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- Title
THREE CHUMASH-STYLE PICTOGRAPH SITES IN FERNANDEÑO TERRITORY.
- Authors
KNIGHT, ALBERT
- Abstract
There are three significant archaeology sites in the eastern Simi Hills that have an elaborate polychrome pictograph component. Numerous additional small loci of rock art and major midden deposits that are rich in artifacts also characterize these three sites. One of these sites, the "Burro Flats " site, has the most colorful, elaborate, and well-preserved pictographs in the region south of the Santa Clara River and west of the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley. Almost all other painted rock art in this region consists of red-only paintings. During the pre-contact era, the eastern Simi Hills/west San Fernando Valley area was inhabited by a mix of Eastern Coastal Chumash and Fernandeño. The style of the paintings at the three sites (CA-VEN-1072, VEN-149, and LAN-3 57) is clearly the same as that found in Chumash territory. If the quantity and the quality of rock art are good indicators, then it is probable that these three sites were some of the most important ceremonial sites for the region. An examination of these sites has the potential to help us better understand this area of cultural interaction.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; PICTURE-writing; CAVE paintings; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; CAVES; CHUMASH art; ARCHAEOLOGICAL site location; ROCK art (Archaeology); ARCHAEOLOGY; NATIVE American rites &; ceremonies
- Publication
Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, 2012, Vol 26, p256
- ISSN
0897-0947
- Publication type
Article