Qwu?gwes Wet Site Basketry, Cordage and Woodworking–Draft Final Report

As a wet site, Qwu?gwes preserves the major component of material culture used by Northwest Coast Indians—wood and fiber items.  In this Draft Final Report the debitage and discrete artifacts of Qwu?gwes are discussed: ancient basketry, cordage, cherry bark binding elements and woodworking. For each of these major artifact categories, it was decided to discuss both the debitage and discrete artifacts together since debitage, especially basketry waste elements and woodchips, represent the construction of the discrete fiber and wood artifacts. Please provide any comment concerning this draft as we prepare to finalize:   Qwugwes Wet Site Basketry and Cordage–Draft Final Report 4-1-13

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