Report
Cordage from the Ozette village archaeological site: A technological, functional, and comparative study
Project reports / Laboratory of Archaeology and History, Washington State University, Laboratory of Archaeology and History, Washington State University
1980
Abstract
In this report prehistoric cordage artifacts from the Ozette Village archaeological site (45CA24) and other Northwest Coast water- logged sites are examined on three analytical levels. First, the cord- age attribute~ (modes) are considered and compared between sites. Second, cordage .stylistic/technological classes (types) and subclasses are created using a paradigmatic classification scheme. These cordage types and subtypes are compared between sites through the use of cluster analysis techniques. The results of these comparisons indicate a continuity of cordage styles in three separate regions of the Northwest Coast for the last 2000 to 3000 years, potentially indicating cultural continuity in these regions. These results were obtained when comparing basketry modes and types from these sites (Croes 1977b) and, in combination, these data support a hypothesis of regional cultural continuity in these regions. And third, a techno-functional 'classification of cordage artifacts from Ozette Village and other sites is considered. The Ozette cordage materials are especially useful for this purpose since they generally are recovered in their original context in ~ prehistoric household. Comparisons of cordage functional categories from each Northwest Coast wet site demonstrate specific site-use differences. Not only can fishing stations be suggested by the abundance of nets or fishline leaders recovered .at different sites,· but the type of fishing practiced can be demonstrated. The three-level analysis of cordage from Ozette Village and other Northwest Coast wet sites demonstrates a special analytic value for cordage in Northwest Coast prehistoric research.
Metrics
7 File views/ downloads
22 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Cordage from the Ozette village archaeological site
- Creators
- Dale R CroesWashington State University. Laboratory of Archaeology and History
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Series
- Project reports / Laboratory of Archaeology and History, Washington State University
- Publisher
- Laboratory of Archaeology and History, Washington State University; Pullman [Wash.]
- Number of pages
- xii, 171 pages
- Identifiers
- 99901083340501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report