DEPARTMENTOF ANTHROPOLOGY SPRING1991

RichardD. Daugherty:A Faculty Biography

A few sayit's all luck, but But that was to be delayed someof us know better. for a few years. Richard Daugherty is In 1946-47, the Columbia one of thoserare individu- River Basin surveys were als who have an uncanny being organizedin the cen- ability to choosethe best tral Washingtonplateau, and placesto look for the best archaeologicalsurveys were archaeologicalsites and the being funded for areasto be bestplacesto dig inthe sites impactedby dam construc- they have chosen.He fol- tion and by the proposed lows a simple, seemingly Columbia Basin irrigation unrealistic philosophy to project. A handful of Uni- ". . . surroundyourselfwith versity of Washington good people,and let them graduate students-includ- Richard Daugherty shows ofl his new tee shirt (il the 1990 Society.fbr do their thing." Somehow, American ArchtLeoktgymeeting in Lus Vegus,Nevado. Flunking him ure ing Dick-were "drafted" to he makesit work. "daughters" (1.to r.) Ruth Ann Knudson, StephanieRodefler, Le,sLie conduct most of the initial grew in Aber- Wildesen,Lorraine Heurtfield, und Jutet Frietlmtm. See "Alumni News," surveys. Dick up poge 5. deen, Washington, at the To sive someideaof what easternend of GraysHarbor on the Olympic Peninsulahe archaeologywas like in those days, three graduate lovesso well. Theareaisbeautiful, withitsruggedcoastline, studentssurveyed the entireMcNary Dam region.In a the rain forest,and the majesticOlympic Mountainsin the secondsurvey, Dick andone other student were respon- distance.During World War II, Dick pilotedblimps ofTthe sible for surveying l4 reservoirsites in Washington, Washingtoncoast, searching for enemyships and subma- Idaho, and Montana. In Dick's words, these surveys rines.Hoveringlazily in the sky day after day must have were basedon "little knowledge,almost no time, and given him a uniqueperspective on the Olympic Peninsula they were extremely inadequate."Inadequate as they and the peoplewho lived there. may havebeen, significant discoveries were made. After the war he returnedto the Universityof Wash- In 1947,Dick discoveredthe Lind Couleesite when ington,where he receivedhis B.A. in anthropologyand Professor George Beck, a paleontologistat Central began his work toward a Ph.D. in ethnography.He WashingtonCollege, showed him some chert flakes wantedto learnmore aboutthe nativepeople who lived found with brokenfossil bison boneseroding from the along the Olympic coast.World War II had spurred coulee wall. About the sametime, Dick conducteda renewedinterest in anthropology.The world seemed surveyof theOlympic coast, whereherecordednumerous smaller, and the war had introduced many people to sites,including the OzetteVillage. diverseand interestingcultures around the globe.Dick After theseinitial surveys,events progressed in quick wantedto be part of the growing numberof anthropolo- succession.Dick excavateda "housepit" site at Ozette gists engagedin ethnographicstudies closer to home. in 1948and anotherin 1950.He returnedbrieflv to the

