Archaeology In Washington,New

Archaeologyalong With Native American Traditions And Memoriesholds A Key To Understanding Early Chapters Of The Human Story In Washington. This Allnew Book Draws Together And Brings Up To Date Much Of What Has Been Learned About The State'S Prehistory And The Environments Early People Experienced. It Presents A Sample Of Sites Representing Washington'S Geographic Regions And Touches On Historical Archaeology, Including Excavations At Furtrade Forts And The Whitman Mission, And Cathlapotle, A Columbia River Village Visited By Lewis And Clark.The Authors Portray The Discovery Of A Mastodon Butchered By Hunters On The Olympic Peninsula 14,000 Years Ago; The Nearly 13,000Yearold Clovis Points In An East Wenatchee Apple Orchard; An 11,200Yearold Marmes Man In The Palouse; And The Controversial Kennewick Man, More Than 9,000 Years Old, Eroded Out Of The Riverbank At Tricities. They Discuss A 5,000Yearold Camas Earth Oven In The Pend Oreille Country; 5,000 Years Of Human Habitation At Seattle'S Metro Sewage Treatment Site; The Recovery At Hoko River Near Neah Bay Of A 3,200Yearold Fishnet Made Of Split Spruce Boughs And Tiny Stone Knife Blades Still Hafted In Cedar Handles; And The Worldrenowned Coastal Excavations At Ozette, Where Mudslides Repeatedly Swept Into Houses, Burying And Preserving Them.The Tale Ranges From The Earliest Bands Of Hunters, Fishers, And Gatherers To The Complex Social Organizations And Highly Developed Technologies Of Native Peoples At The Time Of Their Disruption By The Arrival Of Euroamerican Newcomers. Also Included Is A Summary Of The Changing Role, Techniques, And Perspectives Of Archaeology Itself, From The Surveys And Salvage Excavation Barely Ahead Of Dam Construction On The Snake And Among Columbia Rivers To Today'S Collaboration Between Archaeologists, Native Americans, Private Landowners, And Public Agencies. Color Photographs, Line Drawings, And Maps Lavishly Illustrate The Text.