State Archaeological Collections Research Facility

State Archaeological Collection Research Facility

The State Archaeological Collections Research Facility (SACRF) in West Sacramento has much to offer. In addition to providing a location to process and research recent excavations in California State Parks, the facility is home to an extensive collection of archaeological photography and many artifact type collections.


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Artifact Type Collections
Artifact Type Collections are a group of objects similar in structure and use that has been assembled for use by researchers. The type collections offered at the SACRF include a bottle type collection, a ceramic type collection, a makers' mark collection and a vertebrate faunal collection.


Phoenix button found at Cooper Molera Adobe in Monterey
Collections for Research
SACRF houses a number of collections that have been recovered by State Archaeologists and researchers. Artifacts from California State Parks in Monterey, Fort Ross, Old Sacramento, Old Town San Diego, San Juan Bautista and many more are in our facility.

Milner’s Barbershop
Frank Milner arrived in Allensworth from the Bay Area in 1911 and set up his first barbershop in a small frame house. Milner’s barbershop played an important part in the early Allensworth community. The men of the town met at Milner’s to argue over "all manner of agreements and disagreements." Learn More...

Frank Milner  Milner Barbershop reconstruction plan

Reconstruction of Mc Coy House
State Park archaeologists excavated in Old Town San Diego to recover information needed to reconstruct a large residence built in 1869 by James McCoy, a well-to-do Irish immigrant who served as San Diego's sheriff and state senator.  Learn More...

Mc Coy House

Robert Leavitt, graduate student in anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, recently visited the State Archaeological Collections Research Facility in West Sacramento. Robert is currently researching stoneware mineral water jugs and is using the SACRF as a source of data for his MA thesis.  Learn More...

Stoneware mineral water jugStoneware mineral water jug

California Department of Parks and Recreation
State Archaeological Collections Research Facility
2505 Port Street  West Sacramento, CA 95691
Phone: (916) 375-5921    Fax: (916) 375-5913

For information about the protection, management and stewardship of California's cultural resources throughout State Parks, visit:

Archaeology, History and Museums

SACRF Bottle Collection
Bottle Type Collection
Photo Gallery

Visit BLM/SHA Historic
Glass Bottle Type Website

Featured Links:

National Park Service Archaeology and Ethnography Program

Society for Historical Archaeology: SHA 2006 Annual Conference

Links to Archaeology and Related Subjects

Site Map

History Books:


Visit of Cyrille Pierre-Theodore Laplace to Fort Ross and Bodega Bay

William E. P. Hartnell: Visitador General

New Archaeology Master Thesis: San Juan Bautista Mission Escolta

Note: SACRF only provides historical information about artifacts and not monetary values.