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY coast in 1949 to continue his ethnographicresearch DAUGHERTY FELLOWSHIP amongthe Hoh andQuileutes. Again, the ethnographic THE RICHARD IN ARCHAEOLOGY studywas short-lived. he joined the faculty at WashingtonState In 1950 Dick Daugherty's concernfor archaeologyin the College,along with Alan Smith. Excavationshe con- Northwest,and particularlyat WSU, will continueto ducted at the Lind Coulee site in the Columbia Basin be recognizedthrough the establishmentof the lrrigation District formedthe subjectof his dissertation, DaughertyFellowship in Archaeology.This fellow- year to an outstanding andhe receivedhis Ph.D.in 1954. ship will be awardedeach studentwho wishesto work toward the Ph.D. in He proceededto "pull together"experts in geology anthropologywith a specializationin archaeology. interpretingthis very old andpaleontology to help with Combinedwith a quarter-timeteaching assistantship site,which containedbones of what werethought to be and a tuition wtriver,the f'ellowshipwill provide half- Pleistocenebison. Radiocarbondates provided by time support.The principle funding for this fellowship propefty Libby's lab in Chicagosuggested the site was at least resultstiom Dick's effbrts in securinggifts of contributionsto the department.Providing 8,500years old. and other studentsupport through fellowships and grantsis was Dick's first experiencewith an Lind Coulee becomingincreasingly important, and Dick's efforts end' interdisciplinaryteam working toward a comtnon aregreatly appreciated. Dick graduallyestablished his own team'In 1968,this effort culminateilin the formationof a quaternarystud- iesoption in anthropology.Later, this optionwas fully Washington.Rumor integratedinto the anthropologydepartment as a major Peninsulain PanoramaCity, Lacy, archaeology,working with aspectof the WSU programin prehistory. hasit thathe still is activein consultingon other AfterLind Coulee,several sites were excavated along WesternHeritage and occasionally a goodman down! the lower SnakeRiver. Marmes Rockshelter was exca- projects.It's hardto keep establisheda fellowshipin vatedfrom 1962to 1964.Then cameOzette in 1966- Recently,the department of the DaughertyFel- 1967,followed by a returnto MarmesRockshelter and Dick's honor.The first recipient further work at Ozette.Dick was instrumentalin the lowshipis to be chosenthis Year. you havedone, and you, discoveryof the ManisMastodon site in 1977. We thankyou, Dick, for all We wish you all the Dick hasretired fiom WSU, but not fiom auchaeol- Phyllis,for holdingit all together. your "retirement." ogy. He andhis wife Phyllis now live on the Olympic bestin

StudentAwards

'90 Niskanen, Ph.D.candidate, received a WSU Michael J. Abbot receivedthe HerbertL. Eastlick Markku presenta paperat the AmericanAnthropo- Scholarship. travel grantto in New Orleans. Margaiet E. Bullock, M.A' candidate,received a travel logicalAssociation M.A. candidate,received an intern- srant foi her researchfrom Crow CanyonArchaeological Michael V. Reilly, 1990with BLM to work on his thesis Lenter and a WSU studenttravel grantto presenta paperat ship fbr sumrter the SAA meetingsin New Orleansin April. research. candidate,received a fellow- Edgar K. Huber, Ph.D. candidate,received a travel Matthew J. Root, Ph.D. fiom NSF to continue grantfor his researchfiom Crow CanyonArchaeological ship unclerProfessor Kohler project' Center. researchon the Bandelier candidate'received a WSU travel Mark C. Mansperger, Ph.D' candidate,received a Lisa K. Shifrin, M.A. paperat the Societyfor American WSU travel grantto presenta paperat the American grantto presenta Vegas. AnthropologicalAssociation meeting in New Orleans' Archaeology,Las Ph.D' candidate,received a WSU KriJtin Metson, WSU basketballcenter' was namedto Lonnie K. Somer, Researchand Developmentsummer the GTE/CoSIDA District VIII AcademicAll-American Office of Grantsand Team. researchassistantship. Ph.D. candidate,is district archae- Everett L. Nelson,M'A. candidate,received a grant Jeffrey B. Walker, RangerDistrict, DeshutesNational Forest' from the MosesLake SchoolDistrict fbr his thesisresearch' ologist,Bend

