Correspondence and Press Release, 1970 - 1971

The collection includes the artifacts uncovered during the excavation believed to be from the 13th century and related to Chumash Native Americans, the first inhabitants of Malibu, California. The collection also includes memoranda, correspondence, and notes regarding an excavation led by UCLA Archaeologist John Beaton and his team during the summer of 1970, of what would become the site for Pepperdine University's campus in Malibu, California. A later accession added two cartons of soil from Winter Canyon that was transferred back to Pepperdine University from UCLA Fowler Museum in 1977.