The Occurrence and Significance of Southwestern Grooved Axes in California

1946 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Heizer
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Primary Field ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Culture Area ◽  
Unfamiliar Object

To the archaeologist whose primary field of endeavor is California, the grooved stone ax is a relatively unfamiliar object, since it occurs but rarely either in the course of excavation or in the perusal of the literature. That the grooved ax occurs at all in this region is significant, chiefly for the reason that in western North America it is a form highly characteristic of, and, with few exceptions, restricted to the Southwestern culture province proper. Since southern California is generally considered a western peripheral extension of the Southwestern culture area, it is not surprising occasionally to encounter the grooved ax here. It is interesting to note that this implement also occurs far to the northward in central and northeastern California, a region commonly thought to be beyond the zone of direct influence by or immediate contact with the Southwest proper. Presumably the grooved ax in central and northern California represents an extreme northwesterly extension from its native locale, which we assume to be the Southwest.

scholarly journals Added nerineoid gastropod evidence for a warm Turonian sea in southern California

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Saul ◽  
R. L. Squires
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Southern California ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern California ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
North America North

Nerineoids, so typical of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous in Europe, are usually rare and lacking in diversity in North America north of Mexico. This is especially true of the Pacific slope faunas. Only three species of nerineoid gastropods have previously been reported from the Cretaceous of California (Saul and Squires, 1998). The oldest of these species, Aphanoptyxis andersoni Saul and Squires, 1998, is from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) in northern California. The other two species are Late Cretaceous (Turonian): Aphanoptyxis californica Saul and Squires, 1998, is from northern California, and Nerinella santana Saul and Squires, 1998, is from a locality and strata in southern California near the occurrence of Nerinella califae n. sp. The description of N. califae n. sp. gives California the greatest diversity of Turonian northeastern Pacific slope nerineoids, namely, Aphanoptyxis californica and two species of Nerinella. These Turonian nerineoids are also, thus far, the geologically youngest North American Pacific slope nerineoids.

New species of Braggia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on buckwheat in western North America

2009 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-581
Author(s):  
K.S. Pike ◽  
G. Graf ◽  
R.G. Foottit ◽  
H.E.L. Maw ◽  
P. Starý ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Oxidase Subunit ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractSpecies of Braggia Gillette and Palmer (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae: Aphidini) feed on various buckwheat, Eriogonum Michx. (Polygonaceae), species in western North America. Two new species, Braggia columbiana Pike n. sp. from Washington and Oregon and Braggia longicauda Pike n. sp. from Washington, Oregon, and northern California, are proposed. Descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 “barcode” sequences, a key to the species of Braggia, and notes on biology, distribution, and parasitoid associations are provided.

scholarly journals Supplemental material: Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of Paleozoic and Triassic passive margin strata of western North America

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Gehrels ◽  
Mark Pecha
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Isotope Geochemistry ◽  
Hf Isotope ◽  
Passive Margin ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Data Table

Geosphere, February 2014, v. 10, p. 49-65, doi:10.1130/GES00889.1, Supplemental Tables - Zipped file containing 13 Excel table files. Table 1: Alaska U-Pb data. Table 2: Northern British Columbia U-Pb data. Table 3: Southern British Columbia U-Pb data. Table 4: Nevada-Utah U-Pb data. Table 5: Southern California U-Pb data. Table 6: Sonora U-Pb data. Table 7: Hf standard data. Table 8: Alaska Hf data. Table 9: Northern British Columbia Hf data. Table 10: Southern British Columbia Hf data. Table 11: Nevada-Utah Hf data. Table 12: Southern California Hf data. Table 13: Sonora Hf data.

Two new brown-spored species of Pertusaria from south-western North America

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 411-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imke SCHMITT ◽  
H. Thorsten LUMBSCH ◽  
Charis BRATT
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Western North America

Two new Pertusaria species with brown ascospores are described from southern California and Baja California, Mexico. Pertusaria islandica sp. nov. is characterized by pertusariate to pseudolecanorate ascomata, ellipsoid ascospores, 8-spored asci, a strongly K+ violet reacting epithecium, and the presence of the 2′-O-methylperlatolic acid chemosyndrome, while P. occidentalis sp. nov. has pertusariate ascomata, globose to subglobose ascospores, 8-spored asci, and contains the arthothelin chemosyndrome. Pertusaria ochracea Kremp. is reduced to synonymy with P. melanospora Nyl.

