| Site of Shell Mound | |
|---|---|
 Shellmound and dance pavilion, in 1902 | |
| Location | 4600 block of Shell Mound St., Emeryville, California |
| Coordinates | 37°50′02″N 122°17′33″W / 37.834°N 122.29263°W |
| Reference no. | 335[1] |
  Location within Emeryville/the East Bay | |
The Emeryville Shellmound, in Emeryville, California, is a sacred burial site of the Ohlone people, a once-massive archaeological shell midden deposit (dark, highly organic soil, temple and burial ground containing a high concentration of human food waste remains, including shellfish). It was one of a complex of five or six mounds along the mouth of the perennial Temescal Creek, on the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Oakland and Berkeley. It was the largest of the over 425 shellmounds that surrounded San Francisco Bay. The site of the Shellmound is now a California Historical Landmark (#335).[1]
- ^ a b "Site of Shell Mound". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-03-30.