Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
YOUTS SEEN
LID MOUND
NINE Boc2s OF PREVIOUS
fLIZATION
,NNNo' TIC INHABITANTS OF
~ LEFT THEM
"ajor'V Near EmeryvlIIe, Exc
W'thd Traces of Stone Age
,vered-Bones, Shells
i Implements Found

4 Implements Found
Nine laFhe Herald.
ltrayed frEx,. July 1S.-The suburban
'lained thai Berkeley to San Francisco
Justice RAJ. times hourly through a little
lay. He'd Emeryville; but few pas
Usuallys they casually observe through
.ugust cewindows the pavilion-crowned
70 ~, flere have any conception of the
egical significance of this relic of
hy as5ndfan culture Yet this and
acknowledgements are almost the only
leived 5 GA primitive stage of culture
,naa,. .nce~Ubtained among the inhabi-
onaa :; the locality.
bras ,feresting 1OO-page buhetin by DR..
o,,rt ale, just, issued by the University
fofRfia press, Is therefore a timely
:, ,lcome publication. The valuable
oisereip, set forth is the result of sew
'as staafse excavation instituted in 1902
"a ure iEeasor Merriam and the writer of
fere flletin, with funds generously pro-
'hicn by. Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst. The
oylneE which was probably first OBJ
Ivy by the famous traveller, FACES, in
mellow forms a conspicuous feature of
"a leefsHtiona grounds known as She'll
ussld park This location was selected
eteiIt inhabitants might avail them
mel - or the fresh water flowing in the
by creek known as Temescal. The
nd, like others, was not, as is often
nneously stated, burial ground, but
Ter the site for dwelling places or
,1es for the living There are indeed
cations of some few burials having
~ made in the vicinity, but these are
a&een1ained by the fact that many
les of a low grade of civilization fol-
n the custom of burying their dead
o1eNEh cath their feet in the ground
~ (which they live. in order to protect
III graves against disturbance and also
!. kn39y the protection of the spirits of
~ Bfd against their enemies.
4 | sa.tts How Work Began
d. eUh1e and Professor Merriam COM
etqa7sfheir work with an excavation on
lefvSEzfern slope of the mound facing the
" From this point they made at the
utt ~ lateral cutting; the trench thus
tat TED was continued underground by a
mhel whose terminal point sank twelve
eef below the level of the bay. The
orbsity of the soil compelled the scien-
SD to timber and sheath the sides of the
lrihel, while the constant flow of water
snReTed resort to a small hand pump
e$ssary.
Fhllowing the completion of the tunnel |
h upper vertical cut was made to pro- |
ldssar~tew of all the strata contained in
lei mound, which were ten in number. |
mbng the constituents of the mound may |
E mentioned shells, of which oyster, |
iussels and CLAIMS predominant; bones of
l$rkH Htx5Rher of animals among them
eel, elk, sea otter, beaver, squirrel, rab- |
IT, wid cat, wolf, bear, sea lion, whale, |
prkl 9zzstc=7= fire places, known by beds
evkral feet in length consisting of char
bal and yellowish ashes which were evil
emily employed by the Indians in the
febaration of food, and human remains
nd relics, including the bones of men
nd various artifcats.
III The Graves
TIN graves. containing skeletons were
5uhd in the process of excavation, show
igf tt1 during certain periods the GUS
enf afsbprial underneath the dwelling |
layes was observed. A large number of
lined specimens indicated that the in
AHtants of this region practiced crema-
IoR of their dead, burying all personal |
eldngings with the body. 1t was Gus
an(A tySfgsrt to- throw a liberal supply Of
he'll fish into Lie fire as food for the |
ephrted on their long journey into the
e7A =s~6rffc.= THE preparation of the
takes was not elaborate. simple pit
bnfced, and il any covering was en-
ioIed it must have been of perishable
la terials, for there are now no remnants.
hid botrom Of the grave was arranged
pnfewnat ffKe~a bed, there being first of
n Acknowledgement from one-half to
bel inch thick, and above that another
- Of fron TTn6r1 thic tha hOdX
BIB the knees drawn UP, was laid upon
5 iaRA G3RtAed with wrappings, and sur
bubdeH byHpetsonal ornaments, and in
kckpti@pal gases with utensils or imple-
le4tGiF ForsbRffal the body was entirely
cvered with red earth, which settled
bvtn upon the bones after decomposition
hd is still adhering to them in some
hsks like Sat&aiek crust.
The age N4ssthe mound is a matter of
bnbiderabl4 INTEREST. 1t is evident that
1e3people Aging there depended for food
poh shellsta1d in all probability were
bt3 agricuHNrists but fishermen, with
krhaps hurting as a secondary occupa-
on Theit fnRlements were of the rud-
tt hxind, and ~ seems likely that their
kripd w roughly speaking, that of the
lode 4&n szaotegical, geological and an
kr4poiN faets do not preclude the
EssibilH ltns age numbering many
bnturi6S nSa Sher do they prove it. TAX
Igfintd cc9Tht other factors it may be
IA ted th3t 81 many and so enormous
ben mobRd$ lknust have taken centuries
/ heir &QpAkrhction. Even the complete
fvflopU this peculiar mode Of ex-
fehce H9H ssNe taken ages. 1t is there
Irel pc &14tBpto assume that the origin of
beAshell mounds represents a historical
Enjoyment of more than a thousand,
bs&lbly many thousand years; they may,
bvAever, have been inhabited almost to
lie 6lsre5ifofd or modern times. The vari-
hs .fQrms of implements and the diverse
tbods of burial observed in the differ
btfstrata are indicative of an extended
|riks of cultural stages.
"a heD glstfIek 9rtificats unearthed at the
,nkf win Hp5und are the following:
N a. Nat @tones, pestles, hammer-like
IpItes, ~t6DHeeb pipes, utensils of bone,
1rt and the teeth of animals. The bull
lid GnEsRR2fasely illustrated with care
III prepared cuts.
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