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BLM LIBRARY 88000260 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEVADA CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES AN EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR COLLECTIONS FROM THE CARSON SINK, NEVADA TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 10 E 78 ,N4 K44 1983 RENO, NEVADA 1983

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BLM LIBRARY

88000260

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENTNEVADA

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES

AN EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR COLLECTIONS

FROM THE CARSON SINK, NEVADA

TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 10

E78,N4K441983 RENO, NEVADA 1983

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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENTNEVADA

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF CULTURAL RESOURCESTECHNICAL REPORTS

No. 1 Studies at Adams-McGill Reservoir: Exercises in Applying SmallProject Data to Archaeological Research . Robert York (Nov. 1977).ca. 18 pp.

No. 2 Archaeological Survey of Springs, Tonopah Resource Area . RobertaL. McGonagle and Lynda L. Waski (Feb. 1978). 60 pp.

No. 3 Oil and Gas/Geothermal Program Inventories . Nancy Botti, PeggyMcGuckian, Robert York and Mark Henderson (June 1979). ca. Ill pp.

No. 4 Artifact Assemblages from the Pahranagat, Lincoln County, Nevada .

Robert H. Crabtree and David D. Ferraro (Jan. 1980). 74 pp.

No. 5 Test Excavations at Painted Cave, Pershing County, Nevada . James C.

Bard, Colin I. Busby and Larry S. Kobori (Feb. 1980). 153 pp.

No. 6 Emigrant Trails in the Black Rock Desert . Peggy McGuckian Jones(Apr. 1980). 110 pp.

No. 7 An Historic Overview of the BLM Shoshone-Eureka Resource Area, Nevada.Patrick H. Welch (1981). 47 pp.

No. 8 Archaeological Studies in the Cortez Mining District, 1981. DonaldL. Hardesty and Eugene M. Hattori (1982). 59 pp.

No. 9 The History and Archaeology of Fenelon, a Historic Railroad Camp .

Arnie L. Turner (1982). 61 pp.

No. 10 An Examination of Amateur Collections from the Carson Sink, Nevada.Robert L. Kelly (1983) . 90 pp.

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No. 11 An Archaeological Survey in the Mormon Mountains, Clark County,Nevada . Mary K. Rusco and Jeanne Munoz (1983). 78 pp.

Bureau of Land ManagementPost Office Box 12000

300 Booth StreetReno, Nevada 89520

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FORWARD

This volume, "An Examination of Amateur Collections from the CarsonSink, Nevada" by Robert L. Kelly, Museum of Anthropology, University of

Michigan, provides important information on a facet of the archaeologicalrecord in western Nevada currently not well documented. As a part of a

graduate doctoral program, Kelly is conducting a regional study in theCarson Sink area. To supplement data gathered from field survey on

public land in the region, some prominent private collections from the

area have been inspected. This report contains data gathered from thatelement of the research plan.

The Carson Sink is one of several areas in the State that has

regularly attracted ardent private artifact collectors. The surfacecollection and excavation of prehistoric artifacts by individuals (an

illegal activity when conducted on public land without a Federal antiquitiespermit) who do not maintain accurate locational records greatly compromisesthe potential for reconstructing past lifeways at specific sites and on a

regional scale in general. Kelly attempts to draw out the residualinformation still retained in these materials. It is intended that this

information will provide additional baseline data for the assessment of

archaeological sites found in the Carson Sink area which often lack

distinctive stone tools in this region long frequented by collectors.

Richard C. HanesNevada BLM State ArchaeologistRenoJune, 1983

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M?33'

AN EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR COLLECTIONSFROM THE CARSON SINK, NEVADA

For

Bureau of Land ManagementCarson City District

by

Robert L. KellyMuseum of AnthropologyUniversity of Michigan

June 1983

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LIBRARYDenver , Col orado

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PREFACE

This paper reports preliminary results and work-in-

progress of an anlysis of materials in amateur and museum

collections from the Carson Sink, Churchill County, Nevada.

This analysis is part of the Carson-Stillwater

Archaeological Project (CSAP) (see Kelly 1980; Kelly et al .

1982). Fieldwork for the project consisted of a survey of

the eastern Carson Sink and the adjacent Stillwater2Mountains, an area of nearly 1600 km . Work has been

conducted in conjunction with excavations at Hidden Cave,

located at the southern end of the survey area, under the

direction of David Hurst Thomas (American Museum of Natural

History)

.

The survey area has been intensively collected by

amateurs and archaeologists for many years. Consequently,

it was considered necessary that a perusal be made of the

materials in museums and personal collections to determine

the types of artifacts which had been systematically removed

from sites in the area. A primary objective of this

undertaking was to gather data which would augment the CSAP

sample of projectile point metric and non-metric data. The

research described herein should be considered preliminary

and will be investigated in more detail at a later date.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Brian Hatoff and the BLM for

their assistance in making this report possible. Mr. Donald

Tuohy made collections at the Nevada State Museum available

to me; Ms. Amy Dansie and Ms. Evelyn Seelinger helped locate

collections. Ms. Sharon Edaburn graciously allowed me to

disrupt the Churchill County Museum and gave a great deal of

assistance. This report would not have been possible

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without the gracious assistance of the amateurs who opened

up their homes, their picture frames and shoeboxes for me.

I would especially like to thank Mr. George Luke, Herb and

Norma Splatt, and Nina and Hammy Kent. Nevada is fortunate

to have such people concerned with the state's prehistoric

heritage. Lastly, the CSAP would not have been possible

without the unfailing assistance of David Hurst Thomas and

the American Museum of Natural History.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Tables v

List of Illustrations vi

PREFACE i

PROJECT BACKGROUND 1

Research Objectives 1

Marsh Resources 2

Archaeology of the western Great Basin .... 3

Future Objectives 4

Fieldwork 6

EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR COLLECTIONS 6

Period of Occupation 8

Site Disturbance 9

Burials 11

DISTINCTIVE ARTIFACTS 13

GROUNDSTONE 15

Manos and Metates 15

Mortars and Pestles 16

PROJECTILE POINT ANALYSIS . . 26

Projectile Point Statistical Analysis 29

Carson Projectile Points 33

PROJECTILE POINT NON-METRIC DATA 37

Heat Treatment 37

Technology

Recycling

in

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Lithic Raw Material 41

CONCLUDING REMARKS 4 3

REFERENCES CITED 46

APPENDIX 53

PLATES 7 1

IV

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LIST OF TABLES

1. Groundstone Count Frequencies 16

2. Metate Data 17

3. Mortar Data 19

4. Mano Data 20

5. Pestle Data 21

6. Projectile Point Frequency by Type(no metric data available) 27

7. Projectile Point Frequency by Type(metric data available) 28

8. Correlation Matrix of Projectile Point Attributes 30

9. K-Means Analysis Cluster Composition byProjectile Point Type 32

10. Carson Projectile Point Data 35

11. Summary of data on projectile point heat-treatment 38

12. Summary of data on technology of projectilepoint production 39

13. Summary of data on recycling of projectilepoints 40

14. Summary of data on projectile point raw materialtype 42

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1 .Map of the Great Basin showing prominent marsh/lacustrine environments and location of study area. 5

2. Map of the Carson Sink showing the survey boundaryand important archaeological sites in the vicinity. 7

3. Graph showing relationship between yearlyrainfall variability and total annual precipitation(based on measures discussed in Colwell [1974]). . . 44

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PROJECT BACKGROUND

Research Objectives

The ultimate objective of the CSAP is to increase

anthropologists' understanding of the way in which hunter-

gatherers cope with different levels of resource

fluctuations and the way in which adaptation to resource

fluctuation affects cultural evolutionary change. The study

of short-term variability in cultural systems is a critical

issue. Hunter-gatherers do not adapt to their environment

through a single settlement-subsistence strategy, but

through a variety of such strategies (Binford 1980; Lee

1976; Winterhalder 1980). The complete range of these

strategies will be manifested over long periods of time

— ten, twenty, or thirty years -- and thus constitute long

term adaptations (see Kelly 1983; Binford 1982). The

implementation of different strategies is made in response

to short and long term fluctuations in the state of one or

more environmental attributes (eg. faunal population

oscillations). Long term adaptation is the principal

context of evolutionary change since the system upon which

selective pressures operate is not a single settlement-

subsistence strategy, but the total of all strategies, short

and long term.

The Carson Sink was chosen as a region within which to

investigate this issue for a particular region. Based on

the archaeology of marsh regions in the western Great Basin

and the general nature of marsh ecology, I have suggested

that marsh resources may have been used primarily as back-up

resources . Thus, an archaeological study of the use of

these resources may indicate how hunter-gatherers coped with

the resource fluctuations inherent to the western Great

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Basin.

Marsh Resources

The role of marsh resources in the diet of Great Basin

aborigines has been a concern of archaeologists for more

than a decade (Aikens 1978; Heizer and Napton 1970; Madsen

1982). All researchers have argued that marsh resources

provide a subsistence base large enough and stable enough to

support sedentary or nearly sedentary populations of hunter-

gatherers. This argument is based on the assumptions that:

(1) marsh ecosystems are among the most productive in the

world in terms of their net rate of primary production; (2)

the resources found in marshes are as nutritious as

available terrestrial resources in terms of calories and

protein; (3) marsh resources can be efficiently collected

and processed; and (4) marsh ecosystems represent a stable,

continually renewable resource base. There are, however,

several errors in this argument.

My criticisms of this argument will be presented in

greater detail in future publications. In brief, these

criticisms are: (1) Ecosystems cannot be evaluated in terms

of their overall productivity, but instead in terms of their

ef f ect i ve primary production, that is, the amount of primary

production available for human consumption. In marshes,

much of the primary production is in the form of

phytoplankton , and effective primary production is actually

low . (2) In terms of nutrition, a comparison between marsh

resources (fish, waterfowl, shellfish, cattail and tule) and

terrestrial resources (pinyon, ungulates, grass seeds,

lagomorphs) indicates that the latter are superior when

evaluated conjunctively in terms of protein and calories.

(3) Ethnographic sources indicate that marsh plants, fish

and waterfowl require high labor costs for their harvest and

processing, either because the resources require extensive

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"handling" before they are consumable, or because they are

acquired through communal hunting techniques (eg. Harrington

1967: 212; M. Harrington 1933; Wheat 1967; Jones 1981). (4)

Last, and most important, is a consideration of the

stability and consequent predictability of marsh resources.

All ecosystems undergo short-term change, oscillating

between periods of resource abundance and scarcity.

Research among extant hunter-gatherers indicates that a

resource's predictability is just as important as its

caloric or protein yield and energetic costs (O'Connell and

Hawkes 1981; Winterhalder 1981). Great Basin terrestrial

resources, especially pinyon (with its two-year seed

production cycle) and ungulates (whose range movements and

population levels can be monitored) are fairly predictable

in their abundance and distribution. In contrast, general

examinations of marsh ecology suggest that marsh

environments are both unstable and unpredictable,

particularly those found along shallow desert lakes (Mason

1957: 10; Correll and Correll 1972: 7). This contention is

supported by numerous observations on marsh environments of

the western Great Basin (Russell 1895: 118; Weide 1976: 177;

Bryne, Busby and Heizer 1979; Morrison 1964; Billings 1945).

In sum, it is incorrect to assume that hunter-gatherers

lived sedentarily beside marshes because the resources there

were superior to terrestrial ones. In fact, a different

interpretation is indicated by the archaeology of the

western Great Basin.

Archaeology of the Western Great Basin

There is a lengthy history of research in this area

with excavations having been conducted at a number of caves

and rockshelters overlooking lacustrine and/or marsh

environments. In the Carson and Humboldt Sinks these sites

include Lovelock Cave (Loud and Harrington 1929; Heizer and

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Napton 1970; Napton 1969), Humboldt Cave (Heizer and Krieger

1956), Hidden Cave (Grosscup and Roust 1952; Thomas n.d.)

and several smaller sites (Tuohy 1974; Heizer 1956; Baumhoff

1958)

.

The archaeological deposits in caves situated around

dry or extant marshes and lakes are very different from

those uncovered in cave sites elsewhere in the Great Basin.

Briefly, the caves around lakes are cache caves, and contain

little else besides numerous pits, many still housing

complete and usable tools and materials, stored for a future

use. In Lovelock Cave, most of the cache pits contained

implements associated with the exploitation of marsh

resources -- fish hooks, nets and duck decoys, to mention a

few. However, in Hidden Cave, most of the cached items are

indicative of hunting, rather than waterfowling or fishing.

Interestingly, Hidden Cave appears to have been used during

an earlier time period than Lovelock Cave. One goal of the

CSAP is to explain why this behavioral and temporal

difference exists.

The high frequency of caching instances in the western

Great Basin, an area of several lakes and marshes, may

indicate that marsh resources were used predominantly in

times of resource stress, the cached gear insuring that the

technology for exploiting the marshes was always ready and

available

.

Future Objectives

The objectives of the project, however, go beyond an

understanding of the prehistory of the Carson Sink. A

comparison of the archaeology of various regions of the

desert west (see fig. 1) where marsh exploitation is evident

will be made in order to deduce the environmental factors

which are conditioning the different forms of adaptation at

different periods of time. This is important to the

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1. Map of the Great Basin showing prominent marsh/lacustrine environments

and location of the study area.

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construction of a single theoretical framework capable of

explaining, for example, why pithouses are associated with

marsh exploitation along the Sevier River in Utah (from 600

A.D. until 1200 A.D.), while pithouses were, apparently,

never used in the Carson or Humboldt Sinks. The important

question here is whether or not there are differences in the

way in which resources fluctuated over short periods of time

between these two areas which can account for the different

archaeological records.

Fieldwork

Fieldwork for the survey was conducted in an area of2

about 1600 km encompassing the eastern Carson Sink, which

historically contained two lakes and an extensive marsh, and

the adjacent Stillwater Mountains, the nearest source of

large fauna and pinyon nuts (see fig. 2). In 1980, the

objective of the survey was to obtain a one percent sample

of the entire region; the results of this survey provided

the basis for the 1981 intensive survey. As a result,

different areas of the survey region were sampled at

different intensities (see Thomas and Kelly 1981).

Altogether, the valley floor was sampled with 16, 100 meter

wide transects (total of 257 kms.); the mountains were

sampled with 57, 500 by 500 meter quadrats. Altogether, 161

sites were recorded and collected, 100 on the valley floor,

61 in the mountains.

EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR COLLECTIONS

The final two weeks of September, 1982 were spent in

examining and recording, in part, the collections held by

several collectors and museums. Altogether, five major

collections were examined. These collections are located in

personal homes in Reno and Fallon, and in the Churchill

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Map of the Carson Sink showinq the survey boundary and important

archaeological sites and locations in the vicinity: 1 -Lovelock

Cave, 2-Humboldt Cave, 3-Indian Lakes area, 4-Hidden Cave/Grimes

Point. Location of marshes and lakes based on historical documents

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County Museum and the Nevada State Museum.

