http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/arf_ucasreports/rss Recent eScholarship items from Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:45:01 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6d70v74h The Aboriginal Population of the Great Basin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6d70v74h Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Kennedy, K. A. R https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m15895j Papers on California Archaeology: 50 - 62 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m15895j Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Baumhoff, M A Pilling, A R Elsasser, A B Heizer, R F Treganza, A E Valdivia, L L Bennyhoff, J A Contreras, E Merriam, C H Yates, L G https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5dz90451 Papers on California Archaeology: 47 - 49 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5dz90451 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Balfet, Helene J, Francis Johnston, Patricia H Cook, S F https://escholarship.org/uc/item/450514g0 An Introduction to Yana Archaeology  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/450514g0 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Baumhoff, M A https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qs664h9 A Comparative Analysis of Prehistoric Skeletal Remains from the Lower Sacramento Valley https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qs664h9 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Newman, Russell W https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35c1m2wm Part 1: Salvage Archaeology in the Trinity Reservoir Area, Northern California                                              Part 2: The Lagomarsino Petroglyph Group (Site 26-St-1) Near Virginia City, Nevada https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35c1m2wm Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Treganza, A E Heizer, R F Elsasser, A B https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2nn9j4cq Index to the Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey, Number 1-30 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2nn9j4cq Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Antevs, Ernst Avery, B P Baumhoff, Martin A Beardsley, Richard K Bennyhoff, J A Dubois, J. M. F Bowen, Alley Brainerd, George W Cessac, Leon de Cook, Sherburne F Ehleben, E T Ellis, H Holmes Elsasser, Albert B Gifford, E W Goldschmidt, Walter Gonsalves, William C Greengo, Robert E Grosscup, Gordon L Hamy, E Harner, Michael J Harradine, Frank Heizer, Nancy E Heizer, Robert F Hrdlicka, Ales Kroeber, Alfred L Lathrap, Donald Lee, S L Loud, LLowellyn L McCown, T D Meighan, Clement W Mills, John E Riddell, F A Riddell, Harry S Robinson, Eugene Sample, L L Smith, C E Squier, Robert J Storie, R E Tarr, W A Taylor, Edith S Treganza, Adan E Wallace, William J Weymouth, W D Willis, Bailey https://escholarship.org/uc/item/10t3k11j Salvage Archaeology in the Trinity Reservoir Area Northern California - Field Season 1958  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/10t3k11j Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Treganza, Adan E https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0w4169s4 Papers on California Archaeology, 32 - 33 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0w4169s4 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Meighan, Clement W Baumhoff, M A https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hb611mh Papers on California Archaeology: 30 - 31 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hb611mh Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Meighan, Clement W Gonsalves, William C https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98f4k1qz Papers on California Archaeology: 6-9 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98f4k1qz Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F Lathrap, Donald W Meighan, Clement W https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r3737s7 Archaeological Investigations in the Farmington Reservoir Area, Stanislaus County, California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r3737s7 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Treganza, Adan E https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h33c6f8 Papers in California Archaeology 17-18 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h33c6f8 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F Wallace, William J Taylor, Edith S https://escholarship.org/uc/item/38x6g6jp The main controlling factor of physical conditions and processes,and of distribution and spread of plants and animals, is climate and itschanges. Low temperature and, in some regions, excessive snowfall havecaused extensive glaciations. The withdrawal of water to form the icesheets lowered the oceans. Increased precipitation and reduced evaporationinduced pluviations in arid regions. Rise of temperature has madeice sheets and glaciers shrink and disappear. Climate has thus controlledthe geological factors. Biota have moved latitudinally andaltitudinally with the climatic belts. Plants and animals have beentrapped by climatic changes in unfavorable locations to become regionally.or universally extinct.The temperature rise which has occurred during the last hundredyears in North America and in Europe (and perhaps elsewhere), togetherwith the general parallelism of the past temperature histories, indicatethat the marked, long-continued temperature ages have prevailed simultaneouslyin... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/38x6g6jp Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Beardsley, Richard K Antevs, Ernst Cook, S.F. Harradine, Frank https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jm5g54h The valley of the lower Colorado River is well known for the immenseoutline figures of gravel which occur on its river terraces. Despite thisfact, only a few archaeologists have shown an interest in them, and as aresult there is little detailed information available concerning them.This paper is designed to sumarize briefly and to note the present stateof such information in order to facilitate future research.The two largest groups of gravel outlines yet discovered are the"giant desert figures" and the "mystic maze." The "giant desert figures"site is located approximately sixteen miles north of Blythe, California,and is clearly pictographic in nature. The "mystic maze" is situatedacross the river from Topock, Arizona, and like a number of the othergravel constructions of the region, may or may not be pictographic innature. However, in the light of presently available information, it doesnot seem practical to attempt to decide which gravel alterations are orare not pictographic.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jm5g54h Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Harner, Michael J. Heizer, Robert F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j18h8c3 Methods for Archaeological Site Survey in California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j18h8c3 Thu, 9 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Fenenga, Franklin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dh7m1j6 A Bibliography of the Archaeology of California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dh7m1j6 Thu, 9 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5tx3j6q3 The chief aim of the California Archaeological Survey is to study and make known to the general and scientific public the prehistory of the State of California. Research is envisaged as the Survey's chief activity, with the State as its field of operation. No area or areas are to be Selected for intensive investigation and no region of the State is to be ignored. Where local institutions have archaeological programs in operation the Survey will stand by to lend a hand if invited and will attempt to carry out its investigations in near-by areas with the full knowledge and cooperation of those local groups primarily concerned with special or local problems. