The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley

A detailed archaeological survey of a river valley in the Pacific Northwest records site distributions, landscape features, and climate. Descriptions of camps, house types including semi-subterranean dwellings and stone-circle summer houses, and fortifications are accompanied by maps and photographs. Material culture is cataloged comprehensively: chipped and ground stone points, bone implements, bows, snares, fish gear, and basketry, with manufacturing processes and life histories discussed. Subsistence and food preparation are treated through mortars, pestles, digging sticks, boiling methods, and caches. Adornment and dress are described via beads, pendants, dentalium, and combs, while art includes paintings, petroglyphs, and incised motifs. Funerary customs—ash-domed graves, rock-slide burials, and cremation circles—are detailed with associated grave goods and paleopathological observations.