There are several problems involved in acquiring

information from collections made by amateurs. With the

exception of the collections in the Nevada State Museum,

where material from sites 26Ch16 and 26Ch19 were recorded,

there is almost no provenience data on the materials except

that the artifacts were found in the Carson Sink. Any

comments made about or information derived from the

collections, therefore, can only be relevant insofar as they

characterize the Carson Sink as a region. Many of the

artifacts which collectors lend or donate to museums are the

best finds: the large, complete projectile points, or the

rare artifact type, and thus are not necessarily

representative of an area. In addition, those collectors

who mount their artifacts also display only the nicest

finds. In order to determine the extent to which sites have

been collected, the specific classes of artifacts which have

been systematically removed from the sites in the Carson

Sink, it is necessary to see the collected artifacts which

have been relegated to "shoebox status" -- those artifacts

considered to be too badly damaged or commonplace to be hung

over the fireplace or donated to museums -- but not too

broken or common to have been collected (eg. plate R)

.

Therefore, I examined museum collections and amateur

collections in order to discover what artifacts are

distinctive or characteristic of the Carson Sink as a region

and to discover which artifact classes had been

systematically removed from the sites on the valley floor.

The latter piece of information is critical to the analysis

of the archaeological materials collected as part of the

CSAP survey.

Period of Occupation

In a cultural resources overview of the Carson and

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Humboldt Sinks, Busby and Kobori (in Bard, Busby and Findlay

1981: 196) noted that materials indicative of all periods of

occupation of the Great Basin are represented in the

amateurs' collections, including the Western Pluvial Lakes

Tradition (paleoindian ) . I also found several, though not

many, concave base points (similar to the Triple-T concave

base points described by Thomas [1981]) and crescents in the

collections. Whenever I encountered one of these artifacts

in a collection I asked the owner if the object had been

found in the Carson Sink, and, jjn every case the answer was

an emphatic no, often followed by the comment "you never

finds things like that around here, maybe down at Tonopah,

or up on the Black Rock, but not here." This information is

in agreement with the collection of projectile points made

during the CSAP survey: not a single point in the survey

collection can be attributed to a paleoindian occupation;

nor did we find any crescents, or large "horsehoof"

scrapers. The lack of such artifacts may be attributed to

geomorphology ; stemmed, Haskett-style projectile points are

found along the western margin of the Carson Sink (at the

Sadmat Site, and north of the town of Hazen) where there is

a more developed desert pavement than along the eastern

Carson Sink, where the bajada of the Stillwaters is still

quite active.

Site Pi sturbance

The predominant artifact types removed from the sites

on the Carson Sink are whole, or nearly whole groundstone

(see pi. Cc ) , whole projectile points, and whole, or nearly

whole bifaces (pi. L). There were dozens of mortars and

pestles, manos and metates in the collections (see table 1),

yet the CSAP survey recovered only one whole pestle, no

whole, nor even large fragments of mortars, a few manos and

three metates. In addition, the younger collectors in the

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area do not have much groundstone in their collections

(especially mortars and pestles), suggesting that most, if

not all such artifacts have been completely removed from the

valley floor. The collectors indicated that most mortars

and pestles were recovered from the southern Carson Sink,

but that some were also found on the alkali flat north of

the town of Fallon. Perhaps the increased plowing of land

for alfalfa around Fallon has led to the discovery of (and

need to remove) these large items. (Indeed, the resident of

Fallon with the largest collection of groundstone is not

only one of the oldest residents, but helped dig many of the

areas first large irrigation ditches.)

The largest collection of bifaces was in a single

collection belonging to a resident of Fallon. Of the nearly

5000 items on display at the collector's home, nearly 10%

are large (i.e. more than 10 cm. long) bifaces, the

remainder being projectile points. No other collector had

anywhere near this amount of bifaces; whether or not those

located in this collection were found in sites or as burial

goods will never be known. Since these bifaces were all

mounted frames, on the collector's dining room walls, I was

unable to collect metric data from them.

This collector is quick to point out that he only

picked up whole projectile points, as did many of the other

collectors. It seems that in the past (50 or more years

ago) there were so many projectile points on the valley

floor, and so many new ones exposed after every rain and

windstorm that collectors did not bother with picking up

broken points, or point fragments. Although it is only my

impression, it would appear that much fewer of the broken

points have been picked up compared to the whole points.

This is an important piece of information. The primary

means of dating surface sites in the Great Basin is through

the presence of temporally sensitive artifact types -- in

this case, projectile points -- on those sites. While it is

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more difficult to assign projectile point fragments to

various temporal types, it is not impossible; thus, the

frequency of projectile point fragments on sites may be used

as an indication of the period(s) of time during which the

site was deposited.

Burials

There have been several burials found in the Carson

Sink, in both caves (Tuohy and Stein 1969; Wheeler and

Wheeler 1969) and on the open valley floor (Hardesty 1969).

In addition, a Fish and Wildlife employee told me that he

had once seen 27 burials near Swan Lake, and one other near

Papoose Lake (both part of the Indian Lakes in the western

part of the Sink -- see fig. 2). All of these burials were

lying on their sides, and flexed; there were no grave goods

associated with any of the burials (all of which were

discovered many years ago and have long since disappeared).

Local residents also remember the discovery of about two

dozen skeletons near Battleground, a point of land (actually

a large dune) protruding into the alakli flat, located north

of the Indian Lakes area. I was told that shell beads are

often a good indicator of the presence of a burial. Many

people had such beads in their collections, and I assume

that there have been many other burials found which have

gone unreported.

The presence of burials in the Carson Sink, along with

the presence of bone tools in the amateur collections (see

pis. M and N) indicate that the soil of the Sink is

sufficiently alkaline to allow for the preservation of bone

in archaeological sites. This is important for a particular

reason. Several of the sites located during the CSAP survey

were found to contain, in addition to lithic materials,

scattered distributions of small pieces of bone. These

scatters of fragmented, often burned bone were not found in

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all sites on the valley floor, but were never found not in

association with other archaeological debris, such as

chippage and fire-cracked rock. Our analysis of this bone

sample is not complete, but most of the bone appears to be

that of fish, waterfowl, and shore birds, and not that of

larger mammals. The fact that human remains and bone tools

are preserved in the soil suggests that the faunal remains

recovered by CSAP have some archaeological significance.

Finally, I was informed that, with the exception of a

few minor finds (eg. pi. I) by ranchers and cowboys, there

has been little collecting done in the Stillwater Mountains.

We can probably safely assume that all sites recovered there

during the CSAP survey are intact and the collections made

from these sites indicative of the sites' original contents.

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DISTINCTIVE ARTIFACTS

One objective in examining the amateurs' collections

was to record those items under-represented in the survey's

collections. One class of items, groundstone effigies (see

pis. A, C, D) was completely unrepresented in the CSAP

survey. Donald Tuohy of the Nevada State Museum is

preparing an indepth report on the effigies of western

Nevada, and I will not discuss this artifact type here.

Other artifacts under-represented in the survey

collections, but found in amateurs' collections included

"sickles" (pi. E -- these were the only instances of this

type of artifact which I saw), "discoidals" (pi. J), and

stone pipes (pi. B). In plate I is shown part of the

contents of a cache found at the mouth of a canyon along the

western margin of the Stillwater Mountains. Five manos and

a "double handful" of white chert and obsidian chippage was

also found in this cache. A few collectors had some shell

artifacts in their possesion including a small amount of

dentalium (pi. F), abalone (pi. 0), and copious Olivella

beads (pi. P) . All of these artifacts are indicative of

some type of exchange mechanism between the Carson Sink,

California and the Northwest Coast.

In addition, one collector had many "eccentrics"

fashioned from obsidian -- small, often intricately flaked

items with no apparent functional purpose. Those shown in

plate H were nearly all that I saw. There was also evidence

of bone bead manufacture (pi. N) and possibly lapidary work

as well. The artifacts shown in plate G may be a type of

stone drill (of which I saw a total of only about a dozen,

which all belong to a single collector). All the items in

plate G are made from fine-grained basalt, and have a groove

on one side of the tip, running longitudinally which cuts

across a slight ridge encircling the tip, about 1-2 cm. from

the end. These may have been used with a bow to produce the

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drilling action, the groove allowing one to work wet sand

down into the drilled hole to act as an abrasive. There is,

however, no definite proof to support this interpretation.

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GROUNDSTONE

Five different types of groundstone artifacts were

encountered in the collections: mortars (pis. Ee , Ff),

pestles (pis. Dd, Gg, Hh), metates (pi. Ii), manos (pis. Kk,

Ll) and effigies (see above). Counts of different types of

groundstone were tabulated at two locations, one amateur

collection and the Churchill County Museum. Unfortunately,

there is little provenience information for these items;

many of those housed at the Churchill County Museum may not

have been found in the Carson Sink (there was little

provenience data available when the collection was donated

to the museum). However, the information on groundstone

items presented in tables 1 - 5 was gathered from pieces

which I am fairly certain came from the Carson Sink.

Manos and Metates

The manos and metates found in the Carson Sink can be

divided into two types: those associated with a rotary

grinding motion and those associated with a back-and-f orth

grinding motion. Rotary motion metates are slightly

concave, with a dish-like surface; the associated manos tend

to be rounded and smaller, as if they were only held in one

hand when in use (pi. Kk). Back-and-f orth motion metates

(pi. Ii) have a less concave grinding surface, which is

oriented along the stone's long axis. The associated manos

were held in both hands when in use and tend to be more

rectangular (pi. Ll). (for ethnographic data associating

particular forms of manos and metates, see Driver and Massey

[ 1957: 241 ])

.

Among the Walapai of northwestern Arizona, Kroeber

(1935) found that rotary motion metates were used for

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TABLE 1

GROUNDSTONE COUNT FREQUENCIES

GroundstoneType Count Combined %

MetatesManos

192182

32.630.9 63.5

MortarsPestles

40174

6.829.5 36.3

Totals 588 99.8 99.8

grinding small seeds, while larger seeds were ground on

back-and-f orth metates. It is possible, however, that it is

not the size of the seed which matters, but whether the seed

is being ground into flour or not. The back-and-f orth

motion allows one to grind seeds into a powder which can be

continually shunted off into a basket or container (eg. see

Wheat 1967). This is why, for example, back-and-f orth

motion metates were used in conjunction with mealing bins in

the American Southwest. It is interesting that both types

of metates are found in equal frequencies in the Carson Sink

(see table 2) as it is my impression that the rotary motion

metate is much less common in other areas of the western and

central Great Basin.

Mortars and Pestles

The most intriguing aspect of the Carson Sink

groundstone assemblage is the high frequency of mortars and

pestles. A survey of the archaeological and ethnographic

information on the Great Basin indicates that large mortars

and pestles occur only in areas of lakes and/or marshes.

Many of the mortars found elsewhere in the Basin are very

small; ethnographic data suggests such items were used for

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toothless to eat (Kroeber 1925: 327, 448), or were carried

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a similar distribution in Eureka Valley). The mortars and

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manos and metates suggest that the difference between

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use of mortars and pestles. While they are present in

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if one stumbled upon one in the sand. The Surprise Valley

Paiute, for example, made some use of mortars, which they

encountered in archaeological sites, but attributed their

manufacture to a previous race of cannibals (see Kelly 1932:

136). Although Powers(1877) claimed that mortars were used

in grinding acorns, Kroeber ' s ( 1 925 ) later ethnographic

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TABLE 5

PESTLE DATA

Item Length Diameter Comments

Pestle 27

Pestle 28Pestle 48Pestle 54Pestle 33Pestle 24Pestle 35Pestle 37Pestle 29Pestle 36Pestle 15

Pestle 33Pestle 23Pestle 24Pestle 32Pestle 38Pestle 28Pestle 27Pestle 29Pestle 33Pestle 43Pestle 19

Pestle 45PestlePestle 28Pestle 40Pestle 36Pestle 28

shaped, depress ion13 on one side

shaped, depression10 on one side12 shaped14 shaped9 shaped8 unshaped

12 shaped13 shaped13 shaped1 1 shaped7 unshaped

12 shaped8 unshaped

13 shaped10 shaped1 1 shaped10 unshaped12 shaped12 shaped12 unshaped1 1 shaped9 shaped, "waisted"

13 shapedunshaped

1 1 shaped9 unshaped

13 shaped12 shaped

Note: measurements from specimens in the ChurchillCounty Museum; all measurements in cms. All itemsare fashioned from basalt.

roots; this basket hopper, which is open at both ends, acted

like a mortar:

The northern Californians do not use mortars.They pound acorns and seeds on a flat slab on

which the hopper is loosely set. It will be seenthat this northern method of pulverizing foodmakes the hopper indi spensible . Without it theparticles would scatter widely (Kroeber 1922: 158)

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Gathering information from a local (Lovelock) Paiute Indian,

Loud and Harrington (1929: 142) wrote:

As regards the use of large mortars, Hatches saidthat after cattail seeds had been gathered and the"wool" burnt from them ... they were placed in a

big mortar "two feet high" and the largest sizedpestles used in cracking the shells. Then theseeds were again subjected to heat and the shellseparated, after which the meal was ground fine ona metate. A band of people, men, women, andchildren could produce four or five sacks of mealby a day's strenuous labor.

Elsewhere in North America mortars have been used in

grinding dry mesquite and various plant roots (see Driver

and Massey 1957: 179, 211). In Australia (more

specifically, Arnhem Land), mortars and pestles were used to

crack nuts, pulp fruit or soften cooked roots; metates,

however, were used to grind nuts into flour (Peterson 1968).

The mortar was also used in breaking open long bones and

skulls of animals, pulping pieces of cooked lizard, fish and

kangaroo tail so that the bones could be ingested and no

meat wasted. Among the aborigines Peterson found that

mortars and pestles, manos and metates were often left in

camps, and rarely transported about (except to scavenge them

from campsites). One of Peterson's more interesting

observations was that there were fewer mortar and pestles in

the interior where there was heavier reliance upon grass

seeds, than along the coast, where roots, which need to be

thoroughly pounded for their exploitation, were a primary

source of nutrition.

From the southeastern United States, Driver and Massey

(1957: 211) provide an account of the preparation of the

roots of Smi lax and Zamia :

The roots of both were pounded in a wooden mortarwith a wooden pestle. Later, water was added andthe mixture stirred until the flour becamesuspended in the water, and the liquid was poured

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off into another vessel. After the flour hadsettled to the bottom, the water was poured off,and after evaporating the remaining moisture inthe sun, dry flour resulted.

Aborigines of the eastern and southeastern United States

also made use of large wooden mortars for the grinding of

corn (Swanton 1946: 558-60). These references indicate that

mortars were used when a pounding force was needed to

process a foodstuff, rather than a pressing force, such as

that used to grind nuts or seeds into flour. This also

indicates that mortars will always be associated with the

use of foods which require more effort for their processing.

These same foods may also be high in carbohydrates and

starch, but low in protein (as is the case with acorns, and

many root crops such as Zamia , Smi lax , Typha , and Sc irpus )

.

