Millingstone Horizon is an archaeological period of
Native American dominance denoting a period in
California
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, United States involving extensive use of
manos and other grinding technology. The interval is a subset of the
Archaic Period; specifically Millingstone is usually applied to the period
6500 to
1500 BCE
The 1500s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1509 BC to December 31, 1500 BC.
Events and trends
* 1506 BC — Cecrops, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.
*c. 1 ...
. Alternatively this epoch within
North America
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is known as the Encinitas Tradition. Archaeological recovery from a number of sites in California has yielded evidence of Native American habitation and daily life in this period that ended around 3,500 years ago.
Example sites
The
Chumash people
The Chumash are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern County, California, Kern, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis O ...
, who inhabited much of present-day
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
Junípero Serra fou ...
,
Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara (), is a county located in Southern California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa M ...
, and
Ventura County
Ventura County () is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
Ventura County comprises ...
have Millingstone Horizon elements in their history. For example, an extensive site at
Morro Creek in the present day town of
Morro Bay
Morro Bay (''Morro'', Spanish for "Hill") is a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast of California, the city's population was 10,757 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,234 at the 2010 ...
has yielded evidence of coastal Chumash in the Millingstone period.
[C.M. Hogan, 2008]
See also
*
Chumash
Chumash may refer to:
*Chumash (Judaism), a Hebrew word for the Pentateuch, used in Judaism
*Chumash people, a Native American people of southern California
*Chumashan languages, Indigenous languages of California
See also
* Pentateuch (dis ...
*
Quern-stone
A quern-stone is a stone tool for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials, especially for various types of grains.
They are used in pairs. The lower stationary stone of early examples is called a ''saddle quern'', while the upper mobile st ...
*
Native American history of California
Native may refer to:
People
* '' Jus sanguinis
( or , ), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents. Children at birth may be nation ...
References
* Terry L. Jones and Kathryn Klar (2007) ''California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity'', Published by Rowman Altamira , 408 pages
* C.Michael Hogan (2008) ''Morro Creek'', ed. by A. Burnha
Line notes
Archaic period in North America
Archaeological sites in California
Morro Bay
History of San Luis Obispo County, California
Native American history of California
Chumash
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