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BROADCAST WE'RE TALKING NATHAN
HARRISON, SAN DIEGO'S FIRST
BLACK HOMESTEADER. HARRISON WAS
BROUGHT WEST FROM KENTUCKY AS A
SLAVE IN THE LATE EIGHTEEN
HUNDREDS AND ENDED UP MAKING
HIS PERMANENT HOME ON TOP
OF PALOMAR MOUNTAIN
ARCHEOLOGIST SETH MALLALA
DISCOVERED HARRISON'S MALLIOS
MALLIOS EXCUSE ME SETH MALLIOS
DISCOVERED MARICIS CABIN IN TWO
THOUSAND FOUR AND OVER THE
YEARS HAS UNCOVERED FIFTY
THOUSAND ARTIFACTS. SANDIGO
HISTORY CENTER HAS A NEW
EXHIBIT ON HARRISON AS MALLIOS
CONTINUES HIS DIG ON PALOMAR
MARTIN HE'S GOING TO JOIN US
LIVE ON THE FLOOR TO TALK ABOUT
THE CABIN, THE ROAD LEADING UP
TO IT AND HOW HE FOUND IT. SETH
WELCOME TO THE FOUR. THANKS SO
MUCH AND WELCOME TO THE BIG DIG
OF ALL THE PLACES THAT HARRISON
COULD HAVE BUILT HIS CABIN ON
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN I MEAN THIS IS
A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN YOU CAN
SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON A
CLEAR DAY. YOU CAN SEE YOU WANT
HONOR. HE BUILT IT HERE IN A
PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A VERY
SCENIC YOU. IT'S NOT VERY FLAT
AND IT'S HIDDEN THE WAY THE
VIEW YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT
NOW IT'S THROUGH THE CHIMNEY.
THE FRONT DOOR ACTUALLY FACES
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BUT THAT
IS THE KEY TO THIS SITE. IT WAS
A PLACE WHERE HARRISON COULD
INTERACT WITH PEOPLE THAT HE
WANTED TO BECAUSE THERE'S A
NATIVE AMERICAN TRAIL THAT GOES
BY BECAUSE THERE'S THE ROAD
THAT BROUGHT TOURISTS UP THE
ROAD THAT'S CLOSE BY. BUT AT
THE SAME TIME IF HE DIDN'T WANT
TO INTERACT WITH YOU, IT WAS
EASY FOR HIM TO GET AWAY. NOW
ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING AND
LARGEST FINDS FROM THE SITE WAS
THIS WHITE WEATHER PICTURE THAT
WE FOUND HERE IN THE CORNER
OF THE CABIN AND THIS LEADS TO
A DISCUSSION OF THE DIFFERENT
ACTIVITY AREAS AT THE SITE WE
CAN PASS THROUGH THE CABIN THAT
I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE WAS
BURIED IN THREE FEET OF DIRT
AND WAIST HIGH WEEDS WHEN WE
FIRST CAME HERE. YOU CAN PASS
THROUGH THE DOORWAY WHERE YOU
CAN SEE THE ACTUAL AND DOOR CUT
INTO THE MAIN PATIO AREA AND
THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE HARRISON
WAS CANNING GOODS, BAKING GOODS
.HE WAS SKINNING DIFFERENT
ANIMALS AS WELL AND WHEN HE WAS
DONE WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES HE
WOULD SIMPLY THROW HIS GARBAGE
INTO THE TRASH PIT AND THAT'S
WHERE THIS GETS REALLY FUN AND
EXCITING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT KEEPS GOING. WE'VE BEEN
DOING THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 15
YEARS AND THE SCATTER KEEPS
GOING AND WE'RE NOW UP TO FIFTY
THOUSAND ARTIFACTS AND ONE
OF THE STUNNING ARTIFACTS FROM
LAST WEEK WAS SOMETHING THAT
MATCHED UP REALLY NICELY WITH
OUR OLD FRIEND THE WHITEWATER
PITCHER. CHARLIE, COULD YOU
JOIN ME OVER HERE SO WHO'S
WORKING WITH YOU HERE, SETH?
WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT
ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW? THESE
ARE SAN DIEGO STATE STUDENTS
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS
IS THIS IS OF COURSE BUT IT'S
ALSO THEIR CHANCE TO DO REAL
ARCHEOLOGY. AND SO YOU HAVE
CHARLIE GIBBS WHO'S A NEW
GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE SAN
DIEGO STATE PROGRAM AND SHE WAS
WORKING IN UNIT ONE TEN WHEN
SHE FOUND A PIECE THAT MATCHES
UP WITH THE WHITE WHERE PITCHER
SO CHECK THAT. SO FIFTY AND
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT LINKS
TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT AREAS
OF FIFTY THOUSAND PIECES. ISN'T
THAT AMAZING CALAVO THE WAY IT
MATCHES UP IT IS AMAZING AND
IT'S JUST ANOTHER AND SOME
OF THE SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS
ARE REALLY LARGE LIKE THIS
WHITE WATER PITCHER AND AT THE
SAME TIME WE FIND TINY BUTTONS
ALL THE TIME THAT GO
SPECIFICALLY TO HARRISON'S
DAILY LIFE. WE FIND CATTLE
BONES, SHEEP BONES, MEAT CANS,
WHISKEY BOTTLES. YOU NAME IT.
EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY LIFE
SHOWS UP HERE AT THE SITE. IS
IT AS AN ARCHEOLOGIST THE
INTIMATE LEVEL YOU'RE GETTING
TO KNOW THIS MAN THAT MUST BE
VERY REWARDING. YOU'RE GOING
DETAILS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM
WHERE HE LIVED TO WHAT HE WORE
DAY IN, DAY OUT, WHAT HE ATE.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND AND
THE BIG PART OF IT TOO IS WE
LIVE HERE ON THE SITE AS WE
DIG. SO WE'RE STAYING UP ON
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN FOR THIS THREE
WEEK FIELD PROGRAM. AND WHAT'S
CRAZY IS LAST WEEK THE
TEMPERATURE DIPPED INTO THE
30S. TOMORROW IT'S GOING TO BE
ALMOST ONE HUNDRED AND SO
LIVING HERE GIVES US THAT FEEL
FOR WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
LIKE FOR KERISTEN TO BATTLE THE
ELEMENTS AND THEY HAVE HIGH
HIGHS, LOW LOWS. AND SETH,
WE'LL BE CHECKING IN TOMORROW
AND I BELIEVE ALL WEEK TO LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS
DIG TO LIVE IT WITH YOU A
LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME, SETH MALLIOS TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO TELL PEOPLE MORE ABOUT
THE NASCENT NATHAN HARRISON
EXHIBIT. IT'S AT THE SAN DIEGO
HISTORY CENTER IN BALLL
BALLPARK.