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  1. Cast of c. 1485-1780 Obsidian Preform, 2019 - Replica

    Cast of c. 1485-1780 Obsidian Preform, 2019. Resin replica cast of an obsidian preform. Black glossy spearhead form with conchoidal fractures throughout. Placed in burial to denote wealth.

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    Cast of c. 1485-1780 Obsidian Preform, 2019
  2. History 315: Notes on San Mateo County - Textbook

    History 315: Notes on San Mateo County, 1977. Booklet used in Alan Hynding's History 315 class at the College of San Mateo. The front and back cover are yellow paper with a black plastic strip binding. Topics include: San Mateo County: An Overview San Mateo County: The Physical Setting The First San Mateans San Mateo Logging Railroads and Trolleys The Watershed: Spring Valley Lakes Earthquake Country The Airport Redwood City San Mateo ...

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    History 315: Notes on San Mateo County, 1977
  3. Industrial Plants of the California Indians - Hoover, Robert L.

    Magazine article clipping, "Industrial Plants of the California Indians," by Robert L. Hoover. Published in Pacific Discovery volume 25 by the California Academy of Sciences in 1971. Seven pages. Illustrated.

    Record Type: Library

    Industrial Plants of the California Indians, 1971
  4. Map of San Francisco Bay Region Showing Distribution of Shell Heaps - Map

    Map of San Francisco Bay Region Showing Distribution of Shell Heaps published in Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Region by N. C. Nelson, December 1909. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 7 No. 4. Legend indicates: Mounds Still Prsent; Mounds Disappeared; Minor Camp Sites.

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    Map of San Francisco Bay Region Showing Distribution of Shell Heaps, 1909
  5. Pruristac Village - Painting, Panel

    Pruristac Village, 2019. Acrylic painting on Masonite panel created in 2019 by Amy Hosa, in collaboration with Ohlone artist Linda Yamane. The painting depicts what Ohlone life was like in the mid-1700s with the Aramai Ramaytush Ohlone tribe at the Village of Pruristac, which is the site of the current Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica, CA. The image shows the ocean in the background with flocks of shorebirds in the sky. Villagers in the foreground on th...

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    Puristac Village by Amy Hosa and Linda Yamane, 2019
  6. Pruristac Village - Photocopy

    Pruristac Village Preparatory Drawings, 2019. Black and white copy of drawings done in preparation for a painting by Amy Hosa, in collaboration with Ohlone artist Linda Yamane representing Ohlone life in the mid-1700s. The image depicts the Aramai Ramaytush Ohlone tribe at the Village of Pruristac, which is the site of the current Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica, CA. The drawing shows the ocean in the background with flocks of shorebirds in the sky. V...

    Record Type: Archive

    Puristac Village Preparatory Drawings, 2019
  7. San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History - Schmidt, David D.

    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt, 2025. Backcountry Press, Kneeland, CA. Illustrated. PDF format; 635 pages. Description from the publisher: "San Francisco Bay Area: An environmental history by David D. Schmidt is a sweeping and richly detailed account of how one of the world's most ecologically diverse regions has been shaped over millennia by both natural forces and human hands. Beginning with the lives of ...

    Record Type: Library

    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt, 2025
  8. San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History - Schmidt, David D.

    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt, 2025. Backcountry Press, Kneeland, CA. Illustrated. 632 pages Description from the publisher: "San Francisco Bay Area: An environmental history by David D. Schmidt is a sweeping and richly detailed account of how one of the world's most ecologically diverse regions has been shaped over millennia by both natural forces and human hands. Beginning with the lives of Native Tribes...

    Record Type: Library

    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History
  9. Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Region - Nelson, N.C.

    Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Region by N. C. Nelson, December 1909. Berkeley, The University Press. Part of University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology.

    Record Type: Library

    Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Region by N. C. Nelson, December 1909
  10. The Founding of Mission Dolores and the End of Tribal Life on the Northern San Francisco Peninsula - Milliken, Randall

    The Founding of Mission Dolores and the End of Tribal Life on the Northern San Francisco Peninsula by Randall Milliken, 1996. California Mission Studies Association, Santa Barbara, CA. This book contains a brief timeline of the history between Spanish colonizers and Peninsula Native Americans from 1776 when the Spanish arrived in the area to 1846 when the Americans arrived. 30 pages

    Record Type: Library

    The Founding of Mission Dolores by Randall Milliken, 1996

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