoric condition. If noty the _
nearest year around water would have been either !the seep noted on the; bench;
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or along another perrehial stream further away. This quest 4oh has importance
regarding the archaeological survey model that will be discussed
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HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC DISCUSSION
The survey area is located wit!i'm the ethnographic territory of the Konkow.:
This tribe of Maidu has been described primarily by- Dixon (1905), Kroeber
(1925), and, Riddell (197$)., Their topographic settlement can best bedescribed
as variable, with landform, water,, aspect, and an ability to see potential
enemys all 'having a possible influance on settlement location: Elevational
considerations would have been limited to below 14,000 ft., or the prehistoric
snowline, however as the parcel is below 2,000 ft,., this would not be;
considered a constraint. Excluding this vagarious settlement location; their
villages appear to have consisted of extended families having as few a 2 or 3
hobo's (semi-subterranian conical structures' -about 15.ft. or, less in diameter),
upward. The larger, or more important ,of the villages also had a kum
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(semi�subterranian lodge called a sweat lodge, sweatz house de dance house in
Various accounts). The villages 'tended to cluster through marriage its and
this system has been referred to as avillage-community, .
The village would have the most nterse 'activities conducted there; as this was,
,a focal place of winter, work. As suth,la midden accumulation and 'a wide variety
of tools would be expected to be found in and near them, including mealing
areas'that`would be found on nearby bedrock exposures in the form of grinding
slicks aiid:bedreck mortars. Cemeteries were located near the villages as well,
sometimes being placed in abandoned village sites becaujse of the presence of
less compacted soils. Annual mourning ceremonies, called 11C'ryslv,,or "BuehingW.11
were held up to Five years following a deathe Remanents of this' ;ceremonial:
activity would indicate the presence of such an activity area.
Less intense areas of acuity should :also be found further away from the
villages. Healing areas closer too oak groves, hunting' or fishing camps,
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gathering camps,, and reoccurantly occupied isummer{bases would all' leave
specific forms of detritus behind., Lastly, projectiles; 1,t during hunting,
scrapping tools or use_flakes that were`lost during gathering activities may
indicate one-time events that occurred at a specific.poi'nt in time:
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Prior to the lands occupation by the Konkow, other cultures and environmental
exploataton" activities were known in' the; project area. Rather than list these
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FIELD RESULTS: During fieldwork no evidence of occupation was noted. Orne hole
measuring,10 ftx 10 and: approx.,15 ft: -'deep wasl noted in th
01 slope above
the wet bench. A ditch extends from it ,outto the ;wet nen ch.'The.d'itoh is
rv; Getween 5 ft;: and 2 ft. deeps. 2 it, wide, and extends approximartely 40`.ft.
out. No cultural material was located near it.that would help resolve it's age.
s Presumably this is a deVeloped spring that 'was dug to provide a water source
possibly to irrigate! bench. However, it could al o have been a mining
feature that was converted later to pravide tater,regardless, this gestureZU,,
is, felt to.;be;.of historic significance or of such substance that it would,
warrent further determ ndtions as to itvs eligibility for inclusion onto the;
National Register of Historic Places. It is this authors opinion, 'thatthis
feature is not significant and assuch it,was hot formaI lly recorded. Na,other
historic features were located,. The only area not adaquately inspected Was,the
actual -residence pad. However no prehistoric ,or historic evidence was
loocated�"round it'',suggesting that no previous aotivity had taken place there
' and was dest-royed,dur ng c-nstruction,;of the .res denee:
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CONSULTATION
NATIVE AMERICANS No direct consultation with the various Native American
SF Communities took ;place in regards to this specific: survey. Prior communications
and field trips with Mrs. Mary Angle, a:Konkow from OroVille (Berry,Ck:
Rancheria) did not specify anything about this speefic or icmnediate area, even
though„two field trips passed by this site: Further, a search of knortn
religious areas did not locate any site in this locality,
NORTHEASTERN;CA_IF
ORNIA>CLEARINGHOUSE, C.S.0 ,CHICO- A telephone records check
of the Clearinghouse's site files and records (Bill. Dryer personal
communication: January 291 1986) yielded negative results for the parcel. The
nearest Cites wore approximately one mile away, consisting of a Village and
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possibly a ssociated.bedrock mortars.
k FEDUAL REGISTER
A re•:„'. a of annual and monthly, listings ,of the E'ederal
Register publication did hot show any elip;ible or listed National Register of
Hstor,o Places properties in the 'vicin'ty.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Bases on the absence of any significant cultural resources or properties within
the12,.11 acre parcel (AA 72-2�}-005, a RECOMMENDATION of ARCFIAEOi.OGICAL
y CLEARANCE is advanced. This recommendation applies to only this parcel, however
includes alI areas within its exterior boundaries that would bel involved in
: the parcel split:
AEF 95 CITED OR REVIEW®
4 Surcham, L:T
1961 Cattle and -linage Forage in Cal'ifornia:
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Cook, S.F'..
1955 The Epidemio of 1830-18
Calfornia.Publicatons in American Archaeol 33' in tallfdrnia and Ore o
g University of
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a3-325. ogy d 'j,! :+°�•:fInology
Dixon � R.B. •,
t; 1905 The Northern ,Madu.
Nein York. JWOrican Mus
Hilleum o#' !Natural History.
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1972 Maid"Ise
of Native F'lara and Fauna, .Publitheo by the authar.
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1'978 The Tndiail ico,
g of Chico ';Rana dria. Saoramei�to Cal fo
Dopartment of. Parks and Reereaton. rnia State
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ICroeber;"A.L.
3 1925 Handbook of the, Indians of ,California. Bureau .o
78, Washin ton. "
8 i' American Ethnology
Mansfield, G.C.
; 1918 History of Butte County, California, Los An e
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Company. g les; Historic Mooed
McGann, James, Compiler
]877 Off3.ra1 Map of the, County 6f!B'
California,
*� rnia,
McGowan, J,A.
1961 History of the Sacramento Valle
lumnes`. ,Uew
Historical Publishing Com06ny4 York: Lewis
Y«3Vo
Riddell, F.A;
1978Maidu and Kohkow, in Handbook of Narth Am
California; edited by I;.F. Heizer, Wash ngtocanSmi hsoniaVolumne 8
Instit
ution,' PP- 370-86,. n
Work, John'
1915 Fur Brigade to the Bonaventurs. ed
San Francisco:; California HistoricaleSoaetyB. Maloney.
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