Archaeology Magazine - May/June 1983 - 48

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Park,Custer State Park,the BlackHills,arid
EvansPlunge,the largestnatural swimming
pool, are nearby.Gettingthere:Hot Springs
isinsouthwestSouth Dakota,65 milessouth
of Rapid City on Highway79. The sité, at
EuanstonAvenue and 19th Street is visible
from Highway18 truck bypass;followsigns
on bypass.No appointment necessaryfor
admissionor guide (but suggestedfor large
groups); site is open by appointment only
October-Maythrough the localChamber of
Commerce, (tel) 605-745-4140;not accessiblebypublictransportation;cost bytaxi, $1
from Hot Springs, $5 from airport; many
campingsites and motels nearby.Contact:
LarryAgenbroad,GeologyDepartment,Box
6030, NorthernArizonaUniversity,Flagstaff,
AZ86011(tel)602-523-2379;or Mammoth
Site Inc.,Box 606, Hot Springs,SD 57747
(tel)605-745-4402.
MitchellSite National Historic Landmark,
Mitchell, SD (June 6-August 26, 1983; 8
a.m.-8 p.m.; excavations most weekdays).
A fortifiedvillageof the mid-11th century,
MitchellSiteisa good exampleof the regions
early horticulturalvillages.One prehistoric
lodge floor is largely open to public view.
On-sitemuseum open daily,8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Gettingthere: The site is about 4 milesfrom
Interstate90; take either Mitchellexitnorth;
then follow SD Route 37 north to 23rd
Avenue: turn westand go about one-quarter
mileto Indian VillageRoad; turn north and
continueabout two-thirdsmile.No appointment necessaryfor admissionor guide; not
accessiblebypublictransportation;camping
and hotel within2 miles.Contact:DarrellW.
Fulmer,PO. Box 621, Mitchell,SD 57301
(tel)605-996-5473.
TEXAS
Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, TX (All
year, daily; excavations scheduled for
1983).A glass-bottomboat conveysvisitors
to a Palaeoindian/Archaiccamp site, now
underwater,where they can see mammoth
and mastodon remains as well as a horse
marked by Clovis and Lanceolate spearpoints.Gettingthere:The siteis in downtown
San Marcos between Austin and San Antonio.Appointmentnecessaryfor admission
and guide; accessible by bus; camping 5
milesaway;hotel on site and motels nearby.
Contact: Joel L. Shiner, Southern Methodist University,Dallas,TX 75275 (tel) 214692-2928.
Lubbock Lake Landmark, Lubbock, TX
(June 4-August 13, 1983;9 a.m.-12 p.m.).
A 300-acrenationaland state landmark,the
sitespans 12,000years of lifeon the Southem HighPlains.The earliestacceptedculture
in NorthAmerica,the Clovis,is represented,
as are the Archaic,Ceramic, Protohistoric,
and Historiccultures.The MuseumComplex
of Texas Tech University, including the
Ranching Heritage Center and Moody
Planetarium,and MacKenzieState Park are
nearby.Gettingthere:The Museumof Texas
Tech is at the corner of 4th Street and
Indiana; to reach Lubbock Lake, go north
on Indiana, crossingthe ClovisHighway(U.S.
84) and the railroadtracksand continue on
paved road around a sharp left curve; pass
under the overpass (Loop 289) and follow
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second dirt/gravel road after signfor Hoko
River Road; follow main gravel road past
rock quarry to signfor Hoko RiverArchaeologicalProject; park in designatedarea and
walk about one-third mile to site (please
close gate after you). No appointment
necessary for admission; tours at 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m., daily; accessible by local bus
from Port Angelesto ClallamBay;camping
2 miles away or on Hoko Beach by prior
arrangement; hotels in Clallam Bay and
Sekiu (6 miles) and Neah Bay (13 miles).
Contact: Dale R. Croes, Department of AnRowe Valley, TX (June 4-12, 1983). A
thropology, Washington State University,
varietyof features illustrateactivityareas at
WA99164-3620(duringacademic
this multi-usesite of the Toyah Phase (A.D. Pullman,
year), or at Star Route 2, Box 19G, Sekiu,
1650-1750).Gettingthere:RoweValleyis35
98381 (tel) 509-335-8556/8566 (durmilesnortheastof Austin;writefor directions. WAfield
season).
ing
or
No appointment necessaryfor admission
guide; not accessiblebypublictransportation;
Indian Island, near Hadlock, WA (June
camping and motel nearby.Contact: Elton
Prewitt,TexasArcheologicalSociety,Univer- 29-August 6, 1983). A shellfishgathering
location of recent prehistoric times and a
sityof Texas,San Antonio,TX 78285.
