Toolstone Raw Material Conveyance and Use in Central Oregon

Author(s): Anne S. Dowd

Year: 2025

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Toolstone and Mineral Geography Across Time and Space" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

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Archaeologists excavated the Dudley House Pit Site (nos. 06070100100, 671NA222) on the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland in 1989 and 1990. At least 40 surface depressions were documented. Researchers identified organic materials yielding a radiocarbon date from a hearth in Depression #1 (1,520<u>+</u>50 BP, Beta-111003). Small Rosegate corner notched projectile points, principally made of locally available cherts (cryptocrystalline silicates) and obsidians from further away, such as Glass Buttes 75 miles to the south, were found. A spring through fall occupation was surmised. This case study has much to offer in understanding the context of changing technology as shifts occurred between the use of darts and atlatls to bows and arrows, processing cultural foods still important to American Indian Tribes in the region, and acquiring raw materials to produce tools. First Foods contributing to traditional Indigenous knowledge have considerable time depth in the region. Water availability in high desert regions is restricted and can contribute to some sites becoming persistent places on the landscape. This presentation explores these Indigenous, lithic technology and use, subsistence, settlement, and toolstone raw material conveyance themes.

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Toolstone Raw Material Conveyance and Use in Central Oregon. Anne S. Dowd. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 510469)

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Keywords

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Africa • Central America and Northern South America • Lithic Analysis • North America

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 53826