The Native Village Buried By A Mudslide For 500 Years — And The 55,000 Artifacts Found Preserved Beneath The Mud
The number 55,000 is striking, and it requires proper contextualization to be meaningful rather than merely impressive.
The collection of more than 55,000 objects from the Ozette excavation is not 55,000 complete, discrete artifacts of the kind that a museum visitor might imagine when hearing the number.
The total count includes fragments and small objects as well as major intact items.
A single wooden box that has broken into multiple pieces might be counted as several objects in the catalog.
A category of small objects like fishing net weights or bone needles, found in quantity, might contribute hundreds of individual entries to the total count.
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