Wednesday, October 19, 12:00pm Soc Sci I, 261 Nathan Acebo · Soc Sci I, 261 Nathan Acebo Graduate...
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Arch/Phys Lunch Talk Wednesday, October 19, 12:00pm Soc Sci I, 261 Nathan Acebo Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology Stanford University Reassembling the Black Star Canyon Village Located in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County California, The Black Star Canyon Village (CA-ORA-132) is popularly associated with the event of the “Battle of Black Star Canyon”, in which an ambiguous group of Native Americans were accused of stealing horses and were subsequently killed in 1831 by American fur trappers. Although the massacre was a significant historical event, the site also contains the remains of an extensive late prehistorical village. The interpretations by local historians and archaeologists have dichotomously characterized the village as “a wild colonial frontier site” and as “a limited resource exploitation local”, however the material and social histories of indigenous communities, past and present, are ossified while legacies of Spanish, Mexican and American colonial society are both solidified and continued. This paper seeks to complicate the disunion the modern characterizations of the Black Star village by exploring how protohistoric and colonial era materialities of the mountain afforded local and non-local indigenous practices of social and economic autonomy during the transition from the protohistoric into the eras of colonialism. In addition to analyses of historical, lithic and ceramic assemblages, the research is focused on a collaborative approach incorporating the perspectives of the descendent indigenous communities.
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Arch/Phys Lunch Talk
Wednesday, October 19, 12:00pm Soc Sci I, 261
Nathan Acebo Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology Stanford University
Reassembling the Black
Star Canyon Village
Located in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County California, The Black Star CanyonVillage (CA-ORA-132) is popularly associated with the event of the “Battle of Black StarCanyon”,inwhichanambiguousgroupofNativeAmericanswereaccusedofstealinghorsesandweresubsequentlykilledin1831byAmericanfurtrappers.Althoughthemassacrewasasignificanthistoricalevent,thesitealsocontainstheremainsofanextensivelateprehistoricalvillage. The interpretations by local historians and archaeologists have dichotomouslycharacterized the village as “a wild colonial frontier site” and as “a limited resourceexploitationlocal”,howeverthematerialandsocialhistoriesofindigenouscommunities,pastandpresent,areossifiedwhilelegaciesofSpanish,MexicanandAmericancolonialsocietyareboth solidified and continued. This paper seeks to complicate the disunion the moderncharacterizations of the Black Star village by exploring how protohistoric and colonial eramaterialitiesof themountainafforded localandnon-local indigenouspracticesofsocialand economic autonomy during thetransition from the protohistoric into theeras of colonialism. In addition to analysesofhistorical,lithicandceramicassemblages,the research is focused on a collaborativeapproach incorporating the perspectives ofthedescendentindigenouscommunities.
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