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

Morgan house

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 GPS icon icon on the left and allow permissions for showing current GPS position on a mobile device.

Community-Accountable Archaeology with Community Partners

Abiquiu Mesa Surveying

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

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.