An Archaeological and Historical View of Quiroste Tribal Genesis

Abstract

The ethnographic Quiroste tribe has been described as the most powerful tribe on the San Francisco Peninsular coast ( Citation:186). Archaeological and historical information from within their ancestral territory, especially at Año Nuevo State Park, reveals a long tradition of in situ cultural developments spanning the middle and late Holocene. Año Nuevo State Park was the center for Monterey chert stone tool production, and a source of export for economically important olivella and abalone shell. These resources, along with abundant terrestrial and marine foods and materials, established the Quiroste as a prominent polity among the many others that controlled territories throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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