The Orcas Island Historical Museum presents the next special event produced in conjunction with The Smithsonian’s Journey Stories exhibit:
“Ancient Peoples’ San Juan Journeys,” a presentation by Amanda Taylor and Stephanie Jolivette at 7:30 pm, Friday, August 13, 2010.
Amanda Taylor and Stephanie Jolivette are Ph.D. candidates in Archaeology at the University of Washington who conducted fieldwork from 2005 through 2009 as part of the San Juans Archaeological Project.
Their research goals were to better understand the migration and settlement patterns of Prehistoric Native Americans by exploring, sampling and radiocarbon dating shell midden sites throughout the San Juans. Shell middens, which are ancient dumps where food refuse and broken tools were left by Native Americans, are both sacred ancestral places and a source of data for archaeologists. Taylor and Jolivette will discuss the chronology which they created based on their findings in the context of ancient environmental change.
The talk will be given at the Orcas Island Senior Center. Admission is free.
