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Additional Data on Fired Clay Human Figurines from California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert F. Heizer and
David M. Pendergast
Robert F. Heizer
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, Calif
David M. Pendergast
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, Calif
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Since the analysis by R. F. Heizer and R. K. Beardsley (1943) of 7 fired clay figurines from 3 localities in California, archaeological investigations in the central and northern areas of the state have produced more knowledge of the types and occurrence of this form.

The 25 figurines discussed here include 3 from site 4-Son-299, 4 from site 4-Mrn-168, sites excavated by the University of California Archaeological Survey, and 18 from Gunther Island, site 4-Hum-67, of which 10 are in the private collection of H. H. Stuart of Eureka, California, and the remainder in the State Indian Museum at Sacramento.

The specimens here reported on, which represent more than 3 times the number available for analysis in 1943, provide additional data on design motifs and distribution, and in addition possess much more clearly definable cultural associations than do the original 7 specimens.

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American Antiquity , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , October 1955, pp. 181 - 185
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1955

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