Past Events

Oregon Archaeological Society P.O. Box 13293, Portland, Oregon 97213 (503) 727-3507  Email contact: info@oregonarchaeological.org

General Meetings and Training Lectures are open to the public. Members of OAS can participate in field trips. Some of these are restricted to OAS members. Most require that
Following the business meeting

May 4th 

OAS is pleased to announce the availability of its newest publication "Echoes of the Ancients", edited by members James D. Keyser, Michael W. Taylor and George Poetschat. Many OAS members helped author and research the material in the new book.

Jim, Mike, and George will be signing copies at the OAS Picnic on July 31 in Woodburn and this will be your first chance to get this great new book (for the bargain price of $15) on the rock art of the Dalles-Deschutes Region.

• Dr. James Keyser "Women in War: Biographic Rock Art on the North Plains"
• Mike Taylor "The Role of Women in Columbia Plateau Rock Art"
• George Poetschat will discuss the symposium activities in general including dinners, cave tours, and highlights on the papers and discussions.

• Find out more about some of the amazing native plants that Lewis and Clark found on their way west.  An interactive presentation showing maps of the Corps of Discovery route, photos of Oregon plants, and general stories surrounding the people and plants will give you greater insight into the arduous trip of 1805/6. Become savvy about this historical event and share your knowledge with friends or bring them along to get it firsthand!

• The rock art site of Tsagaan Gol is located at the northwestern-most corner of Mongolia, under the glaciers of Tavan Bogd.  It is one of the finest rock art sites in Mongolia and one of the largest in North Asia.  Tsagaan Gol offers an unusual opportunity to consider the interconnections of rock art, ritual sites, and the physical landscape. This illustrated lecture will draw upon materials gathered by the speaker during seven seasons of collaborative field work in the Tsagaan Gol valley. For more information, visit http://www.uoregon.edu/~arthist/jacobson/   Free admission. Public welcome. OAS General Meeting following the speaker.

April 2nd. 2005  Saturday Field Trip: Dick Reay (360) 253-2438, will lead trip to the Cathlapotle Plankhouse Project and  meet with author Julie Daly on basketry at the Clark County Museum. Meet at 10am at the Clark Co. Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA. Bring a sack lunch.April 5th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: The speaker Dr. Paul Bork will present "Iraq: 4000 Years Ago and Today" Dr Bork, an emeritus professor of archaeology, has spent considerable time studying, researching and photographing this vast domain of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, ancient Mesopotamia. Iraq's roots reach deep into ancient history, although the country we know as Iraq is less than a hundred years old. Various famous nations are in its territorial ancestry, such as Babylon the golden ,  whose capital was located near Baghdad and whose ruins can still be seen. Then there was the ruthless Assyria with its capital Nineveh near war-ravaged Mosul and the illustrious and prosperous city of Ur, not far from Basra. Ur is perhaps best known by one of its citizens of six thousand years ago, named Abraham, revered to this day by Muslims, Christians and Jews. The illustrated lecture will focus on these three cities: Baghdad/Babylon, Ur and Nineveh. Free admission. Public welcome. OAS General Meeting following the speaker.April 12th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS Training Lecture. Scott Thomas, District Archaeologist Burns BLM will present "Excavations at the Mortar Riddle Site"  The excavation produced lots of excitement for the 25 OAS volunteers and others working the site. Artifacts included a 1840's era military button, a decorated marmot tooth gaming piece, bone and shell beads and a rich deposit of charcoal for radio carbon dating. Admission $3.00 general admission, $1.00 for students. Public welcome.April 15th 2005, Friday 6:30pm: SPECIAL OAS FUND RAISING EVENT at the Portland Art Museum. Cost will be $25 per person which includes admission to PAM, the special tour of the "People of the River" exhibit featuring sculpture, basketry and beadwork. The tour will be conducted by Dr. Bill Mercer, who spent several years putting the exhibit together. There is a wine and cheese reception following the tour. The funds raised will help refill the OAS scholarship and general funds.May 3rd 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: Dr.  J. Gregory Smith, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. will present "Bronze Age Nomads: The View from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia"   Despite near perfect conditions for conducting regionally-oriented fieldwork, systematic archaeological investigations concerning Bronze Age Mongolia (ca. