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
202-8217. Gritstone, probably a whetstone.
202-8218. Pebble.
202-8219. Unio shells.
202-8220. Six chips.
202-8221. Scraper chipped from chalcedony (Fig. 52).
202-8222. Chipped point of heart shape made of clove
brown jasper. (Plate II, Fig. 12).
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Grave No. 30. Stone circle located on the crest of a
western extension of the Saddle Mountains on Mr. Bull's
farm, east of Cherry Creek and about seven miles south of
Ellensburg. The place is east of the village site
above-mentioned which is on the bottom land along the
west side of the creek at this point. A circular ring of
stones, 10 feet in diameter marked the grave. Smaller
stones and earth in the middle extended 3 feet 6 inches
down to the skeleton. No objects were found except a
plentiful supply of charcoal.
99-4325. The bones of an adult human skeleton which
appeared as if it had been flexed were found very much
out of anatomical order. It lay northeast and southwest
in the southeast part of the grave. There was a large
hole in the right frontal of the skull which lay facing
the northwest. The lower jaw was found on top of the
skull with its angle east. Fragments of the tibiae were
blackened by fire.
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Grave No. 31. Rock-slide grave located in the rock-slide
on the west side of the bluff, a western extension of the
Saddle Mountains, east of Cherry Creek and about half a
mile southwest of Mr. Bull's house. One small piece of
decayed wood was found projecting above the rock-slide,
and it was the only indication of the grave, there being
no cavity over it. Among the rocks, four more posts were
found, one at each corner of the grave. These had
evidently rotted off even with the surface, having
formerly, no doubt, extended above it. The depth of the
grave was from 2 to 3 feet, according to the slope of the
hill. Numbers 99-4326 and 202-8223 to 202-8228 were found
in this grave.
99-4326. Skeleton of a child with anchylosed neck
vertebrae. Some of the bones were bleached. The bones
were very much displaced, the skull being found in the
middle of the grave and some of the vertebrae being found
near the surface, but most of the bones were around the
skull. The body dressed and wrapped in matting had been
placed between four large boulders.
202-8223. Fragments of leather or skin clothing.
202-8224. Dentalium shells.
202-8225. Glass beads.
202-8226. Three bracelets made of iron (Fig. 96).
202-8227. A bone disk with central perforation (Fig. 80).
202-8228. A bit of a fresh water shell.
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