Mortars may also be employed when the material is to be

mashed into a semi-liquid mush, for example, when processing

whole rabbits, rodents, or lizards for consumption.

We should question why a group of hunter-gatherers

would elect to use a stone mortar, which may be difficult to

transport, rather than a wooden one, or one fashioned from a

metate and a basket hopper, both of which are easier to

manufacture and transport.

It might be assumed that the presence of a large piece

of groundstone would be indicative of a sedentary

population; the stone's portability would not be an

important factor under such conditions, and its continued

use by a group or family might justify the initial cost of

acquiring, moving, and shaping the stone. This does not

explain, however, why several southern Californian groups,

such as those living along the San Joaquin delta, began

using wooden mortars as they (apparently) became more

sedentary (see Heizer and Treganza 1944) when they had

previously been using stone mortars (which had been

transported a considerable distance, and some of which

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weighed in excess of 125 pounds). Nor can this explain why

corn agriculturalists of the southeastern United States use

wooden mortars, or why the Australian aborigines of Arnhem

Land use stone mortars and yet are resident ially mobile.

On the other hand, the presence of large groundstone

tools might be indicative of a mobile population, who needed

use of the stone implements inf requently and who used them

only for particular resources. Peterson notes that

Australian aborigines left metates and mortars at sites,

remembering where the tools were located, rather than

carrying them along. If the resources exploited in a marsh

or lake require a special, pounding technology, and if those

resources are used infrequently, as I suggested above, then

it might make sense to invest energy in the manufacture and

transport of an item which can complete the task and yet be

left at a site with the knowledge that the tool will be

there in the future. (A wooden mortar obviously would not

last.) Thus, like many of the cave sites around marshes and

lakes in the western Great Basin (such as Lovelock Cave),

the groundstone on the valley floors may also be the result

of a caching strategy. It is interesting in this regard

that several collectors told me that most of the mortars

which they had found had been left upside down in the sand,

which they assumed was to keep water from freezing in the

depression and cracking the implement (as they had

discovered was possible from personal experience). This

observation suggests that the mortars of the Carson Sink

were left behind with the intention of using them again,

some time in the future.

Unfortunately, we have no way of ascertaining during

what period(s) of time the mortars and pestles were in use.

None is found in the many caves and rockshelters which have

been excavated, and none has been recovered in datable

contexts in surface sites. The only conclusion we can draw

at the moment is that these stone implements were not used

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extensively during the late prehistoric period in the Great

Basin, judging by the lack of their mention by ethnographers

and explorers.

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PROJECTILE POINT ANALYSIS

One of the objectives of examining the amateur and

museum collections was to gather data which could be used in

a test of the efficacy of the projectile point typology

proposed by Thomas (1981). Thomas has suggested that the

typology should be accurate for the western Great Basin,

though it was created to describe the temporal variability

in projectile points from Monitor Valley, in central Nevada

(see fig. 1). In a sense, it is impossible to test Thomas'

typology with the data presented here, since it is concerned

with temporal types, and since there is no independent

temporal control (such as radiocarbon dates) associated with

the projectile points in the amateurs' collections. Twenty-

four points, collected during the CSAP survey,, however, have

been submitted to Mr. Richard Hughes, of the University of

California to be sourced. If the sourcing data allow, these

points will then be cut and examined for hydration rinds by

Mr. Robert Jackson, also of the University of California.

The hydration data may only provide relative age estimates,

since the precise hydration curves are poorly understood and

since surface material will often hydrate differently from

the subsurface material upon which the available curves are

based. Thus, while these potential hydration dates are not

especially promising, they are at the moment the only chance

of obtaining independent dates on the Carson Sink surface

projectile points. (Research being conducted with the

Hidden Cave materials may provide a test of the temporal

span of Gatecliff series points in the Carson Sink.)

Attributes relevant to Thomas' projectile point key

were measured on 356 projectile points from the collections;

in addition, data on material type, heat-treating, recycling

and technology (bifacially versus unifacially flaked) was

recorded (see Appendix for projectile point data). In

anticipation that Thomas' typology would be applicable to

the projectile points from the Carson Sink, 736 other points

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were typed using Thomas' key (see table 6); the points typed

in this fashion were mounted in frames and did not allow

that some variables be taken into consideration (eg.

thickness) when typing the points. Amateurs often make

frames of similarly-shaped points; measuring the points in

such frames would bias a sample of the collections. Frames

were chosen which seemed to have a variety of point types

represented, or frames from smaller collections, represented

nearly all the points which the collector owned (and

lessening the degree to which a collector could have picked

and chosen which points to place in a frame). With Thomas'

key in hand, all but 99 (13%) of the 736 points could be

typed. Similarly, of the 356 points measured, only 15 (4%)

could not be typed (see table 7).

TABLE 6

PROJECTILE POINT FREQUENCY BY TYPE(no metric data available)

% %

Type Number of total of typable

Desert Side Notch 137 18.6 21 .5

Cottonwood Tr i .

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Gateclif f

Contracting Stem 5 .6 .7

Humboldt 86 11.6 13.5Large Side Notch 1 . 1 . 1

Carson 6 .8 .9

Untyped 99 13.4

Total 736 99.6 99.6

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Project i le Point Stat ist ical Analysi s

Since Thomas' typology appears to "work" on the Carson

Sink projectile points, it would be useful to test the

typology by demonstrating that clusters of particular

attbutes and particular values of those attributes exist

which are similar to those defined by the Monitor Valley

projectile point key. The statistical analysis described

here has scarely begun, and will be continued in more detail

later .

As a first step, a correlation matrix was generated to

check for variable redundancy (see table 8) which indicated

that the variables of weight, total length, and axial length

are all highly correlated (as might be expected); in

addition, medial length correlates with the maximum width

position, and DSA with PSA. Based on these results,

measures of length, neck width, and DSA were not used in

further analysis.

As a second step, six variables were selected to use in

a K-means analysis of the projectile points: basal width,

PSA, Weight, Basal indentation ratio, maximum width

position, and the basal width to maximum width ratio. K-

means analysis is a non-hierarchial divisive cluster routine

which attempts to maximize the degree of inter-cluster

differences while minimizing the degree of intra-cluster

variance (see Kintigh 1982; Kintigh and Ammerman 1982).

Metric data on 249 of the 356 measured points was submitted

to the K-means analysis.

The analysis indicated that the "best fit" is found at

four clusters; the composition of these four clusters in

terms of projectile point types is shown in table 9. It is

apparent from this table that particular projectile point

types are the primary constituents of different clusters.

Cluster 1 is comprised primarily of Rosegate points; cluster

2 of Desert Side Notch points; cluster 3 of Cottonwood

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Triangular and Humboldt points; and cluster 4, of large

corner-notch points (Elko and Gatecliff series). One

potential source of error here is the different sample sizes

of different point types; it is difficult to say, for

example, upon which cluster Cottonwood Leaf-Shape and Large

Side Notch points load.

Gatecliff Contracting Stem points may be associated

with Rosegate points in this analysis rather than with the

other corner notched points as in many cases the sole factor

discriminating between contracting stem and Rosegate points

is the degree of stem contraction, a factor taken into

consideration by Thomas (1981), but not by the variables

applied to the K-means analysis here.

Humboldt points appear to be associated with cluster 1

and 4, as well as 3, and not with cluster 2 because of the

similarity in weight between Rosegate, Humboldt and large

corner-notch projectile points (due to the wide size range

of Humboldt points).

The K-means analysis indicated that the most important

discriminating variables among the different clusters are

PSA and basal width. The four clusters have, in effect,

defined the four major series level groupings indentified in

Thomas' typology: unnotched, unstemmed points (cluster 3),

small side-notch points (cluster 2), small corner-notch

points (cluster 1) and large corner-notch (or straight base)

points (cluster 4). This analysis would appear to justify

the applicability of Thomas' typology to the Carson Sink

material, at least as far as the series level.

There are some minor differences, however, between the

Monitor Valley and Carson Sink projectile points. For

example, Thomas establishes cutoff points of 30 mm (length)

and 4 mm (thickness) for the Cottonwood Triangular and Leaf-

Shape points from Monitor Valley, yet many of the points in

the Carson Sink sample which fulfill other characteristics

of Cottonwood Triangular or Leaf-Shape points are longer

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than 30 mm and/or thicker than 4 mm. Thomas also suggests

that Humboldt points are more than 30 mm in length and more

than 4 mm in thickness, yet there are points in the CSAP

sample which are shorter and/or thicker. In addition, many

of the concave base points in the sample had maximum widths

equivalent to the basal width. Similar points have been

found elsewhere in the Carson Sink area (see Heizer and

Clewlow 1968) and are found at Horizon 4 at Gatecliff

(Thomas 1981). These findings are not out of line with

Thomas' conclusion that the size range of Humboldt is poorly

def ined

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The purpose in making the above comments is not to

indicate fallacies or shortcomings in Thomas typology, but

to document the sort of variability which needs to be

accounted for in a typology of Great Basin projectile

points .

Carson Project ile Points

One of the more interesting finds of both the CSAP

survey and an examination of amateurs' collections is a

number of extremely small points, which I have temporarily

labeled Carson projectile points (see pis. Aa , Bb) . In

table 10, I have presented summations of some of the data

collected on the points measured in the amateurs' and the

CSAP collections. While most of these points fall into the

typological category of Rosegate, there is a significant

difference between the amateur collection sample of Rosegate

and Carson projectile point weights (t=4.56, df=73, p<.001).

The CSAP survey located these points only at a single

site, 4386-13 (26Ch794), where over sixty points were

collected, most of these being complete specimens. Without

prompting, two of the collectors indicated that they rarely

found these tiny points, but whenever they found one, they

knew they were sure to find dozens. These points may have

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been used differently from other projectile points whichoccur in both sites and as isolates over much of the CarsonSink floor

.

Unfortunately, we have no way of dating these points atthe moment. At Rye Patch, north of the Carson Sink, MaryRusco has found several small projectile points in Rosegatecontext (i.e. 700 A.D. to 1300 A.D.), but, as the data in

table 10 indicate, the points recovered at Rye Patch may besignificantly different from those recovered from the CarsonSink (which is why I hesitate in calling the Carson Sinkmaterial by Rusco' s appelation "Rye Patch Miniatures").Five of the CSAP obsidian specimens have been submitted forsourcing and, if possible, hydration dates. Unfortunately,the points are windblasted and the hydration rind may beobscured or eroded.

To my knowledge there are few occurrences of thesesmall points in the western Great Basin; certainly they havenot been reported in the number in which they occur in theCarson Sink. Besides those found at Rye Patch, Tuohyreports several small points (Tuohy 1963: pi. 22d; 23cc; 24i

a total of four specimens) with an average length of 1.23cm., width of .59 cm. and thickness of .25 cm. Elsasser(1958) also notes the presence of 33 "small" (<.5 grms. in

weight) points at a site in the Humboldt Sink (26Pe05), butprovides no other information except that he does not thinkthe site was occupied after 1300 A.D. since there are noDesert Side Notch projectile points present at the site.The same pattern holds for 26Ch16 (see table 7), a

predominantly late component site. Thomas (1981) notes thatsmall side notched points are found in Owens Valley (seeThomas 198 1: note 5), but we have no information on thesepoints as of now.

The small size of the points coupled with the fact thatmost are fashioned from obsidian (which is not found locallyand must come from a minimum of fifty miles away) may

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indicate that these points are the result of extreme lithic

conservation and/or scavenging, since there is no stone

material naturally available on the valley floor (which is

knappable), and since obsidian is one of the few types of

stones which are potentially knappable at very small

scales. This does not, however, explain the points'

"clumped" spatial distribution. A more detailed report on

these points is currently being written.

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PROJECTILE POINT NON-METRIC DATA

Compiled data on heat-treating, technology, recycling

and material type are presented in tables 11-14.

Heat-Treatment

Heat- treatment is a procedure whereby siliceous stone

materials can be made more "plastic" and thus increase their

knapping potential. Stone material is heat-treated by

placing it in a pit, covering it with wet sand and keeping a

fire burning over the spot for 24 hours or longer. Heat-

treated nodules develop a particular sheen to their

interior, and takes on a waxy feel. If material is over-

heated, the surface of the stone will become crazed, and

eventually crack. Dense siliceous stones such as cherts and

jaspers are more often heat-treated than glassy material

such as obsidian, or more irregular material such as

rhyolite. Unfortunately, the part of the nodule bearing

evidence of heat-treatment is often removed as the stone is

flaked; consequently, the data in table 11 may be

misleading, and it is difficult to draw conclusions from

these data. An examination of the chippage which results

from tool production would be more indicative of the extent

to which heat-treatment was an important aspect of the

technology at different periods and/or at different

locations in the past. This problem will be pursued in the

analysis of the chippage collected from sites during the

CSAP survey.

Technology

It is equally difficult to draw conclusions concerning

the differences in knapping technology of the different

point types. The highest frequency of unifacial points in

the sample is found among post-1300 A.D. point types (about

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TABLE 1 1

SUMMARY OF DATA ON PROJECTILE POINT HEAT-TREATMENT

Heat NotProjectile Point Type Treated Heat-Treated Unknown

Desert Side Notch 2 73 3

Cottonwood Triangular 40Cottonwood Leaf-Shape 7

Rosegate 6 70

Elko Corner Notch 2 34Elko Eared 2 14 1

Gatecliff Split Stem 2 14

Gateclif f

Contracting Stem 1 11

Humboldt 1 38 2

Large Side Notch 7

Carson 1 10

Unknown 1 14

28%). It is interesting that there is a nearly identical

frequency of unifacial points in the Gatecliff Series points

(about 21%). Ignoring the issue of sample size for the time

being, these data may suggest that it is not simply

projectile point size which conditions whether or not it is

feasible to make a point from a flake so thin that it cannot

be worked down bifacially. While this may be the case for

small Desert Side Notch and Cottonwood series points, the

higher frequency of unifacial Gatecliff series points

compared to later Elko and Rosegate series points may be

indicative of differences in the hunting strategies between

these time periods. For example, if hunting were done

through long distance logistical mobility, rather than by

short daily forays from a residential location (see Binford

1980), during the period of time in which Gatecliff Series

points were' used there may have existed more occasions when

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points had to be fashioned from whatever raw material was

available locally, or from what material had been carried

with the hunters. That is, long-distance logistical hunting

may be associated with a greater frequency of instances in

which expedient gear would had to have been produced, and

the consequent production of unifacial points from flakes or

nodules too small to have been worked bifacially.

