The Distributed Proofreaders eBook of The Emeryville Shellmound
by Max Uhle
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About this eBook
- Author
- Uhle, Max, 1856-1944
- Title
- The Emeryville Shellmound
- Original Publication
- United States: The University Press,1907.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Emeryville (Calif.) -- Antiquities
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 67841
- Release Date
- April 15, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Introduction. — Early Settlements in the Region.
- 3.Early References to Shellmounds of Middle California.
- 4.The Nature of the Excavations.
- 5.The Base of the Mound.
- 6.The Internal Structure of the Mound.
- 7.Constituents of the Mound.
- 8.Burials.
- 9.Age of the Mound.
- 10.Cultural Stages Represented.
- 11.PART II.—ARTIFACTS UNEARTHED AT THE EMERYVILLE SHELLMOUND. *
- 12.A. Implements made of Stone. — a. Made by Grinding. — 1. Mortars. — 2. Flat Stones. — 3. Pestles. — 4. Hammer-like Stones. — 5. Flat Stones Pointed at both Ends. — 6. Sinker-like Stones. — 7. Cylindrical Stones. — 8. Needle-like Stone Implements. — 9. Tobacco Pipes. — 10. Various Polished Stone. — b. Chipped Stones.
- 13.B. Utensils of Bone, Horn, and the Teeth of Animals. — Implements of Bone. — 1. Awl-like Tools. — a. Common Awls with a Good Point. — b. Blunt Awl-like Implements. — c. Flat Awl-like Implements. — 2. Needle-like Implements. — a. Straight Needles without Perforation. — b. Curved Needles. — c. Needles with “Eyes.” — d. Long Crooked Needles. — 3. Rough Awl-like Implements of the Lower Strata. — 4. Implements of the Shape of Paper-cutters. — 5. Pointed Implements. — 6. Saw-like Notched Bones. — 7. Various Implements and Objects of Bone. — Implements of Antler. — 1. Chisel-like Implements. — a. Actual Chisels. — b. Chisel-like Implements of Varying Forms. — 2. Implements of Antlers with Dull, Rounded Ends. — 3. Pointed Implements. — 4. Straight, Truncated Implements. — Implements of Tooth.
- 14.C. Implements Made of Shells.
- 15.Untitled
- 16.TRANSCRIBER NOTES
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