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 0) are almost non-existent.  To better understand this intriguing case of ancient social complexity, the Khanuy Valley International Collaborative Project on Early Nomadic Pastoralism in Mongolia was initiated in 2001. Results of a recent mapping project designed to document the abundant monumental architectural complexes in the 250 km2 study area are presented.  These complexes, known as khirigsuurs, appear to have been used primarily for ritual and funerary activities and were built by mobile populations who left only ephemeral traces of their settlements behind. The lecture highlights the internal structure of these complexes, their regional distribution throughout the Khanuy Valley, and some interpretations regarding their social significance. Free admission. Public  welcome. OAS General Meeting following the speaker.May 10th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS Training Lecture. Speaker Dr. Margaret Everett,  Associate Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University will present " The Body as Property in the Biotech Century"   In an era of the new genetics and emerging biotechnology, the human body is increasingly a source of economic value. From genes to organs and blood to digital cadavers, the status of the body in western society is changing rapidly. This talk will consider some of the ways in which the body, and body parts, has become a commodity and how this changing status of the body may conflict with social, religious and cultural meanings of the body. Admission $3.00 general admission, $1.00 for students. Public welcome.May 14, 2005 Saturday Field Trip:  Cascadia Cave. Experience Native American rock art. Leaders are Tony Farque and Nancy Brown.July 9, 2005 Saturday Field Trip:  Lewis & Clark: Station Camp & Cape Disappointment Interpretive Center. Leader is Bus Gibson.July 23, 2005 Saturday Picnic:  Mark you calendar for this special event at Cindy Ede's farm in Scappoose. See Screening for more information.August 6, 2005 Saturday Field Trip:  Quicksand (Sandy) River Delta Hike lead by Harvey Steele.October 4th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS General Meeting. Lecture at 8pm.  Dr. Richard Pettigrew: “The St. John’s Site: Excavations and Results” Free Admission. Public welcome.October 11th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS Training Lecture. Mike Dryden, archaeologist National Forest Service : "Evaluation of the Cotton and Kessler Homesteads- Results of OAS Memorial Day Weekend projects". Admission $3.00 general admission, $1.00 for students. Public welcome.                                 November 1st 2005, Tuesday 8pm at OMSI: OAS General Meeting. Lecture at 8pm. Dr. Natalie Vasey, Department of Anthropology PSU: “Recent Vertebrate Extinctions in Madagascar” Professor Vasey has worked in Madagascar over the past few years with a team of investigators interested in reconstructing the extinction process that has occurred there in the recent past Because Madagascar’s extinction events happened so recently, it is possible to study the process of extinction in relation to human settlement. Professor Vasey will discuss work in progress from several subfossil sites, principally the site of Andrahomana Cave in Southeastern Madagascar. Free Admission. Public welcome. November 8th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS Training Lecture. Danielle Gembala, archaeologist Fort Vancouver National Historical Site, will present "Building a Reconstruction: Evaluating the Archaeologies of Ethnicity and Households at Fort Vancouver's Village Site."  Previous archaeological investigations of the Hudson's Bay Company's multi-ethnic worker's village at Fort Vancouver (ca. 1829-1860) have attempted to link particular structures found archaeologically to certain ethnic groups or individuals, with unsatisfactory results.  Archaeologist's interpretations of these structures have direct impact on how the village is presented to the public.  This presentation will explore the tenuous connections made between archaeology, history, and ethnicity at Fort Vancouver's village site, and present a more productive avenue of investigation that will be more useful for building interpretations of how the villagers lived at Fort Vancouver. Admission $3.00 general admission, $1.00 for students. Public welcome. December 6th 2005, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI: OAS General Meeting. Lecture at 8pm. Richard Pugh, Cascade Meteorite Lab PSU: “Meteorites of Oregon with Emphasis on the Willamette Meteorite”  Abstract: Oregon has four true meteorites and some meteorite frauds. This lecture will discuss the history of the four true meteorites and why meteorites are so difficult to find in Oregon. The significance of the Willamette meteorite to Native Americans will also be investigated. How and where to look for meteorites will be discussed and samples of all four Oregon meteorites will be on hand for examination. Free