Special Edition of VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY

00334_023_004We want to announce a special edition of Vegetation History and Archaeobotany containing the results (a series of papers) of part of the SNF project (Understanding human occupation in later prehistoric Europe) also linked to the Luokesa site in Lithuania.

Here is the ad and the link where all the papers are published:

http://link.springer.com/journal/334/23/4/page/1

    Volume 23, Issue 4, July 2014
Special Issue: The potential of palaeoecological studies in archaeological wetland sites of the southern Baltic regions

Edited by: Stefanie Jacomet, Małgorzata Latałowa and Felix Bittmann

ISSN: 0939-6314 (Print) 1617-6278 (Online)

Two Tributes to Dr. Richard D. Daugherty

We lost a true pioneer in Wet Site archaeology, Dr. Richard D. Daugherty, the Director of the Ozette Village/Makah wet site on Washington Coast, USA. Dick passed (or in local Native terms, went Home) February 22, 2014 from bone cancer.  He would have been 92 on March 31, 2014–and Ruth Kirk, his family and several of the students and Makah Indians who worked at Ozette, celebrated his life at the Squaxin Island Tribe Museum (group picture below).  Another Tribute is planned at Washington State University, where he taught for over 30 years, on April 26, 2014 (see attached announcement).

Photograph is from Dick’s 90th Birthday Celebration (YouTube in this section below) with his wife Ruth Kirk

Dr. Daugherty pioneered archaeology in equal partnership with Tribes in the early 1970s–adding the cultural experts to the scientific discoveries.

Though newspapers from across the nation covered his passing, these are two of the best local articles:

Port Angeles WA. USA Paper:  http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140302/NEWS/303029979/archaeologist-who-unearthed-makah-treasures-mourned-with-tribute-to

Olympian, where Ruth Kirk and Doc lived for years:  http://www.theolympian.com/2014/03/04/3015059/daugherty-as-treasured-an-artifact.html

OZETTE-MAKAH Crew at Doc’s 92nd BD Tribute, 3-31-14

DOC and Ruth react to presentations
Ruth Kirk and Dick Daugherty at his 90th Birthday Celebration

TRIBUTES FOR DOC

Welcome to the Hoko River Site Digital Image Archive

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During the late 1970s and 1980s we excavated a 3,000 year old wet site and 900 year old Rockshelter at the mouth of the Hoko River, Washington State, USA. Even though much of the photographic recording was in color slides and black and white film, we undertook to scan over 3000 representative images from the work and this is indexed for both sites, including a way to virtually excavate in 5 cm levels in the Hoko Rockshelter. Though the first and second volume of the The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex reports are available through Washington State University Press (1-800-354-7360), and entitled The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex, the Wet/Dry Site (45CA213), 3,000 – 1,700 B.P. (1996) and The Rockshelter (45CA21), 1,000 – 100 B.P. we wanted to make this Hoko River DIGITAL IMAGE ARCHIVE available in NewsWARP. Please explore it at:  Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex Digital Archive .  May help in classes as an example of a virtual excavation of a shell midden. The software is a bit old, but at least we have more of the site documented in this manner. Any input appreciated.Fish Experiment reducedBVB00287

Qwu?gwes Archaeological Wet Site Final Report

This final Qwu?gwes wet site report has been accepted by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation–if you would like to download a pdf go to:  Qwu?gwes Final Report with data Appendices
OR a two column version (1/2 size) with out the data Appendices:  Qwu?gwes Final Report in 2-column Polished Format
Qwu?gwes (45TN240) is located on Mud Bay at the southern end of Eld Inlet, Puget Sound, near Olympia, Washington. The site was named Qwu?gwes, a term in the indigenous Lushootseed language meaning a place to come together, share, and gather by the Squaxin Island Tribe in 2000 (Foster and Croes 2002). It describes a place where academic scientists and students and the cultural experts from the Squaxin Island Tribe strove to work in a cooperative partnership to better describe and explain the ancient history of this location. The ancient people and villages of this inlet were known as the “Squi-Aitl.”
The site consists of an area above the beach where food resources were processed, an intertidal shell midden, and an area where those gathering and processing would have temporarily lived. Also present nearby is a fish trap complex at the end of Orr Cove, northeast of the Qwu?gwes shell-midden (both considered 45TN240) and a homestead area to the southeast of Qwu?gwes that is associated with the original Donation Land Claim (45TN396).
Qwu?gwes is archaeologically significant because it (1) is the first substantial excavation of a site in all of south Puget Sound, (2) includes a waterlogged preserved section containing examples of wood and fiber artifacts in a major resource camp, and (3) contains a distinct record of shellfish and fisheries used at this camp.
From the beginning, the research and analyses for this multi-year field school project have been approached from two, equally important perspectives: (a) the scientific descriptive analyses and (b) the cultural explanatory analyses, both involving tribal representatives and archaeologists following the goal of an equal partnership through the 11+ years. These views are often complementary and provide a more comprehensive overview and place from which to offer joint interpretations of the ancient history of Qwu?gwes. The Qwu?gwes project has always been an educational training effort, not just a rescue excavation. Less than 35 cubic meters (2.3%) of the site have been excavated during the past 11 summer seasons of investigation. The 55, 1×1 meter units excavated by 2009 clearly revealed examples of three use areas: (1) a temporary habitation area, (2), a shellfish and other foods processing area, and (3) an inter-tidal waterlogged discard shell-midden area on the beach. These three distinct use areas serve as the focus of comparison for the data sets summarized here.

A MESSAGE FROM PETER CLARK ABOUT THE AMAZING REPLICA OF THE DOVER BRONZE AGE BOAT AND PLANNED VOYAGE–WATCH THE GREAT WEB VIDEO LINKED BELOW:

Dear all,

This summer we hope to finish the replica of the Dover Bronze Age Boat and launch it to conduct sea trails and maybe sail it from Dover to Folkestone in the shadow of the famous White Cliffs. The half scale replica is based strictly on the archaeological evidence of the original boat, and we are very excited about the possibility of learning more about the seafaring capabilities of our prehistoric ancestors.

Of course, this will all take money, and we have therefore launched a ‘Kickstarter’ campaign in the hope of raising the necessary funds. More information can be found at:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989781916/take-the-dover-bronze-age-boat-to-sea

It would be wonderful if you could help in any way and please, please could you pass on this message to all of your friends and colleagues; the more people who know about this, the more likely we might be able to realise our dream!

Many thanks

All best wishes

Peter

Peter Clark BA FSA MIFA FSA Scot

Deputy Director

t: +44 (0) 1227 462 062

m: +44 (0)7968 573 418

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