The Physical and Cultural Background

Dale R. Croes; John L. Fagan; Maureen Newman Zehendner

doi:10.1179/jwa.2009.9.1.15

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The Physical and Cultural Background

Dale R. Croes, John L. Fagan and Maureen Newman Zehendner

Journal of wetland archaeology, Vol.9(1), pp.15-38

06/2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/jwa.2009.9.1.15

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The Sunken Village wet site (35MU4) is on one of the most important river junctures on the Northwest Coast of North America – where the Columbia River drainage of British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, U.S.A. is joined by the Willamette River flowing through much of western Oregon State, U.S.A. (Figure 2.1). The site is on Sauvie Island, where a major aquifer pumps under the natural levee into Multnomah Channel, providing a unique 125 m wide beach area where acorns placed in shallow hemlock bough-lined pits were leached in huge numbers by ancient Multnomah Peoples (Figure 2.2).

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Title: The Physical and Cultural Background
Creators: Dale R. Croes
John L. Fagan
Maureen Newman Zehendner
Publication Details: Journal of wetland archaeology, Vol.9(1), pp.15-38
Academic Unit: Anthropology, Department of
Identifiers: 99901083338501842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article