Archaeological Assessment of the 1844 to 1860 Carpenter Shop Site


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Publication: National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region

Author: David Brauner

Date of Publication: 1990

PDF File: carpenter-shop-arch-assessment.pdf

URL: http://npshistory.com/publications/fova/carpenter-shop-arch-assessment.pdf

Description


Although Louis Caywood failed to find any archaeological evidence for the 1844 to1860 Carpenter Shop during his pioneering archaeological investigations of the Fort Vancouver site in 1948 and 1950, John Hussey, after reviewing Caywood’s data, was skeptical of Caywood’s conclusions. Caywood had claimed that he had excavated the entire area of the Carpenters Shop and had found no structural evidence for the building.