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This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the State of Washington, in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
An uncertain number of items, including two more bone artifacts, were left in place. In 1992 Richey donated all the recovered Clovis artifacts and sold the archaeological rights to the 35-square-meter site for $250,000 to the Washington State Historical Society, which owns them in perpetuity.
Discover Historic Washington State, Gem Guides Book Company, ISBN 1-889786-07-1. Historic Places in Washington, Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington, 2008-10-01. The Washington Heritage Register includes all Washington sites on the National Register, plus numerous additional sites.
The existence of the site was first brought to the attention of Professor Richard Daugherty in 1952 by a rancher named John McGregor. [6] Excavations at the site were started by Daugherty and Roald Fryxell, a geologist, under the auspices of Washington State University (WSU) and the National Park Service in 1962, and continued until 1964.
The site was a village occupied by the Ozette Makah people until a mudslide inundated the site around the year 1750. [3] It is located in the now unpopulated Ozette Indian Reservation. The 22-mile-long Hoko-Ozette Road, accessed via Washington State Route 112, terminates at the NPS Lake Ozette Ranger Station, within the coastal strip of Olympic ...
The Manis Mastodon site is a 2-acre (1 ha) archaeological site on the Olympic Peninsula near Sequim, Washington, United States, discovered in 1977. During the 1977-78 [ 2 ] excavation, the remains of an American mastodon were recovered with a 13,800-year-old projectile point [ 3 ] made of the bone from a different mastodon embedded in its rib.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The current Washington State Archaeologist is Dr. Rob Whitlam. DAHP assigns site number (Smithsonian trinomials) for archaeological sites, and maintains a database of over 27,000 archaeological sites in the state. [10] DAHP also regulates archaeological excavation in the state, and issues permits to applicants. [11]
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