This project also included test excavation at four of the Native American Indian sites, four sites associated with the town of Manzanar, and three relocation center features. In all, 14 Native American Indian sites, dozens of sites and features associated with the townsite and earlier ranches, and all of the known features of the relocation center have been fully recorded. Three major categories of remains were encountered: (1) those associated with the Manzanar Relocation Center (2) those associated with the early twentieth century abandoned Manzanar townsite and (3) those associated with late prehistoric and early historical Native American Indian use of the area. The archeological work was designed to inventory and evaluate all historical and prehistoric archeological resources within the National Historic Site, as well as other archeological resources near the National Historic Site related to the relocation center. The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of ten such facilities at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese immigrants were interned during World War II. This report presents the results of archeological investigations at Manzanar National Historic Site in the Owens Valley of eastern California.
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