| Title | Lower Columbia and Oregon Coast |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Aikens, Melvin C., Thomas J. Connolly, and Dennis L. Jenkins |
| Secondary Title | Oregon Archaeology |
| Pagination | p.210-283 |
| Publisher | Oregon State University Press |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley E78.O6 A643 2011, Guin E78.O6 A643 2011 |
| Keywords | archeology, Bandon Sandspit, bob Creek, Boiler Bay, Cape Blanco, Cape Perpetua, Columbia River, Coos Bay, Coquille River, Ecola Creek, Graveyard Point, K'ama'cdun, Necanicum River estuary, Neptune State Park, Netarts Sandspit, paleosciences, Pistol River, Rogue River, Seal Rock, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River, Spencer Bridge, Tahkenitch Lake, Umpqua River, Umpqua-Eden, Whale Cove, Yaquina Falls, Yaquina Head, Yaquina River |
| Notes | "Rising sea levels and a dynamic, high-energy coast present significant challenges for Oregon coast archeology. The surviving record is strongly biased to within the last ca. 1,500 years, and it is certain that scores of ancient occupation sites have disappeared due to erosion and rising sea levels. Human presence along the Oregon coast is confirmed by at least 8,000 years ago, but evidence from Pacific coasts to the north and south (and possible evidence from the Oregon coast itself) assures us that people were present thousands of years earlier." (p.282) A valuable summary of current knowledge of ancient peoples. Maps, line drawings, photographs of artifacts. |
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