Admission. Public welcome. December 10th  2005, Saturday FIELD TRIP: "Corps of Discovery II: 200 Years to the Future" Bernie Boat is leading a trip to the National Park Service traveling exhibit commemorating the Lewis & Clark expedition. The exhibit features a 250-seat tent "auditorium" a half-scale keelboat replica, a dugout canoe, and a full-scale Plains Indian tipi. Fort Vancouver WA 9:00am. Sign up by calling Bernie at (503) 590-3712January 10th 2006, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI:  Dr. Melinda Hutson PCC PSU: Meteorites. Admission $3.00 general admission, $1.00 for students. Public welcome. February 7th 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Michele Punke will present "Geoarchaeological Studies on the Oregon Coast: Clues for Understanding Paleoenvironmental Context" Abstract: Interpretations of archaeological site context on the Oregon coast are confounded by numerous depositional and post-depositional processes. Geoarchaeological methodologies provide pictures of environmental evolution within the context of local and regional tectonic alteration of the landscape, eustatic sea level change, and variable sedimentation activities. Using clues from geoarchaeological insights, the environmental context within which humans would have lived from the late Pleistocene until the present is explored. Included in this consideration is an investigation of how the environment has changed over time and the implications of that change to the archaeological record of early human land use. Free Admission. Public welcome.  March 7th 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  International speaker, Dr. Margaret (Meg) Conkey will discuss her very interesting and groundbreaking research in "Between the Caves: A  Paleolithic Landscape Archaeology Project  in the French Midi-Pyrénées"  In this talk, I will  discuss the archaeological survey that we have been carrying out over the past dozen years in a  260 square km region that includes some of the most famous painted caves of the Upper Paleolithic period in southwest Europe. We have located thousands of Paleolithic artifacts collected from some 300+ different site locations, and are able now to  begin to "connect" some of the open-air sites with some of the cave occupation sites. I will discuss the use of digital terrain models for an archaeological survey project, as well as our preliminary results with  new geopetrographic analyses of flint raw materials. Many  of the locations  are places that were visited frequently over the millennia, what we call "places of many generations". How this evidence for open air land use relates to cave art, and to the  presence of earlier humans (especially Neanderthals) in this region will be discussed. Free Admission. Public welcome.April 4th 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Kirstie Haertel, Pacific West Region Archaeologist for the National Park Service, will present: "Archaeology and the National Park Service"  Free Admission. Public welcome. OAS April Field Trip – FREE!! OMSI Paleo Lab Tour Sunday, April 9, 2006 10:00 a.m. – noon (meet at main entry)  We will be visiting the OMSI Earth Science Hall which houses the Paleo Lab, where staff and volunteers excavate real dinosaur and ancient Oregon fossils from plaster casts in a setting open to the public. Our tour will be led by Sue Wu, the Lead Educator for Earth Science, with assistance from OAS member Dick Burt, a long-time Paleo Lab volunteer.  The Earth Science Hall also houses the Watershed Lab, and four major exhibits to explore by children of all ages: The Big Pipe, Hanford at the Half Life, Nature’s Fury, and El Nino. Trip led by Karis Koester 503-533-5558  April 11th 2006, Tuesday 7pm at OMSI:  Steve Trombly, Regional Archaeologist, Bonneville Power Region, will present: "Mitigation, Stabilization, and Protection of Cultural Resources. May 2nd 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Doug Wilson ,Ph.D.,  Archaeologist, Vancouver National Historic Reserve; Associate Professor, Portland State University, will present "Searching for Lewis & Clark at Fort Clatsop"  Abstract: Ever since Louis Caywood first excavated at the site of Fort Clatsop, over 55 years ago, scientists have sought to gain definitive evidence of the Lewis & Clark winter camp of 1805-1806.  The recent fire that destroyed the 1955 replica provided a unique opportunity to examine the footprint of the replica, previously considered highly likely to contain intact remnants of the Lewis & Clark fort.  This paper summarizes the previous research and the results of the recent excavations.  While no evidence of the Lewis & Clark camp was found during the November 2005 project, the results help us to understand the difficulties in locating short-term encampments in wooded environments and brings the entire history of the Fort Clatsop to the forefront, from its use by pre-contact Clatsop Indians to its use for mining clay in the late 19th and early 20th century. Free Admission. Public welcome. May 13, 2006. 