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.)
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| Occurrence by depth (in in.) |
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Types | 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42 42-48 48-54 | Total
------|-----------------------------------------------------|------
IA | 28 25 17 10 1 ... ... ... 1 | 82
IB | 12 26 12 8 2 ... ... ... ... | 60
IC | 10 13 10 6 3 ... ... ... ... | 42
IIA | 31 51 19 9 4 2 ... ... ... | 116
IIB | 54 106 76 31 11 2 ... ... ... | 280
IIC | 82 89 68 31 10 3 1 ... ... | 285
IID | 13 15 11 4 2 2 ... ... ... | 47
III | 9 24 16 2 ... ... ... ... ... | 51
------|-----------------------------------------------------|------
Total | 239 349 229 101 33 9 1 0 1 | 962
| |
| Fragments not typable | 1,556
| | -----
| | 2,518
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[Illustration: Figure 6. Mano Types]
I. Unifaced
IA. Natural cobbles with wear on one surface. Cobbles range from
symmetrical to irregular in shape: circular to ovoid in outline.
IB. Extended form of type IA, showing excessive wear. Forms all tend
toward symmetry.
IC. Elongated "sugar-loaf" in cross section. Entire back surface
completely smoothed.
II. Bifaced
IIA. Natural cobbles with wear on two surfaces. Symmetrical forms
range from oblate spheroids to ovoid disks, others are symmetrical.
In cross section wear surfaces are parallel to lenticular. Grades
into type IIB.
IIB. Same as IIA, but forms are elongated (length always much
greater than the breadth).
IIC. Wedge-shaped, ovoid to elongate cobbles. Angle between wear
surfaces ranges from 5 degrees to 45 degrees.
IID. Same as type IIC, but one surface is keeled as a result of
superimposed wear pattern.
III. Trifaced
III. Long, narrow, triangular cross section.
_Mortars_
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