Reports of the

U!NIVERSITY OF ?ALIFORNIA
A&ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.29

PAPERS ON CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY: 30-31

Issued February 10, 1955

The University of California Archaeological Survey

Department of Anthropology

University of California
Berkeley 4, California

PAPERS IN CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY: 30-31

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30. Clement W. Meighan     Excavation of Isabella Meadows

Cave, Monterey County, California ......        1
31. William C. Gonsalves Winslow Cave, A Mortuary Site in

Calaveras County, California ........ 31

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Isabella Meadows Cave (4-Mnt-250).  . .
Site Mnt-250 and Surrounding Area. ..
Artifacts from Meadows Cave. .   . . . .

Cordage and Other Artifacts from Meadows
Cache of Skins (feature 1) . . . . . .
Various Artifacts from Meadows Cave.

Charcoal Petroglyphs at Mouth of Meadows
Dry Midden Analysis, Mnt-250, by Weight.
Enumeration of Cordage Specimens . . .

Occurrence of Artifacts by Level and Pit

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Schematic Cross Section and Floor Plan

of Winslow Cave. .     .     . .  . . . . . . . . ... ...
Artif^,qts from Winslow Cave. . .  . . . . . .
Comprehensive Chart of Artifact Types Known

from the Calaveras County Mortuary Cave Complex.

Occurrence of Human Bone by Level...........

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Trait List Comparison of Winslow Cave's

Artifact Types with Moaning Cave and the
Culture Sequence of the Lower Sacramento

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