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Filling In a Clean Slate: A Case Study of Urban Redevelopment after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (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. The Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 devastated over 500 city blocks within the heart of San Francisco. Landowners and developers were quick to seize the opportunity to reshape the cultural landscape of urban centers, particularly in disadvantaged and industrial neighborhoods. Archaeological excavations and archival research...