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. 39. Grave of a child near grave No. 38. This
child's grave was of the same kind as grave No. 38.
202-8393. Pendant or bead made of sea shell (Fig. 87).
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Grave No. 40. A rock-slide grave found 8 miles above Mr.
Craig's house in a small slide at the foot of the bluff.
Upright cedar slabs about 8 feet long were found along
about 6 feet of the lower part of the grave. The skeleton
of an adult lay flexed along the slabs with the head to
the north.
99-4334. The skull.
Several similar graves, most of which have been rifled,
were seen at this place.
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Grave No. 41. Grave found about 5 miles south of Mr.
Craig's house on the western bank of the Columbia. It was
in the sand, covered with flat river boulders. No
artifacts were found in the grave.
99-4335. Adult skeleton, bleached. Much of the skeleton
was found exposed and parts were missing. The head was
north.
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Grave No. 42. Boulder-covered grave in sand was located
at the edge of the river 12 miles up the Columbia from
Mr. Craig's house. Numbers 99-4336 and 202-8394 to
202-8395 were found in this grave.
99-4336. An adult skeleton was found in this grave with
the head north, face down, and flexed.
202-8394. Fragment of a large mortar made of stone (Fig.
18).
202-8395a, b, c. Three pestles found among the covering
boulders of this grave.
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Numbers 202-8396 to 202-8398 were presented by Mrs. J. B.
Davidson of Ellensburg. The specimens were collected at
the head of Priest Rapids.
202-8396. Pipe made of limestone decorated with the
circle and dot design similar to that used in the
Thompson River region (Fig. 106 also negative 44505,
6-6).
202-8397. Double notched point chipped from black glassy
basalt or trap (Plate II, Fig. 6).
202-8398. Point for a drill or perforator chipped from
chalcedony (Fig. 47).
202-8399. River pebble partly pecked into the form of a
pestle. Found on the surface 8 miles above the head of
Priest Rapids (Fig. 23).
VARIOUS LOCALITIES.
Numbers 20.0-1463 to 20.0-1471 were collected and
presented by Mr. D. W. Owen of Kennewick.
20.0-1463. Bone object broken and partly missing from
Blalock Island fifteen miles below Umatilla in the
Columbia River.
20.0-1464. Wedge made of antler from the surface near the
Columbia River near the mouth of the Snake River (Fig.
39).
20.0-1465. Bleached awl made of bone from an island in
the Columbia River, forty miles above the mouth of the
Snake River (Fig. 57).
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