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Praetzellis, Mary

 
 

Mary Praetzellis, Associate Director, Anthropological Studies Center

Recent Submissions

  • Archaeology, Hitstory and a Hoag House Mystery 
    Praetzellis, Mary; Praetzellis, Adrian (Sonoma Historian, 1985)
    In January 1984, while the Hoag House was still at its original location - up on piers and ready to be moved Adrian Praetzellis~ at the request of architect Dan Peterson, excavated a trash-filled pit beneath the structure. ...
  • The Contents of Mrs. Menefee's Well 
    Praetzellis, Mary (Sonoma Historian, 1984)
    The Post Office building was moved to its present site to make way for urban development. Before it was set down on the site, an archaeological "dig" was performed . Herewith is the story found on the land that the old ...
  • "Sunshine Corner": Archaeology and the Domestic Reform Movement in West Oakland, California 
    Praetzellis, Adrian; Praetzellis, Mary; Woods, Aicha (Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, 1996)
    Domestic reformers described West Oakland as a "district of great ugliness," "a law-abiding workingman's district settled chiefly by hard-working foreigners, with a sprinkling of Americans." From the mid-1880s, local women's ...
  • Further Tales of the Vasco 
    Praetzellis, Mary; Praetzellis, Adrian (Historical Archaeology, 1998)
    As the inlet pipe was ceremoniously opened, filling the long awaited reservoir for the very first time, the Vasco Adobe disappeared beneath the waters of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. Built in the 1850s by a group of rough ...
  • A Connecticut Merchant in Chinadom: A Play in One Act 
    Praetzellis, Adrian; Praetzellis, Mary (Historical Archaeology, 1998)
    By 1855 four of the five Chinese District Associations in California had offices and boarding houses in Sacramento on I Street between Fifth and Sixth. Agents of these Chinese Associations nurtured important reciprocal ...