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DOCUMENT Citation Only Denise Jaffke. Jessica Faycurry. Deborah Marx.

This is an abstract from the "Maritime Transportation, History, and War in the 19th-Century Americas" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Historical and archaeological research revealed a landscape dotted with evidence of people’s adaptation to the rugged marine environment of the Sonoma Coast, allowing their families, businesses, and communities to flourish from the mid-19th century into the 20th century. Stewart’s Point was considered one of the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tricia J. Dodds. Matthew S. Lawrence. Deborah Marx. James P. Delgado.

This is an abstract from the "Maritime Transportation, History, and War in the 19th-Century Americas" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. For thousands of years along California’s Redwood Coast, human’s interaction with the sea has shaped their lives and society. During the mid-19th to early 20th century, they utilized the natural resources of the Redwood Coast and established a complex network of doghole ports to ship products to San Francisco and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tricia Dodds. Matthew S. Lawrence. Deborah Marx.

California’s Sonoma Coast is a rugged and beautiful seashore with a wealth of natural resources extending from kelp forests to redwood groves. Humans have interacted with this marine environment for thousands of years; it has shaped their lives and they have left their mark on the landscape. During the mid-19th and early 20th century, the Sonoma lumber trade greatly affected the coastal environment as it contributed to the economic development of the American West Coast. In 2016, California...