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The Salish Geographic Setting

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Pacific Northwest showing the lands in the greater Puget Sound region and the northern Columbia Plateau that came to be occupied by groups speaking Salish languages.



How projectile point size reflects function.



Atl Atl, or Spear Thrower, dredged from the Skagit River. ca 600 AD



Point succession from the Quilomene Bar Site, 45KT28.



Late period points from the Wenas Creek site.



Screen full of material, west side of Mt. Rainier.



Late period points from the Siler Site on the middle Cowlitz.



Late period points from the Tokul Creek Site on the Snoqualmie River.



Slate & flaked point successiion at Pedersen 2.    Click on image to enlarge.



Late period points from Belcarra, Fraser River delta.



Late period points from Belcarra, Fraser River delta.



Permanent and winter villages in the Puget Sound region.    Click on image to enlarge.




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