West Berkeley Shellmound
Archaeological / sacred site in West Berkeley, California. Part of Berkeley, California.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion | Jenny Odell | subject | At an event of the Ohlone group mak-‘amham, Odell hears of a proposal to build condos on a shellmound burial site now used as a parking lot. |
How to Do Nothing — Jenny Odell (2019)
Source: How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion · How to Do Nothing · Readwise highlight
Vincent Medina, a Muwekma Ohlone tribal councilman, spoke of a current proposal to build condos at an Ohlone shellmound site in West Berkeley.
- Role: subject
- In the book: At an event of the Ohlone group mak-‘amham, Odell hears of a proposal to build condos on a shellmound burial site now used as a parking lot. She describes the Ohlone proposal for a forty-foot mound covered in poppies with an arbor and a daylighted Strawberry Creek, and notes nearby Shellmound Street.
- Why it matters: The site is ‘one of the best examples’ of doing something by not building; the place’s burials and history are what make the refusal of development meaningful.