Book chapter
The Projectile Point Sequences in the Puget Sound Region
Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America
Washington State University
2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006269
Abstract
The research area discussed in this chapter encompasses what is considered to be the traditional territory of the Lushootseed speaking Coast Salish People, who are sometimes referred to as the Puget Sound Salish (e.g., Thompson and Kinkade 1990:38; Suttles and Lane 1990:485-502).1bis area begins at Samish Bay, east of the San Juan Islands, and extends southward to the head of Puget Sound, and includes the watersheds of numerous streams and rivers that drain from the Cascade Foothills into Puget Sound (Figure 1). Comparatively speaking, few systematic archaeological investigations have occurred in this part of the Pacific Northwest, so this paper should be considered a preliminary but much needed synthesis of over 4500 square miles of sheltered "inside" areas between the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges. The chipped stone projectile point sequence we will present covers the known sequence of lithic traditions in the study area, ranging from the Clovis period (approximately 11,000 BP) through to the time of European colonization.
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- Title
- The Projectile Point Sequences in the Puget Sound Region
- Creators
- Dale R. Croes (Author) - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department ofScott R. Williams (Author)Larry Ross (Author)Mark Collard (Author)Carolyn Dennler (Author)Barbara Vargo (Author)
- Publication Details
- Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99901089441001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter