Description: Portland and environs hold 100s of archaeological sites that tell a story of human history extending back over 12,000 years. This presentation reviews ways we understand this complex and rich human story, using theory and method from geology, anthropology/archaeology, history, and Indigenous knowledge.
Bio: Virginia Butler is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Portland State University where she has taught since 1994. Her research focuses on the long-term relationships between people and animals, especially fish, that she studies using fish remains from archaeological sites that range from 100 years to over 10,000 years old. Her work has focused on the American West but she has worked in Oceania and Northern Alaska. She is also committed to public archaeology--which finds ways of making archaeology relevant to wider society. She is the lead organizer for the Archaeology Roadshow, a celebration of archaeology and heritage that takes place in late May in Portland, with sister celebrations in Central Oregon and Harney County.
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