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Historical and Archaeological Investigations into late 19th and early 20th century bee keeping at San Diego County’s Nathan Harrison site and beyond (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the late 19th century, San Diego County became the largest honey-producer in the state, and California led the nation in its production. This paper investigates historical, cultural, and environmental transformations in the region during a time in which drought curtailed cattle and sheep ranching and bee keeping boomed in...