6:00 PM, Saturday, OAS Volunteer Party! At the Audubon Society of Portland 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland OR 97210 You're the star at the annual OAS Volunteer Party! Volunteers are the heart of the OAS so we're getting together to celebrate all the contributions and support you've given the Society over the past year. Food and drink will be provided and a great time will be had by all! We're looking forward to seeing you there! With our thanks, The OAS BoardJuly 15, 2006 Saturday:  OAS Annual Picnic at Woodburn. Contact Cindy Ede for more information.August 19, 2006 Saturday:  OAS Corn Fest Scappoose Oregon. Contact Cindy Ede for more information.October 3rd 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI: Speaker from Portland Art Museum presents information about their new Egyptian Exhibit. Free Admission. Public welcome. November 7th 2006, Tuesday.  7pm general meeting, Speaker at 8pm at OMSI. Free admission. Public invited.  Dr. Bob Cromwell, archaeologist from Ft. Vancouver will present "Where Ornament and Function are so Agreeably Combined, Results of a Consumer Choice Analysis of the Ceramic Assemblages at Hudson's Bay Company Fort Vancouver" This paper will present the results of my dissertation research using data from over 20,000 English-manufactured ceramic ware sherds excavated from archaeological households at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington. The study utilized the concept of consumer choice in a setting and framework that effectively integrates the relationship between consumer behavior and goods consumption within a larger capitalist market economy. It expands upon this relationship, to the choices and preferences of the various socio-economic and job classifications represented by class and ethnic differentiated archaeological households, and occasionally even by individual occupants of households. Finally, the results of this dissertation demonstrates the possibility of determining the choices and differences in consumer choice behavior between the male and female occupants of these structures. In addition, the well-documented spatial definition of the various ethnic groups living and working at Fort Vancouver provides a nearly ideal setting to explore a consumer choice perspective in relationship to the complexity of culture, class, and identity.    November 11th 2006, Saturday 9:30 am ticket pick up, 10:00 am entry.  Special fundraising event. Viewing of the Portland Art Museum Egyptian Exhibit. BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO SEE THE NEW PORTLAND ART MUSEUMS’S NEW EXHIBITION!  The Quest for Immortality:  Treasures of ancient Egypt. Join your fellow OAS members as they tour the new exhibition.  OAS tickets are still available at $20 each.  Buy a ticket from OAS and support OAS in addition to viewing the exhibit! The exhibition focuses on the period of the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE) through the Late Period (664-332 BCE) and includes sculpture, sarcophagi, jewelry, relief’s, and objects relating to the gods and other intermediaries aiding the pharaohs’ journey to the afterlife.  Comprised of approximately 115 objects, the largest group of artifacts from Egyptian museums that has ever toured the United States, the exhibition has received rave reviews at previous venues. You can order your tickets at the November 7, 2006 general meeting or by contacting Glenda Satterthwaite, sattertg@hotmail.com, 503-824-2264.  All tickets must be prepaid by the November general meeting.  No tickets can be ordered after that time. On Saturday, November 11, you can pick up your tickets from Glenda Satterthwaite or Mike Taylor at the Portland Art Museum starting at 9:30 AM. December 5th 2006, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Scott Thomas, District Archaeologist, Burns Bureau of Land Management will discuss 2006 OAS supported projects in southeastern Oregon, including the Mortar Riddle site.  The presentation with focus on the two 2006 OAS supported projects.  First, he will briefly summarize the discovery of 13,000 year old Clovis and other fluted point finds in the Harney Basin and the new Clovis find by Ilse Werber this summer during the Clovis Quest 2006 surveys in June.   He will describe the Clovis Trail theory and how future surveys will be designed to test this theory.  Scott will also outline plans for a test excavation at the Ilse Clovis Site in 2007. He will also summarize the final excavation season at the 2000 year old summer village on Steens Mountain called the Mortar Riddle Site and present new finds from 2006.  Following this summary, Scott will talk about the overall prehistoric picture at Mortar Riddle.  Photos of selected artifacts will be featured during the presentation.  