TRANSCRIBER NOTES: Words contained within underscores, i.e. _a_, are in italics in the original. Footnotes have been moved closer to their reference point in the text. Additional Transcriber Notes can be found at the end of this project. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE American Museum of Natural History. Vol. VI, Part I. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY. BY HARLAN I. SMITH. NEW YORK: Published by Order of the Trustees. June, 1910. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY VOL. VI, PART I. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY. BY HARLAN I. SMITH. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION 9 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES 11 RESOURCES 21 THE SECURING OF FOOD 23 Points Chipped out of Stone 23 Points Rubbed out of Stone 26 Points Rubbed out of Bone 27 Bows 29 Snares 29 Notched Sinkers 30 Grooved Sinkers 30 Shell Heaps 34 Digging Sticks 35 Basketry 35 PREPARATION OF FOOD 36 Mortars 36 Pestles 39 Rollers 47 Fish Knives 50 Fire Making 50 Caches 51 Boiling 51 HABITATIONS 51 Semi-subterranean House Sites 51 Circles of Stones (Summer House Sites) 55