FDI - Esselen

The Esselen were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer language family of California. They were located on the upper Carmel and Sur Rivers and along the coast from Point Lopez to Point Sur. The tribe was destroyed by missionization, even before the influx of gold rush miners and settlers. Descendants remain in their aboriginal territories.

Year	*History*
1770	Bulk of population gathered into Missions San Carlos Borromeo and Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
1802	Pneumonia and diphtheria epidemics
1806	Measles epidemic
1821	Few remaining indentured to Mexican lords

Esselen Sites

California Prehistory.com http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0024.html

Del Monte Forest Archeological Investigations http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0023.html

Developing an Archeological Predictive Model http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/learngis/papers/583paper2Brogan.htm

Esselen Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t320

Esselen Book http://www.henrymiller.org/pdf/EsselenBook3.6.pdf

Esselen Indians http://www.mchsmuseum.com/esselen.html

http://www.henrymiller.org/pdf/EsselenBook3.6.pdf

.. Esselen Indians of Monterey County http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/esselen.html

Esselen Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/esselen/esselenindianhist.htm

Esselen Language http://www.native-languages.org/esselen.htm

Esselen Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ESQ

Esselen Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=ESQ

Esselen Nation http://www.esselennation.net/

Esselen Tribe of Monterey County http://www.esselen.com/

Hands: A Unique Esselen Art Form http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports02/rep0034.html

Linguistics and Prehistory: A Case Study From the Monterrey Bay Area http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports02/rep0027.html

Mission Nuestra Senora de Soledad http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/soledad.html

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo http://www.notfrisco.com/almanac/kroeber01/scarlos.html

Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation http://www.esselennation.com/

Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Roundhouse http://www.indiancanyon.org/vlodge2a.html

Post Contact Esselen Occupation of the Santa Lucia Mountains http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0024.html

Radiocarbon Dates on Three Mussel Shell Fish Hooks ... http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0001.html

Radiocarbon Dates on Olivella Shell Beads http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0004.html

The Sarhentaruc Problem http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports02/rep0028.html

Shell Beads and Ornaments ... http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0020.html

Tribal Warfare http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.03-25-04/news/Article.coverstory

*Ethnie:*	ESSELEN
*Language:*	Esselen
*Family:*	Esselen
*Stock:*	Esseken-Yuman
*Phylum:*	Hokan
*Macro-Culture:*	Transitional - Southern California, Central California

Year	Population	Source
1700	750	NAHDB calculation
1770	750	Kroeber
1800	500	NAHDB calculation
1828	1	Hester
1900	50	NAHDB calculation
2000	50	NAHDB calculation