Guadalupe Oak Grove Park
Mortar Count: 4
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Territory: Ritocsi

Randall Milliken applies the name “Ritocsi” to an unnamed Ohlone tribe inhabiting the Santo Clara Valley between downtown San Jose and New Almaden with “great hesitation.”

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Guadalupe Oak Grove Park

Guadalupe Oak Grove Park4 bedrock mortarsElevation 296 ft.A funnel-shaped mortar or a small cone with a broad flaring mouth? You make the call.Skeptical Bob runs his hand over the inner surface of this shallow concavity to determine whether if feels “worked.” It does.A shallow mortar.Photograph by Bob Bardell.The mortar on this rock may have started […]