Canada del Cierbo – Crockett

 

28 bedrock mortars, cupules/anvils, and midden

 

The creek was apparently named for the elk herds native to the area.

 

Less than 1/2 mile from Interstate 80 off Cummings Skyway Archaeological analysis of this site recovered charcoal and bone more than 4,000 years old.

 

The expedition heads toward the site, which sits on that low hill in the center of the photograph.

 

 

 

A landslide slump thousands of years ago formed the hill.

 

San Pablo Bay is just a little over a mile away.

 

 

It was even closer in Carquin times.

 

Back then the lower reaches of Canada del Cierbo Creek were tidal marshlands.

 

 

Most of the mortars here are old and deep.