Bear burial

Museum number:
1-49827
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
206 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.727
Description:
Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
CA-CCo-138, Oakley, Contra Costa County
Verbatim coll. place:
18' West; 20' South; 37" deep
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 9, 1938
Taxon:
Ursus americanus and Ursus americanus californiensis
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Faunal remains
Accession date:
1938
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Loans:
S1952-1953 #6 [formerly I-53-A]: California State Indian Museum (June 12, 1953–November 10, 1963) and S1981-1982 #42: University of California, Riverside (February 12, 1982–October 13, 1983)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear burial, accession number 1-49827, described as Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear burial, accession number 1-49827, described as Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear burial, accession number 1-49827, described as Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear burial, accession number 1-49827, described as Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear burial, accession number 1-49827, described as Bear skeleton - Ursus americanus californiensis, female "3+". One calcaneum of otter, Lutra canadensis. Burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck 250± square Olivella beads arranged shingle fashion ⅓ over chest and ⅔ over short ribs.

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