ARF Field School 2026
This summer we conducted the 2026 ARF Archaeology Field School at Peralta Historical Park! We expanded a unit from the 2024 season and encountered more 20th century refuse.
Berkeley 1923 Fire Map
One hundred years after the Berkeley Fire on the Northside on Sept 17 1923 this dynamic map shows a number of historically theme layers relevant to exploring the legacy of the fire using mobile mapping.
Dynamic Map of the Area Burned in 1923
The map highlights a change in architecture that occurred after the fire. Berkeley was known for brown shingle with shake roofs, the more fire resistant stucco with tile roof design were common over after the fire.
Berkeley History Walking Maps
This page links to Berkeley history mapping projects that work well in a mobile browser when walking around UC Berkeley and the adjacent neighborhoods.
The map is best viewed on a mobile device (phone or tablet) with GPS capability. Click this 
icon on the left and allow permissions for showing current GPS position on a mobile device.
ARF wins outstanding staff award
The pilot ARF Field School in 2022 was designed to increase the representation of diverse groups in the archaeological profession and succeeded in offering this training to 10 deserving students. The success of the Field School earned ARF staff a 2023 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award, presented to individuals and teams who demonstrate exceptional initiative in contributing to the UC Berkeley campus community.
Community-Accountable Archaeology with Community Partners
This field season included collaboration with and within the research agendas outlined by the Merced Board at Abiquiú, the descendants and land owners of the main plaza at Conejos CO, the Pueblo of Picuris, NM and with the help of a small crew of experienced excavators, analysts, and local community leaders.The Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiu Community Board has identified several excavation-based research opportunities for their community regarding the first use dates of some of their ancestral agricultural fields, plazas, and acequias and requested that we report to them during their annual
Samuel Adams Limekiln Archaeology Project
Stahl funds contributed to David’s 2017 dissertation field research at the Samuel Adams Limekilns on Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. The goal of this project is to better understand the everyday lives and relations of a diverse set of laborers who lived and worked at the site from 1858 until 1906. Of particular interest are the ways in which broader changes to California, including widespread immigration, industrialization, and transportation advancements affected power dynamics and social relations between different labor groups.
Laurie Wilkie's book wins SHA award
University Demolishing Historic Campus Structure
The University has announced plans to demolish the ca. 1885 Cheney House located on the southeast edge of campus during spring break. Notable for both its distinctive Eastlake Stick Style architecture and historical associations, it has been a Berkeley City Landmark since 1990 and is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. As recently as 2004, the University’s Long Range Development Plan described the house as “a rare survivor of southeast Berkeley’s early private residences” (LRDP 2020: D.1–6).