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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number 1-19432, described as Part of abalone disc.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number 1-219758, described as Shell (abalone).
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James Allan Bennyhoff
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Francis A. Riddell
1,030
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Ronald Leroy Olson
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Anthropology 195
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James F. O'Connell
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URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
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Clement W. Meighan
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Albert B. Elsasser
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Arnold R. Pilling
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University of California Archaeological Survey
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Robert Fleming Heizer
2,895
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Ronald Leroy Olson
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James Allan Bennyhoff
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Colin L. Busby
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City of Emeryville
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Lee Spencer
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James F. O'Connell
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Mytilus californianus
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Acc.633
579
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Acc.2987
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411
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Acc.759
387
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370
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
254
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S2004-2005 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (dates unknown)
115
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S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
108
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S1966-1967 #13: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Ingrid Brabender (October 22, 1966–December 9, 1966)
46
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S1972-1973 #77: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (April 6, 1973–July 4, 1973)
46
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D2018.001: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Candice Ralston (October 28, 2018–April 12, 2022)
43
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S1970-1971 #99: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Alan D. Albee (March 17, 1971–October 16, 1974)
39
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S2017-2018 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Cuthrell (February 5, 2018–June 16, 2021)
36
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S2017-2018 #5: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Cuthrell (October 26, 2017–June 16, 2021)
28
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S1971-1972 #87: Department of Anthropology (Sonoma State Univ.)/James Allan Bennyhoff (February 3, 1972–May 11, 1981)
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