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY From the Chairman'sDesk

In this issueo/Anthro and an archaeology graduate student who will receive a News we sharewithyou fellowship worth $16,000 or more. Theseawards help some of our experiencesof considerably in attracting the best studentsto our the past year. program, and we are vet)) appreciative of your help. I The department hope you will continue your support in the years to continued to have strong come and keep us infotmed about what you are up to. repres entation at national We were all saddenedby the death of Nick Scoules mee t ing,s, w it h faculty and this past winter. Nick's undergraduate work in anthro- studentsimparting the pology had led him to makeplans for a graduate degree results of their research qt in archaeology,and he played an integral role in many national gatherings of of the department's important archaeologyprojects. He archaeologisls and assistedwith the mapping at the East WenatcheeClovis anthropologists. site and worked on the Calispell, Pioneer Park, and Our colloquiumseries Centennial Trails projects. We miss his deep commit- hosted a variety of interesting and controversial presen- ment to anthropology and archaeology, his enthusiasm tations. It provided an excellent Alan Wilson's for education,and his great energy. Nick was a gijled '57) forum for (M.5. presentation of findings related to his theory, organizer, and he assumedorganizational tasks,from basedon mitochondrial DNA, regarding the relatedness the departmentopen houseto putting together an of itll humans to a single African individual who may anthropology running teamfor the University's Centen- have lived some200,000 years (tgo. The series also gave nial l00K run. When he took on a project he made sure us an opportunity to learnfrom Louis and Ruth AIIen it was done well, even if it meant doing a large share of '47, '43 about Australian Aborigine art and myth and the the work himself. I am sure those of you who knew Nick cavepaintings of Baja Califumia. shareour grief over his Loss. The consolidation of the Center.for Northwest Nick's mother, Patricia Scoales,has family roots in Anthropology (CNA) into the departmentwas completed the Palouse, with relatives in Dayton and Pullman. She with the hiring of William Andrefsky, Jr. as director. and her husband William have expressedtheir thanks to Bill's strengths in lithics and plateau archeologyfit well all of you who helped during their visit to WSU. They within our archaeologyprogram, and his experiencein have decided to establishan endowmentin Nick's name private-sectorcultural resourcemanagement is now that will provide a fellowship to a deserving new being applied at WSU. Bill gives us a look at the past graduate student.In this way, Nick.will continue to be andfuture of CNA in this issue. rememberedas part of the program that was so impor- Your generouscontributions have increasedthe levels tant to him. of our fellowship and scholarship accounts. We are now able to select Richard Daugherty Scholarship recipients Geoffrey L. Gamble

Reportsof Investigations.'Out of the Ashes

Following six yearsof little activity,our in-houseseries Knudson, among many others.Recent contributions is onceagainbeingpublishing on aregularbasis. Founded includetwo reportson Bandelierexcavations. Informa- in 1957, the serieshas producedreports by Richard tion on the entire list is available from Reports of Daugherty, Douglas Osborneo Roderick Sprague, Investigations, Department of Anthropology, Roald Fryxell, Robert Ackerman, David Rice, WashingtonState University, Pullman, Washington Charles Nelson, Russell Bernard, Henry lrwin, 99164-4910. Frank Leonhardy, Gerald Schroedl, Dale Croes, Studentsand alumni areurged to considerthis series John Bodley, J. Jeffrey Flenniken, and Ruthann as a possibleoutlet for their scholarlywork.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Museumof AnthropologyFeatures Masks and More Bali, and Pullmanhave in common?They are all host This year a collection of West African maskson loan sites for the l99l-92 tour of "Cultural Portraits of fromthe Universityof Idahois on displayin theMuseum Indonesia,"an exhibit by Lindsay Hebberd' Partof the of Anthropology. The exhibit, entitled "More than a Festival of Indonesia,the exhibit consistsof 50 color Mask," examinesthe African maskas one part photographsofthe diversepeoples and cultural environ- of a very elaborateceremonial complex' ^ mentsof Indonesia.The exhibit will be mountedat The following is an excerpt from the the Museum of Anthropology from October 7 to exhibit text compiledby Jim Carter, 27, 1991. museumteaching assistant: "Most masksare attachedto a RecentContributions raffia, straw,knitted costumeor The museumwas the very fortunate fabric which coversthe dancer's recipient of two large donationsof entirebody. Body paint is sometimes baskets-one from Esther Wilma incorporatedinto this dress.The entire Raymond Knox, and the other from costumemay include glovesor cloth the family of MarY Caroline Row. over the hands,so no human skin is Esther Knox was a graduate of exposed.The masksin this exhibit 'nude' Pullman High School and Wash- might be considered to some- ington State College' She taught one familiar with their use. high schoolsocial studies in Wash- Masking is dYnamicand insePa- ington, Oregon, and WYoming from the movementand song rable and was a princiPalin Mon- with its use,The skilled associated tana during the dePression' makesthe dancer Prescribed Shewas alsoa memberof rhYthms,and gestures movements, the OlymPia School evokedby the sPiritwhich the mask Boardfor 3 I Years,serv- Music accompaniesthe represents. ing as president six mask ceremonYand can include ' times. as well as musical singing and clapping, Mary Row was a Drums arefrequently used, instruments. graduate of Stevens instrumentsmay includegourd and other Collegein Missouri and cowrie shellsattached, brass bells, rattleswith the UniversitYof Wash- harps.These songs and musical and mouth ington.She was active in createpowerful tonesand vibrations instruments the Children' s OrthoPedic releasethe spiritsresiding in the masks'" that help Guild and worked in suP- exhibit to appearin the hallway outside The newest port of American Indian is- featuresthe Bandelier Archaeological Project themuseum sues.She andherfamilY sPent National Monument in New Mexico' The at Bandelier summervacations at MocliPs, project,developed by Tim Kohler, beganin I 988' andthe Washington,where shebegan a iinut pttut" of ihe excavationwill end in the summerof long friendshipwith Indianbasket makers Beatrice Black 1991,with analysisto be completedin 1993' and Mattie Underwood. Thesetwo fine collectionsare a welcomeaddition to Coming Next Year our museum. What do Lancaster;Dallas, Houston, Chicago, New York, WashingtonD'C.'Los Angeles,Honolulu, Jakarta'

