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The exterior of the Marmes Rockshelter viewed from the floodplain showing the early excavations and the sign put up to inform the many public visitors — The exterior of the Marmes Rockshelter, 1962

A view across the floodplain and the Palouse River showing an excavator shoveling dirt sent down from the rockshelter into a screen. In the background you can see the camp tents. — View across the floodplain and the Palouse River, 1962

An archaeologist examines a small projectile point outside the Marmes Rockshelter in 1962 — Examining a projectile point, 1962

Archaeologists Richard Daugherty and Roald Fryxell examine a table containing artifacts inside the Marmes Rockshelter in 1962 — Daugherty and Fryxell examining artifacts, 1962

Richard Daugherty, pipe in hand, examines the sidewall of an excavation unit inside the Marmes Rockshelter, 1962 — Daugherty examines the sidewall of a unit, 1962

A view of the entrance to the Marmes Rockshelter from the floodplain in 1962. A vehicle and an archaeologist appear extremely small against the backdrop of the mouth of the rockshelter — View of the Marmes Rockshelter from the floodplain, 1962

Roald Fryxell is standing inside an excavation unit, examining the soil and takiing notes. — Roald Fryxell examining soil inside the Marmes Rockshelter, 1962

An archaeologist, possible Richard Daugherty, tagging geologic strata inside an excavation unit at the Marmes Rockshelter, 1962 — Tagging geologic strata inside an excavation unit, 1962

Two seated archaeologists are recording information just inside the mouth of the rockshelter, 1962. All the geololgic strata of the excavation unit are marked with tags — Two archaeologists recording information inside the mouth of the Marmes Rockshelter, 1962

Roald Fryxell, standing inside an excavation unit, is examining a layer of volcanic ash, 1962 — Roald Fryxell examining a layer of volcanic ash, 1962

Roald Fryxell, kneelinig in an excavation unit, is tagging geologic strata using paper tags on metal pins, 1962 — Roald Fryxell tagging geologic strata inside an excavation unit, 1962

A long view from the floodplain, showing the opening of the rockshelter, the backdirt piles in front of the opening, and the basalt cliffs above; August 1962. — A view of the rockshelter from the floodplain, August 1962

A view of the Marmes Rockshelter from the floodplain July 1962 showing the screen and piles of screened soil and the project vehicles — A view of the Marmes Rockshelter from the floodplain July 1962

The view from inside the rockshelter shows a wheelbarrow and a screen. In the background, the view is south towards the confluence of the Palouse and Snake Rivers, July 1962 — View from inside the rockshelter, July 1962

Screening dirt outside the Marmes Rockshelter, August 1962

A woman screens dirt outside the Marmes Rockshelter in August of 1962 while a boy and a dog look on — Screening dirt outside the Marmes Rockshelter, August 1962

Excavators working inside the Marmes Rockshelter, shoveling soil up into a wheelbarrow, while one man works on the floor of the unit, and another waits on the surface above for the wheelbarrow to be filled; August 1962. — Excavators working inside the Marmes Rockshelter, August 1962.

The opening of the rockshelter is viewd from the floodplain. There are several large backdirt piles with archaeologists screening dirt, while visitors approach the shelter, August 1962. — Visitors, backdirt piles, and screens outside the rockshelter, August 1962

Six stone tools from the rockshelter are shown here. Five are roughly chipped basalt bifaces which were probably meant to be made into projectile points; one is a light-colored, leaf-shaped chert biface; August 1962. — Six chipped stone tools, August 1962

Two archaeologists in a deep excavation unit; one is seated using a trowel, the other is standing, shoveling soil up into a wheelbarrow, The unit is probably six feet deep and a layer of volcanic ash is visible in the sidewall; October 1962 — Archaeologists excavating a unit at Marmes Rockshelter, October 1962

An intrusive pit, distinguished by changes in soil color, is found at a depth of 96 cm below datum in a unit inside the Marmes Rockshelter, August, 1964 — Intrusive pit, August 1964

A view from above shows two archaeologists working in a six-foot-deep unit; one man is lifting a large cobble out of the pit; August 1964 — Work in progress, 1964

The sidewall of an excavation unit, showing the many large angular cobbles that filled the rockshelter as the roof fell over the millennia, August 1964. — An excavation unit, August 1964