The Anthropology Department at Portland State University presents the<br>
December Archaeology First Thursday Lecture <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/info/steinwelcome.php" target="_blank">Dr. Julie <span>Stein</span></a>, <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Executive Director of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture,</span>
will be presenting her research with Amanda Taylor and Stephanie
Jolivette on shell middens and prehistoric coastal settlement patterns
in the San Juan Islands,<br>
Washington.<br><br>Please join us Thursday, December 3rd at 4 p.m. in Room 338 of PSU's<br>
Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway, 97201)<br><div><br>
For more information please call 503.725.3081or email <a href="mailto:wendyannwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendyannwright@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>Shell Midden Research and Prehistoric Coastal Settlement Patterns in the San<br>
Juan Islands, Washington<br>
<br>
Amanda K. Taylor, Julie K. <span>Stein</span>, and Stephanie A.E. Jolivette, University<br>
of Washington<br>
<br>
</div>In this paper we present the results of radiocarbon dating of shells from<br>
auger samples collected during an auger survey of shell middens in San Juan<br>
County and western Skagit County, WA conducted from 2005-2008. By<br>
integrating faunal and paleoenvironmental data with settlement pattern<br>
results, we present hypotheses regarding the development of a more sedentary<br>
lifeway associated with the beginnings of social complexity on the Northwest<br>
Coast. We also discuss similarities and differences between settlement<br>
patterns proposed for the San Juan Islands with those for adjacent regions.<br><br><br>