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Nov 6, 2011, 3:40 pm
CultureWatch Northwest is pleased to publish this free e-book for your education and enjoyment! We've used an on-line service called Shutterfly to produce the book and make it freely available on our website. You can read the full book by clicking below and you can purchase a printed copy from Shutt... Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2011, 6:53 pm
Catlow Valley Highway-Photo Courtesy of Dave Anderson (Picasa)OAS Meeting & Presentation: Tuesday, September 6
The Oregon Archaeological Society will offer its first lecture of the year on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. The title of the lecture is “People and Plants: Paleobotanical Studies at a Late ... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2011, 3:01 pm
Kloshe Nanitch The Guardian of Altoona
In April Portland archaeologist Melissa Darby connected me to Kari Kandoll, the curator of the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet, WA. Cathlamet is a small community about 65 miles west and down the Columbia River from Vancouver and Portlan... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2011, 1:39 pm
Columbia River Plateau archaeology and Indian rock art will be subjects of a talk and slide show Saturday at the quarterly meeting of the Camas-Washougal Historical Society.
Michael W. Taylor, a Washington native and co-author of five books, will speak about cultural resources, rock art and Columbia... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2011, 6:19 pm
Vandalism Discovered at Arnold Cave Complex in Central Oregon-Reward Offered
April 21, 2011, during a visit to the Arnold cave complex, Forest Archaeologist Penni Borghi, Wildlife Specialist Julie York, local Grotto president Matt Skeels, and ASCO members Lisa Nicol and Susan Gray discovered extens... Comment - Like
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Apr 15, 2011, 5:59 pm
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" the major international film on Chauvet Cave is coming to Portland's Cinema 21! The film is scheduled to open on Friday, May 6.
Nothing is certain yet, but I'm talking to the people at Cinema 21 about having a special showing for OAS members and guests. Stay tuned and we'... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2011, 12:30 pm
OAS MEETING: TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 7:00 PM AT OMSI
“Recounting Days of Glory: Plains Indian Warrior Art” is the topic of the April 5, 2011 Oregon Archaeological Society lecture. Dr. James Keyser is the featured speaker.
Keyser has conducted rock art research across western North America including... Comment - Like
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Mar 29, 2011, 2:36 pm
Clovis first?...Clovis second?...or maybe not Clovis at all?
Research and discoveries that directly impact our thinking on when the Americas were first populated is accelerating.
News from Oregon (that's Paisley Cave to the left), Texas, Mexico and elsewhere is pushing back the earliest dates and ex... Comment - Like
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Feb 27, 2011, 5:37 pm
OAS MEETING THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 7:00 PM AT OMSI
“From the Mountains Beyond: The Archaeology of Huckleberry and Cedar in the Southern Washington Cascades” is the title of the March 1, 2011 lecture sponsored by the Oregon Archaeological Society. Rick McClure, the Forest Archaeologist and Herita... Comment - Like
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Dec 28, 2010, 6:56 pm
OAS MEETING - TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 2011 - Revisiting the Meier Site
Dr. Kenneth Ames is the featured speaker at the January 4, 2011 Oregon Archaeological Society meeting. He will be talking about the Meier Site and Lower Columbia River archaeology.
The Meier Site, located near Scappoose, Oregon, is one ... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2010, 7:53 pm
I was lucky enough to get to attend a Christmas party at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA this weekend.
Very nice place and they have an excellent collection of petroglyph rubbings and Pacific coast Indian-inspired wood carving displayed throughout the hotel.