Wooclenhelmet mask, Senulo tribe, Ivory Coast' WestAJrica'

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'73) Daugherty's "Daughters"-(tnd q " Son" Ruth Ann Knudson (Ph.D. is an archaeologist The following alumni are former studentsof Richard with the NationalPark Service,Archaeology Assistance D. Daugherty,who is featuredelsewhere in this edition of Division, Washington,D.C. Shewas recentlyelected a Anthro News. fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement '12) Judith A. Bense(Ph.D is an associateprofessor at of Science. '73) the University of West Florida, Pensacola.She is also Leslie E. Wildesen (Ph.D. is a programleader for directorof the Instituteof West Florida Archaeology. culturalresources fbr USDA-Forest Servicein the '75) Janet P. Friedman (Ph.D. is employedat Dames Rocky Mountain Region,Denver. She was invited to be & Moore, SpecialServices, in Bethesda,Maryland. the plenaryspeaker at ArchaeologicalInstitute of '76) Lorraine E. Heartfield (Ph.D. is presidentof B & AmericanNational Conference in SanFrancisco in H EnvironmentalServices Inc. December1990. '75) '82) StephanieL. Holschlag Rodeffer (Ph.D. is chief James C. Haggarty (Ph.D. owns Shorelines curatorat the National Park Service,Western Archaeol- ArchaeologicalServices Inc. in Victoria, British Colum- ogy and ConservationCenter, Tucson, Arizona. bia, a consultingagency with oil-spill-relatedexpertise. BennieC. Keel (Ph.D.'12)is an archaeologistat the Presentlyhis main contractis with Exxon. National Park Service,Southeast Archaeological Center, A dozenroses to all! ! Tallahassee.Florida.

'80) '85) Astrida R. Blukis Onat (Ph.D. ownsand runs Sarah H. Schlanger(Ph.D is an archaeologistat BOAS Inc.,a consultingbusiness in Seattle. theMuseum of New Mexico,Santa Fe. She has been Alice M. Emerson(Ph.D '90) is an archaeologistat the writingand publishing. '85) Universityof North Dakota,Grand Forks. She is working PeterE. Wigand (Ph.D. is an associateresearch on the Fort AbrahamLincoln StatePark project. prof'essorat theDesert Research Institute, University of '83) David R. Huelsbeck(Ph.D is an assistantprol'essor NevadaQuaterr.rary Sciences Center, and is a rnernberof at PacificLutheran University, Tacoma. He saysit is grelt thegraduate fercr-rlty in the Departmentof Range,Wildlif'e to be back in the Pacific Northwest. & Forestry. '80) SusanKent (Ph.D. is an associateprolessor in the departmentof sociology,anthropology progran-r, at Old In Memoriam DominionUniversity. She has been doing research with the Johnathan O. Davis, a graduatestudent at WSU in the '70s, Boswanain the KalahariDesert. early died in December1990. '72) Carol Mortland (M.A. is directorof rel'ugee NicholasM. Scoales(B.A.'90) diedin November1990. serviceswith the AmericanCor"rncil for Nationality Services,New York City. Retirement '83) StephanR. Samuels(Ph.D. works with the WSU Arline Bruehl, secretaryin the administrativeofflce, Departmentof Anthropologyunder CNA asan archacologist. retiredafter l0 yearswith the dcpartment.

