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View article: Burrill: Ishi: America's Last Stoneage Indian
Burrill: Ishi: America's Last Stoneage Indian Open
\n Ishi: America's Last Stoneage Indian. Richard Burrill. Sacramento: The Anthro Company, 1990, vi + 50 pp., 36 figs., $8.95 (paper).
View article: Two Cast-Iron Pots from Aboriginal Contexts in Southern California
Two Cast-Iron Pots from Aboriginal Contexts in Southern California Open
Examples of historic native American use of Euroamerican manufactured goods are well known. Woodward (1965:2) noted that trade goods entering California included a great variety of items, such as various cloths, beads, brass rings, wire, k…
View article: Glass Trade Beads from Two Shasta Sites in Siskiyou County, California
Glass Trade Beads from Two Shasta Sites in Siskiyou County, California Open
Glass beads are found in nearly all contact-period archaeological sites in North America, and they occur in greater quantity and have a wider geographical distribution than any other artifact type. Much can be learned from the occurrence o…
View article: Basket Fragment from the Lava Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
Basket Fragment from the Lava Mountains, San Bernardino County, California Open
Given the available data on basketry in the general region, the Lava Mountain fragment exhibits some possibly unique characteristics, especially in regard to its provenience and composition. The Lava Mountains area was apparently rich in s…
View article: Meighan, ed.: Messages from the Past: Studies in California Rock Art
Meighan, ed.: Messages from the Past: Studies in California Rock Art Open
\n \n Messages from the Past: Studies in California Rock Art. Clement W. Meighan, editor. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Monograph No. 20, 1981, 185 pp., includes 63 pp. of black-and-white and color illustra…
View article: Hedges, ed.: Rock Art Papers Volume I
Hedges, ed.: Rock Art Papers Volume I Open
\n \n Rock Art Papers Volume I. Ken Hedges, editor. San Diego: San Diego Museum Papers No. 16, 1983, 104 pp., 94 illustrations, $10.95 (paper).
View article: A Historic Aboriginal Structure and Its Associations, Panamint Mountains, California
A Historic Aboriginal Structure and Its Associations, Panamint Mountains, California Open
Generally, standing aboriginal structures relate to late prehistoric and historic times; the Panamint Mountains example is no exception. Of course, there are many southern California Native American groups and individuals who retain knowle…