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western edge of the Plateau Area, a considerable amount of work was 

 carried out by Strong, Schenck, and Steward (1930) . Their methods 

 consisted of extensive test excavations, surface collecting, and exam- 

 ination of private collections. 



Although the sites tested were of different ages, some with Euro- 

 pean trade goods and some without, no local sequence was developed. 

 The time factor was not ignored, but the report was one which con- 

 sidered the area and its artifacts rather than making any attempt at 

 chronology. Nevertheless, a horizon comparable to the late prehis- 

 toric period in the McNary region is recognizable. Earlier horizons 

 are not isolated in The Dalles region. Table 2 lists artifacts common 

 to both regions as well as those found exclusively in each. 



Table 2. — Artifacts found in The Dalles and McNary regions 



Artifacts 



Both regions 



McNary 

 only 



The Dalles 

 only 



Grooved net weights 



Shaft smoothers 



Lap stones 



Stone bowls.- 



Discoid choppers 



Side-notched points 



Lozenge blades 



Bone needles 



Chipped-stone fetish 



Ollvella and haliotis shells. 



Ground-slate fetish 



Polished celts 



Four-notched weights 



Digging-stick handles 



Bird-bone beads 



Olycymeris shell 



Baked? clay 



Deep bowls 



Fancy carved bone 



Sculptured stone 



Bone harpoons 



Harpoon sockets 



Polished-stone chisels 



Bone labrets- 



Shouldered points 



Although table 2 seems to show a number of differences in material 

 culture between The Dalles and the McNary regions, the similarities 

 are more striking. Sculpture in stone and bone, especially anthropo- 

 morphic forms, was in vogue at The Dalles but rare in the McNary. 

 However, all of the fancy stone art illustrated by Strong is from 

 private collections. Elaborate pieces of sculptured stone have yet 

 to be found in documented excavations, but are very common in pri- 

 vate collections. Sufficient samples of fairly good stone sculpture have 

 been found to show that sculpture was practiced in the region, but the 

 really elaborate pieces are subject to question. Anthropomorphic bone 

 carving, on the other hand, has been documented. Small clay tablets 

 with designs pressed in with a sharp instrument are documented for 

 The Dalles region and are unique there. The polished stone chisels 