Faculty Field l{otes

Robert B. Ackerman AlaskaAnthropological Association in March 1991.At Robert E. Ackerman presenteda paper about his the samemeeting he presenteda paperon earlieststone Kuskokwim River work at a symposium on industrieson the North Pacific coastof North America. chronostratigraphyof the Paleolithicperiod in Asia and He is currentlywriting a forewordand editing papers Americ4 held in Novosibirsk,USSR, in July 1990. from the 1989Seattle Circum-Pacific Prehistory Con- Following the symposium,he visited Paleolithiccave ferencefor avolumeentitledRoutes into theNewWorld. sitesin the Gorno-Altai region and the Diring Yuriak site,which haspaleomagnetic and thermoluminescent John H. Bodley datesin excessof one million years. John H. Bodley was on professionalleave fall se- Ackerman presentedthe invited address,"An Ar- mesterI 990,working on anew book with theprovisional chaeologicalOdyssey to the Land CalledAsia," at the title. Tribe. State. & Global Svstem:An Introduction to

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Cultural Anthropology. Cultural scale is the principal Grover S. Krantz organizing device, and the emphasis is on in-depth Grover S.Krantz wason professionalleave in 1989- ethnographiccase studies.In SeptemberBodley pre- 90, revising his textbook on human races and human sentedan invited addressat Grinnell College,Iowa, on evolutionandbeginning the draft ofabook on Sasquatch indigenouspeoples vs. the industrialstate. (Bigfoot). The remodeling of the human evolution lab was completedlate last fall, and studentsare being Fekri A. Hassan trained in casting techniques and making reconstruc- From 1989to 1990,Fekri A. Hassan servedas ar- tions of early man skulls. chaeologyadviserto the minister of culturein Egypt.His dutiesincluded spearheading development projects for Peter Mehringer theEgyptian Department of Antiquitiesand establishing Last summer,support to investigatecurrent questions a policy for the conservationof culturalresources. about past and future climates of the Northwest gave In an attempt to safeguard and display Egyptian Pete Mehringer just the excusehe neededto renew monumentsin key archaeologicalareas, Hassan strongly studiesof easternWashington's scabland lakes. Mike '82), endorsedthe designationof such regions as archaeo- Bartholomew (M.A. Peter Van de Water '88, logical sanctuaries.The Giza plateauwas chosento be and Li Juan Yan, a palynologistfrom Taiyuan,China, developedas a modelof conservation.Hassan headed a joined in the studyof lakecore microfossils and chronol- taskforce of Egyptianscientists who produceda planfor ogy. As a result,several projects initiated over the past conservingan archaeologicalregion in Egypt. Prelimi- two decadesare being incorporatedinto a generalunder- nary studiesprovided an assessmentof therole of wind, standingof climatic fluctuationsover the past 12,000 groundwater,pollution, and vibrations in the stabilityof years.The new research,however, has emphasizedde- the monuments.Pollution causes extremely deleterious tails of climate and vegetationin the 5,000 yearsor so effects.Shocks from nearbyquarries were also detected before eruption of Mount Mazama some 7,000 years as a major threat. ago. Hassanalso took the first stepstoward establishing a Lastyear also saw publication ofseveral years offield grassrootsEgyptian foundation for the preservationof work and laboratory analysesof sedimentcores and Egyptianheritage and for aninternational foundation for packratmiddens from Diamond Craters,southeastern the samepurpose. Oregon.This projectwas initiated as part of the Steens Mountainprehistory program that involved several WSU Timothy A. Kohler studentsand palynologyclasses in the mid-1980s.The Timothy A. Kohler was program chair for the 56th contributionby Mehringerand Peter Wigand (Ph.D.'85 ) AnnualMeeting of theSociety for AmericanArchaeology, appearedin a recent book, Packrat Middens: The Last held in April in New Orleans.This is the largest such 40,000 Yearsof Biotic Change(University of Arizona meetingever, with almost 1,100presentations of various Press). kinds organizedinto over 110 sessions.Kohler hascon- structed a data base to handle the organization. Edgar Linda S. Stone Huber, Ph.D. candidate,served as assistantto the chair, Linda S. Stone returnedfrom her sabbaticalyear in while Fekri Hassanand David Huelsbeck '80 servedon Italy. One of her researchprojects there was a symbolic the eightmember nationalprogram committee. study of Catholic Good Friday processionsin a small In otherrecent activity, Kohler deliveredan address southernItalian town. Sheis now analyzingthis material at Fort Burgwin, Taos,and participated in invited sym- in terms of the relationshipbetween the procession posia at Crow Canyon, Colorado, and the Santa Fe rituals and local attitudestoward death. In addition, Institute.Several of his recentpublications deal with the Stoneinvestigated how internationaldevelopment orga- causesand consequencesof populationaggregation in nizations areusing cultural information in development the upland Southwest. projects.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY The Departmentof Anthropology Honor Roll of Donors

