Reports of the

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.59

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BOWERS CAVE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

and

REPRINTS OF EARLY NOTES ON SANTA BARBARA ARCHAEOLOGY

Issued April 15, 1963

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY

Department of Anthropology

University of California
Berkeley 4, California

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BOWERS CAVE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

and

REPRINTS OF EARLY NOTES ON SANTA BARBARA ARCHAEOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

REPORT NO. 59

CONTENTS

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BOWERS CAVE, LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA, by Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer  .  .     1

THE FISHHOOK INDUSTRY OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS

OF THE ARCHIPELAGO OF CALIFORNIA, by E. Hamy   .   .   .   .    61

FISH-HOOKS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

by Stephen Bowers   .   .   .   .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .    71

ABORIGINAL FISH-HOOKS, by Stephen Bowers  .   .   .   .   .   .    73

THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF SEVERAL ARTICLES BY THE

FORMER INDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, by Paul Schumacher  .    77

ANCIENT OLLA MANUFACTORY ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND,

CALIFORNIA, by Paul Schumacher .    .  .   .   .   .   .        83

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BOWERS CAVE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY,

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

INTRODUCTION  .   .   .   .   0   ,   .  .

CALIFORNIA

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS

Basketry          .   .

Storage baskets

Decorated baskets

Straight-sided deep dish basket
Shallow tray or plaque
Globe-shaped basket
Discussion  .    .
Feather Bands
Bone Whistles
Bullroarers

Stone Clubs    .    .

Miscellaneous Specimens

Wooden dagger      .

Wooden hook .    .   .
Haliotis shell cup
Haliotis bead    .

Steatite arrow straightener
Antler wedge or gouge    .

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SUMMARY   .

APPENDIX A:

RELICS IN A CAVE, by Stephen Bowers

APPENDIX B: EXCERPT FROM TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE PEABODY MUSEUM, by F. W. Putnam .

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