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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 27, 2004

Media Contact: Leanne Ingle, Communications Specialist, 360-704-4508, or outside Thurston County calling area: (877) 284-6237, ext. 2508; e-mail: lingle@trlib.org.

Library Friends annual meeting:
Dr. Richard Daugherty to speak on Ozette archeological dig

Photo of Owl Club
[Photo, courtesy of Richard Daugherty: “Owl Club” recovered from the Ozette site was likely a ceremonial item.]

The Friends of the North Mason Timberland Library will welcome the community to their Annual Meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 at the library. Following a brief business meeting, the Friends will present retired Professor of Anthropology, Richard Daugherty, who will share his experiences at the Ozette archeological dig. Ozette is the site of a Makah Indian village, located on the northwestern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, that was inhabited for at least 2,000 years. The talk will include about 20 minutes of video footage. Dr. Daugherty’s presentation will be most appropriate for a middle school to adult audience.

Dr. Daugherty brings vast archeological experience and expertise. Since he began his career in 1947, he has conducted and directed numerous archeological excavations and investigations into the prehistory of Washington, other Northwest states and North Africa, where he conducted archeological surveys in areas involved in dam construction on the Nile River. Daugherty taught and directed archeological research at Washington State University from 1950 to 1985. In 1967 President Lyndon Johnson appointed him as an original member of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Over his career, Daugherty has surveyed the cultural resources of numerous private and public land sites.

Some of Dr. Daugherty’s best-known work took place at the ancient whaling village at Ozette. Over hundreds of years, mudflows repeatedly swept into the houses, burying and preserving them. In 1970 when tidal erosion exposed the village to the activities of collectors and hikers, the Makah Tribal Council contacted Dr. Daugherty, urging him to begin excavating.

The 60,000 artifacts he and his crew recovered over the next eleven years have classified Ozette as one the most significant archaeological discoveries in North America. Many of the artifacts as well as full-scale replicas of cedar long houses and whaling, sealing and fishing canoes can now be seen at the Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay. People attending Dr. Daugherty’s presentation at the Friends of North Mason Timberland Library Annual Meeting will be able to see the video and hear a full account of the Ozette dig.

The North Mason Timberland Library is located at 23081 NE State Route 3, Belfair. The telephone number for more information is (360) 275-3232.

Timberland Regional Library serves Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston counties at 27 community libraries and 6 school-based cooperative library centers. For information on any subject, the public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians at 704-INFO (704-4636) from Shelton or 1-800-562-6022 from all other areas in Mason County. Or they can “Ask a Librarian” online at http://www.trlib.org. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program may contact the library 4 days in advance.

Revised 03/01/04

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