TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.Introduction[ 1]
History of the Investigation[ 1]
Physiography[ 1]
Fauna and Flora of the Region[ 3]
Description of the Site[ 5]
Method of Excavation[ 5]
Preliminary Discussion of the Stratigraphy[12]
Objectives of the Monograph[15]
II.The LoDaisKa Site: Features[17]
III.The LoDaisKa Site: Typology[21]
Method[21]
Chipped Stone[22]
Projectile points[22]
Knives[34]
Scrapers[42]
Spoke-shaves[43]
Drills[43]
Perforators[51]
“Gravers”[51]
Other prismatic flakes[51]
Choppers or hammerstones[54]
Cores[55]
Ground Stone[58]
Milling stones[58]
Handstones[58]
Shaft-smoother[66]
Pigment stones[67]
Bone[69]
Beads[69]
Used bone fragments[69]
Notched bone[69]
Rib and scapulae cutting tools[69]
Gaming pieces[69]
Awls[73]
Cut bone[74]
Tools of antler and bone[74]
Flakers[74]
Problematical Objects[78]
Mica fragments[78]
Crystal[79]
Clay Ball[79]
Wood[79]
Leather[79]
Cordage[79]
Pottery[82]
Plain[82]
Surface roughened[83]
IV.Geology of the LoDaisKa Site by Chas. B. Hunt[89]
V.Mechanical and Chemical Analysis of the Soils
of the LoDaisKa Site by R. J. Rodden[91]
Introduction[91]
Sampling[92]
Results and Discussion[94]
VI.Faunal Remains in the LoDaisKa Site
by Edward Lewis, et al[100]
Classification used in this report[102]
VII.Plant Remains from the LoDaisKa Site
by Walton C. Galinat:
additional identifications by M. C. Towle[104]
VIII.Fossil Pollen and Spores from the LoDaisKa Site
by Donald R. Whitehead[114]
IX.Ethnographic Comparisons[118]
The Ute[119]
The Pawnee[124]
X.Dating the LoDaisKa Remains[128]
XI.Reconstruction and Interpretation
Culture Complex A[128]
Typological Affiliations[128]
Cultural Reconstruction[130]
Culture Complex B[132]
Typological Affiliations[132]
Cultural Reconstruction[134]
Cultural Complex C[135]
Typological Affiliations[135]
Cultural Reconstruction[138]
Culture Complex D[140]
Typological Affiliations[140]
Cultural Reconstruction[143]
Other Remains[145]
XII.Discussion[146]
Traditions at LoDaisKa[146]
The Site in a Larger Context[147]

MAPS

Figure Page
1—Area of study[ii]
66—Geologic Map of the LoDaisKa Site[90]
74—Location of principal sites referred to in text[131]