Walking the site of the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard in Port Angeles, one can easily see evidence of where the Klallam Indians cooked.
Discarded seashells that were cooking utensils and remains of animals butchered for food — along with fire-cracked rocks — can readily be seen in areas where an archeological survey took place.
The survey was conducted after construction on the huge onshore dry dock was halted Aug. 26 — only three weeks after the project began.
The found artifacts provide insight into tribal life and customs, said Lynn Larson, president and principal investigator of Gig Harbor-based Larson Anthropological Archaeological Services Ltd.
Larson said these finds are valuable because of the vast amount of information they reveal.
Larson is serving as a consultant for the Lower Elwha Kallam tribe.
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The rest of the story appears in Sunday’s Peninsula Daily News.