The Santa Cruz Archaeological Society Speaking Meeting

“On Land and Sea: Ships and Shipwrecks of San Francisco Bay,” a talk by Bay Area archaeologist James Allan. Dr. Allan will talk about the ships and shipwrecks of San Francisco Bay, a subject that covers the connections between the early growth of San Francisco and today’s modern development projects, which frequently reveal the fact that our early history is still encapsulated beneath our feet. Archaeologists today continually encounter, expose, recover, preserve, and interpret the remnants of those who came before us, from the earliest visitors to our area some 8,000 years ago, through the 19th century, and in so doing reveal information about the culture and people who helped shape the local environment, if not the world, we live in today.