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Archaeology Days at Wanapum Heritage Center (Adult Day)

  • Wanapum Heritage Center 29082 Highway 243 South Mattawa, WA 99349 (map)

SCHEDULE

9:00-9:15 OPENING

9:15-10:00 Lela Buck: Tule Mat House and Traditional Program Projects

10:00-10:30 Matt Johnson: Brief History of the Washington Archaeological Society

10:30-11:00 BREAK Visit Demonstrations/Displays/Exhibits

11:00-11:45 Lightening Paul: Bird Monitoring in the Priest Rapids Area

11:45-1:15 LUNCH

1:15-2:00 Nakia Williamson: Wetxuuwiitin Returning Home

2:00-2:45 Loren Davis: Cooper’s Ferry Site

2:45-3:30 Scott Williams: Beeswax Shipwreck (TENTATIVE)

3:30-4:00 Poster Social

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 throughout the inside and outside of the Wanapum Heritage Center. No food in exhibit galleries.

• Flint Knapping

• Traditional Lifeways

• Hide Tanning

• Cedar Basket and Cornhusk

• Weaving

• Salish Sturgeon Nose Canoe

• Wanapum Canoes

• WNADU

• Wanapum Tule Structure

• Beadworking

• Atlatl

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.