Anthropological and Archaeological Evidence

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Ming Porcelains

Coast Miwok Ethnography

Fully Feathered Baskets

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Across the decades, sources provided many indicators from a diverse set of disciplines regarding the location of Drake’s 1579 New Albion site. Here is a brief sampling of the anthropological and archaeological evidence leading to that identification.