Photo Log 10/30/09
Kristin and Grayson
*many of these photos can be associated with GPS points by matching the photo number
to the number listed in the description in the attribute table.
Photo Number(s)
1887-1889
1890-1891
1892-1895
Description
These photos are of a long term encampment on the property.
There would have been pit houses in this location and this is
evidenced by the topography as well as the dark midden soils
depicted in the photographs.
View from milling station depicted in photos 1892-1895. The
green grassy area in the right of photo 1891 was an
activity/dance area of the native people who lived on the
property.
Grayson standing at milling station and close up of grinding
holes.
1896-1898
Second milling station about 20-30 feet from milling station
depicted in 1892-1895. 1897 is a close up of a grinding hole with
a pen for scale.
1899-1900
A photo of Phacelia sp. According to Grayson the Phacelia in
the photo is a less common variety and the root is used for
medication?
1901
A better view of the activity/dance area mentioned in photo
1891.
1902
Ring tail cat print? (The print does not show up well in the
photo)
1903-1906
Photos of Perideridia sp. (Yampah)? This plant has a large corm
underneath which was a staple food. Talk to Justin about this…
Side Notes from
Grayson
1907-1909
The land was first grazed by the Basque sheep herders and then
the ranchers. The area near where the Yampah? (there is a GPS
point at the Yampah). was hand thinned of trees to create a
grazing area. The area is also noticeably clearer of rocks than
surrounding areas because the sheep herders rolled the rocks
down hill to create their corrals.
Milling station near wild rose and photo of large wild rose. The
small rocks placed in grinding holes were not pestles used for
milling but were placed there by people on the site in more
1907-1909 cont.
recent times. Pestles and stones used for milling are typically
granite. The soils at this location are very black from the carbon
deposited in cooking fires.
1910-1915
Photos of Basque rock walls. 1913 and 1914 are pictures of one
of the walls corner stones.
1916
Basalt chipped for arrow heads.
1917-1918
Wall cut that clearly shows the soil profile. This was a good
place to find remnants of arrow heads or rocks used to create
arrow heads. You can also see changes in the soil profile
horizons.
1919
Mugwort near large rose.
1920
Spring. Grayson suggested that this would be a good restoration
area and might be a good place to try to reestablish elderberry.
1921
Pig wallow.
1922
The low depression in the photo is right above the current spring
location and is likely a prehistoric spring location that was
present at a time when the water table was higher.
1923
Pit house location. There were no real midden soils present at
this location. Grayson speculated that this is because this pit
house site was not inhabited for a long enough period of time to
create the soils.
1925-1926
Cedar posts in old Basque rock walls.
1927-1929
Old buckboard (wagon) road.
1930-1934
Core chips from arrow head construction.
1936
Grinding hole, near bone yard (fish and game dump site)
1940
Grinding hole. Grayson estimated to be around 2500 years old.
1941
Kitchen site. Grayson estimated this to be around 7000 years
old. I am not sure where the estimates come from.
1942-1943
Grayson remembers this pond being built around 1981 and the
hill behind it being cleared of tree around 1974.
1944
Pig wallow
1946
Grinding stone
1947
Rock from pit oven.
1948
Grinding hole and rock from pit oven.
1955
Debitage (or lithic scatter) pieces chipped off during arrow head
creation.
1956-1957
Type of rock carried up from stream to create pit oven.
1959-1961
This may possibly a pestle but it is not made of granite. Pestles
are sometimes made of other materials by they are most
commonly made of granite.
1964-1967
Showy milkweed can be used to create rope.
1972-1974
Village site
1975
One of the oldest sites, contains Martis complex encampment.
1976
Grinding Rock
1977-1980
Pit house site. There are slight depressions where the pit houses
were but this did not transfer well to the photograph. There was
good midden soil at this location.
1981-1982
1984 -1986
Photo of an individual pit house location. The depression is once
again difficult to see in the photograph. In the second photo
Grayson is standing in the pit house depression.
Grayson with old cedar fence post from European homestead
(1800’s); Diana standing in old homestead location; retaining
wall from old homestead (the existence of the homestead is
evidenced by the cleared area, the presence of the fence post,
square nails, and the rock retaining wall at the site)
1989-1996
Old olive trees (Grayson estimated around 180 years old)
1997-1999
One of the largest valley oaks on the propert
2000-2002
Old root cellar from a house that burnt down in 1973
2007-2009
Old painted lap board from house that burnt down in 1973
2010-2011
Piece of old bowl
2012
Old barrel hoop
2013-2016
Broken sarsaparilla bottle with lichen growing on it, Grayson
remembers placing that there in the 1970’s
2020
Old whip saw cut log
2021
Old burnt cedar saw wood
2022
Cut nail
2026-2030
Cranston Ranch dump
2037
Broken mono rock found at grinding stone
2038
Large concentration of Native American grounds
2039
Possible pit oven
2047
Shards from arrowhead creation