Archaeology in Washington

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Kirk , writer and photographer, is the author and coauthor of many acclaimed books, including Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History, The Olympic Rain Forest: An Ecological Web , and Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park . Archaeologist Richard D. Daugherty , emeritus professor at Washington State University, was a presidential appointee to the national advisory council on historic preservation. He has conducted archaeological investigations abroad, and directed a number of projects in the state, including several of those described in this book. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. The Ancient Ones Who Came First? --Glaciation The Manis Mastodon The Richey-Roberts Clovis Site --The Clovis People --Ice Age Floods Marmes Rockshelter Sentinel Gap Lind Coulee --Dating Techniques Kennewick Man --NAGPRA The Development of Archaeology in Washington Chapter 2. The Columbia Plateau Snake River and Columbia River Caves: Windust, Cedar, McGregor, and Squirt --Basalt Flows and Rock Shelters Pit Houses and Mat Lodges: Moses Lake, Alpowa, and Strawberry Island --Climate Fishing: Kettle Falls Hunting Blinds and Kill-Sites: Silver Star, Strawberry Island, and Hanford Reservation --Obsidian --Heat-Treating Stone Root Digging: Calispell Valley Camas Ovens Indian Heaven Huckleberries High Country Chapter 3. The Coast and Lower Columbia River North Bonneville Cathlapotle --Wapato The Minard and Martin Sites --Earthquake! Olcott Sites --Lahar! West Point San Juan Island Hoko River Complex Ozette Trade Chapter 4. Newcomers: Fur Traders and Missionaries Spokane House / Fort Spokane --Horses Fort Vancouver Fort Nisqually The Whitman Museum --Epidemics Site Locations Map Conversion Table: Radiocarbon Years / Calendar Years Selected References Credits Index ...

Autorentext
Ruth Kirk , writer and photographer, is the author and coauthor of many acclaimed books, including Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History, The Olympic Rain Forest: An Ecological Web, and Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park. Archaeologist Richard D. Daugherty , emeritus professor at Washington State University, was a presidential appointee to the national advisory council on historic preservation. He has conducted archaeological investigations abroad, and directed a number of projects in the state, including several of those described in this book.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book 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.

Inhalt
Preface

Chapter 1. The Ancient Ones

Who Came First?

--Glaciation

The Manis Mastodon

The Richey-Roberts Clovis Site

--The Clovis People

--Ice Age Floods

Marmes Rockshelter

Sentinel Gap

Lind Coulee

--Dating Techniques

Kennewick Man

--NAGPRA

The Development of Archaeology in Washington

Chapter 2. The Columbia Plateau

Snake River and Columbia River Caves: Windust, Cedar, McGregor, and Squirt

--Basalt Flows and Rock Shelters

Pit Houses and Mat Lodges: Moses Lake, Alpowa, and Strawberry Island

--Climate

Fishing: Kettle Falls

Hunting Blinds and Kill-Sites: Silver Star, Strawberry Island, and Hanford Reservation

--Obsidian

--Heat-Treating Stone

Root Digging: Calispell Valley Camas Ovens

Indian Heaven Huckleberries

High Country

Chapter 3. The Coast and Lower Columbia River

North Bonneville

Cathlapotle

--Wapato

The Minard and Martin Sites

--Earthquake!

Olcott Sites

--Lahar!

West Point

San Juan Island

Hoko River Complex

Ozette

Trade

Chapter 4. Newcomers: Fur Traders and Missionaries

Spokane House / Fort Spokane

--Horses

Fort Vancouver

Fort Nisqually

The Whitman Museum

--Epidemics

Site Locations Map

Conversion Table: Radiocarbon Years / Calendar Years

Selected References

Credits

Index

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