Typical shell heap at the outer edge of the Upper Terrace of the El Rosario Valley, east of the first mission

Typical shell heap at the outer edge of the Upper Terrace of Rosario Valley, east of the first mission. Such a distribution of Indian middens occurs in the valley for a distance of at least eight miles from the sea. [source: The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California. Plate 2b.]

• 1926-05-25

• Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979

Shell mound and Sauer in front of old mission. Sauer has altimeter and distance measurer.

black and white negative; 3 3/16 x 5 7/16 inches

A contemporary contact print of this image is available in the album documenting the 1926 trip.

Such a distribution of Indian middens occurs in the valley for a distance of at least eight miles from the sea

• Baja California (Mexico)
• El Rosario (Baja California, Mexico)

• Sauer, Carl Ortwin, 1889-1975

• image

Related

• Journal 2, Page 28

Online finding aid

• Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials

• UC Regents

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