Composite Artifact Bag Item Number: 12/8/1987 from the The Burke: University of Washington
5+ shells and fragments; 16 mammal bone fragments; 3 chert flakes; 5 pieces of shatter; 1 pebble. Found in bag labeled "10-ID-12/4 Cat# MS11; Flakes, burnt bone, shell, stone; 6"-20" interior of rock shelter. 11/7/55 GLC" According to Guy Marden (see p. 7 of his Draft report of Native American Indian Burials from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, copy received at Burke 1995), cat.# 1987-12/8 (referred to as Bag #9 in his report) contained the following: "flakes, burnt bone and shell from the interior of the rock shelter. 07/20/1995, K. Smith. 30+ These bones were separated from the collections to verify that they were not human. Stephanie Jolivette, UW Archaeology Graduate Student, examined them on 6/22/2010 and confirmed that they were not human. Because they were separated from the collection, they were not identified at the time of the transfer to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in 2009. M. Noble 6/22/2010. This material will need to be deaccessioned and transferred to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. M. Hotz 7/13/2010
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