Purpose of the Study: Inter-site analyses have been lacking for the northern Sonoma coast. This study was undertaken to confirm survey data regarding site types, synthesize previous single-site studies, and generate the outline of a chronological sequ . . .

Purpose of the Study: Classroom based archaeology education programs for elementary age students are often geared mostly to the science curriculum and are based on non-local, aggrandized archaeological sites. Archaeology educational materials created . . .

Purpose of Thesis: Ranching has been the dominant industry on the Point Reyes peninsula from the 1830s to the present, and the material remnants of these activities make up a significant portion of the cultural resources the Point Reyes National Seash . . .

Purpose of Study: The Gunther barbed projectile point type has long been considered as a time marker of the late prehistoric period in Northern California. During the 39 years since its introduction the utility of the type has been diluted by a growin . . .

Purpose Jackson Demonstration State Forest, managed by California Department of Forestry (CDF), must comply with environmental protections codified in the Forest Practice Rules. Within these rules are requirements for the identification and preservati . . .

Purpose of the Study: Artifacts of Chinese origin have always fascinated the historical archaeologist, both due to their ease of identification and representation of an otherness. Analyses of these artifacts, however, often offer little more than a sh . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to preliminarily identify the Granada Relocation Center (Amache) as a place that has traditional cultural significance and to evaluate the eligibility of Amache as a traditional cultural property for listing on t . . .

The salt ponds and levees of southern San Francisco Bay are a culturally significant landscape wherein culture and nature have been linked over 150 years of industrial salt production through solar evaporation in an extensive wetland ecosystem. This 1 . . .

Purpose of the Study: This curriculum project was implemented pursuant to the provisions of Standard Agreement 4-843-3502, between the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and Sonoma State Academic Foundation (SSUAF). According to this . . .

Purpose of Study: During a recent archaeological investigation in Alexander Valley, results from obsidian sourcing and flaked stone analyses suggested a greater use of culturally modified non-quarry obsidian than previously identified in Sonoma County . . .