McKittrick Brea Pit

Kern County · 0.5 mile west of McKittrick · location approximate

Located one-eighth mile west of here is ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds of pleistocene (15,000-50,000 years ago) birds and animals were trapped. Site first explored in 1928 by the University of California, with excavation completed in 1949 by Los Angeles and Kern County museums.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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