mid-1800shomestead are beingexploredat
this site. NearbyPort Townsenddates from
UTAH
the 1800s, and several restored Victorian
Nancy Patterson Village, Blanding, UT
houses serve as inns. Getting there: From
(June 28-August 25, 1983; MondaySeattle take WinslowFerry,then followsigns
of
the
8
a.m.-4
One
largest
Friday,
p.m.).
Puebloruinsin Utah,NancyPattersonVillage to Hadlock;at Hadlockfollowsignsto Indian
Island. The site is located on a U.S. Naval
is comparable to ruins in Chaco Canyon,
base; request escort at gate. Appointment
NM or Mesa Verde National Park, CO. It
seems to have been a major political/reli- necessaryfor admissionand guide;accessible
gious center for southeast Utah ca. A.D. bybus; campingnearbyat Fort FlaglerPark;
hotelsin Port Townsend.Contact:AstridaR.
500-1300. The Edge of Cedars Museumin
Blanding;HovenweepNationalMonument; Blukis Onat, 1702 Harvard, Seattle, WA
98122 (tel) 206-587-4073.
Mesa Verde National Park; Canyon de
Chelle, AZ; and Monument Valley,near
WYOMING
MexicanHat are nearby.Gettingthere:From
Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort
Blanding, go south on U.S. 163/191 about
14 milesto Utah Route 262 on the left; take
Laramie, WY (Allyear, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
262 east about 8 miles to a fork leading to
MemorialDay-Labor Day,8 a.m.-7 p.m.).
A privatefur tradingpost from 1834to 1849,
Hovenweep National Monument; turn left
and continueabout 6 milesto Hatch Trading and then a strategicmilitaryfortificationuntil
Post; turn leftand go about 3.5 milesto the
1890, Fort Laramie figured prominentlyin
the covered wagon migrationsto Oregon,
NavajoReservationentrance; the site is on a
hillacrossMontezumaCreek to the east No
Californiaand Utah. Italso servedas the law
enforcementarm of the federalgovernment
appointment necessary for admission or
guide; not accessiblebypublictransportation; until Wyomingbecame a state in 1890; 7
restored and refurnished buildingsdate to
camping and hotel in Blandingand Cortez
and a Forest Servicecamp is 11 milesnorth.
the army years. On-site museum; Living
Contact: Asa S. Nielsen, CRM Services,
Historydemonstrationsduringthe summer.
Brigham Young University,940 Kimball
Nearbyattractionsincludethe Homesteaders
Tower, Provo, UT 84602 (tel) 801-378Museum, Torrington; Oregon Trail Ruts,
4783/5435.
RegisterCliffand Guernsey State Museum
near Guernsey; and Scotts BluffNational
Monument near Scottsbluff, NE. Getting
WASHINGTON
there: Fort Laramie is 3 milessouthwestof
Hoko River Archaeological Project,
the townof FortLaramiebetweenGuernsey
Sekiu, WA(June 20-August 25, 1983).At
and Lingle on U.S. 26. No appointment
the mouth of the Hoko River,the remainsof
necessaryfor admissionor guide;not accesa 2,800-year-oldfishing camp, the oldest
siblebypublictransportation;severalcampknownsite on Washington'sOlympicPenining areas nearby.Contact: Gary K. Howe,
sula,are threatened bythe waters changing
Superintendent, Fort Laramie National
course. Archaeologistshave recovered preHistoricSite, Fort Laramie,WY82212 (tel)
served basketry, cordage, fishhooks, and
307-837-2221.
woodworkingtools from the waterlogged
deposits. A recently discovered prehistoric
campsitenearbyis the onlyrocksheiterof its
sizeon the NorthwestCoast,with2.5 meters
of undisturbed midden deposits displaying
Reprints of this section available
clear stratigraphy.Some finds exhibitedat
@ $2.50 prepaid. (Add $2.00 per
the site;also at the Neah Bay/MakahTribal
item for foreign airmail postage.)
Museum. OlympicNational Forest, Ozette
Send check drawn on U.S. funds to
interpretivecenter and the ManisMastodon
site are nearby. Getting there: From Port
ARCHAEOLOGY Dept. E,
Angeles,go weston Highway101to Sappho,
53 Park Place, New York, NY 10007.
then north to Clallam Bay; proceed west
on 112 toward Neah Bay; turn right on

the road as it curvesto the right;a chain link
fence on the leftmarksthe site;turn onto the
first road to the left and proceed to a large
gate; park inside the gate. Appointment
necesssaryfor admissionand guide (except
Saturday mornings, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.); not
accessiblebypublictransportation; camping,
hotels and motels nearby.Contact: Eileen
Johnson, The Museum,TexasTech University, Box 4499, Lubbock, TX 79409 (tel)
806-762-0406.

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