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Borax Lake - CA-LAK-36

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Site Typehunting camp DescriptionLocated 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

"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

Author Meighan, Clement W.
Title Review of the Borax Lake Site (CA-LAK-36)
Publication Date 1986
Author Meighan, Clement W., C. Vance Haynes
Title The Borax Lake site revisited: Reanalysis of the geology and artifacts gives evidence of an early man location in California
Publication Date 1970-02

Site Information

There are 134 specimens from this Item Group

973.5.1 - retouched flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeretouched flake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.2 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.3 - core

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typecore Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.4 - scraper

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typescraper Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.5 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.6 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.7 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.8 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.9 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.10 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.11 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.12 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.13 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.14 - geometric flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.15 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.16 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.17 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.18 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.19 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.20 - geometric flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05

973.5.21 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, California, Borax Lake Date Collected1973-05