TABLE 12

SUMMARY OF DATA ON TECHNOLOGYOF PROJECTILE POINT PRODUCTION

Bifacially UnifaciallyProjectile Point Type flaked flaked Unknown

Desert Side Notch 55 21

Cottonwood Triangular 27 13

Cottonwood Leaf-Shape 6 -1

Rosegate 56 12

Elko Corner Notch 27 7

Elko Eared 15 1

Gatecliff Split Stem 14 2

Gateclif f

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Humboldt 35 6

Large Side Notch 6 1

Carson 8 2

Unknown 13 2

Recyc ling

The recycling data lend themselves to a similar

interpretation. As shown in table 13, there is a continual

decrease in the frequency of resharpened points through time

(sample size, again, could be an important factor). We

might expect to see a decrease in the degree to which a

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TABLE 1

1

SUMMARY OF DATA ON PROJECTILE POINT HEAT-TREATMENT

Heat NotProjectile Point Type Treated Heat-Treated Unknown

Desert Side Notch 2 73 3

Cottonwood Triangular 40Cottonwood Leaf-Shape 7

Rosegate 6 70

Elko Corner Notch 2 34Elko Eared 2 14 1

Gatecliff Split Stem 2 14

Gateclif f

Contracting Stem 1 11

Humboldt 1 38 2

Large Side Notch 7

Carson 1 10

Unknown 1 14

28%). It is interesting that there is a nearly identical

frequency of unifacial points in the Gatecliff Series points

(about 21%). Ignoring the issue of sample size for the time

being, these data may suggest that it is not simply

projectile point size which conditions whether or not it is

feasible to make a point from a flake so thin that it cannot

be worked down bifacially. While this may be the case for

small Desert Side Notch and Cottonwood series points, the

higher frequency of unifacial Gatecliff series points

compared to later Elko and Rosegate series points may be

indicative of differences in the hunting strategies between

these time periods. For example, if hunting were done

through long distance logistical mobility, rather than by

short daily forays from a residential location (see Binford

1980), during the period of time in which Gatecliff Series

points were' used there may have existed more occasions when

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points had to be fashioned from whatever raw material was

available locally, or from what material had been carried

with the hunters. That is, long-distance logistical hunting

may be associated with a greater frequency of instances in

which expedient gear would had to have been produced, and

the consequent production of unifacial points from flakes or

nodules too small to have been worked bifacially.

TABLE 12

SUMMARY OF DATA ON TECHNOLOGYOF PROJECTILE POINT PRODUCTION

Bifacially UnifaciailyProjectile Point Type flaked flaked Unknown

Desert Side NotchCottonwood TriangularCottonwood Leaf-Shaoe

55276

21

131

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Recyc 1 i ng

The recycling data lend themselves to a similar

interpretation. As shown in table 13, there is a continual

decrease in the frequency of resharpened points through time

(sample size, again, could be an important factor). We

miaht exDect to see a decrease in the decree to which a

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point had to be resharpened with a decrease in the frequency

of long-distance logistical hunting expeditions. It could

be argued that smaller points, such as Desert Side Notch,

once broken are more difficult to resharpen into viable

weapons than points which were initially much larger. Thus,

the shift in resharpening frequency shown in table 13 may be

a reflection of a change in point size only, rather than a

change in th,e use-life of a point. However, the initial

size of a point may itself be based upon the degree to which

its creator must anticipate recycling the point in the

future. Therefore, while recycling frequency and point size

may be correlated, both variables may be a function of a

shifu in hunting patterns and the associated technology.

TABLE 13

SUMMARY OF DATA ON RECYCLING OFPROJECTILE POINTS

NotProjectile Point Type Recycled Recycled Unknown

Desert Side Notch 14 40 24Cottonwood Triangular 2 37 1

Cottonwood Leaf-Shape 6 1

Rosegate 17 46 13

Elko Corner Notch 16 16 4Elko Eared 4 10 3

Gatecliff Split Stem 10 4 2Gatecliff Contracting Stem 6 6

Humboldt 3 29 9Large Side Notch 1 4 2Carson 10 1

Unknown 2 9 4

Bettinger and Baumhoff (1982) have suggested a similardifference in hunting strategies of pre and pcst-1000

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A.D. (approximately) occupations of the Great Basin. They

attibute such a difference to the migration of Numic-

speaking peoples from southern California who out-competed

the previous occupants of the Basin by increasing their

niche width and exploiting the resources of a given region

more intensively. This required a reduction in the effort

placed into long distance hunting. The data presented here

would suggest that, at least as far as the hunting pattern

is concerned, the shift may have been more gradual than that

proposed by Bettinger and Baumhoff.

Lithic Raw Material

There is little which can be concluded from the raw

material data presented here. Many of the points in the

Carson Sink are fashioned from obsidian, although this may

represent collection bias since amateurs tend to collect

many more obsidian rather than non-obsidian points due to

their own preference and the visibility of obsidian upon the

sandy valley floor.

However, the use of obsidian in projectile point

manufacture may also indicate the geographic range used at

different periods of time. A preliminary analysis of

obsidian projectile points and chippage (CSAP sample) from

the valley floor indicates that sources to the west and

south were used more often than northern sources, suggesting

that the Carson Sink may not have been used by groups whose

range included, or who had trade connections with the

northwestern Great Basin.

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CONCLUDING REMARKS

There is one final aspect of the projectile point

assemblage to be discussed. The occurrence of the various

point types is listed in tables 6 and 7; these data indicate

that Rosegate series projectile points are dominant over

Elko series points, despite the fact that Elko Points were

used during a period of time twice as long as that during

which Rosegate points were apparently used (app. 1500 B.C.

to 500 A.D. for Elko, 500 A.D. to 1300 A.D. for Rosegate).

Elsewhere in the Great Basin, Elko series projectile points

are dominant over Rosegate points, which could be explained

by the time span during which Elko points are used, but this

cannot explain the Carson Sink projectile point frequency.

If we assume that the frequency occurrence of projectile

points in an area roughly measures either (a) length of

occupation or (b) intensity of occupation (and these are

large assumptions) then the present frequency of Rosegate to

Elko projectile points may indicate that the Carson Sink was

used more intensively during Rosegate times than during

other times. The high frequency of Humboldt points also

supports this interpretation, if Bett inger ' s( 1 978) proposed

time range of these points is accurate (appr. 700 A.D. to

1300 A.D.). There is a possible explanation for this

reconstruction.

Current paleoclimatic data suggest that there may have

been an increase in aridity during the period of 500 A.D. to

approximately 1400 A.D. (Davis and Elston 1972), although

the available data are by no means clear on this

reconstruction (see Davis 1982). Assuming that there was an

increase in aridity, however, leads to an interesting

conclusion given the above argument proposing the

prehistoric use of the Carson Sink as part of a back-up

strategy. Meteorological measures indicate that in warm

temperate environments, increased aridity is associated with

more frequent and intensive stochastic variability in

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mm1.0

.8

t .6

5:

.4

2>-

.2

max

40 80

X ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (cm)

120

3. Graph showina relationship, between yearly rainfall variability and

total annual precipitation (based on measures discussed in Colwell

(1974)).

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rainfall from year to year (see Colweli 1974). Data

pertaining to this argument are shown in figure 3. An

increase in yearly variability in rainfall between 500 and

1400 A.D. may have affected potential seed plants and the

availability and/or distribution of animal populations,

resulting in an increased need to rely upon back-up

resources and, consequently, an increased occupation of the

Carson Sink. This proposal still remains to be demonstrated

by the CSAP analysis.

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APPENDIX

In this appendix a computer listing is presented of

metric and non-metric data on 356 projectile points; all

linear measurements are in mms.

, weight is in grams, notch

opening, DSA, and PSA are in degrees (measured to the

nearest 5 degrees). The variables are:

0. case identification number1. portion (

1 =complete , 2=missing tip, 3=base, 4=fragment)2. total length3

.

axial length4

.

medial length5. maximum width6. basal width7

.

thic kness8. neck width9. notch opening10. distal shoulder angle11. proximal shoulder angle12. wei ght13. technology (bi f=bi facially flaked, un i =un i f ac ially

flaked, unk ,miss=unknown or missing data)14. heat-treatment (Y=yes, N=no, U=uncertain)15. material ( obs=obs idian , chh=high quality chert,

chl=average to low quality chert, cha=chalcedony

,

bas=basalt, won=wonder stone,qrt=quar tz i te , oth=other)

16. recycling (Y=yes, N=no, U=uncertain)17. type (DSN=Desert Side Notch, CTT = Cot ton wood Triangular,

CLS=Cottonwood Leaf-Shape, HUM=Humboldt , LSN^Large SideNotch, RSG=Rosegate , ECN=Elko Corner Notch, EEE=ElkoEared, GSS=Gatecl i f f Split Stem, GCS=Gatec 1 i f

f

Contracting Stem, CAR=Carson, UNK=unknown18. Basal indentation ratio ( var . 3/var . 2

)

19. Maximum width position ( var . 4/var . 2

)

20. Ratio of basal width to maximum width

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DESERT SIDE NOTCH17 1 2. 3 4 5 6 7 8 12

CASE* TYPE POR LT LA LM WM we TH WN WT

(64 1 DSN 1 OOOO 24 500 23 000 1 1 500 1

1

500 2 5000 5 50O0 .70000

(701 OSN 1 OOOO 15 OOO 13 OOO 1 1 000 1

1

OOO 2 OOOO 4 OOOO 30O0O

(73) OSN 1 OOOO 22 000 22 000 11 500 1

1

500 3 5000 6 OOOO 70000

(112) OSN 1 OOOO 24 000 22 000 15 500 15 500 -0 7 SOOO -0

(113) DSN 1 OOOO 22.000 20 000 1 1 500 1 1 500 -0 7 OOOO -0

1 122) DSN - 1 OOOO 21 OOO 19 000 8 OOOO 12 000 12 000 3 OOOO 6 OOOO .50000

( 140) DSN 1 OOOO 27 COO 25 500 12 000 12 000 3 5000 8 OOOO 600O0

( 17B) OSN 1 OOOO 23 SOO 22 OOO 12 300 12 SOO 3 5000 8 OOOO BOOOO

I 179) OSN 1 OOOO 23 OOO 22 OOO 12 OOO 12 OOO 2 SOOO 8 OOOO soooo

( 182) DSN 1 OOOO 29 OOO 26 000 15 000 15 000 3 OOOO 9 OOOO 1 1OO0

( 193) DSN 1 OOOO 17 000 14 500 11 000 1 1 000 3 5000 8 OOOO 50000

( 194) DSN 1 OOOO 22 000 19 500 12 500 12 500 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 70000

( 198) DSN 1 OOOO 18 000 17 000 14 000 14 000 3 OOOO 8 OOOO 70000

(202) DSN 1 OOOO 18 000 18 000 0. 12 000 12 000 2 OOOO 5 OOOO 400O0

(204) DSN 1 OOOO 18 500 17 500 13 000 13 000 3 5000 7 5000 .70000

(205) OSN 1 OOOO 17 500 15 000 12 000 12 000 4 OOOO 7 OOOO 70000

(211) OSN 1 OOOO 22 000 19 500 12 500 12 SOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 9OOO0

I223) OSN 1 OOOO 26 500 24 000 14 000 14 000 3 OOOO 6 OOOO 70000

(239) DSN 1 OOOO 24 000 22 000 10 500 10 500 2 OOOO 7 5000 -0

(242) DSN 1 OOOO 27 000 26 000 12 000 12 000 3 OOOO 8 OOOO -0

(277) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 13 OOO 13 000 2 OOOO 9 OOOO 1 OOOO

(281 1 OSN 2 OOOO 27 000 26 000 12 OOO 12 OOO 3 OOOO a OOOO -0

(282 1 OSN 2 OOOO 28 000 25 000 15 000 15 000 2 5000 9 OOOO -0

(283) OSN 3 OOOO 29 500 28 000 13 OOO 13 OOO 2 OOOO 8 OOOO -0

(284) DSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 000 15 OOO 3.0000 7 5000 -0

(285) DSN 1.0000 25 000 23 000 9 5000 9 5000 3 OOOO 5 5000 60000

(287) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 13 500 13 500 2 5000 8 OOOO -0

DESERT SIDE NOTCH

CASE»9NO

10

DSA1 1

PSA13.

TEC

164 ) 20 000 200 00 180 00 BIF

(70) 60 000 220 00 160 00 B1F

(73) 40 000 220 00 180 00 8IF

(112) 10 000 185 00 180 00 MISS

( 113) 40 000 210 00 175 00 MISS

( 122) 30 000 180 00 170 00 BIF

(140) 40 000 190 00 170 00 BIF

I 178) 35 OOO lOO 00 160 OO BIF

( 179) 25 OOO 190 OO 175 00 UNI

( 182) 15 OOO 180 00 170 00 BIF

1 193) 60 000 210 00 160 00 BIF

( 194) 40 OOO 220 00 180 00 BIF

( 198) 40 000 200 00 170 00 BIF

(202) 40 OOO 210 00 ISO OO BIF

(204) 35 000 200 00 175 00 BIF

1205) 100 00 230 00 150 00 BIF

(211 ) 20 000 190 00 170 00 BIF

(223) 15 000 185 00 170 OO 8IF

1239) 30 000 190 00 160 00 BIF

(242) 80 OOO 190 00 135 OO BIF

(277) 85 000 220 00 170 00 UNI

1 28 1 ) 35 000 180 00 160 CO BIF

(282) 40 OOO 200 00 170 OO UNI

(283) 30 000 180 00 165 00 UNI

(284 ) 35 000 200 OO 175 00 UNI

(285) 50 OOO 210 00 160 00 air

(287) 20 OOO 200.00 170 00 UNI

1S 16 18 19 20MAT RECY SIR MWP UBWM

CHL N 93878 1 OOOO

OBS Y 86667 1 OOOO

OBS Y 1 COCO 1 OOOO

OBS Y 91667 1 OOOO

OBS N 90909 1 OOOO

OBS N 90476 38095 1 OOOO

CHL N 94444 1 OOOO

OBS N 93617 1 OOOO

CHL N 95652 1 OOOO

CHL N B96SS 1 OOOO

OBS U 85294 1 OOOO

OBS N 88636 1 OOOO

OBS Y 94444 1 OOOO

OBS Y 1 OOOO 1 OOOO

CHL U 94595 1 OOOO

CHL 1 85714 1 OOOO

CHL N 88636 1 OOOO

OBS U 90566 1 OOOO

OBS N 91667 1 OOOO

OBS N 96296 1 OOOO

CHH N -0 -0 1 OOOO

OBS N 96296 1 OOOO

CHL N 89286 1 OOOO

CHL N 94915 1 OOOO

CHA N -0 -0 1 OOOO

CHL N 920CO 1 OOOO

CHL U -0 -0 1 OOOO

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17DSN

13 OOOO

2-0

3-0

4 514.000 14

6OOO 2

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12-0

(289) OSN -0 -0 -0 12 OOO 12 OOO 3 OOOO 6 OOOO -0

(290) DSN 3 0000 -0 -0 -0 -0 14 000 2 OOOO 7 OOOO -0

(291) OSN 3 OOOO -0. -0 13 000 13 000 2 sooo 7 OOOO -0

(292) OSN 3 0000 -0. -0 14.000 14 000 3 OOOO 8 OOOO -0

(293) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 000 15 000 2 5000 8 OOOO -0

(294) DSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 13 5O0 13 SOO 2 OOOO 8 OOOO -0

(29E) DSN -0 -0 -0 12 000 12 000 2 sooo 6 OOOO -0

(297) DSN 3 OOOO 20 SOO 18 000 0. 10.000 10 OOO 3 oooo 7 OOOO -0

(298) OSN 1 OOOO 19 500 -0 10 000 10 000 3 0000 7 OOOO -0

(300) DSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 12.000 12 OOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO -0.