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5tx3j6q3 Wed, 8 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mg6907p Papers on California Archaeology: 70-73 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mg6907p Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Hindes, Margaret G Davis, James T Baumhoff, M A Byrne, J S Payen, L Arthur https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6448d0ds The three papers included in the symposium on the antiquity of man in California were presented before the Southwestern Anthropological Association in the Fall of 1951, The writing of this introduction and editing these papers has been one of the pleasanter aspects of my role as president of the Association. In this symposium there were brought together three of the outstanding scholars of California and inter-mountain pre-history. Bringing as they do a variety of background and special interests and techniques to a common problem, they serve to highlight the present state of knowledge of this particular aspect of anthropology, and to point toward future needs and expectations. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6448d0ds Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Goldschmidt, Walter Heizer, Robert F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jn5z6h9 During April and May of 1949, test excavations were made at a largestratified shellmound on the shores of San Francisco Bay. 1 The site,designated in the records of the U.0. Archaeological Survey as 4-Mrn-115,is located on a point of land just north of San Rafael. The property isowned by Mr. W.H. Thomas of San Rafael, whose friendly cooperation in permittingthe excavation is here gratefully acknowledged.The preliminary excavations were made to check the stratigraphic andcultural associations of the mound. At the time, it was hoped that excavationof the site would be continued on a larger scale. However, variousfactors have prevented continuance of the work, and it now appears desirableto place on record the sketchy data obtained from the preliminary tests.The artifact sample is regrettably small, consisting of only a handful ofspecimens, but it appears sufficient to outline the cultural position of thesite. The excavation which has been done to date is of importance for tworeasons:... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jn5z6h9 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Meighan, Clement Baumhoff, Martin Squier, Robert Ellis, H. Holmes Tarr, W.A. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5784d0c0 In August, 1952, the present authors and Thomas Bolt carried out anarchaeological reconnaissance of the high Sierra from Markleeville(Eldorado County) in the South to Hobart Mills (Nevada County) in theNorth, and from Cisco (Nevada County) in the West to Spooner Lake(Douglas County, State of Nevada) in the East. The boundaries of ourreconnaissance area were roughly 39025' to 380 30' N. Lat. and 1200 25'to 1190 50' W. Long.Our work was supported by a grant from the Claypool Fund established byMr. W.C. Claypool, Smithfield, Utah, and we express our appreciation hereto Mr. Claypool and President Robert Gordon Sproul, administrator of theFund. We express our special appreciation to Mr. Loring J. Barker andhis son, James, of Berkeley, California for calling to our attention sitePla-5 and for their gift to the UJCAS of a large collection of chipped implementsfrom the site. Our results, while not outstanding in any way,nevertheless represent a solid contribution to Western prehistory.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5784d0c0 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F. Elsasser, Albert B. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1f2679kp In a recent paper (Cook, 1951) the fossilization of bone was consideredfrom the standpoint of the behavior of the principal components: calcium,phosphate, and carbonate. These substances may increase or decrease with theduration of fossilization and in detail are subject to wide fluctuation,depending on the chemical nature of the soil matrix in which the bones are imbedded.Leaching, accumulation, and ion exchange may raise or lower the levelof any of the inorganic constituents in such a way as to make the analyticalvalues in a single specimen of little use in estimating the age of the bone.The organic matter, on the other hand, appears to undergo a consistent secularreduction which is much less dependent upon the chemical and physical environment.The water content likewise decreases quite uniformly with age.The present paper reports the results of recent investigations of theorganic components and water in fossil bone. Application of the results todating is not attempted here... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1f2679kp Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Cook, S.F. Heizer, R.F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4sc435wg Papers on California Archaeology: 10-12 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4sc435wg Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F Kroeber, Alfred L Lathrop, D W Meighan, C W https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2f1395sk Molluscan Species in California Shell Middens  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2f1395sk Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Greengo, Robert E https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0q8613j9 Papers on California Archaeology: 13-16 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0q8613j9 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Cessac, Leon de Hamy, E Riddell, Harry S Wallace, William https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kh6t20h Trade and Trails in Aboriginal California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kh6t20h Tue, 7 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Sample, L L https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6n5737qz Archaeology of Two Kern County Sites  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6n5737qz Tue, 7 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Riddell, Francis A Heizer, Robert F https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9734734j Methods of Recording and Present Status of Knowledge Concerning Petroglyphs in California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9734734j Fri, 3 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Fenenga, Franklin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/77h8c4d8 Papers on California Archaeology: 1-5 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/77h8c4d8 Fri, 3 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Cook, Sherburne F Heizer, Robert F Meighan, Clement A Mills, John E https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5d48z9t1 A Bibliography of Ancient Man in California  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5d48z9t1 Fri, 3 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0tz5786m The Stanford Skull, a Probable Early Man from Santa Clara County, California https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0tz5786m Fri, 3 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Heizer, Robert F. McCown, Theodore D.