Purpose of the Study: Previous analyses of prehistoric burial sites in California have focused on the change from the band to the tribal level of society, while comparatively little research has focused on later, increasingly complex sites. In additio . . .

Purpose of the Investigative Project: In accordance with the Collection’s Management Policy of the Sonoma County Museum, will be (1) to assist the Museum in interpreting a thematically based multimedia presentation of a portion of their collection; (2 . . .

Winona Bombing Target #2 (WBT#2) is a target training area located in Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area in Imperial County, California. From 1944 to 1945, WBT#2 was accessed by the Navy to train Eleventh Naval District fighter pilots in h . . .

William Gwynn's entrepreneurial character was the impetus behind the 1850's inception of the lime industry in Oroville, Butte County, along the West Branch of the Feather River. Gwynn recognized the need for collateral industries to gold mining, and t . . .

Purpose: This thesis documents archaeological investigations within the Bureau of Land Management South Cow Mountain Off-highway Vehicle Recreation Area (SCMRA), Lake and Mendocino counties, California. The primary purposes are: (1) conduct an intensi . . .

Purpose of Study: In an effort to preserve data for future research, artifact collections are diligently excavated and curated. The purpose of this project was to test the hypothesis that curated artifact collections hold invaluable research potential . . .

This thesis research focuses on a curated CRM collection of Late Period Chumash chert microdrills from CA-SLO-214. The main goal of this research is to compare the Chumash drill-making industry in Los Osos to the known industry on the Channel Islands. . . .

Purpose of the Study: The intent of this thesis is to demonstrate that industrial landscapes and other “invisible,” or historically undervalued, landscapes have interpretive potential. The overall goals in this study are to contribute to the academic . . .

Purpose of the Study: The history of the Pacific Northwest has favored large, extractive and national industries such as the fur trade, mining, lumbering, fishing and farming over smaller pioneer enterprises. This multi-disciplinary study attempts to . . .

Allensworth, California stands as an example of a larger social and economic movement to build African American town-sites, a movement that took place across the United States following the Civil War. Racial discrimination enabled the existence of the . . .