Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses Summer 10-10-2014 The Ground Slate Transition on the Northwest Coast: Establishing a Chronological Framework Joshua Daniel Dinwiddie Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Anthropology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Dinwiddie, Joshua Daniel, "The Ground Slate Transition on the Northwest Coast: Establishing a Chronological Framework" (2014). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2076. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2075 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. The Ground Slate Transition on the Northwest Coast: Establishing a Chronological Framework by Joshua Daniel Dinwiddie A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Anthropology Thesis Committee: Kenneth M. Ames, Chair Shelby L. Anderson Virginia L. Butler Portland State University 2014 © 2014 Joshua Daniel Dinwiddie Abstract This thesis establishes the earliest appearance of ground slate points at 50 locations throughout the Northwest Coast of North America. Ground slate points are a tool common among maritime hunter-gatherers, but rare among hunter-gatherers who utilize terrestrial subsistence strategies; ground