Reports of the

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.67

EXCAVATION OF TWO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

COASTAL SITES

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

and

THE PISTOL RIVER SITE OF SOUTHWEST OREGON

Eugene Heflin

University of California Archaeological Research Facility

Department of Anthropology

Berkeley
July 1966

REPORTS OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

NO. 67

EXCAVATION OF TWO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL SITES

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

and

THE PISTOL RIVER SITE OF SOUTHWEST OREGON

Eugene Heflin

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY

Department of Anthropology

Berkeley
July 1966

CONTENTS

EXCAVATION OF TWO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL

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

THE PISTOL RIVER SITE OF SOUTHWEST OREGON,

by Eugene Heflin . .......... .. ..              .. ... .    151

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EXCAVATION OF TWO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL SITES

Albert B. Elsasser and Robert F. Heizer

INTRODUCTION  .     .     .     .     .       .  .     .        1

I.  THE PATRICK'S POINT SITE (HUM-118)    .     .     .        6

Environment     .     .        .     .     .     .       7
Excavation                                              10
Artifacts Recovered

Chipped Stone Objects     .     .     .       .       20
Ground or pecked Stone Objects     .     .     .      27
Bone and Antler Artifacts                             40
Historic Artifacts     .     .     .     .     .      53
Summary      .     .     .     .     .    .     .       55

II.  THE HISTORIC SITE OF TSURAI (HUM-169)  .    .             58

Excavation                                              62
Artifacts Recovered                                     70

Ground Stone Objects   .     .     .     .            74
Bone and Antler Artifacts                             83
Shell Artifacts        .     .     .     .            97
Perishable Artifacts                          .       98
Artifacts Not of Native Design     .     .    .       99
Summary      .     .     .     .     .    .     .       99
END NOTES                                              .      103
EXPLANATION OF PLATES     .     .     .     .    .     .      105
BIBLIOGRAPHY  .     .                                         137
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Map 1.  Site Map of Hum-118      .     .    .     .       12
Map 2.  Site Map of Hum-169      .     .     .    .       60
Chart 1.  Hum-118, East-West Profile   .    .     .       13
Chart 2.  Hum-169, North-South Profile .    .     .       66
Plates   .     .        .                                111

LIST OF TABLES

PATRICK'S POINT (HUM-118)

1.  Occurrence by Depth of Bones of Land and Sea Mammals
2.  Features Excavated                  .

3.  Summary of Burials      .     .     .     .     .

4.  Depth Distribution of Chipped Stone Projectile Points
5.  Depth Distribution of Chipped Stone Specimens   .

6.  Depth Distribution of Ground or Pecked Stone Artifacts
7.  Worked Slate Objects Recovered      .     .     .

8.  Depth Distribution of Simple Bone and Antler Harpoons

9.  Measurements of Simple Harpoons in Northwestern California
10.  Depth Distribution of Bone and Antler Implements
11.  Depth Distribution of Bone Awls     .     .     .

10
15
19
22
26
34
37
41
42
47
49

TSURAI

12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

(HUM- 169)

Depth Distribution of

Types of Artifacts
Features Excavated

Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of

Harpoon Points, and
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of
Depth Distribution of

Historic and Prehistoric

Chipped Stone Projectile Points
Chipped Stone Implements .

Some Ground Stone Implements    0

Additional Ground Stone Implements
Simple Bone and Antler Harpoons
Toggle Harpoon Spurs, Bone
Barbed Spear Points       .
Bone and Antler Implements
Miscellaneous Bone Objects

Bone Awls and Bipointed Pins
Shell Artifacts    .      .

63
*      67

72
*      73
*      77

79
*      84

87
88
*      90

91
98

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