Joint Tribal/College Wet Site Investigations: A Critical Need for Native American Expertise

Rhonda Foster; Dale R. Croes

doi:10.1179/jwa.2004.4.1.125

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Joint Tribal/College Wet Site Investigations: A Critical Need for Native American Expertise

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Joint Tribal/College Wet Site Investigations: A Critical Need for Native American Expertise

Rhonda Foster and Dale R. Croes

Journal of Wetland Archaeology, Vol.4(1), pp.125-137

06/01/2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/jwa.2004.4.1.125

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Abstract

BASKETRY

COAST SALISH

FISH TRAP

NATIVE AMERICAN

NORTHWEST COAST

PHYLOGENESIS

QWU ?GWES

SHELL MIDDEN

SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE

WET - WATERLOGGED SITES

Anthropology

The calculated addition of 90-95% of the material culture provided by wood and fiber artifacts in wet or waterlogged sites along the Northwest Coast of North America has hugely expanded the understanding of items of daily manufacture and use for at least 9,000 years. To understand the manufacture and use of these "foreign" (to archaeologists) but dominant artifacts, Native Americans now, more than ever, provide a critical analytic and interpretive cultural knowledge. Our recent tribe/college team effort at the Qwu?gwes wet site in Washington State, U.S.A., is one example of how this partnership is not only analytically needed, but also, because of the wet site importance to Native Americans, why archaeologists need to become trained and involved in wet site investigations.

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Title: Joint Tribal/College Wet Site Investigations: A Critical Need for Native American Expertise
Creators: Rhonda Foster
Dale R. Croes
Publication Details: Journal of Wetland Archaeology, Vol.4(1), pp.125-137
Academic Unit: Anthropology, Department of
Publisher: Routledge
Identifiers: 99901083736001842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article