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region finds the general trend of simple unnotched and barbless points 

 being earlier in both places. 



Below the cultural level which contained the shouldered points were 

 several other artifacts. Among these were two obsidian points of the 

 comer-notched variety, but they differed from those of the second 

 level. With them were nine disk shell beads and a flake scraper. 

 This, the lowest level of the cave, is poorly defined because of the 

 scarcity of artifacts, and no attempt can be made to relate it to other 

 cultures. 



Besides the projectile points, numerous other artifacts were recov- 

 ered in Hobo Cave. They did not, however, differ significantly from 

 one level to the next. Level 1, which had the small projectile points, 

 is compared with the late prehistoric material culture of the McNary 

 region in table 3. 



Table 3. — Comparison of artifacts of level 1, Hoho Cave, with late prehistoric 

 material culture of the McNary region 



Artifacts 



Both 

 regions 



McNary 

 only 



Hobo Cave 

 only 



Lozenge-shaped knives. 



End scrapers 



Discoid choppers 



Bone needles 



Bone flakers 



Bird-bone beads 



Disk shell beads 



Side-notched points 



Notched net weights 



Grooved net weights 



Pestles 



Chipped-stone fetish ._- 



Ground-slate fetish 



Polished celts. 



Tubular pipes 



Shaft smoothers. 



Lap stones 



Fish spear tines 



Bone disk beads 



Baked? clay 



Since Hobo Cave was situated high on a hillside, it can not be con- 

 sidered the same sort of occupation that would be found on a river 

 terrace. The cave may have been used by hunting parties, but it was 

 not a normal residence. Therefore, many of the utilitarian artifacts, 

 especially the heavy ones, would not be expected there. Tliis can 

 explain the absence of net weights and the scarcity of hammers and 

 choppers. The more carefully made artifacts, such as tubular pipes, 

 mallets, celts, and digging-stick handles normally are found only in 

 graves. The absence of side-notched points, however, must be due 

 to cultural preference. One of the traits, baked clay, cannot be ex- 

 plained fully. Clay sherds, which resembled pottery, were recovered 

 in the second and third levels. The material was not true pottery, 

 but no one has been able to identify it. 



