Kelly Ranch Project
The results of the data recovery program conducted by BFSA at the Allan O. Kelly site (CA-SDI-9649) during the summer of 2001 was released in early 2003, as a report summarizing the recovery, analysis, and interpretations of cultural materials from the site.
The data recovery program was conducted to mitigate impacts to the site ahead of the construction of a housing development carried out by Shea Homes of San Diego. The site, located in Carlsbad overlooking Agua Hedionda Lagoon, was determined to be a significant cultural resource through previous investigations.
The site represented a La Jolla Complex habitation site occupied between 9,000 and 3,500 years ago. Excavations at the site revealed a well developed shell midden containing an abundance of artifacts, marine mollusk shell and animal bone, as well as two human burials. The artifact assemblage revealed a variety of activities performed by the site’s inhabitants, including hunting and gathering of both marine and terrestrial resources, grinding of food resources, and tool manufacture and maintenance.