The rubbings are mostly of ancient image... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2010, 12:45 pm
Its ARTIST'S NIGHT at the Oregon Archaeological Society! Next Tuesday is a special meeting...OAS artists will exhibit and sell their works, we''ll get a fascinating presentation on Captain Jack's Modoc Stronghold, and we get to select officers and board members for next year...art, education, and el... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2010, 10:30 am
OAS Meeting & Presentation: Tuesday, Nov. 2
“Archaeology in the Oregon State Park System” is the title of the November 2, 2010 lecture sponsored by the Oregon Archaeological Society. From the Oregon coast to the Willamette Valley to John Day, Oregon’s state parks are the stewards of Oregon’s... Comment - Like
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Aug 1, 2010, 7:33 pm
KING TUT TO THE MAX - OXFORD RELEASES HOWARD CARTER'S EXCAVATION NOTES/PHOTOS
Photo courtesy of The Griffith Institute
The Griffith Institute of Oxford University has just published Howard Carter's notes and records from his excavation of King Tut's tomb reports the Chinook Observer. Thousands of a... Comment - Like
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May 9, 2010, 4:45 pm
Finally!! The results from my Genographic Project DNA test have arrived...and Lexie is mad that HER genetic history is missing.
Too bad, so sad...MY report is fascinating.
Below I've included some of the most interesting bits of information about my ancestral journey.
I've borrowed freely from the r... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2010, 12:37 am
The other day Suzanne Bachelder (from the City of Washougal) and I went over to Vancouver Granite Works to take a look at the large basalt rock that will stand at the entry to the Washougal Pedestrian Tunnel.
This large chunk of columnar basalt will be a commemorative stone that recognizes the India... Comment - Like
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Feb 17, 2010, 8:40 pm
FOLLOW ALONG AS DNA ANALYSIS REVEALS MY FAMILY ROOTS
Wouldn't it be cool if you could know where your ancestors came from 60,000 years ago!? Kind of makes a trip on the Mayflower seem insignificant...
Now, through the wonders of DNA analysis, you can actually track the journey your ancient forefath... Comment - Like
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Dec 30, 2009, 11:01 pm
Over the past few months the Washougal Pedestrian Tunnel has made tremendous progress toward becoming a reality.
Almost certainly the only pedestrian tunnel in the world filled with representations of Indian petroglyphs (let me know if you know of another one!), the image-filled passage is designed ... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2009, 10:13 pm
What to get?
Its getting late!
I hate the holidays!
...actually I love the holidays, but shopping for gifts can be a pain!
Here are some ideas that are sure to please that person on your list who's into archaeology:
(click on the blue words for details)
• An Oregon Archaeological Society Membersh... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2009, 2:31 pm
Mystery, intrigue, petroglyphs, the Columbia River Gorge...what else could anyone interested in archaeology and fiction ask for?
Just check out the cover...stylized Pacific Northwest rock art galore.
Vancouver, WA author Sheila Simonson has blended local cultures and geography with some great charac... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 6:03 pm
Dr. Dennis Jenkins and the team working at Paisley Cave in Oregon can now claim to have found the oldest known artifact in the Americas.
The tool is a bone scrapper that has been definitively radiocarbon dated at 14, 230 years, significantly older than previously found Clovis artifacts (12,900-12,40... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 6:11 pm
Upriver of Vancouver, Washington the Columbia River bank is edged with thousands of rounded basalt boulders.
Ripped from the up-river bedrock thousands of years ago by massive ice-age floods these rocks, once part of the volcanic landscape, were shaped as they rolled downstream in massive torrents ... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2009, 10:22 am
In a Seattle Times opinion piece Dr. James Nason, a retired University of Washington anthropology professor and emeritus curator at the Burke Museum (where the original Kennewick Man is kept), argues that the Corps of Engineers is properly handling the recently found remains.
There are some very int... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 8:49 pm
Two bits of recent news on the newly discovered Kennewick Man II bones...
From the Tri-City Herald, Sept. 15, 2009
Anthropologist to study jawbone found in river
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The Army Corps of Engineers plans to hire an independent anthropologist to study a jawbone found... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 2:30 pm
The view from this small Oregon rock shelter is gorgeous...coupled with its spiritual energy it must have inspired hundreds of generations of visitors as they sought its power.
Located above the fast flowing Deschutes River (a tributary of the Columbia) in central Oregon, the shallow cave is filled ... Comment - Like
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