Klamath River Canyon Prehistory and Ethnology

Description

Authors: Mack Joanne M. (“Klamath River Canyon Prehistory”) and Theodoratus, Dorothea J.; Ashman, Myreleen M.; McCarthy, Helen; and Genetti, Donna L. (“Klamath River Canyon Ethnology Study”)

Publisher: Bureau of Land Management

Pub Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, folds.  Upper and lower front cover corners have some slight wear, but the wear extends to the first few pages.  Two appendices for the second paper, “Klamath River Canyon Ethnology Study,” deleted (site specific information).  Slight edge and corner wear.

Notes: Cultural Resource Series No. 8.  The Klamath River through northern California and southern Oregon.  Two papers in a single volume–“Upper Klamath River Canyon Prehistory” and “Klamath River Canyon Ethnology Study.”  The first paper by Mack is a revision of her doctoral dissertation with new information.  Studies conducted and published prior to the construction of a dam.  “Forty two prehistoric sites have been recorded with (sic) the project area by 1989; several additional sites have been recorded with (sic) the last two years…The archaeological data indicates the canyon has been used by Native American groups for at least the last 7000 years.”  (From the “Prehistory” Abstract)  “Archaeological data from a study area site suggest ‘the cultural activities of any one or a combination of five ‘tribal’ groups (Achomawi, Klamath, Modoc, Shasta and Takelma) in the Late Prehistoric times.” (From the “Ethnology” Abstract).  As of March 2024, 2 of the 4 dams on the Klamath River are scheduled for removal.  See https://www.americanrivers.org/2024/03/on-the-klamath-dam-removal-alone-is-not-enough/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xSQxaauZIfQYFikQ2GiWLZ9WpFSWlt830d48Y_LvboGU_CJEo1kKD4aAlSCEALw_wcB