The presentation will close with a discussion of the immense contribution OAS members have made to the various projects on Burns District BLM. January 2nd 2007, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Russel Micnhimer and LeeAnn Johnston will discuss the 2006 Loring Grant Rock Art Project. Russel and LeeAnn are avocational archaeologists who, for the past five years, have been following in the footsteps of Malcolm and Louis Loring, revisiting rock art sites in Oregon and Washington that the Lorings documented in the 1960's and 1970's.  Their efforts have  been supported by the OAS with a Loring Grant for the last two years.  At the January OAS meeting they will present a program highlighting their photographic records of sites visited in 2006.  These photo and video records serve as a condition check of the rock art.  LeeAnn will display her albums in which she has meticulously matched current photos with drawings made by the Lorings.  Copies of their photos and video are being archived with the OAS library enabling future researchers to make better use of the Lorings work.  They visited and photo documented two sites that are not recorded in the Lorings' work, discovered a sizable field of panels that were not recorded by the Lorings, despite the fact they were at the same lake,  and recorded glyphs on the other side, and clarified an apparent scrambling of lake names for a site and discovered unrecorded glyphs there as well. Their presentation  will follow the regular OAS meeting January 2, is open to the public and begins at 8pm. February 6th 2007, Tuesday SPECIAL AUCTION / FUNDRAISING EVENT at OMSI 6 pm preview. Silent auction starts at 6:30pm and live auction at 7pm. March 6th 2007, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Thomas Guderjan, Executive Director of the Maya Research Program will present  "COLLAPSE!! The End of the World as We Know it at Blue Creek" The ancient city of Blue Creek, Belize, has been the focus of 15 years of field research by an international, interdisciplinary team.  The result is on of the richest data bases for any Maya site, giving us the opportunity to turn our efforts to one of the most difficult of all problems—Why did the ancient Maya civilization fail? This presentation will deal with the events and processes that led to the abandonment of Blue Creek and all of its neighbors. Dr. Thomas Guderjan is the President of Maya Research Program, a non-profit corporation involved with the archaeology of the Americas. His new book, The Nature of an Ancient Maya City: Resources, Interaction and Power at Blue Creek, Belize will be published by the University of Alabama Press this summer. More information can be found at www.mayaresearchprogram.org April 3rd 2007, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Rick McClure, archaeologists with the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, will present "Archaeology at Beech Creek". May 1st 2007, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Douglas C. Wilson, Ph.D., Director, Northwest Cultural Resources Institute, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will present "Celebrating 60 years of historical archaeology in the Pacific Northwest!"  Louis Caywood's excavations at Fort Vancouver 60 years ago started an amazing journey of archaeological discovery in the Pacific Northwest. This talk explores this legacy from the perspective of three recent projects on the Lower Columbia River: Lewis & Clark's Station Camp, Fort Clatsop, and Fort Vancouver. Recent archaeological data combined with previously collected museum objects allow us to study the changing nature of culture contact in the Pacific Northwest and compare this experience with better know British and American colonization on the east coast at places like Jamestown and Williamsburg.  Doug Wilson was trained in the archaeology of hunter-gatherers and farmers in the American southwest and in historical archaeology at the University of Arizona. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest in 1992, he has studied pre-contact and historic-period sites throughout Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Since 2000, he has served as the archaeologist for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, which contains the remains of Fort Vancouver (ca. 1825-1860), Hudson's Bay Company's supply depot and headquarters, and Vancouver Barracks (1849 to 1948), the U.S. Army's first permanent fort in the Pacific Northwest. He directs the Northwest Cultural Resources Institute, a public archaeology and history program at this extraordinary historical archaeological site that integrates students from many Universities, with professional archaeologists, and volunteers to provide new scientific research while interpreting the site to the public in new and interesting ways. Since 2001, he has taught the joint National Park Service/Portland State University archaeological school at the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, which incorporated Washington State University Vancouver in 2003. Since 2004, he has served as Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University. Free Admission. Public welcome. May 12th 2007, Saturday 9am-4pm Beginning Flintknapping Class: Pre-registration required. Instructor: Dennis Torresdal. OAS members only. Contact Glenda Satterthwaite for registration and information. May 25th-28th 2007, Friday-Monday. OAS Memorial Day Weekend Training Sessions at Camp Cody, Wamic, OR.  