"It is rare to find archaeological deposits as intact as those revealed in the FAARP [Funston Avenue Archaeological Research Project] investigations. The importance of this cultural resource is heightened by the Presidio's prominent role in the history of Spanish colonies in the New World, Indigenous Californians, the city of San Francisco, and 18th- and 19th-century international relations. The Project Area contains intact remains relating to each historic phase of occupation of the Presidio; the potential for drawing on these remains for a wide range of significant research in any of these time periods cannot be underestimated. Likewise, public interpretation of these cultural resources has already been shown to have local, national, and international appeal."
-- excerpt from the management summary, Voss, B., A. Naruta and A. Ramsay Preliminary Report of Field Observations: Funston Avenue Archaeological Research Project, Presidio of San Francisco, 1999. University of California Archaeological Research Facility. Submitted to Presidio Trust Oct. 1999.
After the archaeological excavations in 1999 discovered
rich, intact archaeological deposits throughout the Funston Avenue area, the Presidio
Trust suspended their plans for installing subsurface irrigation.
view the management summary of
the preliminary research results.
The final report on the 1999 research was due in June
2000.