The Emeryville Shellmound

by Max Uhle

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

Vol. 7

No. 1

THE EMERYVILLE SHELLMOUND.

BY

MAX UHLE.

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CONTENTS.

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Part 1.	General Report on the Excavations Conducted by Professor John C. Merriam and Dr. Max Uhle in the Spring of 1902	[1]
	Introduction	[2]
	Early Settlements in the Region	[5]
	Early References to Shellmounds of Middle California	[6]
	The Nature of the Excavations	[7]
	The Base of the Mound	[9]
	The Internal Structure	[14]
	Constituents of the Mound	[16]
	Shells	[16]
	Bones	[18]
	Fireplaces	[19]
	Human Remains and Relics	[19]
	Burials	[21]
	Age of the Mound	[30]
	Cultural Stages Represented	[36]
Part 2.	Artifacts Unearthed at the Emeryville Shellmound	[42]
	A. Implements of Stone	[42]
	a. Made by Grinding	[42]
	1. Mortars	[42]
	2. Flat Stones	[46]
	3. Pestles	[47]
	4. Hammer-like Stones	[49]
	5. Flat Stones Pointed at Both Ends	[50]
	6. Sinker-like Stones	[50]
	7. Cylindrical Stones	[56]
	8. Needle-like Stone Implements	[57]
	9. Tobacco Pipes	[57]
	10. Various Polished Stones	[59]
	b. Chipped Stones	[61]
	B. Utensils of Bone, Horn, and the Teeth of Animals	[66]
	Implements of Bone	[66]
	1. Awl-like Tools	[66]
	a. Common Awls	[66]
	b. Blunt Awl-like Implements	[69]
	c. Flat Awl-like Implements	[69]
	2. Needle-like Implements	[70]
	a. Straight Needles without Perforation	[70]
	b. Curved Needles	[70]
	c. Needles with Eyes	[70]
	d. Long Crooked Needles	[70]
	3. Rough Awl-like Implements of the Lower Strata	[71]
	4. Implements of the Shape of Paper-cutters	[72]
	5. Pointed Implements	[74]
	6. Saw-like Notched Bones	[76]
	7. Various Implements and Objects of Bone	[79]
	Implements of Antler	[80]
	1. Chisel-like Implements	[80]
	a. Actual Chisels	[80]
	b. Chisel-like Implements of Varying Forms	[81]
	2. Implements of Antler with Dull Rounded Ends	[82]
	3. Pointed Implements	[82]
	4. Straight Truncated Implements	[82]
	Implements of Teeth	[83]
	C. Implements Made of Shells	[83]