Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society (PNWAS) News Bulletins, 1990

Dale R. Croes

doi:10.7273/000007815

These are the 1990 Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society (PNWAS) News Bulletins with activities of the society for that year. Dale Croes, director, started with a letter thanking PNWAS volunteers in helping us co-host the international 1989 Circum-Pacific-Prehistory Conference--a major undertaking for our State 1989 Centennial Celebration: "Thank you for making 1989 one of the most exciting years yet for PNWAS!,” the letter reads. “We brought together over 800 archaeologists for our August Circum-Pacific Prehistory Conference at the Seattle Center. Almost 100 of the participants were PNWAS volunteers who help conduct the conference and house the foreign participants. Thank You for helping to make our 1989 State Centennial especially important for international relations and archaeology." (See the rest of the letter at the start of the attached news bulletin). In 1990, PNWAS was involved as volunteers in the TWIWOC archaeological field school project on the Swinomish Indian Reservation. Major finds included ancient baskets at Munk Creek Wet Site and a Salish Loom upright post found by two boys wading in the Skagit River (see stories in attached news bulletins) We have included a spreadsheet for each year of PNWAS and attached News Bulletins for that year to document our 40-year history. As Director, Dale Croes compiled each of these News Bulletins. As originally stated in our founding in 1985, the Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society (PNWAS) is a membership organization that “offers a means for individuals and organizations to declare their support for the preservation of the rich archaeological resources in our region and help to bring public archaeology programs to people of the Pacific Northwest. Benefits of membership include timely information on Northwest archaeological research, a bi-monthly lecture series and opportunity to participate in professionally supervised research in the Northwest.” PNWAS was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the state of Washington and has remained true to these original objectives. Dale Croes remained the Executive Director throughout these 40 years, with a President, Vice-President and other Officers on the Board. The best way to view the overall history of PNWAS activities is to review the PNWAS News Bulletins, 1985-2025.

Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society (PNWAS) News Bulletins, 1990

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