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Archaeological sites in the state of California — in the Western United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. .
The Calico Early Man Site is an archaeological site in an ancient Pleistocene lake located near Barstow in San Bernardino County in the central Mojave Desert of Southern California. This site is on and in late middle- Pleistocene fanglomerates (now-cemented alluvial debris flow deposits) known variously as the Calico Hills, the Yermo Hills, or ...
Location First built Use Notes Plaza de Los Ángeles: Los Angeles: 1781 Plaza: Oldest plaza in California. [1] Serra Chapel: San Juan Capistrano: 1782 Church: Part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. Oldest extant building in California. [2] El Cuartel: Santa Barbara: 1782 Barracks: Part of the Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara. Second oldest extant ...
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
The site was discovered in the 1930s by Chester Post, an amateur collector. He brought the site to the attention of Mark Harrington of the Southwest Museum, who performed the first formal archaeological investigation. Questions were raised then about the early dates he estimated for the site, which were previously unknown in the region.
The discovery is reshaping views on California geology with the possibility of extinct islands. For decades, students at San Pedro High walked over millions of ancient fossils hidden beneath the ...
The Project Lyobaa research team discovered a system of caves and passageways believed to be the “hellish” entrance, also known as the temple of Lyobaa, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]