The bulk of the present monograph will be devoted to a description of
the cultural remains uncovered at the LoDaisKa Site, and delineation
of the circumstances of their discovery. However, an accumulation of
facts loses much of its significance if no attempt at organization and
interpretation is made. “The archaeologist must make some effort to
integrate as well as observe his material, or he becomes a technician
rather than a scientist.” (Heizer, 1958). It is realized that cultural
units must be defined primarily on the basis of typology, because of
the general lack of corresponding geological units. In this connection,
the present state of flux in Great Basin taxonomy renders the results
less absolute than might be desired. For this reason considerable
emphasis has been placed on making as much as possible of the raw data
available.
[Illustration: BLOCK PROFILE, LODAISKA SITE