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r <br /> 10 <br /> Panoche Complex (CA-MER-0094 , Component C; CA-FRE-0128 , <br /> -0129 and CA-MER-0003 , Component B) : The Panoche Complex, the <br /> A local or areal manifestation of the protohistoric period, <br /> includes at least one site with evidence of historic contact. The <br /> F complex is best represented at CA-FRE-0128 and -0129, by the <br /> upper component (B) at CA-MER-0003, and by the upper component <br /> (C) at CA-MER-0094 . On the basis of comparable ethnographic <br /> traits, Olsen considers the Panoche Complex to be ancestral to <br /> the West Side Yokuts. A > <br /> Diagnostic elements of the complex include a distinctive <br /> shell complex, including the occurrence of lipped, thin, and <br /> rough small disc Olivella beads, side-ground olivella tubular <br /> clam shell beads, and small steatite disc beads. Chipped stone <br /> includes distinctive, small, side-notched concave-base <br /> projectile points. Ground stone includes bowl mortars and <br /> infrequent handstones and millingbases. Pottery occurs; there <br /> are also baked clay "spindle whorls, " and a few baked clay <br /> cylinders of unknown function. <br /> Burials are .primary and flexed, but cremations also occur. <br /> + The latter may be a distinctive social or ceremonial expression <br /> at CA-MER-0003 . The architectural pattern manifested during this <br /> complex is one of large structures that are 9 to 15 m (30 to 50 <br /> ft. ) in diameter. Post holes indicate that a circular multiple <br /> arrangement is typical. The posts supported a superstructure of <br /> poles covered with grass or tule roofing. Very large structures <br /> 15 to 27 m (50 to 90 ft. ) in diameter represent the culmination <br /> of the architectural sequence in the region. There are also <br /> small, rock-lined refuse or heating pits. These are described in <br /> the ethnographic literature (Kroeber 1925) . <br /> � Olsen considers that the Panoche Complex has definite <br /> antecedents in the preceding complexes, but is a distinctive <br /> expression with affinities to the east and south. Historic items <br /> at one site represent contact with the Spanish and Euro-American <br /> traders prior to the ultimate decimation of the Yokuts <br /> traditional culture. <br /> e Coast <br /> Another important area in the eastern foothills of the <br /> Range, the proposed Los Banos Grandes Reservoir, has been <br /> examined by Mikkelsen and Hildebrandt (1990) . Numerous cultural <br /> resources have been recorded, but excavations have not been <br /> conducted. <br /> An interesting paleontological find made about four miles <br /> northwest of the proposed project area is mentioned by Gilbert <br /> (1879 : 131) . He states: <br /> E <br />