Purpose of Study: This thesis consists of a historical overview and technical recording of cultural resources within the Veronda-Falletti ranch, a four-acre agricultural complex located in Cotati, California. The thesis includes a historic context tha . . .

Purpose of Study: This thesis investigates the ability to use bedrock mortar depth to reliably infer resource processing goals of the prehistoric peoples that utilized Browns Valley Ridge, California. The study area is a portion of a Sierra foothill f . . .

Purpose: Latinos comprise almost a quarter of the population in Sonoma County, yet local, state, and national parks struggle to increase diversity among park users by promoting participation of Latinos in their park programming and gaining their commu . . .

Purpose of Study Salt has an interesting, and at times, invisible history in the archaeological record. The history of indigenous salt use in California and the Great Basin is further obscured by the lack of archaeological correlates associated with t . . .

Purpose of the Study: The very nature of how CRM and museum practitioners do work is changing based on the increasing interest and need to include the communities where they work in order to remain relevant. Museums, as a result, face new and unique c . . .

Purpose of the Study: The Royal Presidio of Monterey functioned as the center of cultural, political, and economic activities in California during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. There has been very little published about the Presidio of Monte . . .

Purpose of the Study: The intent of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of the use of toxic material during historic gold mining operations and its impact on the historic community. Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is home to what once w . . .

Purpose of the Study: Originally purchased by the State in 1971, the Annadel region has experienced continuous human involvement for thousands of years. The present ASP landscape's complexity is due to this continual human manipulation, frequently in . . .

By using Santa Rosa, California as a case study, this thesis will show how an application of landscape archaeology can be a valuable tool for civic engagement, community outreach or can contribute to implications in law and urban planning. In Santa Ro . . .

Purpose of Study: To develop a more sophisticated understanding of the relationships involved in successfully evaluating and managing cultural and heritage resources by integrating stakeholders into cultural resource management projects. Procedure: Co . . .