<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Losey, Robert J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An Overview of Recent Research on the Par-Tee Tool Assemblage, A Large Shell Midden on the Northern Oregon Coast</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Winnipeg</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Some of the largest and most diverse artifact assemblages from the southern Northwest Coast of North America are little studied despite being excavated decades ago. Here I present an overview of recent research on collections from the Par-Tee site, a late-Holocene village on the northern Oregon coast excavated in the 1960s and 70s. The tool assemblage consists of nearly 7000 items, roughly half of all tools recovered from the Oregon coast. The size of the assemblage and its excellent state of preservation provide a more complete picture of late-Holocene life on the Oregon coast than what has previously been discernable through the region's otherwise small tool assemblages. Several groups of tools from the site have proven particularly intriguing. Among the most spectacular items recovered are the remains of over twenty single piece whale bone atlatls, including some made exclusively for children. These items were likely used in combination with the hundreds of bone and antler harpoons and chipped stone projectile points recovered at the site. Many embellished items are also present, including incised digging stick handles, pendants, and other zoomorphic and anthropomorphic items. A possible whale bone spindle whorl and multiple bird bone needles document weaving activities at the site. Finally, I recently identified a bone harpoon deeply embedded in the phalange of a large whale, suggesting the possibility of local whale hunting. Overall, the assemblage shows stronger connections between cultural developments of the northern Oregon coast and those occurring on the central Northwest Coast.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>