An Assessment of Cultural Resources Located on the Ramona Indian Reservation, Riverside County, California

摘要

At the request of the Western Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service, an archaeological survey was conducted of the Ramona Indian Reservation in Riverside County, California. The project area comprised 560 acres of land on the southern edge of the San Jacinto Mountains. Three sites were located within and adjacent to the project area. One of these is a small scatter of potsherds and lithic debris probably representing food collecting activities of late prehistoric inhabitants of the area. The other two are larger sites, one of which represents occupation during the historic period while the other is a probable late prehistoric habitation site. The flake and sherd scatter and the historic occupation site are not considered to contain information valuable to the understanding of the prehistory or history of southern California and are therefore not recommended for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The possible late prehistoric habitation site may have the potential to yield such information, and a program of testing to provide data necessary to make a determination of eligibility is outlined.