The Emeryville Historical Society has produced 2 excellent synopses of the Shellmound Park: The Native Legacy*.

*Note: These files take a few minutes to download, please be patient.

The Emeryville Shellmound has also been the subject of several previous archaeological investigations. Previous reports can be obtained through your local library through inter-library loan from the University of California Main Library. Access the University of California's main catalog.

Important Reports 
The following is a list of the most important reports:

• Broughton, Jack M., 1999. Resource depression and intensification during the late Holocene, San Francisco Bay evidence from the Emeryville Shellmound vertebrate fauna / Jack M. Broughton. Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999. Series: University of California publications : anthropological records ; v. 32. This book can be found at the UC Berkeley Anthropology Library, Call Number E78.C15 B76 1999
• Howard, Hildegarde. 1929. The avifauna of Emeryville shellmound, by Hildegarde Howard Publisher University of California Press, Series: University of California publications in zoology. v. 32, no. 2 This book can be found at the UC Berkeley Anthropology Library, Call Number QE871 .H65 1929
• Nelson, Nels C. (Nels Christian), 1996. Excavation of the Emeryville Shellmound, 1906 Nels C. Nelson's final report / transcribed and prefaced by Jack M. Broughton. Publisher: Berkeley : Archaeological Research Facility, University of California at Berkeley, c1996. Series: Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility ; no. 54. This book can be found at the UC Berkeley Anthropology Library, Call Number E51.C36 C6 no.54
• Schenck, W. Egbert (William Egbert). 1926. The Emeryville shellmound final report, by W. Egbert Schenck Publisher: Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1926. Series: University of California publications in American archaeology and ethnology v. 23, no. 3. This book can be found at the UC Berkeley Main Library, Call Number E51 .C3 v.23:3
• Uhle, Max, 1907. The Emeryville Shellmound, by Max Uhle Publisher: Berkeley, The University Press, 1907. Series: University of California publications in American archaeology and ethnology v. 7, no. 1 This book can be found at the UC Berkeley Main Library, Call Number E51 .C3 v.7:1