Behind the Scenes--Geology of the Site: Full report on the geoarchaeological data and research objectives
Summary
Stafford presents in this document an argument for additional testing, in this case archaeological excavations of the area of the Columbia River floodplain immediately adjacent to where the remains of Kennewick Man were discovered. He and others submitted, on August 26, 1997, an application to the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an ARPA permit to authorize study of the site where the Kennewick Man skeleton was found (hereafter, the "Site"). The permit application sought permission to conduct a multidisciplinary investigation of the site to gather data for evaluating the contextual framework of the Kennewick Man discovery locality. As of the date of this document, the requested ARPA permit was not issued.
In this document, Stafford discusses whether or not test excavation of the site is still needed to resolve the research objectives set out in the August 1997 permit application. Stafford is one of the co-authors of one of the preliminary geoarchaeological investigations done at the same location. This study is available as tDAR 371590. Another geoarchaeological, geological, and historical report also is available for the Kennewick Man discovery area, Wakeley et al. (tDAR 374888).
Cite this Record
Behind the Scenes--Geology of the Site: Full report on the geoarchaeological data and research objectives. Thomas W. Stafford. 1998 ( tDAR id: 391008) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8668F10
URL: http://www.friendsofpast.org/scenes-990204-full.html
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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PaleoIndian
Material
Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Human Remains
Site Name
Kennewick Man Archaeological Site
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Tri-Cities Archaeological District NRHP
Site Type
Burial Pit
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Isolated Burial
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Bioarchaeological Research
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Consultation
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Environment Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
General
Corps of Engineeers
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Cultural Affiliation
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Department of the Interior
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Kennewick Man
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NAGPRA
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the Ancient One
Geographic Keywords
Columbia River
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Columbia River Drainage
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Kennewick
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Pacific Northwest
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Tri-Cities Area
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Upper Columbia River Basin
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Washington (State / Territory)
Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic
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PaleoIndian
Spatial Coverage
min long: -119.165; min lat: 46.213 ; max long: -119.128; max lat: 46.231 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Thomas W. Stafford
Permitting Agency(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Prepared By(s): Stafford Research Laboratories, Inc.
Notes
General Note: Some of the reports included in the project were posted originally and hosted on a public website created and maintained by the National Park Service and Department of the Interior.
General Note: Some documents were converted from the NPS website (http://www.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/) by cutting and pasting the website text and images into Word 2007 and exporting the .docx file to PDF via Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard.
General Note: Tables, Figures, and Bibliographic references for individual reports or chapters in reports that were formerly accessed via hyperlinks have been appended to the end of each relevant document.
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