PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY
1988-2004
“From Rancholabrean Paleo-Grocery Stores to Rock Art on the Web”
Judyth Reed
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ridgecrest Field Office is the northernmost unit of the California Desert District. It manages land that stretches from the northern Mojave Desert and the Nevada border south and west as far as the San Gabriel Mountains. Topography, flora, fauna, and evidences of the prehistoric and historic past are as varied as the swath it cuts across California. The archaeological history of the area ranges from pioneering work by Emma Lou Davis, Mark Harrington, Lydia Clements, Ruth DeEtte Simpson, Clement Meighan and others to contemporary cultural resources management including site stewardship by the public and rock art on the web.