Marmes Rockshelter : a final report on 11,000 years of cultural use / edited by Brent A. Hicks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hicks, Brent A., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians--Washington (State)--Franklin County.

Paleo-Indians.

Archaeological geology--Washington (State)--Franklin County.

Archaeological geology.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Holocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Franklin County (Wash.)--Antiquities.

Franklin County (Wash.).

Palouse River Valley (Idaho and Wash.)--Antiquities.

Palouse River Valley (Idaho and Wash.).

Washington (State)--Franklin County.

Physical Description:

xvi, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Pullman : Washington State University Press, [2004]

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, but also because of the attention it generated towards American archaeology throughout the Northwest, the nation, and the world. The political story behind the discovery and excavation of early Holocene human skeletal remains at the Marmes site encapsulates, and helped incite, changes in archaeological studies following passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. This contributed to current cultural resources management processes, driven by federal government mandates to preserve archaeological materials and information and to seek greater public involvement in management programs. These mandates, in fact, have led full circle to this study, a complete analysis and interpretation of all of the available information from the site's rockshelter and floodplain areas, and completion of a final report some thirty years after the Marmes site was excavated.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-446) and index.

ISBN:

0874222753

OCLC:

54529480