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<< Our Photo Pages >> Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 - Artificial Mound in United States in The West

Submitted by symbionspacesuit on Sunday, 14 March 2010  Page Views: 15810

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 Alternative Name: Ryan Mound
Country: United States Region: The West Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Newark  Nearest Village: Fremont
Latitude: 37.558062N  Longitude: 122.082116W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking across the marsh at Shellmound ALA 329 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Shellmound ALA 329 in an artificial mound in Alameda County. Ryan Mound is a shell mound in what is now Coyote Hills Regional Park, a large park in the southeast bay on the alluvial plain south of Alameda Creek with the Coyote Hills along the western edge of the park bordering the waterfront, crisscrossed with hiking and biking trails all along the marshland and hills.

Ryan Mound was recorded as Mound ALA 329 by Nels C. Nelson in 1909. Shell Mound ALA 329 is approx. 400 by 298 feet at the base, a 200 by 101 feet diameter at the top of the mound, and it rises to an elevation of 10 feet above the alluvial plain along the Alameda Creek. The shell mound has a replication of an Tiburon Ohlone village built on top of it, including a pit house, tule house, and sweat lodge. Excavations on the shell mound from 1935 to 1972 uncovered approximately 500 human burials, a quantity of abalone "banjo" pendants, as well as fishing hooks, harpoons, obsidian spear & arrow heads, pestles and cobblestone. Ryan mound (ALA 329) and Patterson mound (ALA 328) along with shell mounds ALA 12 and ALA 13 lying within a mile away, form the Coyote Hills Mound Cluster.

Ryan Mound ALA 329 has a fence around it and is only open on shceduled public openings or by group reservation. The interpretive center has a little on the Tiburon Ohlone way of life, but there is no mention of shell mounds or Moundbuilder culture in the bay. The only reference to it being Ryan Mound is the site number(ALA 329) on the no trespassing sign or the small shellmound trail marker. There is no mention of the existence or location of Patterson mound(ALA 328) or either of the other mounds which make up the Coyote Hills Mound Cluster.

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Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking across the shellmound to the west (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking across the shellmound to the northeast (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : the wildlife reserve at Coyote Hills (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : Ohlone village replica on the shellmound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : Coyote Hills (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : a profile of the sweat lodge

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : a coyote sleeping next to the sweat lodge on shellmound ALA 329 at coyote hills regional park

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : shell fragments between the earth and grass

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : Ohlone pit house

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : Ohlone sweat lodge

Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 submitted by symbionspacesuit : The shellmound from the east gate with coyote hills behind it

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Re: Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329 by Anonymous on Friday, 19 July 2013
here is more information about the shellmounds in this area, I am in the process of trying to locate "patterson mound" and the variety of other mounds and burial sites in this area

http://www.scahome.org/publications/proceedings/Proceedings.01Bard.pdf
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