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Archaeology Days at the Wanapum Heritage Center (Adult Day)

  • Wanapum Heritage Center (map)

9:00-9:15 OPENING

9:15-9:35 Dr. William Smith - A Distant Country: Central Washington University Archaeology in the Early Seventies

9:35-9:55 Steven Hackenberger, William Smith, Neal Endacott and James McLean - Sanders Site Interdisciplinary Research: 30 Years of Faculty and Student Collaboration

10:00-10:45 Kevin Priester - Title TBD- The Value and Importance of Social Impact Studies

10:45-11:15 BREAK Visit Demonstrations/Displays/Exhibits

11:15-12:00 Lela Buck – Title TBD- Wanapum Heritage Center Overview

12:00-1:15 LUNCH

1:15-1:35 Allyson Brooks- Title TBD- State Cultural Resource Management Compliance Requirements

1:35-1:55 Warren Hurley- Title TBD- Federal Cultural Resource Management Compliance Requirements

2:00-2:45 Stephanie Simmons – Soldier Settlements of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, Benton County, Washington

2:45-3:15 BREAK Visit Demonstrations/Displays/Exhibits

3:15-4:00 Michael Buck - Title TBD- Lamprey

4:00-4:15 CLOSING

Demonstrations and displays will be available throughout the day. Please feel free to visit during the breaks and lunch.

These activities will occur in throughout the inside and outside of the Wanapum Heritage Center. No food in exhibit galleries.

  • Canoes

  • Tamanwit Exhibit

  • Moorhouse Exhibit

  • Flint Knapping

  • Hide Processing

  • Atlatl

  • Demonstrations

    • Beadwork

    • Basket Making

    • Traditional Crafts

    • Weaving

When attending Archaeology Day you enter an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur. By entering the event premises you consent to being photographed or recorded.