<< Text Pages >> Qwu?gwes - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The West
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Site WatchSite Name: Qwu?gwes Alternative Name: Squaxin Island CampCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 99.222 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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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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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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