Rock Art Treasures of Ancient America: The California Collection. Dave Caldwell, producer. Hayward: Dave Caldwell Productions, Inc. Videotape, 25 min., $495.00 plus tax and shipping.

In many ways, Ruby appears to have come into her own during the last two decades of her life. Her association with Douglas Fain of Indio led to a deep interest in Cahuilla prehistory. It was while this interest was developing that I met her. Her concern over the loss of traditional culture led to her undertaking a tutorial program for the local Cahuilla children, emphasizing teaching the native language. This program is continuing under the direction of her husband, David, whom she married in 1935. Those of us in the anthropological community who knew Ruby miss her both as a sincere friend and a knowledgeable consultant on Desert Cahuilla culture.

Material Culture of the Numa: The John Wesley Powell Collection, 1867-1880. Don D. Fowler and John F. Matley. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology No. 26, 181 pp., 82 figs., 1979.

Investigation of numerous scarred juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) trees in western Nevada, from which it is concluded Indians took wood for the manufacture of archery bows, necessitated a review of the literature on Great Basin bows and the materials from which they were made. The goal was to better understand the significance of these trees and the relationship of the industry represented by them to the manufacture of bows in the area as a whole. Use of horn, antler, and bone for bow stave material is discussed elsewhere (Wilke 1988). In this paper, I discuss the use of various woods for bow staves in the Great Basin and adjacent regions. I then discuss the harvesting of wood for bow staves from still living Juniper trees in western Nevada, and offer ideas about the exchange of wooden bow staves or completed bows from this region to other regions. Finally, I speculate on the relationships between bowyers and the trees from which they took their bow staves, and assess stave harvesting and tree regrowth as these phenomena relate to the concept of aboriginal resource management.

Ancient Peoples and Cultures of Death Valley National Monument. William J. Wallace and Edith Wallace. Ramona, Calif.: Acoma Books, 1978, 34 pp., 26 photos, 1 chart, 5 sketches, $2.95 (paper).

Paul Langenwalter has called to my attention two flaws in our recent report "Ord Shelter," which appeared in Vol. 3, No. 1. We inadvertently referred to the wrapped jack rabbit jaw as a rodent jaw. This perpetuated an error that originally appeared on page 383 of Emil Haury's The Stratigraphy and Archeology of Ventana Cave, Arizona (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, and Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1950). We should have referred to the jack rabbit as a lagomorph rather than a rodent. Furthermore, we omitted referencing Haury's work.

The Cocopah People. Anita Alvarez de Willians. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1974. 104 pp., 4 color photos, 25 black. white photos, 5 line drawings. No price given.

Travelers Among the Cucapá. Anita Alvarez de Williams. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975 (Baja California Travels Series No. 34). 161 pp., 32 figs., endpaper maps. $24.00.

Desert Foragers and Hunters: Indians of the Death Valley Region. William J. Wallace and Edith Wallace. Ramona, Calif: Acoma Books, 1979, viii + 44 pp., 20 photos, pen sketches, $3.25 (paper).