BY
WILLIAM C. MASSEY and CAROLYN M. OSBORNE
ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
Vol. 16, No. 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS
ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
Editors (Berkeley): J. H. Rowe, R. F. Millon, D. M. Schneider
Volume 16, No. 8, pp. 339-364, plates 12-17, 7 figures in text,
2 maps
Submitted by editors May 16, 1960
Issued May 12, 1961
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In 1888 an archaeological collection of materialfrom Bahía de Los Angeles in Baja California wasdeposited in the United States National Museum byDr. Edward Palmer. Although the material was dulycatalogued, together with Dr. Palmer’s notes, it hasgone undescribed until the present.
Dr. Robert F. Heizer called this collection to theattention of the senior author in 1948. At that timethe archaeology of Baja California was receivingemphasis at the University of California because ofthe interest of the Associates in Tropical Biogeography,under the chairmanship of Dr. C. O. Sauer. Thelate Professor E. W. Gifford, then Curator of theMuseum of Anthropology at the University of California,arranged with Dr. T. Dale Stewart of theUnited States National Museum for a temporarystudy loan of the collection.
From the beginning, the division of labor betweenthe authors has been primarily in terms of “hard”and “soft” artifacts. Massey has handled the analysesof the imperishable artifacts, their ethnographicand archaeological distributions, and the distributionsof all artifacts for Baja California. Mrs. Osbornehas dealt with the netting, textiles, and cordage,and the distribution of their techniques outsideBaja California. Dr. Lila M. O’Neale began the analysisof the textiles and netting and directed it untilher untimely death. Professor E. W. Gifford advisedon the initial description of the imperishable artifacts.
This presentation has been delayed for manyreasons, but the intervening years have added muchdetailed information to the original data, both in theliterature of anthropology and in subsequent fieldwork.
We are very grateful to friends, past and present,for their help and encouragement. We wish to acknowledgethe support of the Department of Anthropology,University of California, for the photographsof the imperishable materials. Thanks are due BobOrmsby, a University of Washington student, for thedrawings of netting. All other drawings and the mapswere done by June M. Massey. We acknowledge withthanks the assistance of Mrs. Gene Marquez, whoseservices as a typist were provided by the Departmentof Biological Sciences of the University of Florida.
Above all we wish to dedicate this small work tothe memories of two tireless teachers and workersin anthropology—and in humanity: Dr. Lila M. O’Nealeand Professor E. W. Gifford.
W.C.M.
C.M.O.