Gunther Island Site 67

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Gunther Island Site 67
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nearest_city= Eureka, California
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 52
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 124
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 10
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area = convert|6|acre|m2 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000208.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]
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added = October 15, 1966
designated_nhl = July 19, 1964 [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=114&ResourceType=Site NHL Summary] ]
governing_body = Local
refnum=66000208cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Gunther Island Site 67 is an archaeological site in the village of Tolowot on Indian Island in Humboldt Bay near Eureka, California. Tolowot was one of the largest of the Wiyot villages. The site includes a large shell midden, as well as 11 house middens and various burial sites. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/66000208.red.pdf NPS Redbook] ]

Archaeological digs on the midden layers have helped define the Gunther Phase [http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0007.html California Prehistory] ] , a distinctive pattern of projectile points which identify group migration within California. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou/projects/planning/coast-health-forest-treat/05l-heritage.pdf Coastal Healthy Forest Treatments Heritage Resources ] ] In some areas the midden was up to convert|14|ft|m deep

This village is the location of the 1860 Wiyot Massacre where earlysettlers killed over 100 Wyiot men, women, and children with knives and clubs. [http://www.wiyot.com/brochure.htm Wiyot Brochure] ]

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