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Anchor Stones
Duwamish composite stone anchor. Source: UW. I was talking the other day about how under-represented organic technology is in archaeology generally, and especially on the Northwest Coast, where the old...
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Jobs on Haida Gwaii and at WSU
Archaeological Science on Haida Gwaii. So I’ve never posted job ads here before and I may never do so again, but there are two ones posted right now with a lot of potential for readers of this blog:...
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Harpoon Arrows
Fishing at the Dalles, 1850, pencil drawing by George Catlin. Source: NYPL. I’m probably the last person to get the memo that you can fire a harpoon with a bow and arrow. In fact, I only just got my...
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Final Qwu?gwes wet site report is available for download
Toy war club from Qwu?gwes site. Source: Qwu?gwes Report. Click to enlarge. Dale Croes kindly sent me a link to the final report for the Qwu?gwes wet site (45TN240), which is is located on Mud Bay at...
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Controversy at Cherry Point site WA, 45WH1
Foreshore near 45WH1. Source: Re-Sources. I haven’t been following the story at all, but there seems to be quite the controversy going on at Cherry Point, not far north of Bellingham on the coast of...
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Northwest Anthropology Conference (NWAC) is in Bellingham, March 26-29, 2014
Screenshot from NWAC 2014 page. Just a quick service note to help get the word out: the NW Anthropology Conference 2014 is coming up, conveniently located in Bellingham, Washington. It will run Wed...
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Memorial Tributes for Dr. Richard “Doc” Daugherty
Richard Daugherty with the famous “whaling trophy” from the Ozette Site. Source: Washington State University. Dale Croes sends along the following information: two tribute events for the late Dr....
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Yelm Jim’s Fish Weir at Puyallup
Yelm Jim’s fish weir on the Puyallup River ca. 1885. Click for high resolution. Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/DAA73FC7A57E989D65B6DBEA419FC89E So for one reason or another I’ve...
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A Lummi Reef Net Model
Lummi Reef Netting Model. Source: http://whatcomwatch.org/wpww/?p=348 A while back I found the cool picture above in an online exhibit of the Whatcom Museum showing photographs of Point Roberts and...
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These Outer Shores: A special edition of BC Studies
The regional journal BC Studies has a new special issue out focused on local archaeology. Entitled These Outer Shores, the edition is available for a reasonable price (20$) and two of the articles plus...
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