( 301 I DSN 1 OOOO 22 000 19 000 0. 12.000 12 000 2 sooo 5 5000 -0

(303) DSN 3 OOOO -0. -0 -0 -0 1 1 000 2 sooo 6 OOOO -0

( 304 I OSN 1 OOOO 19 500 19 500 9 OOOO 9 OOOO 3 oooo 6 OOOO -0

( 305) DSN 1 OOOO 24 000 23 000 10 000 10 000 3 oooo 7 oooo -0

I 307 ) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 10 000 10 000 3 OOOO 6 0000 -0

(306) OSN 4 OOOO 14 500 13 500 14 000 14 000 2 sooo 6 OOOO -0

(313) DSN 1 OOOO 29 500 28 500 13 000 13 000 3 sooo 9 OOOO 1 1000

I 314 ) DSN 1 OOOO 24 OOO 21 500 13 000 13 OOO 2 oooo s sooo .70000

(315) DSN 2 OOOO 12 000 9 OOOO 15 000 15 OOO 2 5O0O 7 oooo 300O0

I 319) OSN 2 OOOO 27 OOO 25 000 11 000 1 1 000 2 sooo 6 SOOO 90OOO

(320) OSN 2 OOOO 20 500 18 500 10 000 10 0Q» 3 oooo 5 OOOO 5O0O0

( 32 1 ) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 0. 12.000 12 000 3 oooo 7 5000 80OO0

(322) DSN 2 OOOO 32 000 27 000 17 000 17 OOO 4 oooo 10 000 1 4O00

(323) DSN 2 OOOO 24 000 24 OOO 15 OOO IS OOO 2 oooo -0. 7OOO0

(324) OSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 14 OOO 14 OOO 2 oooo 7 sooo -0

(325) OSN 2 OOOO 23 000 19 000 14 OOO 14 OOO 3 sooo 7 oooo 1 1000

(326) DSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 12.000 12 000 2 oooo 7 OOOO -0

(327) DSN 2 OOOO 20 000 16 000 13.500 13 500 3 oooo 8 OOOO .90000

(328) DSN 2 OOOO 22 500 19 500 12 000 12 OOO 2 oooo 6 OOOO 60OO0

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(290)

(291)

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(301 )

( 303)

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(321)

(322)

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I 324 )

(325)

(326)

(327)

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9 10 11 1330 OOO 190 oo 170 00 81F

30 000 180 00 170 00 BIF

-0 170 00 UNI

35 000 200 00 170 00 BIF

33 000 205 oo 170 00 BIF

20 OOO 180 oo 175 oo 8IF

20 OOO 200 oo 170 oo UNI

25 000 185 00 165 oo BIF

80 000 200 00 160 00 BIF

80 000 240 00 165 00 BIF

to OOO 195 oo 165 oo BIF

60 OOO 205 oo 170 oo BIF

-0 170 oo BIF

SO 000 210 00 165 00 BIF

40 000 180 00 140 00 BIF

so 000 210 00 160 00 UNI

0. -0 180 00 BIF

70 OOO 200 oo ISO oo BIF

20 OOO 200 00 180 00 8IF

-0 -0 BIF

20 OOO 200 00 170 00 UNI

30 OOO 195 00 170 oo BIF

40 000 200 00 165 00 UNI

30 OOO 2 30 00 180 oo BIF

180 oo -0 UNI

-"5 OOO 180 oo 160 00 BIF

30 OOO 200 00 175 00 BIF

30 000 140 00 175 oo UNI

30 000 200 00 175 00 BIF

15 OOO 180 00 180 00 BIF

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1 oooo

1 oooo

1 oooo

1 oooo

1 0000

1 oooo

1 oooo

1 oooo

-o

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1 oooo

1 oooo

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17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 12(329) DSN 2 0000 24 500 21 OOO 1 1 OOO 1 1 OOO 1 5OO0 7 OOOO SOOOO

(330) DSN 2 OOOO 16 ooo 14 500 13 OOO 13 OOO 2 50O0 7 5OO0 40000

(331) DSN 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 OOO 15 OOO 2 OOOO 8 OOOO 60O0O

(332) DSN 1 OOOO 28 000 24 50O 15 OOO 15 OOO 3 5O0O 7 OOOO 90OO0

(333) DSN 1 OOOO 20 500 19 OOO 13 50O 13 500 4 OOOO 9 OOOO BOOOO

(334) OSN 1 OOOO 19 000 17 OOO 14 500 14 500 2 OOOO 10 000 70000

(335) DSN 1 OOOO 18 500 16 OOO 9 5OO0 9 5OO0 1 SOOO 6 OOOO 3OOO0

(339) DSN 1 OOOO 22 000 19 500 12 000 12 OOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 9OOO0

(340) DSN 1 OOOO 18 OOO 16. OOO 10 500 10 50O 2 5000 6 OOOO 6OOO0

(34t) DSN 1 OOOO 17 5O0 16 OOO 12 000 12 000 2 50O0 6 SOOO 50000

(342) OSN 1 OOOO 16 500 15 SOO 11 000 1 1 OOO 3 50O0 6 OOOO SOOOO

(343) DSN 1 OOOO 22 OOO 20 OOO 14 000 14 .000 3 5OO0 6 OOOO 9OOO0

(344) DSN 1 OOOO 26 000 25 000 12.500 12 500 3 OOOO 8 OOOO 9OOO0

(345) DSN 1 OOOO 17 000 16 OOO 12 000 12 OOO 2 5000 7 5OO0 50000

(349) DSN 1 OOOO 30 ooo 27 000 12 000 12 000 3 OOOO 8 OOOO 1 OOOO

(350) DSN 1 OOOO 18 OOO 14 OOO 13 OOO 13 OOO 2 50OO 7 OOOO 6O0O0

(351 ) DSN 1 OOOO 19 000 17 OOO 12 500 12 500 2 5OO0 6 SOOO SOOOO

(352) DSN 1 OOOO 18 000 17 OOO 8 SOOO 8 SOOO 3 OOOO 5 OOOO 50OO0

(3S3) DSN 1 OOOO 19 OOO 19 000 8 OOOO 8 OOOO 3 OOOO 4 SOOO 5OOO0

(354) OSN 1 OOOO 15 000 12 SOO 10 000 10 000 2 OOOO 4 SOOO 2OOO0

(355) OSN 1 OOOO 18 OOO 16 000 13 OOO 13 000 2 50O0 8 OOOO 6OOO0

COTTONWOOD TRIANGULAR

CASE-17

TYPE1 .

POR2

LT3

LA4

LM5

(57) CTT 1 OOOO 25 000 24.000 12 000

( 171) CTT 1 OOOO 27 000 24 000 0. 12 OOO

( 176) CTT 1 OOOO 24 SOO 2 1 SOO 13 OOO

( 197) CTT 1 OOOO 2 1 SOO 19 OOO 0. 13 000

(236) CTT 1 OOOO 36 OOO 36 OOO 16 OOO

<B TM

12 OOO 3 SOOO

12 OOO 4 OOOO

13 OOO 3. OOOO

13 OOO 4 5000

16 OOO 5 OOOO

1 OOOO

1 2000

1 10OO

1 SOOO

DESERT SIDE NOTCH

D 9 10 11 13

(329) 40 000 210 00 165 00 UNI

(330) 30 000 -0 -0 UNI

(331) 20 OOO 185 00 170 00 UNI

(332) 50 OOO 220 00 16S 00 BIF

(333) 45 OOO 210 00 175 00 BIF

(334 1 35 000 190 00 140 00 UNI

(335) 70 000 210 00 150 00 UNI

(339) 30 OOO 200 00 175 00 UNI

(340) 25 OOO 20O 00 165 OO BIF

(34 1 1 35 OOO ISO CO 160 00 BIF

(342 1 45 OOO 200 00 165 oo BIF

(343) 75 000 220 oo 155 00 BIF

(344) 60 000 220 00 160 00 BIF

(345) 70 000 220 00 160 00 BIF

(349) 25 OOO 200 00 165 oo BIF

(3S0) 20 OOO 200 oo 180 00 UNI

(35 1 ) 40 OOO 180 00 160 00 BIF

(352 I 35 OOO 195 00 150 00 BIF

(353) 60 OOO 210 00 150 00 UNI

(354) 40 000 210 00 170 00 BIF

(355) 15 000 190 00 175 00 8IF

14 L5 16 18 19 20CHA N 8S714 1 OOOO

CHI U 90625 1 OOOO

CH4 U -0 -0 1 OOOO

CHL N 87500 1 OOOO

CHL N 92683 1 OOOO

CHS N 89474 1 OOOO

CM. V 86486 1 OOOO

CHL N 88636 1 OOOO

CHL N 88889 1 OOOO

CHL U 91429 1 OOOO

CHL U 93939 1 OOOO

OBS Y 90909 1 OOOO

CHL N 96154 1 OOOO

CHL 1 94 118 1 OOOO

CHL N 9OOO0 1 OOOO

CHL u 77778 1 OOOO

CHL N 89474 1 OOOO

OBS U 94444 1 OOOO

OBS U 1 OOOO 1 OOOO

OBS u 83333 1 OOOO

CHL u 8e889 1 OOOO

COTTONWOOD TRIANGULAR9 lO 1 1 13

CASE* NO OS* PSA TEC

(57) 0. BIF

( 171 )BIF

( 176) 0. BIF

( 197) 0. BIF

(236) BIF

15MAT

OBS

OBS

CHL

CHL

CHL

8 19 20IR MWP WBWM

96000 1 OOOO

88869 ' OOOO

87755 < OOOO

88372 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

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17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12(248) CTT 3 0000 -0 -0 18 OOO 18 000 4 5OO0 -0.

(249) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 000 15 COO 4 OOOO -0

(250) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 12 OOO 12 OOO 4 OOOO -0

(251) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 17 500 17 500 4 5OO0 -0

(252) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 16 500 16 500 4 5000 -0

(253) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 16.000 16 000 4 OOOO -0

(254) CTT 3.0000 -0. -0 14 500 14 500 3 5000 -0

(255) CTT 3.0000 -0 -0 15 000 15 000 5 5000 -0

(256) CTT 2 OOOO -0 -0 16 500 16 500 4 5000 -0

(257) CTT 1 OOOO 21 500 21 000 13 500 13 500 4 OOOO -0

(258) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 19 500 19 500 4 5000 -0

(260) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 16 000 16 000 5 5OO0 -0

1261 ) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 17 500 17 500 3 OOOO -0

(262) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 000 15 000 3 5000 -0

(263) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 12 000 12 000 3 OOOO -0

(264) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 14 OOO 14 OOO 2 OOOO -0

(265) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 13 000 13 OOO 3 5000 -0

(266) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 18 000 18 000 3 5000 -0

(267) CTT 1 OOOO 16 000 14 000 11 000 11 000 2 OOOO 30000

(268) CTT 1 OOOO 23 500 23 000 16 000 16 OOO 2 5000 1 1OO0

(269) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 15 OOO 15 OOO 3 OOOO -o

(270) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 14 500 14 500 3 OOOO -0

(271 1 CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 16 000 16 000 2 5000 -0

(272) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 0. 12 000 12 OOO 2 OOOO -0

(273) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0. 0. 12 000 12 000 4 OOOO -0

(274) CTT 1 OOOO 15 500 15 500 10 500 10 5O0 2 OOOO -0

(275) CTT 1 OOOO 14 500 14 500 9 5000 9 5000 3 OOOO -0

(276) CTT 3 OOOO -0 -0 14 000 14 OOO 2 5000 -0

(311 ) CTT 2 OOOO 25 000 23 000 12 000 12 000 3 OOOO -0

(316) CTT 2 OOOO 28 000 27 000 14 000 14 000 4 OOOO 1 3000

COTTONWOOD TRIANGULAR

9 10 11 13 14 15 16(248) BIF

(249) BIF

(250) B1F

(251 ) BIF

(252) BIF

(253) 0. 0. BIF

( 254 ) UNI

(255) UNI

(256) UNI

(257 ) BIF

(258) BIF

(260) 6!F

(26 1 ) 0. BIF

(262) 0. BIF

(263) BIF

(264) UNI

1265) BIF

(266) BIF

(267) 0. UNI

1 268) 0. UM

(269) UN!

1 270) 0. BIF

( 271 ) UNI

(272) RIF

(273) BIF

( 274) UNI

( 275) BIF

(276) UNI

(311) UNI

(316) BIF

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHH

CHL

CHL

CHH

CHL

CHH

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHH

CHL

OBS

CHH

CHH

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHL

CHL

18 19 20-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

97674 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

87500 1 OOOO

97872 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

-0 -0 1 OOOO

92000 1 OOOO

96429 1 OOOO

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(31BI CTT 2 OOOO 19 000 18 OOO 9 5000 9 5000 4 OOOO 600O0

(336) CTT 1 OOOO 16 000 16 000 15 000 15 000 2 OOOO 6OO00

(346) CTT 1 OOOO 23 500 22 000 12 000 12 000 3 5000 1 lOOO

(348) CTT 1 OOOO 25 5O0 25 SOO 11 000 1 1 OOO 2 5OO0 aoooo

(356) CTT 1 OOOO 20 OOO 20 OOO 12 OOO 12 000 4 OOOO 400OO

COTTONWOOD LEAF SHAPE

CASE*17

TYPE1

POR2

LT3

LA

4

LH5.

WM6WB

7

TH8

WN12

WT

( 12) CLS 1 OOOO 28 000 28 000 12 500 12 000 2 OOOO 3 OOOO 1 OOOO

(45) CLS 1 OOOO 28 000 26 500 6 OOOO 8 OOOO 7 5000 5 OOOO 1 1000

( 79) CLS 1 OOOO 21 OOO 19 OOO 7 OOOO 1 1 OOO 10 5O0 4 OOOO 1 OOOO

( 146) CLS 1 OOOO 33 OOO 33 OOO 16 SCO 9 SOOO 2 OOOO 4 5000 1 4OO0

( 149) CLS 1 OOOO 27 OOO 25 OOO 12 000 12 SOO 10 500 5 OOOO 1 5000

( 161 I CLS 1 OOOO 28 000 28 OOO 12 500 10 500 5 5000 4 OOOO 9O000

(259) CLS 3 OOOO -0 -0 13 000 16 500 12 500 4 OOOO -0.

