{"id":1151,"date":"2023-03-07T01:58:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=1151"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T22:36:57","slug":"elem-fea-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=1151","title":{"rendered":"Elem Fea. Interpretation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d5db3a3\" data-block-id=\"d5db3a3\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d5db3a3-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-51b6e4d\" data-block-id=\"51b6e4d\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-51b6e4d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-51b6e4d-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b075ebd\" data-block-id=\"b075ebd\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b075ebd-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-347c83a\" data-block-id=\"347c83a\"><style>.stk-347c83a-container{background-image:url(https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/histor1-1.gif) !important;background-attachment:fixed !important;background-position:top center !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:cover !important}.stk-347c83a-container:before{background-color:#000000 !important;opacity:0.6 !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-347c83a-container stk-hover-parent stk--has-background-overlay\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-347c83a-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Elem Historic Feature Interpretation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fe1bbe6\" data-block-id=\"fe1bbe6\"><style>.stk-fe1bbe6{margin-bottom:1px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fe1bbe6-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-09cb4b7\" data-block-id=\"09cb4b7\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-09cb4b7{flex:1 1 calc(2.7% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-09cb4b7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-09cb4b7-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-36ec0c8\" data-block-id=\"36ec0c8\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-36ec0c8{flex:1 1 calc(97.3% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-36ec0c8-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-36ec0c8-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong>The following table lists the historical features, their probable age, function, and general characteristics. \u00a0This information suggests a historic Native American community that was maintaining their traditional lake resource economic focus and their traditional religious focus while taking on some of the agricultural practices of the colonizing European culture. \u00a0The features indicate differences between households in economic focus as well as traditional focus.<br><br>Features 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 all included Chinese related materials suggesting that most Elem households accepted the Chinese mine-working pioneers into their families. \u00a0\u00a0The features indicate that different households specialized in different economic activities. Feature 4 had an abundance of fishing related material where Features 5 and 6 had more agricultural related material. \u00a0Some features (particularly Feature 4 but also 5 and 6) had more \u201ctraditional\u201d cultural items suggesting that older or more traditional individuals lived in these households. \u00a0Children\u2019s items used by both girls and boys were found in two of the features (5 and 6). \u00a0A striving to be self-sufficient and not tied to the market economy introduced by the colonizing Europeans was evident by the existence of canning jars in most of the features (2, 5, 6, 7).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Fea.<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Date<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Type of<br>Deposit<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Representing<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Traditional<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Use of<br>Lake<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Children<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Home<br>Canning<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Chinese<br>Material<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>pre<br>1917<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Trash Pit<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>General<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1903-<br>1934<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>House &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>General<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Stone<br>Tool<br>Making<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Pre<br>1917<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>House &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>General<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fish bone<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<br>Many<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Pre<br>1917<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>House &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fisherman<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Shell<br>Bead<br>Making<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Boat<br>parts,<br>fish bone<br>and shell<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1900-<br>1960<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>House &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Agricultural<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Shell<br>Bead<br>Making<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Shell<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>boys &amp;<br>girls<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1880-<br>1958<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>House &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>General<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Shell<br>Bead<br>Making<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>boys &amp;<br>girls<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1880-<br>1930<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Sheet<br>Deposit<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>General<br>Household<br>Refuse<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Boat parts<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong>It is likely that these historic features contained information that could have been used to define specific families and the economic and cultural differences each family brought to the community as a whole.<br><br>The study of these features could have provided documentation on the rate of acculturation that was occurring in the community following European colonization of the area. \u00a0<br><br>A study of the Chinese materials contained in these features could have provided a timetable for the arrival of Chinese pioneers in Lake County as well as an indication of what part of China they came from. \u00a0The Chinese materials could have indicated their cultural status in the community and when and if they were forced to return to China following passage of the 1888 Scott Act (any Chinese who returned to China could not return to the U.S.) or the 1892 Geary Act (all Chinese in the U.S. must carry certificates of residence).<br><br>Unfortunately, all the historic features described on this page were destroyed by EPA grading without any data recovery or mitigation as required by the National Historic Preservation Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/histor64.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1276\" width=\"467\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/histor64.jpg 306w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/histor64-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\"><strong>All historic features destroyed by illegal EPA project grading.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elem Historic Feature Interpretation The following table lists the historical features, their probable age, function, and general characteristics. \u00a0This information suggests a historic Native American community that was maintaining their traditional lake resource economic focus and their traditional religious focus while taking on some of the agricultural practices of the colonizing European culture. \u00a0The features 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