[OR_Archaeology] Oregon Archaeological Society Presentation

John Pouley john.pouley at state.or.us
Tue Dec 13 10:14:45 PST 2011


The January 3, 2012 lecture sponsored by the Oregon Archaeological
Society is titled “Native American Architecture of the Lower Columbia
Oregon Coast and Willamette Valley: The Vernacular Style .”  The
lecture will be delivered by Melissa Darby MA, principal investigator,
Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology and president of the non-profit
Drake Anchorage Research Collaboration (DARC).  

 Ethnographic, archaeological and ethnohistorical accounts suggest that
the architecture of the people of Western Oregon and the lower Columbia
region was similar to other Northwest Coast groups, but there were some
distinct differences in dwelling styles on the central and southern
Oregon Coast.  Several house styles from the region will be described
and compared with descriptions of the people and their houses found in
the logs and charts of Captain Francis Drake, who landed on the West
Coast of America during the summer of 1579. These documents were
suppressed, and the official account censored. Darby will explore
whether these descriptions ‘fit’ the record.

Darby is an anthropologist and archaeologist, historian and
architectural historian and noted authority on the ethnohistory of the
lower Columbia River region.
The presentation is held at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
(OMSI), follows the general business meeting that starts at 7 PM, and is
free and open to the public. 

See www.oregonarchaeological.org or call 503-727-3507 for more
information.



John O. Pouley
Oregon SHPO
Assistant State Archaeologist
725 Summer St NE Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 986-0675 Office
(503) 480-9164 Cell
(503) 986-0793 Fax
john.pouley at state.or.us
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/ARCH/index.shtml




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