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Takhoma: Ethnography of Mount Rainier National Park

by Allan H. Smith , Barbara Lane , Richard H. Daugherty
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780874222845
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Washington State University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Washington State University Press
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  • Pages: 192
  • Original Price: USD 22.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 341 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): United States / State & Local / General

"Sooty Grouse were drawn in large numbers to the huckleberry patches in the fruiting season...[feasting] until, their crops distended, they hate even to fly. Moreover, the fermenting juices of the overripe berries have a decided alcoholic effect on many of the birds...the larger children and more active women might well have experienced little difficulty in capturing them."

An imposing geologic feature that once provided a variety of natural resources to the indigenous people who lived nearby, the sheer size of Mount Rainier prompted many to call it simply The Mountain or "Takhoma." The volcanic cone towers to a height of 14,408 feet and comprises about one-fourth of the total 377 square-mile park. The area's formidable physical characteristics had long impeded modern researchers. As a result, in 1963, when faculty at Washington State University decided to investigate the region's prehistory under contract with the National Park Service, its archaeological past was virtually unknown. Combining an exhaustive search of the pre-existing data and literature with a field study comprised of interviewing elderly Native Americans, the researchers sought to ascertain the locations of possible archaeological sites in Mount Rainier National Park, and secure data to assist in their interpretation. Takhoma: Ethnography of Mount Rainier National Park presents the analysis of the collected and recovered material addressing native toponymy, tribal identities and boundaries, village sites and structures, aboriginal economic and other uses of the region, and native trails, travel, and trade. This informative investigation served as a valuable first step toward unraveling the cultural past of Mount Rainier National Park.

Smith, Allan H.: -

Allan H. Smith (1913-1999) earned a doctorate in anthropology at Yale University in 1941. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Japanese language specialist and was awarded a Purple Heart. An expert in both Pacific Islands and Plateau Indian ethnography, Smith taught in Washington State University's Department of Anthropology before becoming the university's Academic Vice President in 1969, a position he held until retirement in 1979.

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