Daniel Meatte, Archeology Program Manager at Washington State Parks, will examine the prehistoric technology used to build and fashion Native American hunting weapons common to the Pacific Northwest.

“Hunting technologies from the last 10,000 years” will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall. Admission is by donation. The lecture is sponsored by the Orcas Island Historical Museum. Hundreds of artifacts, weapons and tools will be on display during the presentation, affording the audience a chance to handle and examine the equipment up close. Samples of the materials used to make this gear – bone, wood, minerals, sinew, pigments, feathers, oils, etc. – are also displayed. Together, these items represent more than 12,000 years of technological change.

“Understanding the knowledge and skills necessary to build, use and repair this gear provides greater insight about Washington’s First Peoples,” say organizers.