NV-Ch-35 (Humboldt Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Alex D. Krieger and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 1936
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.75 inches
Comment:
The "rat nest" deposits under the dome of the South Alcove seem older than other parts of the cave because of their damp, spongy condition, a very advanced stage of decomposition. Moisture, however, in this part of the cave, has probably caused more rapid decay than elsewhere. Rat dung and acids, acrid from moisture (see page) give the reddish color. "Deep S. Alcove" indicates position under the domed roof, south from the approximate center of the Alcove.