The Society has published reports on various archaeological sites and topics since 1959. They are written through the efforts of Society volunteers, and with the guidance of professional archaeologists.

OAS does not currently have on-line purchasing. You can send us a check or money order, no purchase orders or credit cards please, with the book title to: P.O. Box 13293, Portland, Oregon 97213. Wholesale prices available. You can also call or email us anytime with questions: info@oregonarchaeological.org (503) 727-3507. Many of these items are also available at monthly meetings.

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NEW! Crow Rock Art in the Bighorn Basin: Petroglyphs at No Water, Wyoming (OAS Publication #20) 
By: James D. Keyser and George Poetschat with Contributions by  Amanda Derby and David A. Kaiser. Carved in the driest part of the southern Bighorn Basin is a remarkable rock art record attesting to the spiritual use of this area by both Shoshone and Crow people for more than 500 years.

In 2007 the No Water site, located east of Lucerne in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, was documented by James D. Keyser and a group of Oregon Archae-ological Society volunteers.  This report documents the petroglyphs at this site which include all of the above events and more in the picture-writing of the Plains Indian Biographic Art.
8.5” x 11” , 120 pages Perfect Bound  with Over 50 Maps,Photographs, and Drawings. See flyer for additional info.

Price: $15 , plus $4.00 for shipping and handling, plus $2.00 for each additional book.  Wholesale prices available.  Please contact Cathy Poetschat (poetschat@msn.com)

Visions in the Mist: The Rock Art of Celilo Falls (OAS Publication #17) 
By: James D. Keyser, Michael W. Taylor, George Poetschat, David A. Kaiser. For thousands and thousands of years people have lived, fished, and celebrated their spiritual beliefs near the thundering waters of Celilo Falls. The falls, a major Indian fishing ground since prehistoric times, were inundated in 1957 by the filling of the pool behind The Dalles Dam. Between 2000 and 2007 a team of professional archaeologists and volunteers scientifically analyzed and recorded 10 rock art sites near Wishram, WA. This important volume presents the information gathered during the project including many of the actual images themselves. Published in 2008. Softbound, richly illustrated with over 50 photos, drawings, and maps, 100+ pages.

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Ute Horse Raiders on the Powder Rim:
Rock Art at Powder Wash, Wyoming (OAS Publication #19) 
Authors:James D. Keyser, George Poetschat, Russel L. Tanner, Mavis Greer, John Greer. Powder Wash is in South Central Wyoming only a few miles from the Colorado border and contains both rock art and wooden structures such as wickiups and a large corral.The publication describes and analyzes the rock art leading to the conclusion that the Ute Indian horse raiders made much of this art. Images also include petroglyphs, one red painted horse, and a striking image of a medicine bundle. Published in 2008. 112 pages with over 70 maps, photographs, and drawings.

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Talking With the Past: The Ethnography of Rock Art (OAS Publication #16) 
Editors: James D. Keyser, George Poetschat, Michael W. Taylor. Clottes, Lewis-Williams, Keyser, Whitley, Hays-Gilpin and rock art scholars from around the world talk with traditionalist Indian elders to exchange knowledge about the roles of rock art in the lives of ancient people.6” x 9”, perfect bound soft cover, 380+pages. Richly illustrated with photos and drawings including two pages of color plates.

Price: Soft cover $30, plus $4.00 Shipping and Handling.

Warrior Art of Wyoming's Green River Basin - Biographic Petroglyphs Along the Seedskadee (OAS Publication #15)
by James D. Keyser and George R. Poetschat. Rock Art sites along the Oregon Trail, including Names Hill, South Piney, and La Barge Bluffs contain hundreds of ancient rock art images. These fantastic images, created by the Plains Shoshone Indians, include both ceremonial and biographic subjects. The Green River, known to the resident Shoshones as Seedskadee Agie, flows through a high Plains-like Basin that was the crossroads of North America during three hundred years of the Historic period. The petroglyphs at these sites document all of these events and more in the picture-writing of Plains Indian Biographic Art. Published in 2005. Soft back, 197 pages with 91 figures.

Price: $25.00, plus $4.00 Shipping and Handling

Echoes of the Ancients, Rock Art of The Dalles-Deschutes Region (OAS Publication #14)
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. The Dalles-Deschutes region of the Columbia River, located in the heart of the Columbia Plateau, was a center of prehistoric human habitation for more than 10,000 years. Echoes of the Ancients honors these people by sharing a bit of their history, culture, and spirituality with newer generations. Soft back, 130 pages with 82 figures and 15 color plates.

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Columbia Plateau Rock Art (OAS publication #11) In Oregon - The Butte Creek Sites: Steiwer Ranch, Rattlesnake Shelter. In Washington - Owl Cave.  
This report is the culmination of an OAS rock art recording and documentation project under the supervision of James D. Keyser, OAS president and former Forest Service regional archaeologist.  The three sites contain some of the most spectacular rock art in the Columbia Plateau with more than 400 images that include several spirit figures and the westernmost Biographic rock art yet discovered. Owl Cave contains the deepest dark zone rock art in the region, and is one of the very few dark zone rock art sites in western North America. In addition to describing the sites and motifs, the report discusses the function, age and cultural relationships of the rock art.  It contains 116 pages and 87 figures that illustrate rock art from these sites and comparable images from across the western U.S.