News Scrapbook 1985

San Diego, CA (Son Diego Co ) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,4 541 FEB

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Toreros' Carr will be back or another year after all

maj r, Carr still needs about a full year to eam his degree. And Egan said about the only holdup with his new position would be if 11 interfered with his studies. "That really shouldn't be too much of a problem," said Carr. "I'm taking 15 units now and I'm playing and practicing, so it actu- ally should be easier next year." ,I Tonight's game will give the Toreros a chance to amend their worst showing in the conference season. USD was defeated 58-45 by Gonzaga on Jan. 24 10 Spokane, Wash., and it nught not have been that close. "We'll have to play a lot better against them than we did last time," said Egan. "I thought that was out worst game of the sea- son." This time, however, things might be evened out a little bit. In that earlier meeting, Bulldog for- ward Bryce McPhee went down with a season-ending knee injury in the fmal period. He left with game with 15 points and Gonuga hasn't been nearly the same club ince. The Bulldogs - 15-9 overall - will start 6-10 Tim Ruff at center, with Jason Van Nort and Jeff Reinert at forwards and Dwan Hurt and Jeff Condill in the backcourt. Ruff leads the team in scoring (an 11.1 average) and is tied with Van Nort for tops in re- bounds (6.1). " "

CHRIS CARR obviously feels he can make a contnbuhon on the coaching end as w II. •Chris likes the game, be under• stands it and he's very person- bl ," said Egan "With his knowl- edge and personality, I think he'd be good at 11. c haven't finalized anything, but I am sure he can help out a lot of ways." · A year ago, Carr started 23 of 28 gam as the oreros won their first WCAC title and earned an CAA playoff berth. He's started all 24 games this season and 1s averaging 9.3 points and leads the club with nearly four assists and outing. A business administration

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rtifacts found near 1 Evidence of pre-historical Indian civilization excavated from lagoon site tiq · itos

one time very lush. But many San Dieguito sites, as well as early La Jollan sites, have been covered by the Pacific Ocean as it rose over thousands of years, according to the San Diego ar• chaeologist. But the encroachment of the sea upon tbese coastal camps was not the only destructive force. Agriculture has scraped away thousands of years of evidence and rapid development has also contributed to the loss of archaeological remnants, Smith said. Most of the Sammis land has been or is presently being farmed, but the southeast corner of the site has been untouched. La Jollan sites that remain in the area are located around the 1agoons, where shell fish was abundant. Smith said that during urban develop- mellt on the east end of the Batiquitos Lagoon, other La Jollan site& were found . The characteristic which most clearly distinguishes the La Jolla complex from the San Dieguito, archaeologist.~ say, is the presence of the mano and metate. The mano, usually stream worn cobbles, is a hand stone used as the upper millstone for grinding seeds. The metate, created from unmodified rock.s with a concave up- per surface, is the bottom millstone . Between the stones they ground seeds and plants, such as the pinon and hollyhock, to supplement their diet of shelliish. Evidence supports the theory that the La Jollans had a stable food-gathering economy, with a fairly sedentary base and limited movement or contact with other related groups. Achaeolog1sts have summarized that such limited contact occurred during the late La Jollan period, 2,000 to 4,000 years ago. Drilled and polished stones, more refined tools and the reappearance of pro- jectile points suggest such contact. Geologists believe that California is 100 million years old . There is evidence that as a result of the melting of the polar ice caps towards the close of the last Ice Age beginning about 18,000 years ago, the level of the ocean rose sufficiently to cause a flooding of the canyons and valleys of the coast, forming deep bays and h,~vons . The La Jollan's material culture was an impoverished one. According to Smith, they have found some pendants and shell beads at La Jollan sites along with ceremonial obJects . He theorizes that the La Jollans did believe ln some form of religion, although there ha1o not been much fou d to indic te ri u Ill nd customli.

