Carl Sholin, archaeologist for the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, leans in close to inspect precontact artifacts dug up near Ross Lake, on March 16, 2022. Those closest to the camera are mammal remains, fish club, culturally modified stone (round object) a projectile point and a perforator. All the artifacts have been turned over to the Upper Skagit Indian tribe and will be stored at the parks curation facility managed by Samantha Richert, backround. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)
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Inspecting the ancient precontact artifacts dug up on Seattle City Light property within the North Cascades National Park near Ross Lake are, Scott Schuyler from the Upper Skagit Tribe, Andrea Weiser, an archaeologist with Seattle City Light, Carl Sholin, an archaeologist with the North Cascades National Park Service Complex and Samantha Richert, curation facility manager. All of the artifacts are being turned over to the Upper Skagit Tribe. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)
MARBLEMOUNT, Wash. — Until Seattle City Light built a company-town dining hall a century ago, until the building was renovated a decade ago and until they were dug up during that renovation, the 270 stone artifacts likely sat undisturbed for millennia upon millennia.
Carl Sholin, archaeologist for the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, leans in close to inspect precontact artifacts dug up near Ross Lake, on March 16, 2022. Those closest to the camera are mammal remains, fish club, culturally modified stone (round object) a projectile point and a perforator. All the artifacts have been turned over to the Upper Skagit Indian tribe and will be stored at the parks curation facility managed by Samantha Richert, backround. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)
Inspecting the ancient precontact artifacts dug up on Seattle City Light property within the North Cascades National Park near Ross Lake are, Scott Schuyler from the Upper Skagit Tribe, Andrea Weiser, an archaeologist with Seattle City Light, Carl Sholin, an archaeologist with the North Cascades National Park Service Complex and Samantha Richert, curation facility manager. All of the artifacts are being turned over to the Upper Skagit Tribe. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)
