- Tse-whit-zen
Tse-whit-zen (pronounced [] in the
Klallam language ) is a 1700 to 2700 year old Klallam (Lower Elwha) village on thePort Angeles ,Washington waterfront. A project for agraving dock ironically discovered in2004 that it had been sited to include the village's cemetery. Over 10,000 artifacts and more than 335 intact skeletons have been unearthed to date. TheWashington State Department of Transportation decided to halt all construction efforts relating to the graving dock onDecember 21 ,2004 and is currently undertaking only those steps required to ensure the preservation of remains and artifacts already uncovered by the construction. The graving dock was being built for the construction of replacement pontoons for theHood Canal Bridge which is part of State Route 104.External links
* [http://tse-whit-zen.elwha.nsn.us/ Tse-whit-zen Village News]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/insidethetimes/2002283960_fancher22.html "Seattle Times" article]
* [http://www.achp.gov/caseswin05WA.html Washington: Construction of the Port Angeles Graving Dock]Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
* [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/accountability/hcbgravingdock/ Port Angeles Graving Dock Report - WSDOT]
* [http://www1.leg.wa.gov/reports/Preliminary_ProposedFinals/HoodCanalGravingDo_PreliminaryReport.pdf Review of Port Angeles Graving Dock Project - Transportation Performance Audit Board (pdf file)]
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