Hearths prove theory
Camas Valley targeted by dig team
An archaeological site in
southwest Oregon which has
already yielded buried hearths
and stone tools will be more
thoroughly excavated this sum
mer by a team of 21 workers put
together by the University's ar
chaeology department.
Richard Pettigrew, University
highway archaeologist, dis
covered the site near Camas
Valley two years ago while he
was examining an area
scheduled for highway con
struction. Camas Valley is
located on the Coquille River
southwest of Roseburg.
Radiocarbon dating of char
coal taken from two buried
hearths during test excavations
has provided evidence of a
people who used stone tools
and occupied the area shortly
after the time of Christ almost
2.000 years ago.
Pettigrew says researchers
generally had believed these
people migrated to Camas Val
ley from British Columbia about
1.000 years ago, but this new
information seems to confirm
recent theories that migration
began earlier.
The first microblades found in
Oregon are among the tools
Babcock elected head
of plant administrators
Harold Babcock, director of
the University physical plant,
was elected president of the
national Association of Physical
Plant Administrators in recent
elections
He was vice president of the
organization during the past
year, and is a past president of
the group's Pacific Coast
Regional Association. He will
serve a one-year term as pre
sident
Babcock, a native of Butte,
Mont., earned his bachelor’s
degree from Montana State
University in 1952 and later
received a master's degree in
physical plant administration
there as well.
Before becoming director of
the University physical plant in
1971, Babcock served as phy
Italian pros
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Bev Smith
Former University basketball
star Bev Smith has signed a
two-year contract with Vicenza
Basketball Club near Venice,
Italy. Vicenza is the current
Italian national championship
club team. She reports to the
club Sept. 1.
A 6-1 guard from Salmon Arm,
B.C., Smith totalled 2,063 points
in 110 games (18.8 average)
and 1,362 rebounds (12.4 aver
age).
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sical plant director at St. An
drews College in Laurinburg,
N.C., for five years and at North
Montana College in Havre,
Mont, for 14 years.
The association he will head
has members from 1,500
schools of higher education in
ail 50 states and 20 foreign
countries. The organization's
goal is to provide continuing
professional education for its
members.
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already unearthed at the site.
jMicroblades are small stone
tools less than an inch long and
are usually associated with
Arctic cultures. Archaeologists
theorize these tiny stone blades
were attached to wooden han
dles and used to cut and
butcher.
Sites of archaeological im
portance are legally protected
and must be excavated any time
they cannot be avoided during
federally funded highway con
struction. Anytime the state
highway department has plans
to build roads with federal fin
ancial help, it is required to
make certain that no site of ar
chaeological importance is dis
turbed.
Pettigrew does the test ex
cavation of such sites and sub
mits a report about the area's
possible archaeological sig
nificance. The Department of
Transportation then makes the
decision whether to excavate a
site or move the highway in
order to comply with the law.
Five laboratory technicians
have been hired to work full time
processing material in Universi
ty facilities during the excava
tion process — expected to be
completed in August.
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