Bob Mierendorf comes to the Interpretive Center on Sunday, September 27, at 5pm, to talk about ancient trade routes in the North Cascades from the point of view of an archaeologist.

Bob has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1970. In getting degrees in anthropology from Iowa State and Washington State Universities, and as a consulting archaeologist, he has participated in field projects in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and British Columbia. From 1986 to 2013 he served until retirement as park archaeologist at North Cascades National Park. His research interests include the pre-contact history of indigenous Northwest mountain peoples, Pleistocene and Holocene archeology, paleoecology, and the natural history of the North Cascades. He has authored professional journal articles and technical and non-technical publications on North Cascades and Northwest Native American archaeology. He lives with his wife Helen in the Skagit and Sammamish River valleys.