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[email protected] Loren G. Davis Oregon State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details ooper, H. K., Ames, K. M., & Davis, L. G. (2015). Metal and Prestige in the Greater Lower Columbia River Region, Northwestern North America. Journal Of Northwest Anthropology, 49(2), 143-166. This Article is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 49(2):143–166 2015 METAL AND PRESTIGE IN THE GREATER LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER REGION, NORTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA H. Kory Cooper, Kenneth M. Ames, Loren G. Davis ABSTRACT Excavations at the late prehistoric-early historic Chinookan sites of Meier and Cathlapotle in the Greater Lower Columbia Region recovered several hundred metal artifacts. Portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was used initially to quickly determine metal type. Then a sample of copper artifacts was subjected to another round of XRF analysis to identify the presence of native copper and, or, chronologically sensitive copper metals. No native copper artifacts were identified and the lack of Muntz metal, a specific type of brass patented in the 1830s, corroborates the dating of material from both sites as no later than the early historic period.