also prevalent. As the team dug and sifted, the shells in- creased in size. "They (the La Jollans) started to depopulate the shell species," Smith said. He said that after some time, the f source had depleted until only small, lea developed specimens were left to eat. When the Batiquitos site could no longer support the La Jollans, they moved sQuth. According to Smith, their trail goes down into BaJa California, but ends there. Ar- chaeologists are at a loss to explain what happened to the La Jollans - whether they continued south or went east, or maybe became extinct. It is hoped that later finds will pick up the trail, possibly even linking the La Jollans to other pre-Columbian civilizations. Said one archaeologist : "Economic culture never greatly changed despite gradually drifting down the Pacific Coast over thousands of years. They stood still.in time." The La Jollan man, according to Smith, stood slightly taller than 5 feet, while the woman averaged 4 feet, 11 inches. He noted, however, that they had large heads. Archaeologists have found an impressive similarity in many physical characteristics between the La Jollans llnd -a prehistoric population of the Island of Kyusha, Jiipan. This gave rise to the Asia-migration theory. · Smith pointed out the lack of weapons or hunting tools found here or at other La Jollan sites. "There is no indication that these people had any type of conflicts with (others) in the vicinity," Smith said. "Food ~as so plentiful, there was no need for dishar- mony." Although their life was peaceful, ex- plained Smith, it was very hard. He said they had a high infant mortality rate and a life expectancy not much over 35 years. Smith said that La Jollan bu.rials show arthritis and dental problems. Very little is known about the people be- fore the La Jollans - known as the San Dieguito complex and theorized to ·have existed 10,000 years ago. The absence of grinding implements on their sites in- dicates a culture based on hunting, the ex- perts say. According to Dr. James Moriarity, pro- fessor of anthropology at the Upiversity of ~go, fossils have shownthere were elk, deer, mountam sheep and bear here. "Maybe m·ammoth, bison anq sloth ," wrote Moriarity in a report about the San Dieguito complex. mith said the environment llere was at

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CARLSBAD Evidence of a 9,000- year-old civilization has been uncovered during preparation of a residenual devel- opment site on the bluffs overlooking the north shore of the ~w.tos Lagoon. Archaeologists have spent the past few weeks sifting through remains apparently belonging to the La Jolla complex - a civilization of Indians theorii.ed to have migrated from Asia, down the Pacific coast and into Southern California. Archaeological consultant Bnan Smith, who was hired by Sll!J!!!}is Pro~rties, de- velopers of the housing project on the west side of Interstate-5, said that his team has thus far uncovered a variety of artifacts - tools, including 'milling stones and shell openers, shells from consumed seafood and human bones. The most significant find thus far, ac- cording to Smith, has been a well-preserv- ed skeleton of a La Jolla man. It is through artifacts and remains like these that . archaeologists and an- thropologists have been able to reconstruct the day-to-4ay existences of these pre- historical residents . According to Smith, the La Jolla complex was the second known group of San Diego County inhabitants and lived here from 1,500 to 9,000 years ago. With the help of radio carbon dating - a theory measuring the unaltering rate of decay of Carbon-14 in all living thiqgs - Smith will later be able to get a closer fix as to the age of the artifacts. . But surface evidence, he says, makes it clear that the find is indeed a major La Jollan occupation site. Smith picked up a rounded stone, dotted ' with a score of dimples. "They used this to grind seeds," he said, while rubbing his hands over the dimples, "to supplement their marine diet." The La Jollan people lived a simple life - they were gatherers. They fed on the abundance of sea life deposited throughout the Batiquitos Lagoon and other area lagoons and bays. · Up on the bluff, a hundred feel or so above the lagoon, lay thousands of clam and scallop shells, scattered throughout the site and buried in layers several feet below the surface. Smith said this, combined with the absence of hunting tools, suggests that marine animals Wt!re their main source of food . Scallop shells have been most c m; mon at the lagoon site, but clam sh~u are 71

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