The Archaeology of Cannabis in Humboldt County

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The cannabis industry in Humboldt County, California has driven archaeological work over the past three years. The Cultural Resources Facility at Humboldt State University in collaboration with Archaeological Research and Supply Company strive to garner research value from the exponential increase in workload created by regulatory requirements. Several significant sites have been impacted by past cultivation activities and have been required to mitigate past damages as part of the permitting process. Working with the local tribe, Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, we have collaborated to preserve these sites. One complex of sites, designated Bell Springs Taliaferro 1-4, is the subject of ongoing research that has yielded significant data regarding ethnographic through archaic period use of the emerald triangle with at least 8000 years of habitation at this location. The results of assemblage analysis is presented here in the context of our broader research synthesizing survey and excavation data from over 300 locations. We present herein a broad landscape scale analysis of survey results in the emerald triangle as it relates to this significant deposit.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32583