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Rockshelter in the snow, January 1968
The sign at the entrance to the Marmes Rockshelter
A view of the floodplain from above the rockshelter, April 1968
Mazama ash layer outside the entrance to the rockshelter, July 1968
Paul Barnes excavating the 20W trench, July 1968
Bennie Keel on the backhoe July 1968
Main trench on the floodplain, July 1968
Mazama ash layer in the trench wall, July 1968
A carbon-14 sample shown in place outside the rockshelter, July 1968
Test excavations in the west bulldozer trench, July 1968
The bulldozer at work July 1968
Soil monolith A, July 1968
Monolith G, showing the wooden backing, July 1968
Monolith H and wooden backing, July 1968
View of the rockshelter, July 1968
The artifact lab July 1968
Excavation of trenches on the floodplain, August 1968
An aerial view of the floodplain excavations, August 1968
Feature 1, large mammal bones, August 1968
View of the floodplain and Palouse Canyon August 1968
A view of the rockshelter and the floodplain from the bluff across the Palouse River, August 1968
Fryxell and Daugherty with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel, August 1968
Monolith M, October 1968
Monolith N, October 1968
View down Palouse Canyon from above the rockshelter, September 1968
Robert Banger recording stratigraphy, September 1968
Tractor moving a house, October 1968
Monolith K, October 1968
Monolith L, October 1968
A closeup of excavation on the floodplain, November 1968
Stratigrapher at work on the trench wall, November 1968
Levee under construction, November 1968
Progress on the levee, November 1968
A view of the floodplain showing the “village” site, November 1968
Progress on the floodplain after a heavy rain, November 1968
Moving earth on the floodplain, November 1968
Senator Warren Magnuson (left) and others at the dedication of the Marmes Rockshelter, November 1968
Leveling the floodplain, November 1968
Machinery and the “Village” on the floodplain, November 1968
Creating a latex soil peel, November 1968
Roald Fryxell working on a latex soil peel, November 1968
A latex soil peel, November 1968
Construction of the coffer dam, November 1968
Construction of the levee for the coffer dam, November 1968
First snow at the site, December 1968
Floodplain excavations, December 1968
Field Lab in the snow, December 1968
The field camp, January 1969
Working on the levee, January 1969
Lining the trenches with plastic sheeting, January 1969
Preparing the entrance to the Marmes Rockshelter for the flooding of the reservoir, February 1969
Backfilling the trenches, February 1969
Backfilled floodplain surface, February 1969
A view of the coffer dam, February 1969
Filling the reservoir, February, 1969
An aerial view of the coffer dam at Marmes Rockshelter, June 1969
The flooded entrance of the Marmes Rockshelter, July 1969