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Merrie Way Concession Stands

January, 2008 to January, 2008 | San Francisco , California

The Merrie Way Stands Site is associated with a row of concession stands that sold food, beverages, and (presumably) souvenirs that served the Sutro Pleasure Grounds amusement park.

Drawings of recovered clothing and jewelry artifacts
"We Were There Too": Archaeology of an African-American Family in Sacramento, California

May, 1991 to December, 1991 | Sacramento , California

Thomas Cook and his wife escaped slavery by taking the Underground Railroad to Canada prior to the Civil War, before eventually settling in Sacramento in the early 1870s until at least 1901.

Stratigraphy of project area
SF-80 Bayshore Viaduct Seismic Retrofit Projects Report

May, 1999 to June, 2004 | San Francisco , California

To achieve compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) throughout the SF-80 Bayshore Project, ASC archaeologists monitored I-80 footing excavation at selected bents and directed the mechanical excavation of soil in sensitive areas.

J Street, Sacramento, 1854
Historical Archaeology of an Overseas Chinese Community in Sacramento, California

November, 1994 to February, 1997 | Sacramento , California

In late 1994 archaeologists from SSU carried out testing and data recovery on the HI56 Block in Sacramento, California.

1869 lithograph
IJ56 Block, Sacramento, California: An Early Chinese Community

October, 1981 to June, 1982 | Sacramento , California

This report details the results of a program of archaeological excavation on the I Street half of the IJ56 block in Sacramento, California, and was conducted for the Sacramento Redevelopment Agency.

Sketch of Jack London Cottage
Cultural Resources of Jack London State Historic Park

July, 1986 to January, 1987 | Glen Ellen , California

This document contains descriptions of the standing structures, landscape, and historic sites located within the Park. The history of each structure, feature, and site is presented along with references made to them in Jack London’s writings.

Melrose Neighborhood
Nearly Neighbors: High Street Seismic Retrofit Project in Oakland, California

June, 2008 to October, 2010 | Oakland , California

This report presents the results of archaeological excavations carried out in 2008 and 2010 by both Anthropological Studies Center and Caltrans archaeologists, in connection with Caltrans' High Street Overhead Seismic Retrofit Project, in Oakland, California.

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Before Warm Springs Dam: A History of the Lake Sonoma Area, Sonoma County, California

January, 1974 to December, 1985 | Geyserville , California

Stone quern fragment
Japantown Senior Apartments

March, 2008 to April, 2009 | San Jose , California

Archaeological testing and evaluation studies carried out in 2008 and 2009 identified two cultural deposits eligible to California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) within the Japantown Senior Apartments Project site on the west side of Sixth Street in San José