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baskets and small bowls. Most of these baskets have a coil made up of three rods in a triangular position with the top rod split. There are two examples of single rod coiling. All baskets have split stitches and these are found on both sides of parching trays, but usually only on the nonwork surface of the other coiled basketry. Almost every piece has its coil in a counterclockwise direction. Except for a few fragments of matting, plaiting is con­fined to the manufacture of burden baskets. The technique, materials, shape, decoration, and mends of the latter closely follow what has been described ag "Lovelock wicker" by Loud and Harrington (1929) and Heizer and Krieger (1956). The distinctive plaited matting from Crypt Cave is composed of string wefts and tule warps. The wefts are plaited over and under single warps, but are spaeed in pairs causing the warps to form a unique diamond pattern. This collection of basketry and matting should prove highly significant when combined with information on the rest of the archaeology of these caves. Carbon 1*+ dates and strati-graphic data will afford valuable additional information on the development of weaving traditions in the northern Basin and should provide Important tie-ins with perishables In other caves. / O » / *7