10/4/1999
Remains of shell mound are now preserved underneath the development at the site.
Landmark information
- Location:
4600 block of Shell Mound St, Emeryville - Plaque:
No Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
3/2/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/4/1999 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 50.072, W 122 17.572
About this landmark
From the state:
It is said that the Indians who came to this site camped just above the shoreline. The shells they threw aside from their catches of shellfish eventually covered some hundreds of thousands of square feet, marked by several cones. When the University of California excavated this site in the 1920s, they found that the mound consisted mostly of clam, mussel, and oyster shells, with a plentiful mixture of cockleshells.