Archeologists find trove of relics at Ventura Mission site

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The artifacts — terra cotta floor tiles, an irrigation channel, bowls, beads and other evidence of 18th century mission life and the Chumash tribe that preceded it — may impede efforts to develop the parcel.

By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times May 8 2011

Reporting from Ventura, Calif. -- When archeologist John Foster started peeling the asphalt from a parking lot in downtown Ventura, he knew he wouldn't have to dig deep to find a cache of long-buried relics.

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