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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"The Decline and Fall (and Rise) of the Fort Vancouver Village" is the October 1, 2013 lecture sponsored by the Oregon Archaeological Society (OAS) and given by Dr. Douglas Wilson. Wilson’s talk will highlight the recent archaeological fieldwork at <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">Fort Vancouver's Village (aka Kanaka Village) by OAS Members and students associated with the joint National Park Service/Portland State University/Washington State University Vancouver Public Archaeology Field School.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><BR>The Village was a multicultural community on the margins of Fort Vancouver where most of the population of the fort lived. Since the inhabitants of the Village did not leave a written record, historical archaeology is used to contrast the few historical documents of outsiders with the artifacts, features, and architectural remains of <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">its’ inhabitants. University students and OAS members have been exploring these sites over the past few years and this talk will show off some of the results of this partnership project.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><BR>Wilson is the Pacific West Region’s historical archaeologist for the <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">National Park Service and is duty-stationed at Fort Vancouver. He</SPAN> is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University. His publications are numerous.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The presentation is at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is free and open to the public. A general business meeting begins at 7 PM, followed by the lecture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">See <A href="http://www.oregonarchaeological.org/"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">www.oregonarchaeological.org</SPAN></A> or call 503-727-3507 for more information.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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