Archaeology--along with Native American traditions and
memories--holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human
story in Washington. This all-new 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 fur-trade 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 13,000-year-old Clovis points in an East Wenatchee
apple orchard; an 11,200-year-old "Marmes Man" in the Palouse; and
the controversial "Kennewick Man," more than 9,000 years old,
eroded out of the riverbank at Tri-Cities. They discuss a
5,000-year-old 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 3,200-year-old
fishnet made of split spruce boughs and tiny stone knife blades
still hafted in cedar handles; and the world-renowned 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
Euro-American 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.
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