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SAN DIEGO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S LECTURE SERIES

 

The Fourth Tuesday Evening Lecture Series for 2008 continues on February 26, 2008 and will take place indoors at the Los Peñasquitos Adobe. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. with the lecture following some short announcements. 

 

February 26th, (Tuesday), 7:30 pm
Los Peñasquitos Ranch Adobe

12122 Canyonside Park Drive, San Diego, CA 92129

Presenter: Russell O. Collett

 

Complexity in the Upper San Luis Rey River:  Testing True and Waugh’s Model of San Luis Rey Settlement Patterns

 

San Diego County Archaeological Society is pleased to present Russ Collett who will speak about a paper he wrote with Richard D. Schultz  about settlement patterns in northern San Diego County.  Delbert True and Georgie Waugh (1981, 1982) posited Late Prehistoric settlement models for the San Luis Rey (SLR) River and the southern flank of Palomar Mountain. Within their study area they noted numerous SLR I period, and fewer, but larger SLR II period settlements. They also indicated an increasing emphasis towards bipolar settlement in the latter period.  Additionally, they predicted settlements elsewhere along the San Luis Rey River would follow similarly.  The results of Shultz and Collett’s research in the upper reaches of the San Luis Rey watersheds appear to contradict True and Waugh’s observations and their predictions for consistency within the river system.

 

Cost:  FREE

 

Directions:

Meeting location is at Los Peñasquitos Ranch adobe (within Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve). Located south of the Rancho Peñasquitos area of San Diego County.  Take Black Mountain Road to the Canyonside Park Driveway, just north of Mercy Road in Rancho Penasquitos. Drive west past the ball fields and parking lots, following the signs to the Ranch House. Access is on the dirt road, through the white wooden gate (open during visiting hours). Parking is located next to the large barn. The adobe structure is south of the barn.

 

For more info on the Preserve call:  (858) 538-8066 or visit http://www.sandiegoarchaeologicalsociety.com