Benica Quarry #1
Mortar Count: 5
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Benica Quarry #2
Mortar Count: 20
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Blue Rock Springs Park — North
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Blue Rock Springs Park — South
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Canada del Cierbo
Mortar Count: 28
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Dillon Point
Mortar Count: 4
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Glen Cove Park, aka Sogorea Te
Mortar Count: 20
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Rankin Park Overlook
Mortar Count: 1
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Mare Island shell midden
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Mt. Diablo Winter Solstice alignment
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Swett Ranch
Mortar Count: 16
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The Old Homestead
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Territory: Carquin

The Carquin, an Ohlone tribelet, held territory on both sides of the Carquinez Strait.

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Swett Ranch

Swett Ranch16 bedrock mortarsElevation 372 ft.Looking toward the site.At least one mortar rock has tumbled into the nearby creek.A partially buried mortar rock.The same mortar rock after daylighting.More mortar rocks at this site. It’s easy to make out the single mortar rock, but the multi-mortar rock surface is nearly obscured by shrub branches.We were conducted […]

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The Old Homestead

The Old HomesteadElevation 15 ft.The Carquin village and its accompanying shellmound are gone but not (completely) forgotten.