Public Lands, Lithic, and Gray Material: Layser Cave

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Layser Cave is one of the older sites within the Cascades, this precontact site is also one of the few open to the public and accessible within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. It is a multicomponent precontact site with a range of lithic materials, fauna remains, marine shell, non local materials, and burned huckleberries. Results from the excavations indicate use of the cave began approximately 700 years ago and ended by 400 BP. With only part of the assemblage studied, new research needs to happen because more material was recovered after looting to the site. This project looks at completing analysis of sites within FS collections, publishing more open gray material past and current, and how to share that information with the public. This can be completed by looking at the past lithic analysis, gray literature, and new research to see how new cultural material can be now be shared in a more open manner. At this time looking at the lithic material will be the first step in that process.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 40429.0