Includes index.

From dust cover: "The authors highlight the 1977 discovery on the Olympic Peninsula of a mastodon that was hunted and butchered by man 12,000 years ago, a bone spear broken off in the ancient elephant's rib conclusively establishing the presence of man in the Northwest at an earlier period than previously had been known. Other archaeological excavations that are discussed and illustrated are the famed Marmes Man and the Lind Coulee sites in eastern Washington; the Hoko River project with recovery of a 2,500 year old fishing net and tiny blades still hafted in wooden handles; and the Ozette excavations where mudflows repeatedly have swept into houses, burying and preserving them."