HUMBOLDT

CASE»17

TYPE1

POP2LT

3

LA4

LM5MM

6we

7

TH8

WN12WT

( 11 ) HUM 1 OOOO 37 000 34 000 12 OOO 12 OOO 6 OOOO 0. 2 5000

(20) HUM 1 OOOO 4 3 500 4 1 000 1S 000 13 SOO 9 OOOO 4 5000 2 7000

(22) HUH 1 OOOO 28 000 24 500 8 5000 15 000 8 OOOO 1 1 500 2 1000

131 ) HUM 1 OOOO 31 500 30 OOO 11 OOO 13 500 9 OOOO 4 OOOO 0. 1 5000

(36) HUM 1 OOOO 32 SOO 30 000 1 1 000 1 1 000 4 5000 1 40O0

(53) HUM 1 OOOO 31 OOO 30 OOO 11 500 11 000 8 OOOO 5 OOOO 1 70O0

160) HUM 1 OOOO 34 000 33 OOO 13 000 10. OOO 7 OOOO S OOOO 0. 1 6OO0

(62) HUM 1 OOOO 22 500 20 500 12 000 12 OOO 2 OOOO 7OOO0

(75) HUM 1 OOOO 30 OOO 28 OOO 6 OOOO 14 000 13 OOO 4 5O0O 1 .7000

(76) HUM 1 OOOO 22 5O0 21 000 6 5000 1 1 OOO 10 SOO 3 SOOO 1 OOOO

COTTONWOOD TRIANGULAR

9 10 11 13(318) BIF

(336) 0. BIF

(346) UNI

(348) UNI

(356) BIF

14 15OBS

CHL

ORT

CHA

OBS

16 18 19 2094737 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

93617 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1 OOOO

COTTONWOOD LEAF SHAPE

CASE-9NO

10DSA

11

PSA13

TEC

( 12) BIF

(45) BIF

(79) BIF

( 146 IBIF

( 1491 BIF

1161) 0. BIF

(259) 0. UNI

ISMAT

16RECY

18

SIR19MWP

20W8WM

OBS N 1 OOOO 44643 16667

OBS U • 94643 21429 .93750

OBS N 90476 33333 954S5

OBS N 1 OOOO 5O0OO 21053

CHL N 92593 44444 84000

OBS N 1 OOOO 44643 5238 1

CHL N -0. -0. .75758

HUMBOLDT9 10 1

1

13

CASE* NO OSA PSA TEC

I 11 ) 0. BIF

(20) 0. UNI

(22) BIF

(31 ) 0. BIF

(36) BIF

(53) BIF

(60) BIF

(62) 0. UNI

(75) BIF

(76) 0. BIF

MAT

OBS

CHA

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

R

19

MWP20.WBWM

91892 1 OOOO

94253 34483 6666 7

8750O 30357 53333

95238 3492 1 66667

92 308 1 OOOO

96774 37097 72727

97059 38235 700O0

91111 1 OOOO

93333 2O0O0 92857

93333 28889 95455

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17 1 2 3 A 5 6 7 8 12(77) HUM 1 oooo 22 000 21 000 4 SOOO 8 3OO0 7 5000 4 5000 90000

(66) HUM 1 oooo 45 OOO 43 500 14 OOO 10 500 9 OOOO 4 OOOO 2 7OO0

(88) HUM 1 oooo 47 OOO 42 OOO 21 000 21 OOO 5 5000 4 SOOO

(93) HUM 1 oooo 38 000 35 50O 12 OOO 12 OOO 4 OOOO 1 9O0O

< 101 ) HUM 1 oooo 40 000 37 500 14 000 14 OOO 4 5000 2 9OO0

( 102) HUM 1 oooo 34 500 32 000 10 OOO 13 000 9 5000 4 OOOO 1 SOOO

( 1 19) HUM 1.0000 31 000 29 000 3 OOOO 13 000 11 000 5 OOOO 1 6000

( 124) HUM 1 oooo 28 000 26 000 13 000 14 000 10.000 5 OOOO 1 5000

(128) HUM 1 oooo 48 000 45 000 10 000 15 000 12 000 4 oooo 2 SOOO

(135) HUM 1 oooo 36 SOO 34 OOO 1 1 SOO 1 1 500 3 oooo 1 5000

( 137) HUM 1 oooo 27 5O0 26 SOO 12 500 13 500 8 5000 5 oooo 1 SOOO

I 144) HUM 1 oooo 38 000 37 000 13 000 16 500 8 5000 5 oooo 3 OOOO

( 147) HUM 1 oooo 53 000 50 000 15 500 16 000 12 5O0 7 5000 4 70O0

( 150) HUM 1 oooo 36 OOO 34 000 13 SOO 12 OOO 9 OOOO 4 oooo 1 40O0

( 151 ) HUM 1 oooo 36 500 34 OOO 14 OOO 12 SOO 9 OOOO 4 SOOO 1 8000

( 152 I HUM 1 oooo 37 OOO 35 OOO 17 OOO 13 OOO 7 OOOO 4 SOOO 1 BOOO

( 1531 HUM 1 oooo 5 1 500 48 500 25 OOO 20 OOO 12 SOO 7 OOOO 8 OOOO

( 154) HUM 1 oooo 36 500 33 500 14 000 16 000 14 OOO 6 OOOO 3 3000

( 155) HUM 1 oooo 43 000 41 500 1 1 000 11 000 5 5000 2 OOOO

( 156) HUM 1 oooo 26 500 26 SOO 11 500 13 500 8 OOOO 4 8000 1 5000

( 164) HUM 1 oooo 33 OOO 31 500 15 500 13 000 8 OOOO 5 oooo 1 8000

( 169) HUM 1 oooo 36 SOO 36 50O 15 OOO 17 OOO 9 OOOO 6 SOOO 3 2OOO

(170) HUM 1 oooo 38 OOO 35 SOO 13 SOO 14 OOO 7 5000 5 oooo 1 9000

I 174) HUM 1 oooo 36 OOO 36 000 18 000 10 OOO 7 OOOO 4 5000 1 7O0O

( 175) HUM 1 oooo 28 000 27 OOO 11 000 1 1 500 8 OOOO 4 oooo 1 20O0

( 177) HUM 1 oooo 24 OOO 23 OOO 16 000 16 000 4 SOOO 1 2000

(181) HUM 1 oooo 40 500 38 OOO 16 500 13 000 12 000 5 oooo 2 1000

(206) HUM 1 oooo 68 000 67 000 24 OOO 21 OOO 8 OOOO 6 oooo 7 8000

(209) HUM 1 oooo 45 SOO 43 OOO 6 OOOO 15 000 13 000 4 oooo 0. 3 OOOO

(214) HUM 1 oooo 31 SOO 30 SOO 13 500 12 OOO -0 4 oooo 0. 1 5O0O

HUMBOLDT

10 11 13 14 15 16(77) BIF

186) BIF

(881 BIF

(93) BIF

( 101 I BIF

( 102) 0. BIF

( 1 19) BIF

( 124) BIF

1 128 ) BIF

( 135) UNI

( 137) BIF

( 144) BIF

( 147) BIF

( 150) BIF

( 151 ) UNI

( 152 ) UNI

1 1531 BIF

( 1S4) BIF

( 155) o BIF

( 156 1 BIF

( 164 ) BIF

( 169) BIF

( 170) 8IF

( 174 ) UNI

( 175) BIF

( 177) BIF

( 181 ) BIF

(206) BIF

(209) BIF

(214 1 BIF

OBS

CHL

OSS

CHH

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

oes

OBS

CHL

OBS

CHL

CHL

B»S

CHL

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

CHL

OBS

OBS

OBS

OBS

CHL

B4S

18 19 2095455 20455 93750

9666 7 31111 .85714

89362 1 OOOO

93421 1 OOOO

93750 1 oooo

92754 28986 . 73077

93548 96774 -1 8461S

92857 46429 71429

93750 20833 8OO00

93151 1 OOOO

96 364 45455 62963

97368 .3421

1

51515

94340 29245 .78125

94444 37500 75000

93151 38356 72000

9459S 45946 S3S4E

94 175 48544 62SOO

91781 38356 87500

965 12 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 43396 59259

95455 46970 61538

1 OOOO 4 1096 5294 1

93421 3S526 5357 1

1 OOOO 5OOO0 70000

96429 39286 69565

95833 1 OOOO

93827 4074 1 92308

98S29 35294 38095

9450S 13187 86667

96825 42857 -0

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17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(217) HUM 1 oooo 50 000 4 3 SOO 20 OOO JO OOO 6 OOOO12

6 4OOO

LARGE SIDE NOTCH

0.CASE*

17

TYPE1

POP.

2

LT3

LA

4 .

LM5

mm6WB

7

TH8

WN12WT

( 14) LSN 1 OOOO 36 OOO 36 OOO 8 5000 19 OOO lO OOO 5 SOOO 8 SOOO 1 7OO0

( 103 1 LSN 4 OOOO 42 OOO 38 OOO 24 000 24 OOO 5 OOOO 10 50O 3 7O0O

( 188) LSN 1 OOOO 19 OOO 19 000 -0 -0 24 500 5 OOOO 11 OOO 1 8000

(227) LSN 1 OOOO 30 000 30 .000 0. 20 000 8 OOOO 3 5000 7 OOOO 1 7000

(232) LSN 1 OOOO 50 000 48 000 12 500 24 500 20 000 7 OOOO 12 000 6 2000

( 279) LSN 2 OOOO 34 OOO 32 OOO 16 OOO 18 OOO 3 OOOO 1 1 OOO 1 8000

1 309) LSN 3 OOOO 22 OOO 20 OOO 14 OOO 14 OOO 3 OOOO a oooo 8 OOOO

ROSEGATE

C4SE»17

TYPE1 .

POR2LT

3LA

4

LM5.MM

sMB

7

TH8WN

12NT

( D RSS 1 OOOO 28 000 28 000 1 OOOO 22 000 9 OOOO 3 OOOO 8 5000 1 3000

(5) RSG 1 OOOO 20 500 20 500 3 OOOO 20 OOO 7 SOOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 90000

(6) BSG 1 OOOO 38 000 38 OOO 3 OOOO 19 000 9 SOOO 4 OOOO 8 SOOO t 90O0

(8) PSG 1 OOOO 31 OOO 31 OOO 7 OOOO 18 SOO 10 OOO 3 SOOO 9 OOOO 1 60O0

(9) RSG 1 OOOO 25 500 25 SOO 5 OOOO 16 OOO 7 OOOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 1 tooo

( 10) RSG 4 OOOO 20 000 20 000 SOOOO 19 000 5 SOOO 2 SOOO 5 SOOO 1 oooo

( 13) RSG 1 OOOO 36 000 36 000 6 OOOO 13 000 6 OOOO 5 OOOO 4 5000 2 0000

( 18) RSG 4 OOOO 35 000 33 000 7 5000 10 000 9 OOOO 4 SOOO 5 OOOO -0

( 191 RSG 1 OOOO 27 000 27 000 19 .500 8 OOOO 3 5000 7 SOOO 1 7000

I 24) RSG 1 OOOO 32 OOO 32 000 4 OOOO 15 000 6 OOOO 4 OOOO 5 SOOO 1 4OO0

(25) RSG 1 OOOO 26 000 26 OOO 3 5000 16 OOO 5 5000 3 SOOO 4 5000 1 3000

126) RSG 1 OOOO 24 000 24 000 3 OOOO 17 OOO 4 5000 4 5000 4 5000 1 SOOO

(28) RSG 1 OOOO 36 000 36 000 3 OOOO 16 OOO 6 OOOO 4 OOOO S SOOO -0

(29) RSG 1 OOOO 34 000 33 500 4 OOOO 16 000 9 OOOO 4 5000 8 OOOO 2 1000

HUMBOLDT9 10 11 13 14 15

CHL

16 188 7COO

19 201 OOOO

LARGE SIDE NOTCH

CASE*9NO

10DSA

1 1 .

PS*13

TEC

( 14) 50 OOO 120.00 175 00 BIF

( 103) 25 OOO 180 OO 180 OO BIF

( 188) 25 000 180 00 180 00 BIF

(227) 40 000 120 00 190 00 BIF

(232) 30.000 150 00 160 00 BIF

(279) 10 000 180 00 170 00 UNI

(309) 40 000 200 00 175 00 BIF

15. 16 18 19 20

MAT RECY BIR MWP WBWM

OBS U 1 OOOO 2361 1 52632

OBS N 90476 1 OOOO

OBS Y 1 OOOO -0 -0

CHL N 1 OOOO 40000

OBS u 96000 2S00C 81633

CHL N 94 11

8

0. 1 OOOO

CHL N 9O909 1 OOOO

ROSEGATE

CASE*9NO

10OS*

11 .

PSA13TEC

(1) 35 000 125 00 90 000 BIF

(S) 30 000 130 00 100 00 BIF

(6) 40 000 150 00 100 00 BIF

181 35 000 160 00 115 00 UNI

(9) 90 OOO 180 00 90 COO UNI

( 10) -0 -0 120 00 UNI

( 13) 5S 000 175.00 110 00 BIF

( IB) 70 000 200 00 130 00 BIF

( 19) 30 000 110 00 90 OOO 8IF

(24) 40 000 160 OO 95 000 BIF

(25) 60 OOO 160 00 100 00 BIF

(26) 35 000 130 00 95 OOO BIF

(28) 30 000 110.00 90 000 BIF

(29) 30 000 125 00 95 000 BIF

15MAT

CHH

CHL

CHL

CHH

CHH

CHL

OBS

OBS

CHL

OBS

CHL

OBS

OBS

CHL

18

BIR19MWP

20WBWM

1 OOOO 35714 - 1 40909

1 OOOO 14634 37SO0

1 OOOO 78947 -1 5OO0O

1 OOOO 2258 1 S4054

1 OOOO 19608 43750

1 OOOO 25000 -1 28947

1 OOOO 16667 46154

94286 21429 90000

1 OOOO 4 1026

1 OOOO 12500 4OOO0

1 OOOO 13462 34375

1 OOOO 12500 2647 1

1 OOOO 83333 -1 37500

98529 1 1765 56250

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17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12(30) RSG 1 0000 27 500 27 500 2 oooo 17 000 6 OOOO 3 OOOO 6 5000 1 2000

137) rsg 1 0000 28 000 28 000 2 5000 17 500 7 oooo 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 1.3000

