Perishable Industries from Rockshelter, Malheur County, Oregon, R.L. Andrews, J.M. Adovasio and R.C. Carlisle, 1987, Ethnology Monograph 9 (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology) and University of Oregon Anthropology Papers 34. $15.00 (paperbound)
✍ Scribed by Catherine S. Fowler
- Book ID
- 102225052
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6353
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✦ Synopsis
This monograph, in a series of chapters/sections by various cc-authors, reports the results of the detailed analysis of 130 specimens of basketry, 814 pieces of cordage, 169 sandals or fragmenta themf, 127 miscellaneous fiber/wood constructions, and 1070 quids, from Dirty Shame Rockshelter, a multisomponent site in Malheur County, Oregon. The site was excavated in 1973 by a team fium the University of Oregon. It yielded a roughly 9000-year sequence of deposits (except for an interesting 3200 year hiatus between roughly 3950 B.C. and 750 B.C.) of cultural materials of various types of which the perishables formed the largest category. The site was the first major dry deposite to be excavated in this particular region (Owyhee Plateau) and the first in the northern Great Basin to yield such a large and well controlled sample of perishables. Twenty-two radiocarbon dates define the sequence of six cultural zones. Numerous features, including hearths and ash lenses, bedded -6, pita, and the remains of collapsed pole and thatch structures occur within the zones. Given that a complete site report has not been published, the reprinting (with updates) of an earlier article by C.M. Aikens, D.L. Cole, and R. Stuckenrath outlining the excavation procedures, radiocarbon chronology. cultural features, suggested lifeways, and implications of the site is particularly welcomed. It serves as the introductory chapter to the monograph and will be a f d point for readers of this journal.
Chapters presenting the classifications and technical analyses of the perishables follow the introductory chapter in order: basketry (10 types), cordage (12 types), sandals (3 types), miscellaneous perishables, and quids. Each is M)authored by Andrews, Adovasio, and Carlisle, but not always in that order. R.D. hennen s e e m to have contributed to