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: Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-139390, described as Obsidian
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Albert B. Elsasser
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Karl Koenig
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Adán Eduardo Treganza
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University of California Field Party
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Norman E. Gabel
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Francis A. Riddell
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Martin A. Baumhoff
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Clement W. Meighan
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Robert Fleming Heizer
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California Archaeological Survey
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Martin A. Baumhoff
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University of California Field Party
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Francis A. Riddell
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Karl Koenig
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Dee T. Davis
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David Harner
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S1977-1978 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (1978–October 14, 1980)
131
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S1971-1972 #120: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1972–October 14, 1980)
118
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S1979-1980 #66: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento) (May 13, 1980–July 14, 1980)
101
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
86
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S1980-1981 #39: California State University, Sacramento (December 19, 1980–March 6, 1981)
77
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S1965-1966 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (February 17, 1966–June 30, 1966)
63
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S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
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S1971-1972 #12: Stanford University/Charles Nelson (August 11, 1971–September 9, 1971)
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S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
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