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: Hearst Museum object titled Abrader and mortar, accession number 3-23038, described as mortar and abrading stone; battered concavely on one side of the face; opposite face had abraded facet. Triangular outline.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Anvil or pestle, accession number 16-3837, described as Stone anvil or pestle
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: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow and mortar, accession number 11-45124, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Asphalt fragments, accession number 1-33787, described as Pestle, broken.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 11-2588, described as Ground basalt ax, also used as small metate
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: Hearst Museum object titled Basalt footed metate, accession number 3-3349.2, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Basalt pestle fragment, accession number 1-139554, described as basalt fragment of pestle
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3,984
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3,813
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2,602
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2,162
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2,055
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Robert Fleming Heizer
1,286
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Ronald Leroy Olson
816
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James F. O'Connell
761
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Francis A. Riddell
634
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James Allan Bennyhoff
625
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Philip Mills Jones
550
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Llewellyn Lemont Loud
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Arnold R. Pilling
488
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Albert B. Elsasser
483
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Franklin Fenenga
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University of California Archaeological Survey
2,543
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
950
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Robert Fleming Heizer
885
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Ronald Leroy Olson
846
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James F. O'Connell
556
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Jeremiah B. Lillard
533
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Sacramento County Board of Education
533
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Walter O. Hussa
467
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Llewellyn Lemont Loud
459
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484
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484
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402
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212
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145
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130
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90
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85
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Philip Mills Jones
121
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Edward W. Gifford
34
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E. H. Kemp
25
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William Egbert Schenck
25
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Ronald Leroy Olson
17
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B. F. White
12
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John Alden Mason
11
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Lawrence E. Dawson
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Waldo R. Wedel
11
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William Duncan Strong
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Acetate film
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239
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135
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106
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52
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Sambucus mexicana
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CA-Fre-67, Fresno County, California
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Acc.806
533
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Acc.633
485
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Acc.2446
467
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Acc.2658
399
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Acc.24
314
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Acc.1180
249
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Acc.828
231
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Acc.35
208
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Acc.855
199
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Acc.UCAS-79
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CA-CCo-138, Oakley, Contra Costa County
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CA-SRI-147, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands
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CA-Fre-67, Fresno County, California
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1.5 Household
350
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5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
46
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1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
29
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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
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6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
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1.1 Hunting and Fishing
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5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
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5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
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S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
182
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S1964-1965 #8: University of California, Santa Barbara/Jay Ruby (August 26, 1964–April 17, 1967)
111
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S2004-2005 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (dates unknown)
92
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S1971-1972 #17: University of California, Riverside/James F. O'Connell (August 20, 1971–1972)
47
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S1972-1973 #77: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (April 6, 1973–July 4, 1973)
44
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S2019-2020 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Cuthrell (June 10, 2019–June 16, 2021)
39
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S1967-1968 #111: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Jerald Jay Johnson (February 20, 1969–February 18, 1982)
33
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S1968-1969 #82: University of California, Davis (February 20, 1969–unknown)
33
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S1974-1975 #73: University of California, Davis/Peter Schulz (March 7, 1975–July 31, 1976)
28
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S1963-1964 #74: San Francisco State University (March 20, 1964–January 7, 1965)
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