Northwest Coast Archaeology

April 15, 2010 11:13 AM

Northwest Coast Archaeology [via mefi projects]

Rumple has been busy creating a great blog about the archaeology of Northwestern North America, especially coastal Alaska, British Columbia and Washington State. Northwest Coast Archaeology is a fine example of an Internet community: besides Rumple's frequent posts, the blog has a devoted, informed and articulate crowd of commentators that have in-depth discussions about archaeology.

The latest post, Aboriginal bridges of northwestern BC, provides some fine examples of pre-contact (as well as post-contact) First Nations engineering here in North America.

Rumple's blog links to fantastic map resources, paleo-climatology, and Clovis archaelogical culture, among many, many other fascinating topics.

A personal favourite post is a link to an interactive map of Coast Salish villages of Puget Sound.

As an example of the blogs function as a community and teaching resource, Rumple also collates links to theses and dissertations of interest for Northwest Coast and Northwest Interior archaeology.

posted by KokuRyu (8 comments total)

I love this. Thanks Rumple, and KokuRyu for posting.
posted by bonehead at 12:14 PM on April 15, 2010

Yes, this is fantastic.
posted by maxwelton at 12:29 PM on April 15, 2010

Weird flotsam.
posted by Tube at 12:59 PM on April 15, 2010

holy shit.

Have fun everyone and feel free to ask any questions or give feedback. I try to post every day when not doing fieldwork.
posted by Rumple at 1:25 PM on April 15, 2010

Oh my god, amazing. Thanks to KokuRyu for posting to the blue and Rumple for making it, and I promise I'll go to projects more.
posted by rtha at 1:57 PM on April 15, 2010

Been following along for a few months now. Definitely BOTW.
posted by klanawa at 4:16 PM on April 15, 2010 [1 favorite]

Great post, great blog.
posted by LarryC at 10:16 PM on April 15, 2010

Fantastic, favorite +++++. Have been wanting to see more of the province lately, and particular interest in Haida Gwaii. This is so great.
posted by Kirk Grim at 11:58 PM on April 15, 2010