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ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
AMSL Above Mean Sea Level
Caltrans California Department of Transportation
CFP California Floristic Province
Ch. Chumash language
CHL California Historical Landmark
CIBA California Indian Basketmakers Association
CL Cultural Landscape
CSL Culturally Significant Landscape(s)
CR California Register of Historical Places
D7 District 7 in the Caltrans system
G. Gabrielino language
GP Gathering Place(s)
GPS Global Positioning System
m.m. mile marker
NR National Register of Historical Places
ROW Right of way
SR State Route
TCP Traditional Cultural Property

As a final note concerning abbreviations used to designate highways, interstates are
designated with “I” and the interstate number; state routes are designated “SR” with the
SR-number.

Language Conventions

In this report the name “Tongva” is used to refer to the contemporary Native American
ethnic group also known as Gabrielino. The name “Gabrielino” is reserved for naming
the language, places historically occupied by indigenous Native Americans of the area,
and archaeological references to the indigenous Native Americans of the Los Angeles
region. The same convention is used for other Native American groups of the region.
“Tataviam,” for example, refers to contemporary Native American ethnic groups while
“Fernandeño refers to archaeological sites occupied by such groups, their language, the
various Native American ethnic groups serving the San Fernando Mission, or other
historical references.
Foreign terms are written according to American English pronunciation with non-
standard sounds using diacritics available to standard fonts. In addition to sounds
common to the English language, the following meaningful sounds written in this report
include:

1. /’/ A glottal stop and pause is pronounced like the pause in “oh-oh!”
2. /î/ A back unrounded vowel is pronounced like the vowel in “cut.”

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