(38) RSG 4 oooo 39 500 39 500 13 500 13 000 10 000 3 5000 9 5OO0 2 OOOO

(39) RSG 1 oooo 25 000 25 000 4 OOOO 18 OOO 9 oooo 3 OOOO 9 OOOO 1 2000

(40) RSG 1 oooo 30 OOO SO OOO 1 5000 16 SOO 7 oooo 4 OOOO 7 OOOO 1 aooo

(41 ) RSG 1 oooo .16 500 15 OOO 4 50O0 10 500 5 oooo 2 SOOO 5 OOOO 40000

(43) RSG 1 oooo 17 500 15 5O0 5 5000 12 000 7 5000 3 OOOO 6 OOOO 4 oooo

(44 ) RSG 1 oooo 29 500 29 500 6 OOOO 16 500 9 oooo 3 5000 7 5000 1 5000

(48) RSG 1 oooo 27 000 27 000 3 SOOO 17 000 6 5000 5 OOOO 6 OOOO 1 9000

(50) RSG 1 oooo 26 OOO 26 000 2 5000 18 000 9 oooo 2 5000 9 OOOO 1 2000

(51 ) RSG 1 oooo 35 000 34 OOO 4 SOOO 16 000 10 000 5 OOOO 7 5000 2. 1000

(52) RSG 1 oooo 26 500 26 500 7 OOOO 13 OOO 8 5000 5 OOOO 6 OOOO 1 .4000

(54) RSG 1 oooo 42 000 42 OOO 5 SOOO 15 500 10 OOO 4 OOOO 9 OOOO 1 9000

(61 ) RSG 1 oooo 24 000 24 OOO 5 OOOO 17. OOO 7 oooo 2 SOOO 6 OOOO 1 OOOO

163) RSG 1 OOOO 30 500 30 500 6 5000 7 OOOO 6 5000 3 OOOO 6 oooo 1 6O00

(65) RSG 1 OOOO 23 000 23 000 2 5000 15 500 5 5000 3 OOOO 4 5000 1 1000

166) RSG 1 OOOO 30 500 30 500 4 SOOO 16 000 8 OOOO 3 OOOO 6 oooo 1 40O0

(68) RSG 1 OOOO 20 000 20 OOO 4 oooo 14 500 7 5000 3 OOOO 5 5OO0 60000

(71 ) RSG 1 OOOO 15 500 14 500 5 SOOO 9 OOOO B OOOO 2 50O0 5 5OO0 400O0

(74 ) RSG 1 OOOO 34 000 34 000 6 SOOO 15 000 8 oooo 4 SOOO 7 5OO0 2 OOOO

(80) RSG 1 OOOO 19 500 19 500 5 5000 14 000 6 5000 2 5000 6 OOOO 6OOO0

(81) RSG 1 OOOO 16 000 15 500 5 oooo 8 5000 5 5000 3 OOOO 4 OOOO 40000

(96) RSG 1 OOOO 35 000 35 000 2 oooo 24 OOO 10 000 3 OOOO 10 000 2 OOOO

( 106) RSG 4 OOOO 33 000 33 OOO 1 oooo 19 500 lO OOO -0 9 OOOO -0

( 107) RSG 4 OOOO 30 500 30 500 2 oooo 19 500 7 OOOO -0 7 OOOO -0

( 106) RSG 4 OOOO 31 50O 31 500 2 oooo 20 OOO 9 OOOO -0 9 OOOO -0

( 109) RSG 4 OOOO 34 000 34 000 3 oooo 21 500 6 OOOO -0 6 OOOO -0

( 110) RSG 4 OOOO 37 000 37 000 5 5000 IS 000 8 OOOO -0 7 OOOO -0

(114) RSG 1 OOOO 63 000 63 000 1 oooo 20 500 9 OOOO -0 8 5000 -0

(115) RSG 1 oooo 43 OOO 43 000 1 oooo 29 000 9 oooo -0 8 5000 -o

ROSEGATE

9 10 11 13I 30) 40 OOO 130 00 90 OOO BIF

(37) 40 000 140 00 90 300 UNI

1 38) -0 -0 90 300 BIF

( 39) SO 000 140 00 95 300 8IF

(40) 35 OOO 130 00 90 300 BIF

( 41 ) 20 OOO 140 00 10O 00 UNI

(43) 45 OOO 155 00 1 10 OO BIF

(44) 70 000 170 00 100 00 UNI

(48) SO 000 150 00 90 300 UNI

(SO) 55 000 160 00 110 00 UNI

(51 ) 35 000 160 00 130 00 BIF

(52) 9S 000 210 00 1 10 00 BIF

(54) 80 000 180 00 100 00 BIF

(61 ) 60 000 160 00 100 00 UNI

(63) 80 000 180 00 90 OOO BIF

(65) 50 000 155 00 1 10 00 UNI

(66) 25 OOO 140 00 120 00 UNI

(68) 30 000 140 00 115 00 BIF

(71 ) 60 000 200 00 130 00 BIF

(74) 90 OOO 180 00 90 OOO BIF

(80) 70 000 190 00 100 00 UNI

181 ) 70 000 180 00 1 10 00 BIF

(96) 20 OOO 125 00 100 00 BIF

( 106) -0 -0. -0 MISS

( 107) -0 -0 -0 MISS

( 108) -0 -0 -0 MISS

< 109) -0. -0 -0 MISS

(1101 -0 -0 -0 MISS

(114) 20 000 100 00 130 00 MISS

( 1 15) 25 000 100 00 90 000 MISS

15OBS

CH«

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B*S

CHL

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OBS

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16 18 19 201 oooo 72727 -1 35294

1 oooo .89286 -1 40000

1 oooo 34177 76923

1 oooo 16000 50000

1 oooo SOOOO -1 42424

90909 27273 47619

88S7 1 31429 62500

1 OOOO 20339 54545

1 OOOO . 12963 3823S

1 oooo 96154 -1 50OO0

97143 12857 62500

1 0000 264 15 653B5

1 OOOO 13095 64516

1 oooo 20833 4 1176

1 oooo 21311 92857

1 oooo 10870 35484

1 oooo 14754 SOOOO /

1 oooo 20000 51724

93548 35484 88889

1 OOOO 191 18 S3333

1 OOOO 28205 46429

96875 31250 64 706

1 OOOO 57143 -1 4 1667

1 OOOO 30303 - 1 51282

1 OOOO 65574 -1 35897

1 OOOO 63492 - 1 45000

1 OOOO 88235 -1 27907

1 oooo 14865 53333

1 oooo 15873 -1 43902

1 oooo 23256 - 1 3 1034

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17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12

( 1 16) RSG 1 0000 49 000 49 OOO 4 OOOO 15 000 6 OOOO -0 6 OOOO -0

( 1 18) RSG 1 0000 30 000 25 000 5 OOOO 17.000 8 OOOO 4 OOOO 8 OOOO 2 OOOO

(12 1) RSG 1 oooo 31 ooo 31 OOO 6 OOOO 13 000 8 OOOO 4 OOOO 7 OOOO 1 OOOO

( 125) RSG 4 oooo -0. -0 5 OOOO 12 000 9 OOOO 3 OOOO 8 OOOO 9OOO0

( 126) RSG 4 oooo -0 -0 -0 20 000 -0 3 SOOO 7 oooo 1 OOOO

I 129) RSG 1 oooo 38 000 37 000 8 OOOO 18 000 8 OOOO 5 5000 7 SOOO 3 OOOO

( 131 I RSG 1 oooo 38 000 37 000 3 OOOO 9 OOOO 9 OOOO 3 5000 8 5000 1 SOOO

I 133) RSG 4 oooo -0 -0 6 OOOO 15 000 9 5O00 5 OOOO 7 OOOO 1 oooo

( 138) RSG 1 oooo 28 500 28 500 6 OOOO 14 500 6 OOOO 3 5O0O 5 SOOO 1 oooo

(141) RSG 1 oooo 35 000 34 OOO 6 SOOO 13 000 10 000 4 OOOO 6 OOOO 1 4000

( l«l RSG 1 oooo 34 000 34 OOO 4 OOOO 15 500 10 000 3 OOOO 8 OOOO 1 SOOO

( 158) RSG 1 oooo 20 000 20.000 6 OOOO 18 000 7 5000 3 5000 6 5000 70000

( 160) RSG 1 oooo 27 000 27 000 7 OOOO 14 OOO 6 5000 4 5000 6 5000 1 4000

1 172) RSG 1 oooo 30 000 30 000 4 OOOO 12 000 6 5000 3 5000 6 OOOO 90000

( 183) RSG 1 oooo 29 5O0 29 500 5 5000 16 500 10 ooo 3 SOOO 8 SOOO 1 2000

( 184 1 RSG 1 oooo 27 000 26 000 6 OOOO 19 000 9 5000 4 5000 7 SOOO 1 8000

(186) RSG 1 oooo 23 000 22 000 5 OOOO 12 OOO 7 OOOO 3 50O0 6 5000 70000

( 189 1 RSG 1 oooo 28 000 27 000 8 5000 13 500 9 5000 6 OOOO 8 OOOO 2 1000

( 192 ) RSG 1 oooo 38 000 38 000 7 OOOO 21.500 10 000 5 5000 B OOOO 3 OOOO

( 203) RSG 1 oooo 20 000 19 OOO 5 5000 13 000 7 OOOO 3 OOOO 5 5000 70000

(207 1 RSG 1 oooo 41 000 41 000 7 OOOO 12 000 10 000 3 5000 5 5000 1 5000

( 216 1 RSG 1 oooo 29 500 29 5O0 2.5000 17 500 8 OOOO 4 OOOO 7 OOOO 2. 1000

( 221 ) RSG 1 oooo 46 000 44 500 8 50O0 19 500 9 OOOO 6 OOOO 8 OOOO 4 2OO0

I 222 ) RSG 1 oooo 39 ooo 39 000 6 5000 16 500 7 OOOO 4 oooo 6 SOOO 2 1000

(224 ) RSG 1 oooo 36 000 36 000 7 OOOO 20 000 10 OOO 6 oooo 9 OOOO 3 9000

(226) RSG 1 oooo 21 000 19 000 10 000 10 000 2 5000 6 5000 SOOOO

(228) RSG 1 oooo 21 000 21 000 4 OOOO IB 000 9 5000 8 oooo 4 SOOO 1 2000

(231 ) RSG 1 oooo 25 500 25 000 5 5000 18 500 7 OOOO 3 5000 7 OOOO 1 OOOO

1 237 1 RSG 1 oooo 27 000 27 000 5 OOOO 17 000 -0 3 OOOO 4 OOOO -0.

(247) RSG 4 oooo -0. -0 -0 13 500 7 5000 5 OOOO 7 OOOO -0

ROSEGATE

( 1 16)

950.000

10140 00

1190 000

13MISS

1118 1 70 000 150 00 1 10 00 BIF

(1211 70 ooo 170 CO 130 00 BIF

I 125 I 50 000 16S 00 120 00 BIF

( 126 I SO ooo 140 00 1 10 00 BIF

( 129) 90 000 180 00 90 000 BIF

( 131 I 35 000 135 00 100 00 BIF

1 133 I 35 000 165 00 125.00 BIF

( 138 ) 40 OOO 140 00 90 000 BIF

( 141 ) 25 OOO 160 00 1 10.00 BIF

( 145) 15. OOO 135 00 12000 BIF

( 158 1 30 000 140 00 1 10 00 BIF

( 160) 85 000 190 00 90 000 BIF

( 172) 25 000 150 00 120 00 BIF

( 183) 40 000 170 00 105 00 BIF

( 184) SO 000 160 00 120 OO BIF

( 186) 40 000 150 00 105 00 BIF

( 189) 100 00 200.00 100 00 BIF

( 192 ) 40 000 140 00 100 00 BIF

(203) 40 000 170 00 120 00 BIF

( 207 1 20 000 150 00 130 00 BIF

1216 1 15 OOO 130 00 1 10.00 BIF

1221 ) 55 000 155 00 90 000 BIF

( 222) 65 000 170 OO 95 OOO BIF

(224) 60 OOO 150 00 95 OOO BIF

(226) 80 000 210 00 120 00 BIF

(228) 40 000 150 00 1 10.00 BIF

(231 ) 25.000 140 00 120 00 BIF

( 237 1 35 000 130 OO 100 00 BIF

( 247 ) '0 OOO 170 00 10O 00 BIF

14 15CHH

OBS

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OBS

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OTH

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OBS

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B»S

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OBS

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16 18 19 201 oooo 81633 - 40000

83333 16667 47059

1 oooo 19355 61538

-0 7SOOO

-0 -0

97368 2 1053 44444

97368 78947 -1 OOOO

-0 63333

1 OOOO 21053 41379

97143 18571 76923

1 OOOO 1 1765 64516

1 OOOO 30000 41667

1 OOOO 25926 46429

1 OOOO 13333 54167

1 OOOO 18644 60606

96296 22222 SOOOO

95652 2 1739 58333

96429 30357 70370

1 OOOO 18421 46512

95000 27500 53846

1 OOOO 17073 83333

1 OOOO 84746 - 457 14

96739 18478 46 IS4

1 OOOO 16667 42424

1 OOOO 19444 SOOOO

904 76 1 OOOO

1 OOOO 1904 8 52778

98039 2 1569 37838

1 OOOO 18519 -0

-0 -0 55556

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ELKO

17BSG

12 OOOO

232 000

332 OOO

45 OOOO

512 500

66 OOOO

74 OOOO

85 OOOO

12-0

RSG 2 0000 23 000 23 000 3 5O00 tS 000 5 OOOO 3 OOOO 4 OOOO 1 OOOO

CORNER NOTCH

(21 ) ECN 1 OOOO 30 000 30 OOO 8 OOOO 21 500 20 5O0 5 OOOO 13 OOO 2 8000

(42) ecn 1 OOOO 30 500 29 OOO 12 OOO 12 000 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 1 OOOO

(46 I ECN 1 OOOO 26 500 26 500 6 SOOO 14 OOO 12 000 4 OOOO 8 OOOO 1 1O0O

( 47 » ECN 1 OOOO 25 000 25 000 7 OOOO 16 000 12 000 s OOOO 9 OOOO 1 80O0

(67) ECN 1 OOOO 20 000 20 000 7 OOOO 15 000 1 1 500 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 90000

(69) ECN 1 OOOO 27 500 27 5O0 7 OOOO 17 000 15 500 4 5000 12 000 2 OOOO

I 82) ECN 1 OOOO 48 000 46 000 7 OOOO 20 000 15 500 3 5000 9 OOOO 2.7000

(83) ECN 1 OOOO 39 50O 38 OOO 4 OOOO 28 000 14 000 5 OOOO 10.000 2 4000

(89) ECN 1 OOOO 26 500 25 OOO 7 OOOO 21 OOO 15 OOO 3 SOOO 1 1 500 1 9000

(94 I ECN 1 OOOO 35 500 33 500 4 OOOO 23 OOO 13 500 4 SOOO 9 5000 2 7000

(95) ECN 1 OOOO 32 000 32 000 2 5000 21 500 10 500 5 OOOO 8 OOOO 2 3000

(97 ) ECN 1 OOOO 30 000 29 000 5 OOOO 22 000 13 000 5 OOOO 10 OOO 2 TOOO

( 104) ECN 4 OOOO 54 000 54 000 12 OOO 22 000 20 500 -0 16 000 -0

( 105 1 ECN 4 OOOO 35 000 33 OOO 9 5000 19 000 12 000 -0 9 5000 -0

(120) ECN 1 OOOO 33 000 33 000 8 OOOO 21 OOO 21 OOO 5 OOOO 12 OOO 3 OOOO

( 134 ) ECN 1 OOOO 26 OOO 25 000 6 OOOO 21 OOO 1 1 000 3 5000 9 OOOO 1 OOOO

(136) ECN 1 OOOO 37 000 37 000 13 500 22 000 14 500 5 SOOO 11 OOO 3 SOOO

( 159) ECN 4 OOOO -0 -0 10 500 27 000 18 500 5 5O00 15 500 3 5000

( 162) ECN 1 OOOO 20 000 19 OOO 11 000 1 1 000 3 SOOO 7 OOOO 60000

( 165) ECN 1 OOOO 25 OOO 25 OOO 6 5000 15 000 1

1

500 4 SOOO 8 OOOO 1 1O0O

( 166) ECN 1 OOOO 28 OOO 27 000 7 OOOO 19 OOO 16 OOO 4 OOOO 9 OOOO 1 8000

( 167 ) ECN 1 OOOO 22 000 22 000 6 OOOO 1 1 500 1 1 OOO 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 7OO0O