We are proud to report the names of the following distinction and provides direct support to our students individuals who contributed to the Department of An- and faculty. We extend our warmest thanks to our thropology and the College of Sciences and Arts last donors, and we encourage others to join them. year. Their generosity enables us to build programs of

Benefactor (Lifetime gifts of $100,000or more) JamesR. Brothers'69 +Ruth Minard Gcrald'71& CaroleClark Larry'77 & AudreyClott President's AssociatesCouncil ($5,000or more) RichardF. Darsie'83 SarahKnox-Miyazacki Raymond& AnneDePuydt'83, '82 NationalParks Foundation Jestrs& Cary PloegerDizon "74 FredericH. Row'68 ChristopherD. Dore '82 SouthwestParks & MonumentsAssoc. LindaM. Dougherty'86 David Kirkpatrick& MelihaDuran '75, '78 '68 President's Associates($1,000 or more) Edward & Jill Durgin '18,'19 Christopher& ConstanceSemple Brown FeliciaA. Fowler'89 Friendsof Bandelier,Inc. Amy J. Cilreath'83 '80 Pacific NW ArchaeologicalSociety George & MarciaGross PaulA. Smith'74 RobertE. Hayden'8-5 David Sizer& Nova Herzog'75, '80 Tower Club ($100 or more) HeidiM.Hill '86 JaniceG. Babcock'70 Ricky A. Hoff '14 '87 SharonMetzler Behn'12 PatrickHogan & LynneSebastian John'63 & MarjorieBlodgett RobertE. Johnson'75 '76 LornaM. Butler TraceyKarshner '80 GregoryC. Cleveland'68 Amy Keil '75 JamesE. Corbin Jeff Kelley '77 John& Mary Dickinson SusanE. King'80 StevenFalconer' 7 4 & PatriciaFall David & PatriciaMann Knowles'69. '69 '68 Gary & GloriaFletcher Robert& CynthiaLee Krause'82 Edward'76& EileenFriedman Stephen& EvelynMitchell Lineburger '11,'10 '80, '78 Richard& SusanHawkins Grant MorganMaskewitz & JanetPatterson Friedman '75 '78 '68 Bradford& KjerstieNelson Guenther Patrick & JudyMcCoy '16,'16 GlenGreene & LorraineHeartfield DeniseR. Miller'82 '60 Jimmy & Monita EngvallHorn'64, DonnaRasmussen Mitchell '67 '70 '79 RobertE. King Casey & JoanneBerg Nagy '73,'73 Michael& NancyZurian Kraemer NancyR. Naubert'74 '66 James & SandraLandye DeborahL. Olson'83 YvonneLarson-Cottell'80 MargaretE,. Paden '79 '17,'71 Abel & ShenySchreeck Mendoza Kevin Peter& LorraineGross '86, '86 '53 '79 Madison& Virginia Kellis Oliver'53, Lonnie & CarolyrrPippin '69,'10 William & SusanSaastamo Purves Elva & ChristinePlimpton '84 '85 Charles& Alice ChapmanRice CarrieL. Roose'84 '67 Michael Schestopol DanielE. Seachord'84 '72 GeraldF. Schroedl Jery Schneider& ElizabethBarta '84 '65 Sehinder Charles & BeatriceShanks Kent& JeanShult Swanson '61,'65 Michael'67 & JuliaWilliams Henry& JudithYoung Thayer '82 PatriciaS. Wren Robert& JanetTurner '72 '80 Threlkeld Don & Ruth Wyckoff Francis& CharlotteTonr RonaldH. Towner'86 Sustaining Derek & GretchenSchmidt Vallev '68. '69 '81 TimothyR. Aman'74 HowardD. Wallace StevenA. Andersen Allison DoddsWetzel '78 Kathy ScholzAtwood'71 Peter& DeriseLarson Wigand '18,'15 '65, ' James& GeraldineNishizawa Baenen 64 Keith & DeannaMurphy '81, '87 '82 Williams Michael & DonaleeBartholomew Donna& DonnaLee Wilson '70 Michael' 14 & DonnaBladek Eric Blinman'78 + Deceased Cory Bretemitz'82 & Adrian White

