Sarah L. Sterling, an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at Portland State University, presents:
Integrating the Seismic and Occupational Chronologies at Tse-whit-zen
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 6:00pm at the Landing Mall Conference Room
In 2003, work began to excavate a dry dock in Port Angeles Harbor. The construction footprint exposed portions of the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen; one of the largest known precontact villages in Washington State. The site was occupied beginning around 2700 years ago, and more intensively from about 1800-100 years ago. Tse-whit-zen village is situated in the midst of the Cascadia subduction zone and apparent gaps in the radiocarbon record of village occupation are broadly synchronous with great earthquakes in the region. In this presentation, Dr. Sterling will discuss the current state of knowledge about the relationship between the occupational and seismic chronology at Tse-whit-zen, and how recent field work in the vicinity of the site will help further resolve understanding of the past and future of this geologically dynamic shoreline.
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Landing Mall, Conference Room 205
115 Railroad Avenue, Port Angeles
Suggested $5 donation
Sponsored by Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and Feiro Marine Life Center
Deborah Moriarty
Feiro Marine Life Center
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