Marmes Rockshelter : A Final Report on 11,000 Years of Cultural Use

by Hicks, Brent A.

• ISBN13: 9780874222753
• ISBN10: 0874222753
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr

Summary

The Marmes Rockshelter is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the Pacific Northwest, not only due to its 11,000-year record of human use beginning in early Holocene times, but also because of the attention it generated towards American archaeology throughout the Northwest, the nation, and the world. This volume includes a complete analysis and interpretation of all available information from the site's rockshelter and floodplain areas. It also represents the completion of a final report some thirty-five years after the Marmes site was excavated.

Table of Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgements
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Project background	p. 1
Research design	p. 25
Environmental overview	p. 43
Cultural context	p. 65
Stratigraphy and site formation processes	p. 77
Features	p. 123
Human remains	p. 139
Lithic debitage and formed tools	p. 159
Modified bone and antler	p. 229
Faunal remains	p. 253
Fish remains	p. 319
Invertebrate fauna (shellfish)	p. 339
Botanical materials	p. 347
Summary of results	p. 373
Interpretation	p. 389
References	p. 423
Marmes collection inventory database (provided on disk)
Stratigraphic profile drawings
Particle-size data
Chemical data
Physical descriptions
Feature data tables
List of abbreviations and glossary of terms - lithic analysis
Lithic technological analysis data
Obsidian source analysis
List of samples analyzed in this study from the Marmes floodplain
List of unanalyzed presorted mammal remains from the Marmes floodplain
List of unanalyzed bird remains from the Marmes floodplain
List of unanalyzed samples containing reptile and amphibian bones
Fish remains analysis data
All identified shellfish
Marmes horizon swan bone identification
Radiocarbon dating reports
Pollen analysis report
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