Cairn Complexes in the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington

 New Approaches to Evaluating Cultural Landscapes - Katherine Kelly

   “As I participated in the field research for this project, I had the opportunity to discuss my findings and theories with local DNR Range Managers and other staff, both in the field and in the office. In every case, the DNR staff expressed a high level of interest in the cultural resources research and the implications for their land management strategies. The cairn identification process we developed was clear and concise enough to lend itself to quick adoption by the Range Managers, who soon outstripped the archaeologists in their understanding of where to locate these resources. Darren Mitchell, a DNR Range Manager based in Ephrata, has such a deep understanding of the land under his management that after a few brief discussions, he was able to add considerable depth to our predictive model for the area. John Fleckenstein (a DNR zoologist) felt inspired to look for cairns while conducting his own research in the area. He sent me two contact sheets with cairn photographs and coordinates the cairn shown in Figure 32 is one of the finer examples of the cairns he recorded…”

Figure 32. Cairn recorded by John Fleckenstein approximately 14 miles from the Land Exchange area.

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