New Research into the Old Cordilleran

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "New Research into the Old Cordilleran," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 1961, B. Robert Butler proposed the concept of the Old Cordilleran Culture on the basis of relatively standardized lanceolate projectile points. Since 1961, archaeological research into Olcott sites, the Puget Sound manifestation of the Old Cordilleran Culture, has largely been focused on artifact descriptions and site-scale questions. Developments in technology, broadening in the number of well-studied sites, and new theoretical approaches have added to our understanding of the Old Cordilleran Culture. This session examines recent archaeological studies of Olcott sites in western Washington that expand on previous investigations to diversify our understanding of the period and make meaningful connections between the artifacts of the past and descendants of the people responsible for those materials.