Casual Artifacts in Northern San Deigo County, California: The Hammergrinder

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" Casual Artifacts in Northern San Deigo County, California: The Hammergrinder "
True, D. L.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	939332
Doc. No	:	LA7xk7d5st
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	True, D. L.
Title & Author	:	Casual Artifacts in Northern San Deigo County, California: The Hammergrinder [Article]\ True, D. L.
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/2
Date	:	1983
Abstract	:	Artifact collections made as part of surveys conducted in northern San Diego County during the late 1940s and early 1950s included hammer-like implements characterized by batter and evidence of wear. Such artifacts were typically irregular in form, seemingly lacked evidence of purposeful shaping, and for lack of a better designation, were termed hammergrinders. Some kind of undefined multi-purpose function was assumed (Warren, True, and Eudey 1961: 17). At the time such artifacts were not given a great deal of consideration, and the only real concern was that they were cultural and that their critical identifying attributes were the not always obvious wear facets on one or more surfaces.