The Archaeology of the McCain Valley Study Area in Eastern San Diego County, California: a Scientific Class II Cultural Resource Inventory|考古学数据集|文化遗产管理数据集

The results of a Class II Cultural Resource Inventory are reported for the McCain Valley Study Area. The Class II study is designed to accommodate the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) planning and management needs by providing a data base from which objective estimates can be made of the nature and distribution of cultural resources within a defined area. The data base was acquired through implementation of a seven percent multi-stage sample field inventory using an 80-acre transect as the unit of observation. Located in eastern San Diego County, the McCain Valley Study Area is a physiographically transitional region comprised of approximately 98,000 acres of mountain and desert lands administered by BLM. As the study area consists of numerous blocks of noncontiguous BLM lands, it was first subdivided into seven separate sections and then stratified by environmental factors to facilitate sampling. From this, a five percent systematic random sample was drawn in two phases, supplemented by a two percent judgmental survey of unique environmental zones.

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the prehistoric sites and features and their environmental associates was used to predict the kind, density, diversity, and potential for sites throughout the entire McCain Valley Study Area. Special studies were performed for rock art and roasting pits, and on limited field collections of obsidian, ceramics, and projectile points. Results of the analysis were synthesized with the existing site record, ethnohistoric and ethnographic data to develop an interpretative framework for understanding the subsistence-settlement pattern in the study area. Theoretical and methodological considerations relevant to future research and potential land use impacts are discussed as the final component.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2014, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.