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A Cache of Unfired Clay Objects from Death Valley, California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William J. Wallace
William J. Wallace*
Affiliation:
Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California
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Abstract

An unusual cache of unfired-clay basketry effigies and human figurines was uncovered by a windstorm near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Monument. These specimens and others from nearby archaeological sites demonstrate a more extensive use of sun-dried articles in the Death Valley region than hitherto suspected. The unbaked-clay industry appears to come into the area by way of the Great Basin extension of Anasazi culture around A.D. 900-1100 and to have persisted into the second half of the 19th century.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 1965 , pp. 434 - 441
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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