Makah families left the coastal village of Ozette in the 1920s to
comply with the federal government’s requirement that they send
their children to school, and by doing so they ended nearly two
thousand years of occupation at this strategic whale- and
seal-hunting site on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
Archaeologist Richard Daugherty took note of the site in a survey
of the coast in 1947 and later returned at the request of the Makah
tribal chairman when storm waves began exposing both architecture
and artifacts. Full-scale excavations from 1966 to 1981 revealed
houses and their contents—including ordinarily perishable wood
and basketry objects that had been buried in a mudflow well before
the arrival of Europeans in the region. Led by Daugherty, with a
team of graduate and undergraduate students and Makah tribal
members, the work culminated in the creation of the Makah Museum in
Neah Bay, where more than 55,000 Ozette artifacts are curated and
displayed. Ozette: Excavating a Makah Whaling Village is a
comprehensive and highly readable account of this world-famous
archaeological site and the hydraulic excavation of the mudslide
that both demolished the houses and protected the objects inside
from decay. Ruth Kirk was present, documenting the archaeological
work from its beginning, and her firsthand knowledge of the people
and efforts involved enrich her compelling story of discovery,
fieldwork, and deepen our understanding of Makah cultural heritage.
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