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Center for Il orthwe st Anthropolo gy StrengthensTies with Department During the pastyear, the Centerfbr NorthwestAnthro- thropology.We expectCNA to maintainits highprofile pology (CNA) was involved with l5 archaeological researchfbcus in the PacificNorthwest. However, be- projects.Some of thesehave been ongoing, and others causeCNA is onceagain part of aneducational unit, the representnew researchefforts. In general,the past year researchmission will be combinedwith an educational wasa time of transition.Many old projectswere finally component.The new directorwill be teachingcourses completed,and there has been a changein CNA person- everyyear, and competitive graduate research assistant- nel. shipswill be otferedto studentsinterested in regional Befbre moving on to work with InfbtecResezrrch, archaeology.In addition,internships will be offeredto Inc.,Randall Schalkfinished a reportof archaeological studentsinterested in gaining mid-level cultural re- resourcesfound on Washington State park property s0urcemanilgement experience. during the past two years.Alston Thoms, who left to The CNA hasmoved most of its on-campusopera- accepta positionat Texas A & M University,completed tionsinto CollegeHall andcombined its referencelit- thefield work portionsof theCentennial Trains project eraturewith literaturecollected by its predecessorsto in Spokaneand the PioneerPark projectin Newport, fbrm a regional archaeologicalreference room. This Washington. facility housesmost of the "gray literature" of Pacific SteveSamuels and Deborah Olson arepreparing a Northwestarchaeology and is availableto interested report of the PonderayNewsprint Mill project on the researchers. PendOreille River. This project, which involved partial excavationof nine prehistoricsites, was initiated in I 985. The following poem, by an anonymous native The DworshakReservoir and the Upper GoosePas- American author from eastern Washington, is in- turereports were completed by John Draper. Draperalso cluded in an exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology directed archaeologicalsurvey work along Bumping entitled, "Faces fiom the Past." Lake Reservoirfbr the U.S. Bureauof Reclamation.He My son touch.esthe root careJully, and Ken Reid have been finishing report preparation aware of itsancient quality. He luys his soft, small on it dutiesfor the PittsburgLanding project in Hell's Can- fingers and boks at mefor information. yon. I tell him: wood,an old root, The characterof CNA is graduallychanging as it and around it, the earth, ourselves. becomesmore assimilatedinto the Departmentof An-

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