Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Involvement. ABOVE LEFT: Summer Field school students begin to excavate a trench. The white tags in the trench wall record artifacts discovered. UPPER LEFT: The mess hall and kitchen at the Ozette camp are shown. UPPER RIGHT: Excavations at Ozette continue through the snows of winter. Preface 7

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The Ozette Dig ABOVE: When the camp was being set up, the U.S. Coast Guard fiew in supplies and equipment, a task that has since been taken over by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Squadron located at Whidbey Island. RIGHT: Aerial view of the Ozette expedition camp at Cape Olava. a unique outside 6 Preface

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Since April of 1970. WSU has been involved with the expansion of Northwest Coastal history through direct participation in excavations at the Ozette Dig site on Washington ' s Olympic Penninsula. UPPER RIGHT: Part of the crew wades in the icy waters of the ti dal pools, laying out the hoses which bring water to the pumps, thus permitting the excavators to wash away the massive clay slide which covers the house. RIGHT: Summer field school students remove mud slides covering a buried house. This house proved to be 40 feet wide and nearly 70 feet long. BELOW RIGHT: Large numbers of sea lions may be seen on one of the small islands located just offshore from the Ozette site.