ARTIFACTS

I have been hunting artifacts since I was a small boy.  I found my first
complete olla during Easter vacation 1958.  Later in the 1960's I had the
pleasure of hunting with Harley Garbani a premier paleo specialist.
His love of archeology was a natural combination.  We hunted for
several years.  I contributed most of my broken pieces  to Harley as he
was an expert at piecing them back together.  
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Update - recently Harley's collection has been donated to the
Diamond Valley Museum at the Diamond Valley Lake site
near Hemet, CA.
 More information on Harley Garbani's paleo career


Harley shows a small olla
Photo by Richard Cary

Here Mary Garbani is shown with other artifacts
Photo by Richard Cary

More artifacts from the vast collection
Photo by Richard Cary

Mortars - Clay & stone bowls
Photo by Richard Cary

Mortars - Pestles - Matates - Ollas
Photo by Richard Cary

More Ollas Harley was a master putting these back together
Photo by Richard Cary

Harley's bottles that we found in a cave.  Hand blown applied lips.
Possibly from the Juan Batista de Anza era.
Photo by Richard Cary

My Bottle found in the same cave
Photo by Wayne Holmes

An arrow point made from a broken piece of a green bottle.
Photo by Wayne Holmes

Smoking pipes, arrowheads & a piece of graphite.
Photo by Wayne Holmes

 My collection from Anza, CA now in the La Puerta Foundation.

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