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The National Museums of Canada's North Coast Archaeological Project conducted excavations and tests at 10 archaeological sites in Prince Rupert Harbour between 1968 and 1972. Prince Rupert Harbour is located on the northern coast of British Columbia within the traditional territories of the Coast Tsimshian, who, in the 17th -mid 19th centuries at least, maintained their principle towns in the harbour. Archaeologically documented occupation of the harbour spans the last 5500 years or so, with major occupations beginning after ca. 1800 BC based on calibrated radiocarbon dates. The present work describes the more than 9000 artifacts recovered from nine of these sites, including the Boardwalk site (GbTo31) which was the focus of the project's excavations in the harbour. The other sites include Grassy Bay, Garden Island, Lachane, Kitandach, Baldwin, Lucy Island and K'nu. Of these, Lucy Island is located on an island of that name in Chatham Sound. The rest are in the harbour. All of these sites are large, complex shell middens, and at least Boardwalk, Lachane, Kitandach, K'nu and Garden Island were major villages or towns at some time during their history. The span of occupation is broke

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Author

Ames, Kenneth M.

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781841713960

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Archaeology, Humanities