[WSCSS] Book Announcement: Archaeology in Washington

[Beth DeWeese]

ARCHAEOLOGY IN WASHINGTON
Ruth Kirk and Richard D. Daugherty
(University of Washington Press, April 2007, $40 cloth, $26.95 paperback)

This all-new book 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 Whitman mission and at Cathlapotle, a Columbia River village 
visited by Lewis and Clark.

The authors portray discoveries including:
--a mastodon butchered by hunters on the Olympic Peninsula 14,000 years ago;
--13,000-year-old Clovis points found in an East Wenatchee apple orchard;
--11,200-year-old "Marmes Man" in the Palouse;
--the 9,000-plus year old "Kennewick Man," found eroded out of a 
riverbank at Tri-Cities.

This book is richly illustrated with 150 color photographs showing dig 
sites and artifacts, as well as line drawings, maps, and informative 
sidebars.  It is a valuable resource for teachers of Washington State 
history, and recommended for middle and high school libraries.

For more information about the book, including the table of contents, 
please visit:
http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/KIRAWC.html

The authors, Ruth Kirk and Richard Daugherty will present a free lecture 
about the book on June 8, 2007, at 7 p.m., at the Walker Ames Room in 
Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.  For more information 
about the event, please visit: 
https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200706uwpress_arch/details.tcl

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Beth DeWeese
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