EXCAVATE INDIAN MOUNDS - The Berkeley Gazette, 28 Dec 1901

EXCAVATE INDIAN MOUNDS

LOCAL SCIENTIFIC WORK

West Berkeley Man Makes a Valuable Presentation to the University.

An excavation of the shell beds about the bay is about to be commenced by University students under the direction of Professor J. C. Merriam and Vance C. Osmont, a graduate student. Three of these mounds, upon which work will be commenced at once are located at West Berkeley, Shell Mound and Sausalito.

The mounds were used by Indians, who inhabited the bay regions years ago, as burial places. At various times skeletons have been taken from them but this will be the first time that the work has been undertaken in the interest of science.

O. E. Wulferdingen, of 711 Bristol street, who took specimens from the West Berkeley mound about twenty years ago, has presented the University with a valuable collection.

EXCAVATE INDIAN MOUNDS shellmound 28 Dec 1901, Sat The Berkeley Gazette (Berkeley, California) Newspapers.com