5,000-year-old earth ovens reveal history of Kalispel Tribe

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Mon., June 5, 2023

Linda McNulty Perez, a graduate student at Princeton and WSU student Chris Arriola work at an archeological excavation underway of 5,000-year-old earth ovens on Monday, June 5, 2023, near Newport, Wash. The site was discovered on land the tribe is developing for additional housing near the reservation. The Tribe is working with archeologists from WSU and believe the site was an ancient tribal hunting camp on the banks of the Pend Oreille River.

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Dr. Shannon Tushingham, left, watches Monday as Washington State University students work at an archaeological excavation of prehistoric earth ovens near Newport, Wash.

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Archaeologists and students stand on sandbags during an archaeological excavation on Monday near Newport, Wash.

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WSU student Chris Arriola works at an archeological excavation underway of 5,000-year-old earth ovens on Monday, June 5, 2023, near Newport, Wash. The site was discovered on land the tribe is developing for additional housing near the reservation. The Tribe is working with archeologists from WSU and believe the site was an ancient tribal hunting camp on the banks of the Pend Oreille River.

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Geoarchaeologist Naomi Scher shows layers of sediment at the site of an archaeological excavation of prehistoric earth ovens on Monday near Newport, Wash. The site was discovered on land the tribe is developing for additional housing near the reservation. The tribe is working with archaeologists from Washington State University and believe the site was an ancient tribal hunting camp on the banks of the Pend Oreille River.

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Kalipsel Tribe member and archivist Annette Pierre smiles as she checks out the site of an archeological excavation underway of 5,000-year-old earth ovens on Monday, June 5, 2023, near Newport, Wash. The site was discovered on land the tribe is developing for additional housing near the reservation. The Tribe is working with archeologists from WSU and believe the site was an ancient tribal hunting camp on the banks of the Pend Oreille River.

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