The Archaeology of the Yakima ValleySmith, Harlan Ingersoll
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The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley
Smith, Harlan Ingersoll
Yakima River Valley (Wash.) -- Antiquities
Grave No. 26. Rock-marked grave in a dome left by the
wind near the pasture gate on Mr. A. D. Eglin's place and
about half a mile north of his house near Tampico. A heap
of somewhat angular wind abraded rock some being smooth,
(none being river pebbles or rock-slide material) marked
the grave and extended below the surface about two feet.
Then about 1 foot of earth intervened between them and
thin rocks found around the bones of a very young child.
The skull was in the northwest end of the grave and was
disarticulated. The depth was 4 feet, the length of the
excavation 4 feet, and the width 3 feet. The skeleton was
found with the head northwest and the pelvis southeast. A
grave with outward appearance resembling this except that
it had river pebbles among the stones of the pile is
shown in Fig. 2, Plate IX, (Negative no. 44497, 5-10
taken from the north of east).
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Grave No. 27. Rock-marked grave in a dome of volcanic ash
left by the wind located about half a mile north of Mr.
A. D. Eglin's house near Tampico. This grave was like a
rude cairn being rudely walled and found filled with
earth and stones as well as covered by rocks of which
eight or nine weighing about 15 or 20 pounds, showed
above the surface of the ground. Its depth was 4 feet,
length 5 feet, and its width, 3 feet 6 inches, extending
west southwest and east northeast. A little charcoal was
found in this grave also.
99-4324. Adult skeleton found flexed on left side, facing
northeast.
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Grave No. 28. Rock-slide grave located in a small
irregular rock-slide on the north side of Cowiche Creek
about 3 miles west of its mouth and about 40 feet above
the road. The rocks were piled up in a crescent-shaped
ridge on the lower side of the grave. Four sticks about
four feet long were found planted upright among the
stones. The grave extended east and west. Parts of a
human skeleton were found. It was in a flexed position,
head west, skull and the bones of the upper part of the
body broken and decomposed. The bones of the lower part
of the body were well preserved. The skeleton had been
wrapped in matting or bark, several pieces of matting
being found in the grave as well as parts of a basket.
Numbers 202-8196a and 202-8196b were found in this grave.
202-8196a. Chipped point of mottled quartz found near the
skull (Plate II, Fig. 3).
202-8196b. Chipped point of white quartz found near the
skull (Plate II, Fig. 4).
202-8197. Pestle or roller made of stone from the surface
about a mile east of Fort Simcoe. This is of cylindrical
shape tapering to both ends but to one more than to the
other. Both ends are fractured (Fig. 37).
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