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Site WatchSite Name: Qwu?gwes Alternative Name: Squaxin Island Camp
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 14.122 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Seattle, WA
Latitude: 47.195000N  Longitude: 122.909W
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Ancient Settlement in Mason County, Washington.
A seasonal fishing camp of the pre-contact ancestors of today's South Sound native people. Excavation of approximately a tenth of this site has yielded artifacts that are now on display in the Squaxin Island museum

The location given is approximate.

Note: Vandals trash archaeological site - a 2nd time.
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Vandals Damage Puget Sound Archaeological Site by bat400 on Saturday, 21 July 2007
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For the second time in two years, vandals have struck an archaeology site occupied centuries ago by Squaxin Island tribal ancestors, this time disturbing the site and stealing a tent used by field researchers. The 700-year-old fish camp and seafood-processing site called Qwu?gwes is in its ninth year as an active archaeological dig involving the tribe, South Puget Sound Community College and Mud Bay property owners Ralph and Karen Munro.

Someone entered the tribal sacred place by boat at high tide Sunday, tunneled into one of the excavation cells, stole one tent and tossed a "no trespassing" sign and a second tent into Eld Inlet. The sign and one canopy were recovered Monday at low tide, but some of the damage is irreversible, said SPSCC anthropology professor Dale Croes.

"It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle that's now missing a piece or two," Croes said. He was unsure whether anything of cultural value was stolen.

News of the vandalism and theft sent a wave of panic through tribal members, who take great pride in this tangible link to their ancestors, said Larry Ross, a cultural resource specialist with the Squaxins.

"It's like a personal invasion," he said. "A lot of times, it's people who don't have a clue what they're doing."

Thievery and vandalism at active archaeological sites are a common problem nationwide, said state Department of Agriculture archaeologist Scott Williams, who was working at the Mud Bay site along with about 18 college students Tuesday.

In many cases, thefts have been traced to methamphetamine addicts who traffic in stolen artifacts, he said. The Mud Bay site is a treasure trove of early American Indian culture, telling a story of how indigenous people of South Sound gathered, processed and cooked salmon and shellfish centuries before white settlers arrived.

Items recovered include portions of a cedar bark gillnet, ornamental basketry, shell jewelry and arrows, spears and weights made of stone, bone and wood.

Many of the items found at the Mud Bay archaeological site are on display at the Squaxin Island Museum, which is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, including directions to the museum, go to http://www.squaxinislandmuseum.org.

Anyone with information about the vandalism and theft is asked to call the Thurston County Crime Stoppers Hot Line at 360-493-2222.

For more, see the Olympian.
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