ABSTRACT
The Hoko River site complex is located about 30 km from the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula, along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The complex consists of two temporally distinct areas of prehistoric occupation: an upriver waterlogged (wet) and adjoining (dry) campsite area dating from 3,000 to 2,200 B. P., and a rivermouth site within a large rockshelter, occupied from about 900 to 100 B. P. The chapter discusses how one would actually characterize the 2,500 to 3,000—year—old Hoko River fishing camp based on the simulation models predicting economic patterns, and as reflected by the archaeological remains from the wet and dry sites. It considers the prestorage and the storage model predictions to set the stage for evaluating this 3000 B. P. time period. Northwest Coast basketry and cordage artifacts provide senstitive data for hypothesizing continuity of cultural styles and general ethnic groups in the West Coast and the Puget Sound-Gulf of Georgia areas.
