Two Biface Clusters and Their Relation to Mortuary Practices in the San Francisco Bay Area

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" Two Biface Clusters and Their Relation to Mortuary Practices in the San Francisco Bay Area "
Pastron, Allen G.; Walsh, Michael R.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	940109
Doc. No	:	LA69g5536j
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Pastron, Allen G.; Walsh, Michael R.
Title & Author	:	Two Biface Clusters and Their Relation to Mortuary Practices in the San Francisco Bay Area [Article]\ Pastron, Allen G.; Walsh, Michael R.
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/1
Date	:	1989
Abstract	:	Discrete assemblages, or clusters, of bifaces in mortuary association are a relatively rare phenomenon throughout the greater San Francisco Bay area (cf. Contreras 1957; Wiberg 1988:23). This paper presents a formal description, trace element analysis, and interpretation of two such clusters found close together in a prehistoric cemetery in Santa Clara County, some 30 km. south of San Francisco Bay (Fig. 1).