Site Typehunting campDescriptionLocated in the North Coast Ranges near Clear Lake, California. This site is situated in a modern day orchard, therefore, it has been greatly disturbed and there is no intact stratigraphy. There is over 3m of cultural deposits, including Folsom points. This site was likely inhabited from circa 12,000 years ago, and was most likely a lakeside hunting camp.
Site Name
Borax Lake
Alternate Site Name
CA-LAK-36
Site Type
hunting camp
Description
Located in the North Coast Ranges near Clear Lake, California. This site is situated in a modern day orchard, therefore, it has been greatly disturbed and there is no intact stratigraphy. There is over 3m of…
Located in the North Coast Ranges near Clear Lake, California. This site is situated in a modern day orchard, therefore, it has been greatly disturbed and there is no intact stratigraphy. There is over 3m of cultural deposits, including Folsom points. This site was likely inhabited from circa 12,000 years ago, and was most likely a lakeside hunting camp.
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Page Citation for Borax Lake - CA-LAK-36
Page Citation
"Site Details - Borax Lake - CA-LAK-36, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-91/17-1564. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
Publications
AuthorMeighan, Clement W.
TitleReview of the Borax Lake Site (CA-LAK-36)
Publication Date1986
Series TitleCoyote Press Archives of California Prehistory
Volume6
Pages55-57
AuthorMeighan, Clement W., C. Vance Haynes
TitleThe Borax Lake site revisited: Reanalysis of the geology and artifacts gives evidence of an early man location in California