Service (SCS) for providing the funds for ten radiocarbon dates of the organic materials collected in the project area. An additional grant from the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society was appreciated. My thanks to those whose input throughout the preand post-field season helped save time and expense along with adding their creative insight. The following are some of the people who assisted the author in this research. Paul See, Dean of Instruction and Professor of Geology, Clatsop Community College, noted anomalous field morphology and supplied two archeological dates to supplement radiocarbon dates published in this work. Both Don Leach and Phil Smith of the Astoria and Seaside Soil Conservation Service (SCS) field of fices, re spec.ti vely, also suggested areas that needed particular attention and offered their views about the project area. John Edwards and Craig Wells, Sweet/Edwards and Associates, provided access to their firms' State Law 208 planning reports and subsequent field research. Access to all air-photo and detailed topographic coverage was provided by Clatsop County, and facilitated by Curt Schneider, Jack Pace, Walt iv Lindstrom and Terri Allen of the Department of Planning and Development. Neal Main, biologist, Seaside High School, offe~ed assistance in pollen and vegetation

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