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INTRODUCTION

Anthropology has been one of the few academic dis-

ciplines which has always stressed the value to be gained

from an interdisciplinary approach to research. This

Graduate Project, therefore, will be an attempt to inte-

grate archaeological and historical research in an effort

to reconstruct a partial, if not complete, prehistory of

an area of Southern California known as the Piru Creek

Drainage Basin.

The research for this Graduate Project ~as begun in

June of 1970 and was carried out in two distinct phases.

The first phase will consist of an expanded version of the

traditional archaeological survey in which the research

area is to be covered by the most expedient method avail-

able~ The object of this research phase is not only the

location of archaeological sites but also the location and

identific?.tion of the various r·esources in the area which

could have been available to prehistoric occupants.

The second phase of the research will consist of an

archival search for any early historic records pertaining

to the area,. It is hoped that any material gathered from

early historical sources can be used either to interpret

or add tc the results of the archaeological phase of the

iesearch~ Most of the materials to be used will be pri-

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