First regional residents (Ohlone indians), how they lived, San Bruno

The Daily Journal (San Mateo County), Darold Fredricks, "First San Bruno homes discovered."

Life in our region 1080 years ago

“San Bruno is at least 1,080 years old.” This age has just been established for the oldest house foundation yet found in San Bruno.  ....  With the city’s permission, they received the delay needed from the Alpha Land Co. which was moving in now to build its apartment complex on Cherry Avenue and Sneath Lane. These apartments’ construction would destroy forever any evidence of San Bruno’s oldest neighborhood. Alpha, however, not only cooperated with the archeologists, the firm even provided a grant to help complete the work.

....  The Indians left no evidence of a written language, use of the wheel or iron and, unlike other families in the area, they practiced communal cooking.  ....   Two house foundations were found along the San Bruno Creek that passes under Interstate 280 now. They used hard-packed mud and clay which produced a smooth, hard surface four inches thick which lasted over the centuries.

...."... They called themselves the Ohlones, and vestiges of their civilization are found throughout the Peninsula to San Jose. However, there was only a minimum of contact with each group that numbered at least 10,000 from San Francisco to Monterey.  Read article.

Reference, Ohlone - Wikipedia/ Ohlone people.  "Ohlone people, also known as the Costanoan, are a Native American people of the central and northern California coast."

Reference, article research -Treganza Anthropology Museum, San Francisco State University.   San Mateo County History Museum/La Peninsula, Redwood City, CA.

Note photograph from  PB/Shsthirdgrade/"Ohlone or Costano Tribe".

Posted by Kathy Meeh