Instructors: Michael and Marge Dryden. Pre-registration required. Contact Steve Satterthwaite. OAS members only. June 2nd, 2007, Saturday 9:30am-3pm Basic Metal Detecting Workshop at Zigzag, OR.  Instructor: Chris Adams. OAS members only. Contact Steve Satterthwaite for registration and information. June 2nd, 2007, Saturday 7:00pm "Finding Geronimo's Hideout".   Speaker: Chris Adams. Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR. Tickets available at the door. Call (503) 727-3507 for more information. September 4th 2007, Tuesday 7pm general meeting, Speaker 8pm at OMSI:  Janna Tuck, will present "A Beer Party and Watermelon: The Archaeology of Community and Resistance at CCC Camp Zigzag in Zigzag, Oregon 1933-1942". The community of young men that filtered through the camp at Zigzag was transient, composed of many different backgrounds, and is still relatively unknown. They were all subjected to a militaristic, working environment where they were trained in skills for their futures. Most of the historical documents we have from this camp do not reflect the voices of the young men that worked and trained there. They tell nothing of the dramatic and life-changing role this camp played in their lives or of the friendships and community that developed there. The archaeology of Camp Zigzag offers a unique opportunity to find the tangible artifacts and objects that might help tell these stories. The archaeology of resistance refers to the untold stories of the camp as well, but more in regards to the illegal or unsanctioned activities of the camp. Being run by the military, the camps had very clear rules about curfews, drinking alcohol, and fighting. All of these rules were broken of course, but not often reported. Ms. Tuck would like to find the evidence for it, in the ground, to be able to give a much rounder rendition of the CCC camp experience.
Janna Tuck has held an interest in the past and in history for many years. She graduated from Western Washington University in 2000 with a B.A. in History and after pulling a few too many historic bottles from her garden soil, realized archaeology might offer her insights into a tangible, relatable history that textbooks could not. She has since pursued a master's degree at Portland State University with a strong focus in historical archaeology. Her thesis work covers the New Deal Era, an intense period in our American history of new leaders, new politics, and an emerging new economy. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps were an integral part of this era, as a forum for many unskilled and unemployed young men to be trained and put to work. Janna's thesis research specifically involves a CCC camp that was located in Zigzag, Oregon from 1933-1942. She has only just recently completed two archaeological excavations this summer at CCC Camp Zigzag and is currently in the process of organizing and analyzing the artifacts associated with those digs. October 2nd 2007, Tuesday 7pm General Meeting.   Speaker at 8pm in the OMSI auditorium.  Dr. Richard Daugherty and Ruth Kirk, will present "ARCHAEOLOGY IN WASHINGTON"     Kirk and Daugherty, the authors of a lavishly illustrated new release by the University of Washington Press, will share the research and making of their new book, "Archaeology in Washington" at the October 2nd OAS Meeting. Thirty years ago they wrote "Exploring Washington's Archaeology", and their new book is a complete update with information about all of Washington's archaeological sites and projects. From Ozette to Cathlapottle, they covered it. They also will show an award winning documentary film titled "The First Northwesterners", featuring the Marmes Rockshelter excavation, and the Manis mastodon site, both in Washington.  Dr. Daugherty is affectionately known as the "Father" of Washington Archaeology and was involved in many of their most important archaeology projects. Daugherty and Kirk will be a signing books at the meeting, so bring your copy or get one at the meeting. October 1 through October 31 2007    Oregon Archaeology Celebration!   It's the state of Oregon's 15th year of celebrating , and there are lots of events all over the state.  Posters and Calendars will be at the Oct. 2 OAS Meeting for members, and to take for posting in schools, stores, museums, libraries, anywhere people might want to take them.  Click this link to check out the calendar of events! November 6th 2007, Tuesday 7pm General Meeting.   Speaker at 8pm in the OMSI auditorium.            