( 173) ECN 4 OOOO -0 -0 -0 19 500 19 500 3 OOOO 10 000 1 6000

( 180) ECN 1 OOOO 27 500 26 000 10 500 10 500 3 OOOO 7 OOOO 90000

ROSEGATE

a 10 11 13(280) 40 000 160 00 1 10 00 BIF

(317) 45 000 140 00 lOO OO BIF

14 15CHL

CHL

16 181 OOOO

1 OOOO

1915625

15217

2048000

33333

ELKO CORNER NOTCH

9 10 1

1

13CASE* NO OS* PSA TEC

(21 ) 30 000 170 00 135 OO UNI

(42) 70 000 20O OO 130 00 BIF

(46 ) 40 OOO 170 OO 130 OO BIF

(47 ) 75 000 190 00 1 10 00 BIF

(67) SO OOO 190 00 130 00 UNI

(69) 50 OOO 180 00 150 00 UNI

182 ) 35 OOO 150 OO 130 OO BIF

183 ) 30 000 140 OO 120 00 BIF

(89) 40 000 170 OO 130 00 UNI

194 1 35 000 140 00 1 10 00 BIF

(95) 25 000 130 00 1 10 00 BIF

(97) 25 OOO 130 00 1 10 00 BIF

( 104 ) -0 -0 -0 MISS

( 105) -0 -0 -0 MISS

( 120) 30 OOO 160 OO 140 00 BIF

( 134 ) 30 000 140 00 1 10 00 BIF

I 136) 45 000 160 00 1 10 00 BIF

I 159) 80 OOO 185 00 1 10 00 BIF

( 162 1 30 000 180 00 150 00 BIF

( (65 1 40 OOO 180 00 140 OO BIF

( 166) 40 OOO 170 OO 130 OO BIF

( 167) 55 OOO 190 00 130 00 BIF

( 173) 4S 000 180 00 130 00 UNI

(180) 45 000 190 00 130 00 BIF

15 16 18 19 20MAT RECV BID MWP V6WM

OBS Y 1 OOOO 26667 95349

OBS N 95082 1 OOOO

OBS N 1 OOOO 24S28 85714

OBS U 1 OOOO 28000 75000

OBS Y 1 OOOO 35000 76667

OBS U 1 OOOO 25455 91 176

CHL y 95833 14583 775O0

08 S V 96203 10127 5O0O0

OBS v 94340 264 15 71429

CHH N 94 366 1 1268 58696

CHL N 1 OOOO 78125 -1 48837

CHA Y 96667 16667 59091

OBS Y 1 OOOO 22222 93182

BAS N 94286 27143 63(58

OBS N 1 OOOO 24242 1 OOOO

OBS N 96154 23077 5238 1

BAS Y 1 OOOO 36486 65909

OBS Y -0 68519

OBS N 950O0 1 OOOO

OBS v 1 OOOO 26000 76667

OBS y 96429 25000 8421 1

OBS N 1 OOOO 27273 9S652

CHH V -0 -0 1 OOOO

BAS N 94545 1 OOOO

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17 1 2 3 I 4 5 6 7 8 12(185) ECN 1 0000 28 500 28 500 -0 -0 15 000 6 OOOO 9 5000 2 OOOO

( 196) ECN 1 0000 28.000 28 000 8 5000 15 000 13 500 3 5000 10.000 1 5000

( 208) ECN 1 OOCO 36 000 35 OOO 9 OOOO 25 . SOO " OOO 7 OOOO 10 SOO 3 6000

(210) ECN 1 OOOO 30 OOO 30 OOO 4 OOOO (7 OOO 1 1 OOO 4 SOOO 8 SOOO 1 BOOO

(212) ECN 1 OOOO 32 COO 32 OOO 7 SOOO 15 OOO 1 1 5O0 4 5OO0 B SOOO 2 5000

(2131 ECN 1 OOOO 54 500 52 000 13 OOO 26 000 21 000 4 OOOO 14 000 7 OOOO

(218) ECN 1 OOOO 57 000 55 000 4 OOOO 28 500 17 000 4 SOOO 12 500 6 OOOO

(225) ECN 1 OOOO 26 000 25 000 18 000 18 000 4 5000 14 000 2 OOOO

(229) ECN 1 OOOO 26.500 25 000 7 OOOO 17 000 12 500 4 5000 9 OOOO 1 4000

(233) ECN 4 OOOO -0 -0 12 000 27 000 21 000 8 OOOO 16 000 -0

(243) ECN 4 OOOO -0 -0 -0 21 000 -0 6 OOOO 10 OOO 1 6000

(310) ECN 3 OOOO -0 -0 6 OOOO 23 000 (4 500 5 OOOO 10 000 -0

ELKO EARED17 1 . 2. 3 4 5 6 7 8 12

CASE» TYPE POP. LT LI LM MM WB TM WN WT

(2) EEE 4 OOOO 32 000 27 000 16 000 24 000 16 000 6 SOOO 13 OOO 3 8000

(84) EEE 1 OOOO 44 000 41 OOO 7 OOOO 26 500 20 000 6 OOOO 15 OOO 5 4000

(92) EEE 1 OOOO 27 000 24 000 4 OOOO 18 OOO 1 1 OOO 2 OOOO 8 OOOO 1 OOOO

( 111 ) EEE 1 OOOO 36 SOO 34 500 1 1 OOO 23 000 19 000 -0 13 000 -0

( 127) EEE 1 OOOO 46 000 43 000 8 OOOO 26 000 19 000 7 OOOO 14 000 6 5000

I 132) EEE 1 OOOO 30 000 28 000 7 OOOO 24 000 15 000 5 OOOO 13 500 3 OOOO

( 148) EEE 1 OOOO 66 000 60 OOO 9 OOOO 31 000 22 000 7 OOOO 17. OOO 8 7OO0

1 168) EEE 1 OOOO 23 OOO 20 OOO 13 coo 13 000 4 OOOO 10 OOO 1 SOOO

( 195) EEE 3 OOOO -0. -0 5 OOOO 19 OOO 12 OOO 3 OOOO 7 SOOO -0

(219) EEE 1 OOOO 67 000 49 000 8 OOOO 20 500 19 000 6 OOOO 14 500 7 OOOO

(220) EEE 1 OOOO 42 000 42 000 5 OOOO 17 OOO 1 1 000 4 OOOO 6 5000 2.3000

(230) EEE 1 OOOO 38.000 35 500 10 500 22 000 14 000 5 SOOO 11 500 4 3000

(234) EEE 4 OOOO -0. -0 7 OOOO 20 000 14 000 5 OOOO 12 OOO -0

(235) EEE 4 OOOO -0 -0 4 OOOO 19 000 12 000 4 OOOO 8 OOOO -0

ELKO CORNER NOTCH

9 10 11 13( 185) 100 00 210.00 130 CO B1F

( 196) 75 000 210 00 120.00 8IF

(208) 70 000 95 000 150 00 BIF

(210) 30 000 160 00 120 00 BIF

I 212) 70 OOO 200 CO 120 00 UNI

(2131 30 OOO 180 CO 140 00 UNI

(218) IS OOO 125 00 110 00 BIF

(225) 80 000 210 CO 125.00 BIF

(229) 60 000 170 00 120 00 BIF

(233) 80 000 185 00 135 OO 8IF

(243 1 50 OOO 155 CO 100 00 BIF

(310) 45 000 170 CO 130 00 BIF

14 15CHL

OSS

OBS

CHL

BAS

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CHA

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16 18 19 201 OOOO -0 -0

1 OOOO 30357 9CO00

97222 .25000 43137

1 OOOO 13333 64706

1 OOOO 23438 76667

954 13 23853 80769

96491 70175 -1 59649

96 154 1 OOOO

94340 26415 73529

0. -0 77778

-0 -O

-0 63043

ELKO EARED0. 9. 10 1 1

.

13CASE* NO OSA PSA TEC

(2) -0 -0 1 io OO BIF

(84) 35 000 160 00 130 00 BIF

(92) 35 OOO 150 00 110 00 UNI

(111) -0 -0 -0. MISS

( 127) 35 000 155 CO 120 00 BIF

(132) 25 OOO 150 00 130 00 BIF

( 148) 60 OOO 160 CO 1 10 CO BIF

( 168 ) SO COO 2CO CO 120 CO BIF

( 195) 40 OOO 150 00 120 CO BIF

(219) 70 OOO 200 00 120 CO BIF

(220) 25 000 150 CO 120 CO BIF

(230) 50 000 180 CO 120 00 BIF

(234) 45 ooo 160 CO 1 10 00 BIF

(235) 35 OOO 160 00 120 00 BIF

15.MAT

OBS

BAS

CHA

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CHA

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BAS

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18 19 20BIB MWP WBWM

84375 soooo 66667

93182 15909 75472

88889 14815 61111

94521 30137 82609

93478 . 17391 73077

93333 23333 625CO

90909 136 36 70968

86957 1 OOOO

-0 -0 63 158

73134 1 1940 92683

1 OOOO 1 1905 64706

93421 .27632 63636

-0 -0 70000

-0 -0 63158

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(236)

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11 .oooo

218 OOO

316 OOO

48 OOOO

518 OOO

61 1 000

74 OOOO

87 OOOO

12-0

(278) EEE 3 OOOO -0 -0 8 5000 25 OOO 22 SOO 5 5000 20 OOO -0

( 306) EEE 3 OOOO -0 -0 12 500 12 500 3 OOOO 9 OOOO -0

GATECLIFF SPLIT STEM

( 3) GSS 4 OOOO 28 500 2S SOO 10 OOO 19 000 1

1

OOO 4 SOOO 12 OOO 2 OOOO

(4 ) GSS 1 OOOO 4 1 OOO 36 OOO 10 OOO 25 000 14 OOO 5 SOOO 12 OOO 3 90O0

( 16) GSS 1 OOOO 30 OOO 26 OOO 1 1 000 11 000 4 5000 8 OOOO 1 3OO0

(27) GSS 1 OOOO 27 SOO 23 000 9 OOOO 21 000 13 000 5 OOOO 1

1

000 1 8000

(35) GSS 1 OOOO 27 500 27 000 3 50O0 16 OOO 9 5000 5 OOOO 10 000 1 8000

(49) GSS 4 OOOO 25 500 24 000 10 000 12 000 9 3000 3 OOOO -0 1 OOOO

(85) GSS i oooo 56 000 53 000 3 OOOO 24 SOO 14 000 5 oooo 10 000 3 1000

(90) GSS 1 oooo 61 000 58 500 7 5000 18 500 11 OOO 6 oooo 10 500 4 9000

(91 ) GSS 1 oooo 42 000 36 OOO 6 OOOO 24 000 16 000 7 oooo 16 000 5 4000

198) GSS 1 oooo 24 OOO 21 5O0 4 SOOO 26 000 14 000 4 SOOO 1

1

OOO 1 6OO0

199) GSS 1 oooo 45 OOO 40 500 11 OOO 19 500 1 1 500 5 oooo 10 000 3 OOOO

(117) GSS 1 0000 37 OOO 36 000 6 OOOO 21 000 13 000 3 oooo 12 000 2 SOOO

(130) GSS 1 oooo 45 000 42 000 8 50O0 22 000 17 000 5 SOOO 14 500 4 SOOO

I 143) GSS 1 oooo 33 000 30 000 5 5000 22 OOO 15 OOO 6 OOOO 13 000 3 5000

( 163) GSS 1 oooo 28 SOO 27 50O 3 OOOO 22 OOO 1 1 OOO S oooo 8 5000 2 oooo

(245 1 GSS 1 oooo 27 OOO 26 OOO 9 OOOO 24 OOO 24 OOO 25 OOO 12 OOO 2 2OO0

GATECLIFF CONTRACTING STEM17. 1 . 2. 3 4 5 6 7. 8 12.

CASE* TYPE POR LT LA LM KM MB TH WN WT

( 151 GCS 1 oooo 28 SOO 28 500 1 500O 19 OOO 6 OOOO 2 SOOO 7 OOOO 1 2O0O

( 23) GCS 1 oooo 27 OOO 27 OOO 5 OOOO 17 SOO 11 OOO 4 OOOO 1 1 OOO -0

( 32) GCS 1 OOOO 35 OOO 35 000 5 SOOO 18 OOO 5 OOOO 4 oooo 6 SOOO 2 1OO0

ELKO EARED

(238 1

965 000

10180 00

11140 00

13BIF

(278) 80 000 190 OO 120 OO BIF

1 306) 90 000 195 00 120 00 BIF

14 15CHL

CHL

CBS

16 1888889

19 206111144444

-O 9OOO0

-O 1 OOOO

GATECLIFF SPLIT STEM

CASE*9NO

10.

DSA1 1

PSA13

TEC

(3) -0 -0. 100 00 BIF

( 4 ) 60 OOO 165 00 100 00 BIF

1 16) 1 10 00 210 00 lOO OO BIF

1 27) 90 OOO 190 OO 100 00 BIF

( 35) 90 OOO 180 OO 90 000 BIF

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A. groundstone effigyB. stone_ pipesC. stone effigy and "charmstones"D. stone effigiesE. "sickles"F. dentalium, stone ring, head to bow drilK?)G. lapidary drills (?)H. obsidian eccentricsI. cached materials (see text)J. decorated discoidals, stone effigy, groundstone slabK. bifaces, drill, Humboldt projectile pointsL. large bifacesM. bone toolsN. bone bead manufacturing0. abalone shell pendant fragments (also 1 piece of

porcelain used as ornament, 2 stone pendants)P. olivella shell beadsQ. Desert Side Notch projectile pointsR. two bipolar cores and crude bifaces (items not usually

collected)S. Humboldt projectile pointsT. Humboldt projectile pointsU. Desert Side Notch and Rosegate projectile pointsV. Rosegate projectile pointsW. Elko series projectile pointsX. Elko and Rosegate series projectile points (some

resharpened)Y. Resharpened projectile points (various types)Z. Resharpened projectile points (various types)Aa. Carson projectile pointsBb. Carson projectile pointsCc. mortars and pestles (in rockgarden)Dd. pestleEe. mortarFf. mortarGg. pestlesHh. pestle

. I i . metateJj. stone bowl (used as mortar)Kk. rotary motion manosLl. back-and-f orth motion manos

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