The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila present “Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory: the Stories Archaeology Tells” by Dr. Julie Stein of the Burke Museum.

She will present on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Larry Norman Lodge, Camp Orkila.

The lecture is part of the “Family Night” event that includes a free dinner provided by Camp Orkila from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Kids crafts are available during the talk.

Have you ever wondered how people lived in the San Juan Islands thousands of years ago? What resources did they depend upon? Did they always eat salmon? What about elk? Where did they live? Stein, author of “Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory,” will share the stories that archaeology tells about life in the San Juan Islands before recorded history.

A professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington and the director of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Stein has made her career studying adaptations of coastal prehistoric peoples, particularly in the Northwest Coast.

Stein has identified important cultural sites in the San Juan Islands, has made discoveries about summer and winter village sites, and has studied tools found at the sites to deduce what early residents ate and how they engaged in art and fishing.

Come learn about the people who first inhabited our region. The lecture is free to the public.

The Lecture Series is presented by program partners The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila.

For more information visit http://www.seadocsociety.org.