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Tahquitz Canyon Data Recovery Project
L1993.001
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Title: Tahquitz Canyon Data Recovery Project
Dates: 1986-2000
Accession number: L1993.001
Creator:
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Creator:
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Creator:
Cultural Systems Research, Inc
Collection Size:
50 linear feet
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Prehistoric and ethnohistoric artifacts, associated documentation, and photographic media collected and/or recorded during
the excavation of the Tahquitz Canyon flood control area prior to construction of Tahquitz Dam. Collected and/or recorded
between 1988-2000 by Cultural Systems Research, Inc on behalf of Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is restricted by loan agreement. Requests for access will be directed to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians'
Historic Preservation office.
All rights reserved by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
[Identification of item], Tahquitz Canyon Data Recovery Project, L1993.001, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Loan.
Biography / Administrative History
Collected and/or recorded between 1988-2000 by Cultural Systems Research, Inc (CSRI) on behalf of Riverside County Flood Control
and Water Conservation District and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. CSRI project participants included Lowell
John Bean (Principal Investigator), Jerry Schaefer (Project Archaeologist), and Sylvia Brakke Vane (Project Ethnohistorian).
Archaeological testing, data recovery, and construction monitoring components were undertaken between April 1988 and August
1990; analysis of archaeological data from 1988 to 1994; ethonographic and ethnohistoric research from 1988 through 1994.
Analyses of the collections' archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric contexts were compiled in the report
Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Ethnohistoric Investigations at Tahquitz Canyon - Palm Springs, California (also known as the "Tahquitz Report") in November, 1995.
Scope and Content of Collection
Prehistoric and ethnohistoric artifacts, associated documentation, and photographic media collected and/or recorded during
the excavation of the Tahquitz Canyon flood control area prior to construction of Tahquitz Dam. Photographic media includes
photographs, negatives, and slides created between the years 1988-2000.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Bean, Lowell John
Schaefer, Jerry
Vane, Sylvia Brakke Vane
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Riverside County
Cultural Systems Research, Inc
Palm Springs
Tahquitz Canyon
CA-RIV-45
Cahuilla
Native American
Tahquitz Dam
Flood Control
Kauisik
Kauisiktum