Reports of the

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.37

PAPERS ON CALIFRIA ARCHAEOLOGY: 47-49

Issued April 1, 1957

The University of California Archaeological Survey

Department of Anthropology

University of California
Berkeley 4, California

PAPERS ON CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY: 47-49

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47. Helene Balfet.

Basketry: A Proposed Classification.
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Introduction . . . . . . . . .

Standards and Threads . .  . . .
Bound Work .   . . . . . .

Coiled Basketry. . . . . . . .
Twined Basketry. . . . . . . .
Woven Basketry . . . . * . .

Starts and Finishes. . . . . .
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Bibliography .   . . . . .  . .
Explanation of Illustrations

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Patricia H. Johnston.

An. Indian Trail Complex of the Central

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Appendix: Potsherds and the Tentative Dating of

the San Gorgonio - Big Maria Trail.
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Analysis of Refuse Midden Material from

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Fig. 1 Examples of Twined and Coiled Basketry. . .

Fig. 2 Classification of Techniques.      * . .   . .
Fig. 3 Classification of Starts,. .   . . . . .  .

Fig. 4 Classification of Finish Patterns . .    . .
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Plate 1 Trail Views and Features. .   . * * *   * o   o

Fig. 1 Projectile Points and Rim Sherds From Trail Region.
Table 1 Sherd and Vessel Counts by Site . . . . . . .
Table 2 Sherd Frequencies by Tribal Territory . . . .

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