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Excavations at Shilimaqshtush: SBa-205.Donald W. Lathrap and Robert L. Hoover. San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No. 10, 1975, 127 pp., 1 appendix, 30 illus., 49 tables, $7.50 (paper). Los Osos Junior High School Site 4-SLO-214. Robert L. Hoover and Col. W. B. Sawyer. San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No. 11, 1977, 54 pp., 1 appendix; bound with Obispeno (Northern Chumash) Placenames from the John P. Harrington Notes, by Kathryn A. Klar, $5.50 (paper).

The Archaeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California. Volumes 1 and 2. C. William Clewlow, Jr., Helen F. Wells, and Allen G. Pastron, eds. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Monograph V, 1978, Vol. 1: 197 pp.; Vol. 2: 222 pp., $7.00 per volume (paper) or $13.00 per set. The Archaeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California. Volume 3. C. William Clewlow, Jr., and David S. Whitley, eds. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology, Monograph Xl, 1979, 186 pp., $7.00 (paper).

In 1968, Richard Gould presented ethnographic evidence that certain canoes were specifically made for ocean navigation among native groups along California's northern coast. In his paper, "Seagoing Canoes Among The Indians Of Northwestern California," he postulated that oceangoing canoes did in fact exist, contrary to doubt expressed by certain scholars (Gould 1968:11-13). He further provided detailed information regarding their manufacture and physical/functional characteristics. This paper is an attempt to clarify certain points not thoroughly addressed by Gould and, subsequently, broaden the scope of his study. Three lines of evidence will be examined concerning the distribution of oceangoing canoes in an effort to define their southern geographical and cultural boundaries. Using this evidence, a descriptive model will be developed to characterize the occurrence of canoes used on the ocean along the north coast.

Gabrielino Indians of Southern California: an Annotated Ethnohistoric Bibliography.Mary LaLone. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Occasional Paper 6. 1980. 72 pp., illustrations, $4.50 (paper).

Kumeyaay Pottery—Paddle and A nvil Techniques of Southern California.Gena R. Van Camp. Socorro, New Mexico: Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No, 15, 1979, 104 pp., 15 illustrations, 3 maps, $6.95 (paper).

The Running Springs Ranch Site: Archaeological Investigations at Ven-65 and Ven- 26LJack Prichett and Allen Mclntyre. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Monograph XII, 1980, 206 pp., 20 figures, 38 tables, 3 appendices, $7.00 (paper). Archaeological Investigations at the Ring Brothers Site Complex, Thousand Oaks, California. C. William Clewlow, Jr., David S. Whitley, and Ellen L. McCann, eds. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Monograph XIII, 1980, 156 pp., 28 figures, 2 appendices, $7.00 (paper).

Cochimi and Proto- Yuman: Lexical and Syntactic Evidence for a New Language Family in Lower California.Mauricio J. Mixco. University of Utah Anthropological Papers No. 101, 1978, xiv + 125 pp., $8.00 (paper).

Archaeological Investigations at CA-SLO-99, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California Gary S. Breschini, Trudy Haversat, and R. Paul Hampson with contributions by J.A. Bennyhoff, M.F.Rondeau, and A.L. Runnings. Salinas, CA: Coyote Press Archives of California Prehistory No. 26, 1988, iv + 80 pages, 11 figs., 5 tables, plus 4 appendices with tables, $6.20 (paper).

One of the most striking characteristics of Luiseno culture is the integration of philosophy, theology, customs, material items, and environment. The Luiseno world is linked through concepts which are inclusive, expansive, and harmonious. The high degree of integration is difficult to express or explain simply, but can be demonstrated through example. In this paper, the ceremony to celebrate the maturation of girls (referred to as the girls' ceremony) is described, annotated, and compared to the Luiseno cosmogony or creation story in order to reveal the Luiseno worldview. During the weqennic and yuninnic the girls participated in a ritualized reenactment of the creation and ordering of the world. Their place and purpose in life were revealed, and they then hopefully experienced a continuity between their lives, their ancestors, and the past which extended to the beginning of time.

This paper describes fish remains included among the archaeological materials recovered from the Karlo site (CA-Las-7), Lassen County, California, during the summer of 1955 by Francis A. Riddell and his associates, of the University of California Archaeological Survey (Riddell 19566:63, 1960^:3). In using this designation rather than Las-7, which was used for the Karlo site by Riddell (1960a:2), I follow Heizer (1968).

