The Topanga Culture: Final Report on Excavations, 1948Treganza, Adan E. (Adan Eduardo)
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The Topanga Culture: Final Report on Excavations, 1948
Treganza, Adan E. (Adan Eduardo)
California -- Antiquities; Topanga Canyon (Calif.)
Type: fractional burial.
Condition: poor.
Position: ?
Sex: ?
Remarks: Double burial involving only the leg bones. In one burial the
greater part of both femora was present. The original burial position
could have been either flexed or extended, i.e., if the corpse has been
interred _in toto_ in the first place. In the second burial most of the
two tibiae and parts of both femora remained, their position strongly
suggesting flexure. It is impossible to say to what extent the burials
were disturbed, or what happened to the rest of the bodies.
Artifacts in association: none.
Table 1
Burials LAn-1
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| Burial number
Burial data |------------------------------------------------
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Depth from surface |
(inches) | 12 19 18 19 13 7 6 30 50 24 12 26
Primary inhumation | ... x x x x x ... ... ... ... ? ?
Reburial | ... ... ... ... ... ... x x x ... ? ?
Fractional burial | x ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... x ... ...
Extended on ventral side| ... ... ... x ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Flexed | ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ... ...
Head oriented | ... s ssw s s s ... ... ... ... ... ...
Artifacts associated | ... ... x x x x x x x ... ... ...
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_Burial 11_
(Pl. 18, _a_)
Location: section 15R13.
Depth: 12 in.
Type: partial reburial or disturbed primary burial.
Condition: poor.
Position: indeterminable.
Sex: indeterminable.
Remarks: Fragments of long bones, mandible, and maxilla present. Position
of mandible and maxilla among the leg bones suggests either a former
disturbance of a primary inhumation or a secondary burial.
Artifacts in association: possible feature 15C and a cogged stone found
about 18 inches away.
_Burial 12_
Location: section 17R7.
Depth: 26 in.
Type: indeterminable.
Condition: poor.
Position: indeterminable.
Sex: indeterminable.
Remarks: Bone disintegration and what seemed to have been disturbance
obviated taking adequate information.
Artifacts in association: none.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTIFACTS
To avoid repetition of description, only those types or groups of
specimens not covered in the earlier report will be fully discussed here.
Such categories as have already been isolated and defined will be treated
in summary fashion. For complete descriptive data, the 1947 account of the
Topanga Culture should be consulted. The total tabulations of the major
groups of artifacts derived from both season's excavations will be
presented in this paper.
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