Scott Byram

Scott Byram conducting GPR survey at Fort Ross, CA
ARF Partner

Scott Byram has conducted extensive research on intertidal wood stake fishing weir sites on the Northwest Coast of North America. Byram’s research integrates indigenous archaeology with ethnohistory. Recent articles address the effects of colonization on the Yaquina Tribe, the massive loss of shell mounds to early coastal road construction, and the effects of the 1700 A.D. Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami on Native communities of the Oregon coast.

Region(s): 
Western North America, California, Pacific Northwest
Research Theme(s): 
Ground Penetrating Radar, Wood and Lithic Technology