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Eric White
Anthropology

Tom Connolly, Mentor

An Inventory and Assessment of Native American Artifacts from the Coos County Historical Society Museum, North Bend, Oregon

Almost no formal archaeology has been conducted in many portions of the Southern Oregon Coast, such as the Coquille Valley. Therefore, one important method available to gain information about the life-ways of the native people in that region is to inventory the artifacts housed in the museums of the district. The purpose of this research is to describe and assess two museum collections donated to the Coos County Historical Society Museum. The combined collections number several hundred stone artifacts and tools, with little or no information attached to most of them. A final report will summarize the quantity, quality, and types of artifacts in the collections. This project is critical if the cultural history of the Southern Oregon Coast is not to be lost or worse, misunderstood.