Digital Approaches to Willamette Valley Ground Stone Bowls

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Future Directions for Archaeology and Heritage Research in the Willamette Valley, Oregon" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent discussions in the Historic Preservation Office of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde have focused on the interpretation of the use-life of decorated ground stone bowls in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. Historically, these belongings have been looted, sold off, gifted, or commissioned for museum display and often lack archaeological context. This paper presents the results of a “proof of concept” that investigates the use-life and final deposition of a sample of decorated and undecorated ground stone bowls and mortars from the Willamette Valley. Employing several nondestructive digital imaging techniques such as multispectral photography, photogrammetry, and reflectance transformation imaging, these data can provide a framework for reassociating the surface modifications with systemic and contemporary practices as well as contribute to current community discussions of the use-life of decorated stone bowls

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Future Directions for Archaeology and Heritage Research in the Willamette Valley, Oregon   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36320.0