Dr. Dale Croes from South Puget Sound community college will discuss the investigations he has performed at the National Historic Landmark site (also known as the Sunken Village) located on Sauvie Island. Investigations at the site involved test units, cross-sectioning and bulk sampling of an acorn leaching pit feature, surface mapping down to the waterline of in situ wooden stakes, in situ acorn leaching pit features, and surface cultural materials, including lithics, animal bone, wood chips, basketry strips, and split wood. Approximately 6,400 artifacts were recovered including wood and fiber items, lithics, and faunal remains. December 4th 2007, Tuesday 7pm General Meeting.   Speaker at 8pm in the OMSI auditorium.   Richard M. Pettigrew, Director, Archaeological Legacy Institute, will discuss The Archaeology Channel. Dr. Richard M. Pettigrew is a Registered Professional Archaeologist, (RPA) and heritage research specialist with 36 years of active archaeological research experience in North America. As founder, President and Executive Director of Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) since 1999, Dr. Pettigrew’s expertise has expanded to include all aspects of Internet broadcasting as well as public education for the general public as well as K-12 schools.  A driving force behind his ALI activities is his conviction that some of the most important problems faced today by human societies worldwide may never be solved without widespread and vastly improved awareness of the human past.  When Dr. Pettigrew founded ALI, he had two key thoughts foremost in his mind: (1) that the potential benefits of studying the human past were not being shared sufficiently with the people of the world by heritage specialists and (2) that Internet technology finally had made possible the instant worldwide sharing of knowledge and perspectives about the human past by small groups of dedicated specialists through very efficient and cost-effective means such as streaming video and audio.  Thus was born The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org ) and other programs to deliver critically important information and perspectives on the human past and traditional cultures through cutting-edge technology.  In recognition of these initiatives, the Society for American Archaeology, the leading professional organization in the Americas, selected him for its 2006 Award for Excellence in Public Education.  Dr. Pettigrew is an independent contractor, managing a diverse array of small and large archaeological projects.  Notable among these is his role as Cultural Resources Coordinator on the Pelton-Round Butte Hydroelectric Project for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and his recent investigations at the St. Johns Site, a late prehistoric village site affected by a Portland roadway improvement project in which a number of OAS volunteers participated.  Altogether, Dr. Pettigrew has conducted over 300 archaeological projects involving hundreds of prehistoric and historic sites.

January 8 2008, Tuesday (speaker at 8 pm) at OMSI.
PRESENTATION: OLD JOHN'S SKILLET...A LEWIS & CLARK ARTIFACT?
Melissa Darby, will discuss Old John's Skillet, an artifact that may or may not be associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Melissa holds a Masters degree in Anthropology, and undergraduate degrees in history, anthropology, with a Middle East Studies minor. She is a cultural anthropologist and proprietor of Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology, a cultural resource management company headquartered in Portland. Her research interests are varied, and include ethnobotany, architectural history, and historic artifacts from the early contact and fur trade period in the Northwest. She is a leading authority on the Native American use of Sagittaria Latifolia, and is interested in the human use of this food during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene in North America. In 2006, Melissa presented her work on Sagittaria Latifolia (Wapato) to an international audience of ethnobotanists at the Linnaean Society in London, England at a conference on the development of agriculture. Her research and work on this region’s Native American architecture (in particular the dwellings of the Kalapuya) is the most authoritative to date.

February 5 2008, Tuesday 7pm General Meeting. Speaker at 8pm in the OMSI auditorium.
Topic: Traditional Salish Use of the High Cascades
Archaeological investigations over the last several decades have recovered new evidence showing that indigenous Northwest people began using the North Cascades high elevations at least 9,000 cal years ago. Bob will describe these discoveries and explain how they change perceptions of Northwest cultures as we survey the evidence in a PowerPoint presentation.
Speaker: Robert R. Mierendorf, Park Archaeologist
North Cascades National Park Service Complex

March 4 2008, Tuesday
7pm General Meeting.  Speaker at 8pm in the OMSI auditorium.  Mark Michels, of the Archaeological Conservancy will discuss Northwest Sites.  Free Admission. Public welcome.