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This is Long Meadow, looking west towards Cathlapotle (it's in the trees). |
| A day in the life of the field school. Lots of time is spent explaining (figuring out) what students have found. |  |
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Hearths were lined with volcanic material. This is the center of a hearth with hard-baked ash surrounded by the lining (the "doughnut"). |
| The stratigraphy (layer) in the site is essential to understanding its history. These are two views of stratigraphy. The layers were produced by floods and by people working and living on the ground surfaces created by the floods. |  |
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These stones were placed in the bottom of a hole to support a large post which was part of a house dating between AD 1400 and 1830. |
| We try to dig meticulously. |   |
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Everything is sorted through screens so nothing is lost. QuickTime movie of sifting material.(1888k) |
| Animal bones are collected and used to reconstruct the diet of the people who lived here. There are several deer bones on the bucket. The red ice tray contain stone chips produced as the waste from making stone tools several hundred years ago. |  |
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Elk bone makes excellent tools. This split leg bone was set aside by someone, probably to make into a tool. |