Reports of the

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.33

PAPERS ON CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOIOGY: 37-43

Issued March 15, 1956

The University of California Archaeological Survey

Department of Anthropology

University of California
Berkeley 4, California

PAPERS IN CAITORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY: 37-43

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Preface

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37. M. A. Bauuhoff

A. B. Elsassar

38. H. S. Riddell

F. A. Riddell

39. R. J. Squier
40. M. J. Harner

41. F. A. Riddell
42. R. F. Heizer

SuLrwnry of Archaeological Survey
and Excavation in California

The Current Status of Archaeo-

logical Investigations in Owens

Valley, California . . . . . . .
Recent Excavation and Survey in
Northeastern California  . . . .

Thorno-facts vs. Artifacts: an

Experinental Study of the Malpais
Industry . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .

Archaeological Research in Lasson
County, California . . . . . . .
Rocent Cave Exploration in the

Lowor Eunboldt Valley, Nevada . .

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. 34
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AddendAr   . chae g  o t  C   S n k a . .
The Archaeology of the Carson Sink
Area  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .5   .  .  .

43. G. L. Grosscup

Illustrations and Tables

Paper Nn. 37

Following page

Map 1.

California - Areas of Archaeological Survey

or Excavation . . . v . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Paper No. 38

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.

Pottery Vessel Types., Rims and Cross-

Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Steatite Vessel Rim Sections; Pottery Pipe;

Boatstone; Large Projectile Points . . . . . . 29

Large Projectile Points; Chipped Stone

Knives  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  29

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Illustrations and Tables

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Paper No. 38 (cont'd.)

Following page

Fig. 4.

Small Projectile Points; Drills; Arrow

Shaft Smoother; Shell Bead . . . . . * . * . . .

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Paper No. 39

Fig. 1.

Tule Lake Basin and Neighboring Region . . . . . 34

Paper No. 42

Fig. 1*

Culture Sequence in the Lower Humboldt

Valley, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Addendum (Paper No. 42)

Fig. 1. Cross-section of Portion of Lovelock Cave,

Showing Location of Radiocarbon Samples
Submitted by R.F. Heizer . . . . . . . a .

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Fig. 2. Plan of Lovelock Cave, Showing Locations

of Samples Submitted by R.F. Heizer and

L.S. Cressman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Paper No. 43

Following page

Map 1.

Table 1.
Table 2.

Archaeological Sites in Humboldt and Carson

Sink Areas . .. .. .. .... . . .... . .. . .. . .  58

page:
Correlation of Pleistocene and Recent

Geology with the History of Hidden Cave . . . . 59
Correlation of Geological Periods and

Stratigraphy in Hidden Cave . . * . . . . . . . 60

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Proface

The papers included in this volume of the UCAS Reports were all pre-
sented, essentially as thoy appear here, at the Second Annual Groat Basin

Archaeological Conference, hold at the Southwest Museun, Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, in August and Septonber, 1955.

The publication of these various papers is in no way connected with

the Great Basin Archaeological Conference as an organization, but represents
that fraction of the many papers presented at the meetings, which was the

contribution to the Conference by individuals affiliated with the University
of California Archaeological Survey at Berkeloy.

A good part of California archaeology is not directly concerned with

tho Great Basin as a physiographical unit; nevertheless there are many prob-
lems, for example oven in the archaeology of Central California, which do-
nnd an extension of research beyond local physiographical, not to say po-

litical, borders.  This situation is reflected here by the inclusion of two
papers (Nos. 42, 43), one relating to the Carson Sink area and the other

to the Lower Humboldt Valley, Nevada. The remainder of the papers are ap-

plicable entirely or partly to that part or continuation of the Great Basin
which is included within the present political borders of California.

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