Geoarchaeology and Miscellaneous Reports: Cathlapotle and Meier Archaeological Sites, Lower Columbia River

Authors

Kenneth M. Ames, Portland State UniversityFollow
Katie Henry, Portland State University
Melissa Darby, Portland State University
Stephen Coursalt Hamilton, Portland State UniversityFollow
Charles P. Hodges
Kendal McDonald, Portland State University
Leslie M. O'Rourke, Portland State University
Jonathan M. White, University at Buffalo
United States. Department of the Interior
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 1Follow
Portland State University. Department of Anthropology

Sponsor

The preparation of this series of reports is supported by U.S. Fish and Wildlife contract number F14PX00232. Kenneth M. Ames is the editor of this series, Kathryn Henry is the production manager. We want to thank Anan Raymond for his unflagging support of the Wapato Valley Archaeological Project and the work at Cathlapotle since 1991, including his finding the money to produce this report series. Beyond Anan, there are a lot of people and institutions to thank. Supporting Institutions: Portland State University ♦ Chinook Indian Nation ♦ Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde ♦ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ♦ Portland State University Department of Anthropology, & College of Lib-eral Arts and Sciences ♦ National Science Foundation ♦ National Endowment for the Humanities ♦ Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropoloical Research ♦ National Park Service ♦ University of Michi-gan ♦ Simon Fraser University ♦ Jean and Ray Auel Foundation ♦ Friends of the Wapato Valley. Individuals and Groups: Gary Johnson ♦ Tony Johnson ♦ Sam Robinson ♦ Cinde Ede ♦ Virginia Parks, Alex Bourdeau, Nick Valentine: Regional USFWS Staff ♦ Staff of Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge – too many to list ♦ Friends of the Ridgefield Refuge ♦ Don Meier ♦ People of Scappoose, Oregon ♦ People of Ridgefield and Clark County Washington. Colleagues: Cameron Smith, Portland State University ♦ Elizabeth Sobel, Missouri State University ♦ Jon Daehnke, University of California, Santa Cruz ♦ Ann Trieu Gahr, Southern Illinois University ♦ R. Lee Lyman, University of Missouri ♦ Virginia Butler, Portland State University ♦ Gay Frederick, Pacific ID ♦ Dong-ya Yang, Simon Fraser University ♦ Loren Davis, Oregon State University ♦ Kory Cooper, Purdue Uni-versity ♦ Greg Baker, Portland State University ♦ William Gardner-O’Kearny, Portland State University. This list does not include Portland State University Field School students from 1987 – 1996, the field school staffs, nor the many paid and volunteer lab workers. To them we owe a particularly deep debt of gratitude.

Published In

Wapato Valley Archaeology Project Report #13; Cultural Resource Series Number 21

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

2017

Subjects

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Washington (State) -- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Chinook Indians -- Antiquities, Ridgefield (Wash.) -- Antiquities

Abstract

This report is one in a series on the archaeology of the Wapato Valley region of the Lower Columbia River. Most of the reports discuss aspects of the excavations and archaeology of two sites, the Meier site (35CO5) and Cathlapotle site (45CL1). Other related topics are also treated.

See Also: Preliminary Report and Catalogs: Archaeological Investigations at 45CL1 Cathlapotle (1991-1996) , Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Clark County, Washington (1999)

In November, 1998, five offsite backhoe trenches were excavated and described on Site Ridge south of Cathlapotle Town (45CL1). The results of this investigation indicate that Cathlapotle is located on the first of a series of scroll ridges formed during point bar formation in the Late Holocene. Site Ridge itself was created sometime before 670 years ago and initial village occupation probably followed shortly afterward. The two westernmost undated scroll ridges were formed during village occupation over the last 600 to 700 years.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26179

Citation Details

Ames, Kenneth M.; Henry, Katie; Darby, Melissa; Hamilton, Stephen Coursalt; Hodges, Charles P.; McDonald, Kendal; O'Rourke, Leslie M.; White, Jonathan M.; United States. Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 1; and Portland State University. Department of Anthropology, "Geoarchaeology and Miscellaneous Reports: Cathlapotle and Meier Archaeological Sites, Lower Columbia River" (2017). Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 172.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26179