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Rock Art of Native American Indians in Southern California

 

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

ROCK ART SITES

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITS, MUSEUMS, AND STUDY CENTERS

ORGANIZATIONS

 

 

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

Handbook of American Indian Games by A. & P. MacFarlan

The Chumash by R. Gibson

When the Animals Were People by K. Sanger

Whispers from the First Californians by G. Faber & M. Lasagna

 

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BOOKS FOR ADULTS

Ancient Images on Stone edited by J. Van Tilburg

A Guide to Rock Art Sites, Southern California And Southern Nevada by D. Whitley

Discovering Prehistoric Rock Art by K. Sanger & C. Meighan

The Forgotten Artist by M. Knaak

The Rock Paintings of the Chumash by C. Grant

Rock Art of the American Indian by C. Grant

Rock Drawings of the Coso Range by C. Grant

 

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ROCK ART SITES

Anza Borego State Park

San Diego County, CA. (760) 767-5311

web site: Calif State Park Index: http://parks.ca.gov/parkindex/

web site: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Black Canyon

BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Rd., Barstow, CA 92311. (760) 252-6000

web site: BLM Barstow Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/index2.html

web site: Black Canyon Petrogly.: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/blackcanyon.html

Blythe Geoglyphs

BLM Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Ave., Palm Springs, CA 92258. (760) 251-4800

web site: BLM Palm Springs Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/palmsprings/

web site: BLM Blythe geoglyphs: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/blythe.html

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Overview: Rock Art Locations

California State Office, 2135 Butano Dr., Sacramento, CA 95825-0451

Information, maps, directions, field offices.

web site: BLM CA Rock Art Tour: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/rockart.html

web site: BLM California Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/fieldoffices.html

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Near San Marcos Pass (Highway 154), California Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Channel Coast District., 1933 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. (805) 899-1400

web site: Calif State Park Index: http://parks.ca.gov/parkindex/

web site: Chumash Painted Cave (SHP)

Corn Spring

BLM Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Ave., Palm Springs, CA 92258. (760) 251-4800

web site: BLM Palm Springs Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/palmsprings/

web site: Corn Springs Petroglyphs: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/cornsprings.html

Idyllwild County Park: Nature Center and Indian Relic Archaeological Site

Riverside County Parks Dept., 55233 Hwy. 243, P.O. Box 341, Idyllwild, CA 92549

(909) 659-3850

web site: Riverside County Regional Park: http://www.riversidecountyparks.org/

web site: Rv. Cnty Park: http://www.co.riverside.ca.us/activity/parks/mapslist.htm

Inscription Canyon

BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Rd., Barstow, CA 92311. (760) 252-6000

web site: BLM Barstow Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/index2.html

web site: Inscrip. Can. Petro.: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/inscriptioncanyon.html

Lake Perris State Recreation Area

17801 Lake Perris Dr., Perris, Riverside County, CA 92571. (909) 657-0676

web site: Calif State Park Index: http://parks.ca.gov/parkindex/

web site: Lake Perris (SHP)

Little Petroglyph Canyon

US Navy, Maturango Museum

For tours contact: The Maturango Museum, 100 E. Las Flores Ave., Ridgecrest, CA 93555. (619) 375-6900

web site: Maturango Museum Home Page: http://www.maturango.org/

Mockingbird Canyon County Park

For accessibility contact: Riverside County Parks Dept., 4600 Crestmore Rd., Riverside, CA 92509. (909) 955-4310

Painted Rock Carrizo Plain

BLM Bakersfield Office, 3801 Pegasus Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93308. (805) 391-6000

web site: BLM Bakersfield Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/index1.html

web site: Painted Rock Pictographs: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/paintedrock.html

Surprise Tank

BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Rd., Barstow, CA 92311. (760) 252-6000

web site: BLM Barstow Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/index2.html

web site: Surprise Tank Petroglyp.: http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/surprisetank.html

 

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITS, MUSEUMS, AND STUDY CENTERS

for information about Native Americans and Early Man

Bowers Museum

2002 S. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92706. (714) 567-3600

web site: Bowers Museum: http://www.bowers.org

Calico Early Man Site and Exhibit

Near Barstow, CA. contact: San Bernardino County Museum, Friends of Calico Early Man Site, Office of Curator of Anthropology. (909) 307-2669

web site: BLM Barstow Field Office: http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/index2.html

web site: BLM Calico Early Man site: http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/calico.html

web site: San B. County Museums: http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/anthro.htm

El Dorado Nature Center

7550 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90815. (562) 570-1745

web site: Long Beach Parks Dept.: http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/park/facilities/

web site: El Dorado Nature Center

La Brea Tar Pits and George Page Museum

5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. (323)936-7243

web site: George C. Page Museum: http://www.pagemuseum.com/

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007. (213) 763-3460

web site: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: http://www.nhm.org/

Louis Robidoux Nature Center

5370 Riverview, Riverside, CA 92509. (909) 683-4880

web site: Riverside County Regional Park: http://www.riversidecountyparks.org/

web site: County Parks: http://www.co.riverside.ca.us/activity/parks/mapslist.htm

Mojave River Valley Museum

270 E. Virginia Way, Barstow, CA 92311. (760) 256-5452

web site: Mojave River Valley Museum, Barstow CA: http://wemweb.com/mrvm/

web site: Mojave National Preserve: http://www.nps.gov/moja/mojaedmu.htm

Palm Springs Desert Museum

101 Museum Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262. (760) 325-7186

web site: Palm Springs Desert Museum: http://www.psmuseum.org/

web site: school tours: http://www.psmuseum.org/activities/schooltours.htm

Rancho Los Alamitos

School Group Tours, 5400 Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach, CA 90815. (562) 431-3541

web site: Long Beach Parks Dept.: http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/park/facilities/

web site: Rancho Los Alamitos

Riverside Municipal Museum

3580 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501. (909) 826-5273

web site: Riverside Municipal Museum: http://www.ci.riverside.ca.us/museum/

San Bernardino County Museum

2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374. (909) 307-2669

web site: San B. County Museums: http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/

web site: For Teachers: http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/for.htm

San Buenaventura Mission Museum

225 E. Main St., Ventura, CA. (805) 643-4318

web site: Mission San Buenaventura: http://www.anacapa.net/~mission/

San Diego Museum of Man

1350 El Prado, Balboa, CA 92101. (619) 329-2001

web site: San Diego Museum of Man: http://www.museumofman.org/

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. (805) 682-4711

web site: Santa Barbara Museum: http://www.sbnature.org/

Satwiwa, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

41126 Potrero, Newbury Park, CA 91320. (805) 499-2837

web site: Friends of Satwiwa: http://www.nps.gov/samo/fos/

Southwest Museum

234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065. (323) 221-2164

web site: Southwest Museum: http://www.southwestmuseum.org/

Ventura County Museum of History and Art

100 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93001. (805) 653-0323

web site: The Ventura County Museum of History and Art: http://www.vcmha.org/

 

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ORGANIZATIONS

American Rock Art Research Association

Arizona State Museum, University of Az., Tucson, AZ 85721-0026. (520) 621-3999

web site: http://www.arara.org

Society for California Archaeology

California resource listings.

web site: Discovering Archaeology in California: www.scanet.org/resource.html

 

 

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