Our Mission
To serve as a research center for zooarchaeological studies and to furnish zooarchaeological services to scholars, research institutions, government agencies, and cultural resource management and environmental firms in and around San Diego County, the western United States, and the ancient Near East. 
Zooarchaeological Database
The San Diego Zooarchaeological Database has been launched. SDZL’s main goal is to make all zooarchaeological information more accessible and searchable. We urge CRM firms and scholars to share with us references to faunal reports and articles.
Last update: October 23, 2012
Files reviewed: 2,500
Invertebrate fauna references (shell): 137
Vertebrate fauna references: 148
Current Projects
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The Prehistoric Spindrift Site.
Occupied nearly continuously for close to 9,000 years, faunal remains from this village reflect a diverse range of subsistence strategies and adaptations...
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The Historic site of La Casa de Bandini/Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Initially the Bandini family adobe and general store, the building was sold in 1867 to stagecoach operator Albert L. Seeley and renovated as the Cosmopolitan Hotel...
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