Sisyphus Shelter

Description

Authors: Gooding, John and Shields, William Lane

Publisher: Bureau of Land Management

Pub Date: 1985

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 4 copies.  Copy 1 (SIM): Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Previous owner’s name in ink on upper front cover.  One approx. 8″ bend on front cover, from recto edge to bottom.  One fold in center of front cover, from top to bottom.  Not serious, but you can see it.  Light edge wear.  Some scuffing to rear cover.  Copy 2 (BKS): Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Previous owner’s name in ink on upper corner title page.  Lower rear cover corner has approx. 1″ bend.  Appears unused.  Copy 3 (LC):  Copy 4 (LC):

Notes:  Cultural Resources Series Number 18. Sisyphus is a multicomponent site composed of two shelters and a natural rockfall enclosure.  It is also the first instance of a “slab-lined habitation floor.” (From the Abstract).   Occupations of the shelter were probably seasonal.  Excavations done prior to highway construction.