CA-ALA-11: A Middle Period Site and Cemetery on the Oakland Estuary

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper presents the results of recent data recovery excavations at CA-ALA-11, a coastal shell midden located on San Francisco Bay. Our excavations recovered 182 burials and 262 thermal features with dates predominantly from the Early Period through Middle 2 (2500 cal BCE to 600 cal CE). The excavation sheds light on resource use, environmental change, and burial practices at a previously-unknown shellmound site, contributing to our understanding of the Early and Middle periods in the San Francisco Bay region. We gratefully acknowledge the collaboration of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, MLD Corrina Gould, and monitors Ramona and TJ Garibay.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37651.0