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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Terry Ozbun, a Senior Archaeologist and Lithic Technology Specialist with Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. (AINW) will be the speaker at the Oregon Archaeological Society meeting held on the first Tuesday in December.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His talk will focus on the re-examination of technological traits associated with Cascade points.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lithic analysis data from Marmes Rockshelter, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cascadia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Cave</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Sunset Ridge, and other sites reveal shared technological strategies linking ancient hunters across Old Cordillera.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">On both sides of the Pacific Northwest Cascade Range cordillera, early Holocene archaeological sites commonly contain "leaf-shaped" projectile points; analysis has shown that this type of point was used widely for several millennia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While archaeologists tend to emphasize the outline shape in assigning projectile points to the Cascade type, the original type definitions include references to manufacturing technology.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Ozbun is an expert in lithic analysis and research, a noted author and lecturer on lithic technology, and a skilled flintknapper. The </SPAN>presentation is at OMSI, 7:45 PM, and is free and open to the public. The talk is preceded at 7 PM by a general business meeting, which is also open to the public.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">See </FONT><A href="http://www.oregonarchaeological.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman">www.oregonarchaeological.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"> or call 503-727-3507 for more information.</FONT></P>
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