Santa Cruz Island, lying some 30 km. south of Santa Barbara, was occupied by the Chumash and their ancestors for several thousand years, up until about 1815. More recently, the island has been privately owned and it is currently operated as a cattle ranch. A private club allows hunting of feral sheep and pigs, which range over most of the island. A few years ago, one of these hunters found an unusual wooden object in the course of unauthorized hunting for Indian artifacts. The purpose of this paper is to describe the object and to consider archaeological, historical, and ethnographic evidence which can shed light on its possible age and function.

The Shoshoni Indians of Inyo County, California: The Kerr Manuscript. Edited, Annotated, and with Introductory Preface by Charles N. Irwin. Ballena Press Publications in Archaeology, Ethnology, and History No. 15. 92 pp., 23 figures, 2 frontis., $6.95 (paper).

Ezra's Retreat: A Rockshelter/Cave Occupation Site in the North Central Great Basin.James C. Bard, Colin I. Busby and Larry S. Kobori. Davis: University of California Center for Archaeological Research at Davis Publication No. 6, xi + 255 pp., 3 plates, 4 maps, 45 figures, 32 tables, 6 appendices, $6.50 (paper).

Indian Names for Plants and Animals Among Californian and Other Western North American Tribes. C. Hart Merriam (assembled and annotated by Robert F. Heizer). Socorro, New Mexico: Ballena Press Publications in Archaeology, Ethnology, and History No. 14, 1979, 296 pp., 3 appendices, $12.95 (paper).

This paper summarizes some ideas that have occurred to me about North Coast Range archaeology while thinking about data derived from excavations on Dry Creek, Sonoma County, California. The excavations there were performed at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of an archaeological evaluation of the Warm Springs Dam Project. This being so, the ideas generated are immediately applicable only to 60 or so archaeological sites along a short stretch of Dry Creek and its tributaries. Some of my conclusions, however, have inherently greater generality and all of them have some relevance to Pomo archaeology as a whole. That is not to say the conclusions are correct; archaeological conclusions are almost never correct in the long run, at least not as they are specifically formulated, but insofar as they are concretely stated they can always be used as hypotheses leading to further development. The details of site description and specimen provenience are contained in the report of Baumhoff and Orlins (1979).

Spanish & Mexican Records of the American Southwest.Henry Putney Beers. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979,493 pp., $8.95 paper, $18.50 cloth.

Inland Chumash Archaeology: An Annotated Bibliography. Helen F. Wells and C. William Clewlow, Jr. Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Archaeology Occasional Paper No. 4, 35 pp., 1979. Entries for three categories: I, Archaeology, 114; II, Village and Place Names and Locations, 10; and III, Selected Bibliographies, 6.

Prehistoric turquoise mining in California has been treated in a cursory fashion, and the papers which address this industry are based upon field work prior to 1930. The intensity of mining and its relationship to cultural development in the Southwest suggests this activity warrants detailed analysis. This article addresses the tools, techniques, and antiquity of aboriginal turquoise mining in the Halloran Springs district of San Bernadino County, California.

Hudson, Timbrook, and Rempe (1978) have provided a series of provocative footnotes regarding individual members of the Chumash Brotherhood of the Canoe. These are individuals mentioned by Fernando Librado Kitsepawit and recorded in J. P. Harrington's notes on Chumash watercraft. In editing and annotating Harrington's notes, Hudson, Timbrook, and Rempe (1978) provide an excellent monograph on Chumash watercraft, and the criticisms that follow are not meant to detract from that aspect of their work. It is their discussion of Apolonio and Aniceto, canoe builders, however, that we find objectionable. The editors of this volume have "tentatively" identified these individuals on the basis of a cursory examination of the Santa Barbara Mission records. Because tentative identifications of this sort too often become historical fact, we wish to correct their errors before they become incorporated in other works. In at least one instance, Hudson and his colleagues made incorrect use of the baptismal records and they have incorrectly identified both Apolonio and Aniceto. However, the primary purpose of this paper is not to criticize Hudson, Timbrook, and Rempe, but to illustrate the use of the mission records. Only through an understanding of their basic organization combined with thorough examination of the mission records can genealogical data be accurately developed.

The antiquity of acorn processing has been a major concern of archaeologists because of its paramount importance in the historic subsistence economy of native Central California. In the lower Central Valley acorn use is amply documented for Middle period (post-500 B.C.) and succeeding cultures, but whether the Early period peoples of the region shared this well known pattern has been a focus for debate. This paper presents the first direct evidence for acorn use during that period.