The milliped order Callipodida in western North America (Schizopetalidae: Tynommatinae), and a summary of the New World fauna

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland M. Shelley
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
South Texas ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Washington County ◽  
New Localities

AbstractIn western North America, the milliped order Callipodida is represented by the Colactidini, Tynommatini stat. n., and Diactidini tribus n., in the subfamily Tynommatinae, family Schizopetalidae; a coordinate tribe, the Texophonini, occurs on the Gulf Coast of south Texas. The Tynommatini consists of two genera and four species: Tynomma mutans (Chamberlin), T. magnum Buckett & Gardner, and T. gardneri sp. n., occurring around Monterey and San Pablo/San Francisco Bays, California, and Idrionaria dineh gen. n. & sp. n., in Washington County, Utah. The Colactidini ranges from Durango, Mexico, to central Utah and California east of the Sierra Nevada, with disjunct areas in southern California and Baja California, the latter extending northward to metropolitan San Diego. It is represented by two genera and 6 species: Colactis Loomis: C. tiburona (Chamberlin), utorum (Chamberlin), and protenta and quadrata, both by Loomis; and Heptium Loomis: H. carinellum and scamillatum, both by Loomis. The Diactidini, occupying coastal southern California and the adjacent fringe of Baja California, is comprised of three genera and 10 species: Diactis Loomis: D. soleata, triangula, and frondifera, all by Loomis, and amniscela, cupola, jacinto, procera, and strumella, all spp. n.; Florea sinuata gen. n. & sp. n.; and Caliactis bistolata gen. n. & sp. n. The following new synonymies are proposed: C. yuma Chamberlin, sideralis Loomis, and loomisi Hoffman under C. tiburona; C. briggsi Shear and saxetana and baboquivari, both by Loomis, under C. utorum; H. canum Chamberlin under H. carinellum; and Etiron paroicum and pearcei, both by Chamberlin, under D. triangula and T. mutans, respectively. The eastern Nearctic callipodid fauna is summarized and significant new localities are reported; Tetracion antraeum Hoffman, stat. n., is elevated from a subspecies of T. jonesi Hoffman.

Zooarchaeology of the pre-Contact Northwest coast of North America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory G. Monks
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Northwest Coast ◽  
Contact Period ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Short History ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Klamath River ◽  
Culture Area

The Northwest Coast of North America (NWC) is a culture area that extends from the Klamath River in northern California to Yakutat Bay in southeastern Alaska. The area’s topography varies from a relatively linear open Pacific shoreline in Oregon and Washington to a highly irregular shoreline of islands, archipelagos, and fjords with mountains often descending precipitously into the sea. Archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America has a relatively short history, and zooarchaeology has an even shorter one. This paper presents a summary of that history for the pre-contact period, traces the research that has been done to date and suggests some directions for future studies.

On the Weight of the Evidence from Cross Creek: A Reply to Turner

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Fitzgerald ◽  
Terry L. Jones
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
Migration Model ◽  
Maritime Culture ◽  
Temporal Priority ◽  
Stone Culture ◽  
Coastal Adaptations

As stated in our original paper (Jones et al. 2002), the Cross Creek site is not of sufficient antiquity to challenge Clovis for temporal priority in western North America, but it pushes the age of the California Milling Stone culture back 2,000 years earlier than previous estimates. The Milling Stone culture and coastal adaptations on the southern California islands are so profoundly different from Clovis that they beg consideration of alternative colonization scenarios. Relying on old arguments and ignoring recently published findings, Turner (this issue) argues that there is insufficient evidence for a maritime culture on the central coast of California at the end of the Pleistocene. In our response, we further discuss implications of the findings from Cross Creek and other studies that support a coastal migration model.

Phellinus artemisiae sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetaceae), from western USA

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEF VLASÁK ◽  
JOSEF VLASÁK Jr.
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Shrub Species ◽  
Western Usa ◽  
High Degree

The dry slopes of mountains in southern California (USA) are often covered by chaparral—dense shrubby vegetation with characteristic plants such as Adenostoma sp., Arctostaphylos sp., and Ceanothus sp. This unique ecosystem is home to a wide array of animal, plant and fungal species, which also show a high degree of endemism. For example, the polypore Phellinus arctostaphyli (Long) Niemelä grows only on the three shrub species mentioned above and is endemic to western North America (Gilbertson & Ryvarden 1987).

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