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Anacapa Island Archeological District
Nearest city Port Hueneme, California
Area700 acres (280 ha)
NRHP reference  No. 79000257 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1979

The Anacapa Island Archeological District, on Anacapa Island near Port Hueneme, California, is a 700-acre (280 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979. It included 26 separate contributing sites, where there was a village site, an animal facility, a manufacturing facility, or other evidence having potential to yield information in the future. [1]

Anacapa Island has a history of human occupation by the Chumash people, who "camped on the islands thousands of years ago"; shell middens make up part of the evidence of them. [2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Anacapa Island National Park". National Park Service.