| Title | Multiple reoccupations after four paleotsunami inundations (0.3-1.3 ka) at a prehistoric site in the Netarts Littoral Cell, Northern Oregon Coast, USA |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Minor, Rick, and Curt D. Peterson |
| Secondary Title | Geoarchaeology: An International Journal |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | no.2 |
| Pagination | p.248–266 |
| Date Published | 2017, Mar.-Apr. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin Library Estuary Files, Available through Interlibrary Loan |
| Keywords | Netarts Bay, Paleo-Jackson Creek, coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, geology, archeology, paleosciences, sediments, erosion, |
| Notes | Between 700 and 1700 BCE, four earthquakes and their associated tsunamis left their marks on Netarts Bay. This article concerns a remarkable archeological site near the bay, on the floodplain of a small creek. Sediment from the creek covered and preserved evidence of campsites separated by hundreds of years and layers of sand deposited by tsunamis. In one case, the authors noted that re-occupation of the site took place about 100 years after the last tsunami. The record at the campsite is the only documented example on the Oregon Coast of repeated occupations of the same site following tsunamis. Unfortunately, this site has been lost to erosion and a rising sea level. Amazing and now irreproducible photographs. |
| DOI | 10.1002/gea.21593 |
| Series Title | Geoarchaeology: An International Journal |
