La Jolla

The Indian culture of the La Jolla was located just south of present day San Diego, California. The La Jolla culture is derived from the older Indian culture, the San Dieguito culture. This Indian culture probably broke away from this earlier culture and began their own at about 6950 years BP. These Indians were niche tool makers. They made crude chipped-stone tools. These tools were usually found mixed in with hearth and bone deposits. This culture also produced other tools such as crude projectile points, used to hunt small animals which roamed the nearby landscape. They also produced tools made from these animals. These tools were bone awls, flake beads, and atlatl hooks. These tools were, however, seen in low frequency compared to the tools made from flint.

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