Coal Oil Point Component 1

Artifact Guide


Type: Beer Can
Material: Extruded Aluminum
Dimensions: 12 oz. volume 8 cm diameter x 20 cm high
Markings: "Tecate"

Type: Charred Wood
Material: Eucaliptus Wood
Dimensions: 12 cm x 36 cm
Fairly completely charred throughout.

Type: Charred Twigs
Material: Scrub Oak
Dimensions: variable, all less than 1 cm in diameter.

Type: Fire Altered Rock
Material: Coarse Sandstone
Color: Buff to Tan
Dimensions: Irregular

Type: Extruded Wire
Material: Steel, Plastic Resin
Dimensions: 3mm diameter, 58 cm long stretched out
Comments: Possibly a coat hanger

Type: Can End, Stamped
Material: Steel
Dimensions: about 13 cm
Comments: Very irregular edge, slightly serrated

Type: Unknown
Material: Resinous Wax
Dimensions: ca 10 cm dia., 4 cm tall
Comment: Bluish color, partially abraded, partially melted

Type: Fishook
Material: Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 1.5 mm diameter, 5 cm long

Type: Can, 3 piece, soldered
Material: Steel, Zinc Alloys
Dimensions: 13 cm diameter, 6 cm tall
Markings: Charred, "Chi---n of --- S--"

Comments: This is a rectilinear depression in the sand.

Comments: This is a round depression in the sand.

Comments: This is a dense mass of ash and small charcoal pieces

Comments: This is a stain. Possibly from a high starch content liquid.

Comments: A high concentration of fish scales, small bones, and oily residue.

Comment: Concentration of boiled, and partially burned corn cobs.

Comment: Two large crab claws, apparently cooked, and partially eaten.


Department of Anthropology, UCSB

Stuart T. Smith and George H. Michaels
Comments to web author: george@id.ucsb.edu

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