VAFB-1973-01: Excavations at the Barka Slough Site, SBA-1010, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, a Preliminary Report
Creators: name: Spanne, Laurence W.
Publisher: name: Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Year: 1973
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
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subject: San Antonio
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subject: San Antonio Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/43384/san-antonio-creek
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Barka Slough
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subject: Middle Horizon
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subject: Middle Horizon
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Middle Archaic
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subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: CA-SBA-1010
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18805/ca-sba-1010
subject: Living Surface
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2013/living-surface
subject: Hunting / Trapping
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subject: Butchering / Kill Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/287/butchering-kill-site
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/272/resource-extraction-production-transportation-structure-or-features
subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Artifact Scatter
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Midden
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subject: Shell
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subject: Asphaltum
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Canadian Elk
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subject: Mule Deer
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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description: This document is a preliminary report that discusses the emergency excavations conducted at SBA-1010 the Barka Slough Site. The excavation yielded stratified cultural deposits buried five feet below the surface. The occupational sequence, with an estimated age of between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 500, produced abundant remains of what appear to be those of Canadian Elk, along with Mule Deer and other mammals. The artifact assemblage suggests hunting, butchering, and hide processing activities at the site which was probably occupied during the late summer or early fall.