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Number 29                                November 1975
WEST BERKELEY (CA-Ala-307):
A CULTURALLY STRATIFIED SHELLMOUND
ON THE EAST SHORE OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY
University of California, Berkeley
Number 29
November 1975
West Berkeley (CA-Ala-307): A Culturally Stratified
Shellmound on the East Shore of San Francisco Bay
William J. Wallace
and
Donald W. Lathrap
Table of Contents
Preface.
The site ..................................
The geographical setting.
Previous archaeological investigations in the San Francisco
Bay region .................................................
Excavation ...................................................
Artifacts ....................................................
Mortuary practices ...........................................
Animal and bird burials ......................................
Subsistence remains ........................................
Conclusions and interpretations ..............................
Bibliography
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Shellfish, Robert E. Greengo ..........
Fish Remains from the West Berkeley Shellmound
(CA-Ala-307) Alameda County, California, W.I.
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A Mammalian Faunal Analysis of CA-Ala-307, Colin
Busby ..........................................
Birds, Richard H. Brooks .....................
Human Skeletal Remains, Sheilagh Thompson Brooks.
Excavation of 1954 .   .......................
Fish Remains from the Stege Mounds, Richmond,
Contra Costa County, California, W.I. Follett
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PREFACE
This report describes the excavation of the last intact portion
of the West Berkeley shellmound, situated on the east shore of San
Francisco Bay. The investigation was carried out by the University
of California Archaeological Survey under the general supervision of
its Director, Robert F. Heizer. Work began May 22, 1950, under
Arnold Pilling, who remained in charge until the end of May, when
Robert Greengo became field supervisor. Greengo was succeeded on
June 18 by Donald W. Lathrap who directed the work for the rest of
that month. During July, August and early September, William J.
Wallace headed the field party. The other personnel consisted mainly
of students, graduate and undergraduate, from the Department of
Anthropology on the Berkeley Campus. Donald and Douglas McGeein,
William Mueller, and Edith S. Taylor provided welcome volunteer
service.
Permission to excavate was granted by Mrs. Lincoln Maclise,
owner of the property, to whom grateful acknowledgement is made.
A.E. Troiel, of Troiel Companies, Inc., occupant, cooperated with
the field crew throughout.   The success of the project owes much to
him and to the workers in his factory, who were subjected to various
inconveniences as a result of the digging.
The following pages present a revised and up-dated version of
a detailed report on the shellmound excavation, completed in 1951.
The descriptive parts of the original account remain largely unchanged.
Only the introductory and concluding sections have been extensively
rewritten.