Ethnomalacology and Paleoecology of the Round Butte Archaeological Sites, Deschutes River Basin, Oregon
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Date
1967-07
Authors
Roscoe, Ernest J.
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Publisher
Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon
Abstract
This report is based upon a study of the
molluscan material recovered from twelve
sites excavated by field parties from the Anthropology
Department, University of Oregon,
in the Middle Deschutes River Basin in Jefferson
County, Oregon, in 1961 and 1962. The
Deschutes River, one of the principal tributaries
of the Columbia, enters that stream about
15 miles above The Dalles and about 95 miles
from Portland, Oregon. The archaeological
sites are located in Sections 22 and 27, T. 11
S., R. 12 E., (Willamette Meridian), approximately
120 miles above the mouth of the Deschutes
River near the confluence of the Crooked
and Metolius Rivers with the Deschutes.
In addition to specific determination of the
mollescan material, anthropologists were interested
in two problems : ( 1) information the
mollusks might yield on the problem of the
ecology of the region during the period of
time represented by the Round Butte deposits,
and ( 2) consideration of some questions relating
to the interaction of mussel and human
ecology.
Description
28 pages
Keywords
Middle Deschutes River Basin, Deschutes River (Or.), Willamette Meridian, Crooked River, Metolius River, Mollusks, Round Butte deposits