The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) is sponsoring a free public lecture on the archaeological contribution of a common feature of Eastern Washington’s landscape — Mime mounds.
Dr. Jerry Galm, Eastern Washington University professor emeritus of anthropology will discuss “Mima Mounds and Missoula Floods Revisited: An Archaeological Contribution” on Thursday, July 18, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Spokane Community College’s Lair Auditorium, Building 6 in Spokane. The lecture is sponsored by the Ice Age Floods Institute and the SCC Department of Science.
According to a July 12 news release, Galm will discuss how the formation of these mounds are linked to the giant Ice Age floods that swept through Idaho, Eastern Washington and through the Columbia River Gorge to the Willamette Valley in Oregon 12,000 – 17,000 years ago and the speculation that some of the features may have developed even more recently.
Galm taught at EWU for 33 years, serving as Director of Archaeological and Historical Services for 20 years. He has led numerous archaeological investigations across Eastern Washington with professional research work in other Pacific Northwest regions as well as Ghana, West Africa and Central Asia as a Fulbright Scholarship fellow.
In conjunction with the lecture, the Cheney-Spokane IAFI is hosting a hike to see Mima mounds in Palisades Park near Spokane. Led by geologist Michael Hamilton, the easy two-mile hike on flat trails and a closed road will provide views and discussion of these features.
The hike fee is $15, with details and registration at http://www.iafi.org/Events. Additional information is available by calling hike registrar Jim Fox at (509) 499-1816 or via email at cjgbfox@gmail.com.
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