Update on the King County Historic Preservation Program’s Cultural

Resources Protection Project (Phases 1-3)

Philippe D. LeTourneau, King County HPPCharles M. Hodges, Pacific Geoarchaeological Services

Robert Kopperl, Willamette Cultural Resource Associates

Cultural Resource Protection SummitMay 24, 2017

The King County Historic Preservation Program (HPP) will soon complete the third phase of its federal-grant-funded Cultural Resources Protection Project. Phase 1 focused on pre-contact archaeology, Phase 2 on pre-contact archaeology and geoarchaeology, and Phase 3 focuses on ethnohistoric and historic archaeology. All three phases included creation of GIS data. Most of the work was done by consultants.

King County staff routinely use products from all three phases in review of County projects.

CRPP 2001-2017

CRPP 1 2001-2005

• Pre-contact archaeology• Partnership between KC Road Services Division, KC

Office of Cultural Resources, Burke Museum, Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation

• FHWA Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) Grant ($375,000)

• $250,000 match (RSD, OCR, OAHP)• Larson Anthropological/Archaeological Services

CRPP 1 2001-2005

Phase 1 accomplishments:• GIS data

EthnographicBurkeGLO features and rasters

• Draft Context Statement• New RSD archaeologist position (originally Fennelle

Miller, now Tom Minichillo)• Data-sharing agreements with tribes• Staff training• National Association of Counties Award in 2007

CRPP 2 2007-2016

• Pre-contact archaeology• Partnership between KC HPP, KC RSD, Burke Museum• FHWA Transportation Enhancement Grant ($460,000)• $20,000 match (HPP)• Northwest Archaeological Associates/Puget Sound

River History Project/Willamette Cultural Resource Associates/Pacific Geoarchaeological Services

CRPP 2 2007-2016

Phase 2 accomplishments:• Final Context Statement (NADB 1688468 on WISAARD)• GIS data

Geoarchaeology - landforms, soils, historic river channelsResources - fish, shellfish, water, birds, plants, ungulatesMobility - thoroughfaresPhysical - aspect, slope

• GIS Sensitivity Model• KC Executive Procedures for Cultural Resources• New HPP archaeologist position (Phil LeTourneau)• Additional staff training

CRPP 3 2016-2017

• Historic and Ethnohistoric Archaeology• FHWA Transportation Enhancement Grant ($425,000)• $20,000 match (HPP)• SWCA Environmental Consultants

CRPP 3 2016-2017

Phase 3 accomplishments:• Review and compilation of existing context statements• Context Statement• GIS data

Early 20th-century Timber Cruiser Maps features and rastersDonation Claims, Homestead Entry PatentsCemeteries, roads, post offices, coal mines

• Procedure and Policy Recommendations• Additional staff training

CRPP 2 Context Statement

• Introduction• Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environments• Ethnohistoric Period Indian Groups• Archaeology and Pre-Contact Culture History• Classification of Archaeological Resources• Archaeological Investigations and Site Distributions• An Explanatory Model of Pre-Contact Native American

Settlement and Subsistence• Archaeological Site Sensitivity• Recommendations and Future Tasks

CRPP 2 Sensitivity Model

CRPP 2 Sensitivity Model

Attribute Table

Landforms

Ages

Land Systems

Land Systems – County Scale