[OR_Archaeology] Dr. Thomas Connolly lecture

[John Pouley]

We invite you to the upcoming presentation at PSU on Thursday Feb 7 in Cramer 41, at 4 pm, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Anthropology Student Association. 

Dr. Thomas Connolly (University of Oregon) will present: 

Tracing a community history through archaeology at Beatty Gap, Klamath County, Oregon: ancient village, pre-allotment homestead, modern Tribal community
Beatty Gap, where the Sprague River leaves a canyon and emerges onto the productive meadows of the Sprague Valley, was a gathering and residential place for millennia. Following the 1864 treaty that formed the Klamath Reservation, Beatty Gap remained an important central place not only for the Sprague Valley Klamath but for the Modocs and Paiutes who were removed from their traditional lands. Historically, this locality was most closely associated with the families of traditional Chief and treaty signer Mosenkasket (who came to be known as Moses Brown) and James Barkley, a tribal leader favored by federal agency officials. These men can be seen as iconic for the continuing tension between traditional and introduced goods, values, and lifeways that remains a feature of Klamath culture. Archaeological work done in conjunction with straightening a dangerous stretch of highway known as Beatty Curve has confirmed the long occupation history at this locality, but has focused primarily on the post treaty occupation of the latter 19th century, when resident families struggled to adopt to the new political realities. 
The ASA will be hosting a reception following the talk, in the Anthropology Dept, Cramer 141. 
Please forward (including the attached flyer) to interested parties.
We look forward to seeing you. 



-- 
Virginia L. Butler 
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503.725.3303
virginia at pdx.edu
http://web.pdx.edu/~virginia/
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