essay
Ethnohistory of the village of Helo' on Mescalitan Island
Archaeological investigations at Helo' on Mescalitan Island, prepared by Lynn H. Gamble • Santa Barbara, Calif. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 2-1 to 2-11
By: Johnson, John R..
Abstract
Johnson uses ethnohistoric records to describe the village of HELO' from its first encounter with the Spanish by members of the Portolá expedition until it's abandonment around 1804. The village is compared with three other contemporary villages around the Goleta Slough: S'AXPILIL, HELIYIK, and 'ALKASH. Johnson also discusses the village of QWA, a Chumash village established near the site of HELO' after the Mission Period. Baptismal and marriage records and population figures are used to examine HELO's political ties with other Chumash villages, its sociopolitical boundaries, and its political ranking. Johnson dicusses the Chumash belief that the site of HELO' was considered a sacred place from the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 231 BP - 195 BP (1769 A.D. - 1805 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- HELO' (CA-SBA-46) and the Goleta Slough region, Calif., United States
- Notes
- by John R. Johnson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 2-7 to 2-8)
- LCSH
- California--Antiquities