Prof.
James Allan
Position
Adjunct Professor
Director of Institute for Western Maritime Archaeology
Office
Archaeology lab
(925) 631-
301 Garaventa
(925) 631-4206
E-mail
Education
Ph.D. ABD Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley;
M.A. Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley; M.A. Maritime History, Underwater Archaeology,
East Carolina University; B.S. Business Administration, St.Mary's College
of California. Current Courses Taught
Current Research Interests
Professor Allan is currently studying the Industrial Complex at the historic
Fort
Ross site. Presently, he is working in the Archaeology laboratory cataloging
artifacts from those excavations. He recently completed a remote sensing
survey, while teaching a Jan Term course, looking for the Il'men, a Russian
shipwreck, at Manchester Beach State Park. He is also working on another
remote sensing survey in Drakes Bay, searching for the St. Augustine, a
Spanish Manila Galleon.
Recent Scholarship
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1996. Principal author; "Historic Archaeology of the Muni Metro Turnback
Project," San Francisco, California, Volumes 1-3. Prepared for City of
San Francisco, Federal Transit Administration, State Office of Historic
Preservation, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
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1996. Principal author; "Down She Went: A Report on the Excavation and
Analysis of the Gold Rush-era Ship Rome," San Francisco, California. Prepared
for City of San Francisco, Federal Transit Administration, State Office
of Historic Preservation, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
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1997. "What Have We Here? The Rediscovery of Nelson's Mound 259," Proceedings
of the Society for California Archaeology, Volume 11.
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1997. "Sheep in the Tunnel: A Gold Rush-era Ship Beneath Your Feet," Proceedings
of the Society for California Archaeology, Volume 11.
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1998. "Russian Shipbuilding in Frontier California," Paper presented at
the 22nd annual meeting of the North American Society for Oceanic History;
San Diego, California.
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