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
20.0-1466. Bleached awl made of bone from the surface of
an island in the Columbia River near the mouth of the
Snake River (Fig. 56).
20.0-1467. Awl made of brownish bone nearly circular in
section with five incised lines on two sides, four on
one, and none on the other which is plain because worn
smooth probably by age or use. From a grave on Blalock
Island, a long island in the Columbia River fifteen miles
below Umatilla.
20.0-1468. Awl made of brownish bone. The shaft has
nearly parallel sides and rounded corners but the base is
nearly circular in section. Striations such as are made
by a gritstone show on the surface. Found with another in
a grave on an island in the Snake River five miles above
its mouth (Fig. 10).
20.0-1469. Sculptured arm with hand made of black slate
having four nearly parallel sides and rounded corners.
From Umatilla, Oregon.
20.0-1470. Pipe made of sandstone bearing design. From
the Snake River Indians (Figs. 107 and 115).
20.0-1471. Sculptured handle broken from a club made of
serpentine. The broken surface is smooth. There are
notches 1/4 inch long on the edge. From Blalock Island
opposite Umatilla in the Columbia Valley (Fig. 167h,
Smith, (b).).
20.0-3343. Fluted stone, possibly an unfinished pestle.
From near Lewiston, Idaho. Presented by Mr. Henry Fair,
Spokane, Idaho.
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Numbers 20.0-3344 to 20.0-3346 are from an old village
site near Fort Simcoe. Collected by Dr. H. J. Spinden.
20.0-3344. Mortar.
20.0-3345. Pestle.
20.0-3346. Pestle.
T-21184 (H-180). Fragment of a leaf-shaped point made of
chert. From Wallula near the Columbia River, Oregon.
Collected by Judge James Kennedy in 1882 (Fig. 6).
T-22107 (H-177). Fragments of a figure made of antler.
From Umatilla, Oregon. Collected by Mrs. James Terry
(Fig. 123).
[Illustration: CHIPPED POINTS. (Page 24) PLATE I.]
[Illustration: CHIPPED POINTS. (Page 25) PLATE II.]
[Illustration: QUARRY NEAR NACHES RIVER. (Page 16)
HOUSE SITE NEAR NACHES RIVER. (Page 51) PLATE III.]
[Illustration: HOUSE SITES NEAR NACHES RIVER. (Page 52) PLATE IV.]
[Illustration: CAMP SITES NEAR SENTINAL BLUFFS. (Page 56) PLATE V.]
[Illustration: FORT NEAR ROCK CREEK. ROCK-SLIDE GRAVE ON YAKIMA RIDGE.
(Page 14) PLATE VI.]
[Illustration: TERRACED ROCK-SLIDE ON YAKIMA RIDGE. (Page 141)
PLATE VII.]
[Illustration: ROCK-SLIDE GRAVES ON YAKIMA RIDGE. (Page 140)
PLATE VIII.]
[Illustration: CREMATION CIRCLE NEAR MOUTH OF NACHES RIVER. (Page 142)
GRAVE IN DOME OF VOLCANIC ASH NEAR TAMPICO. (Page 139) PLATE IX.]
[Illustration: OPENED GRAVE IN DOME OF VOLCANIC ASH NEAR TAMPICO.
(Page 139) PLATE X.]
[Illustration: PETROGLYPHS NEAR SENTINAL BLUFFS.( Page 121) PLATE XI.]
[Illustration: PETROGLYPHS IN SELAH CANON. (Page 122) PLATE XII.]
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