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Shell Middens, Sea Levels and a Scottbluff-Like Point ~Midden Asbc - 'fHE• Publication of the Archaeological Society of British Columbia ISSN 0047-7222 Vol. 29, No.2 Summer 1997 SERIALS SERVICES RECEIVED SEP 0 5 1997 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA McPHERSON LIBRARY · cross-section at stem hypothetical .... basal grinding 0 25 rnm original outline potlid ~ llmpoct flute SHELL MIDDENS, SEA LEVELS AND A SCOTTBLUFF-LIKE POINT ~MIDDEN ASBC Published four times a year by the Dedicated to the protection of archaeological resources Archaeological Society of British Columbia and the spread of archaeological knowledge. Editorial Committee President Acting Chief Editors: Robbin Chatan (215-1746) Joyce Johnson (730-8468) Heather Myles (274-4294) Field Editor: Richard Brolly (689-1678) Membership News Editor: Heather Myles (274-4294) Caroline Milburn-Brown (987-8787) P'ublications Editor: Robbin Chatan (215-1746) Annual membership includes I year's subscription to Production: Fred Braches (462-8942) Subscriptions: Fred Braches (462-8942) The Midden and the ASBC newsletter, SocNotes. Membership Fees StJBSCRJPTION is included with membership in the ASBC. Non-members: $14.50 per year ($17.00 USA and overseas), payable in Canadian funds to the ASBC. Remit to: Individual: $25 Family: $30 Seniors/Students: $18 Midden Subscriptions, ASBC P.O. Box 520, Bentall Station Send cheque or money order payable to the ASBC to: Vancouver, B.C. VSC 2N3 ASBC Membership SuBMISSIONs: We welcome contributions on subjects germane P.O. Box 520, Bentall Station to B.C. archaeology. Guidelines are available on request. Sub­ Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2N3 missions and exchange publications should be directed to the appropriate editor. at the ASBC address. ASBC World Wide Web http://mindlink.bc.ca.glen_chan/asbc.html Contributors this issue Don Abbott, Qrant Beattie, Richard Brolly, Robbin Chatan, Bruce Dahlstrom and Sharon Keen Affiliated Chapters Copyright Nanaimo Contact: Rachael Sydenham Contents of The Midden are copyrighted by the ASBC. Programme Chair: Lorrie Lee Hayden It is unlawful to reproduce all or any part, by any means what­ Meetings the second Monday of the month at Malaspina Uni­ soever, without the Society's permission, which is usually versity College, Department of Social Science. gladly given. Victoria Contact: Tom Bown (250-385-2708) Meetings on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria. The British Columbia Heritage Trust has provided financial as­ sistance to this project to support conservation ofour heritage resources, gain further knowledge and increase public understanding of the com­ p'lete history of British Columbia. ,.fRONT COVER: ASBC DIARY: MEETINGS featuring illustrated lectures are held on the second An artifact illustration of the base of a Scottsbluff-like pro- r' Wednesday of each month (except July and August) at 8:00pm. jectile point, recovered by Millennia Research and Meetings are usually held in the Auditorium of the Vancouver Museum at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vancouver. Kwantlen First Nation in a archaeological survey of Stave New members and visitors are welcome! Reservoir. September 10 David Pokotylo, UBC (Illustration courtesy of Millennia Research) Public Opinion and Archaeology See also FIELD NOTES, Duncan McLaren on page 7 a THE IDDEN TABLE OF CoNTENTS· INTRODUCTION Introduction The Midden crew has experienced some changes over this In Memoriam Elizabeth Jane 2- 3 past spring. Both Geordie Howe (Chief Editor) and Alison Hill (1924-1997) Biely (Production Manager) have left due to their busy job by Donald Abbott and Sharon loads and work schedules. Their involvement in the Edito­ Keen rial Committee and conceptual inputs will be missed. In fact, they had .a decisive role in the planning of this and Test Excavations at DdSc12 4 - 6 several upcoming issues. We thank them for their contri­ on the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail bution to The Midden and wish them well with their ca­ by Bruce Dahlstrom reers. No doubt, we will hear from them again in future pages in this quarterly. Field Notes 7 At the same time we would like to welcome Fred Braches, a long-time member of the ASBC, who has enthusiastically Prehistoric Responses to Sea 8 - 11 stepped into the vacancy of Production Manager. He was Levels and Delta Growth at responsible for the layout of the last issue (Vol. 29, No. 1, the Beach Grove Site 1997), and we look forward to his contributions in the pro­ by Richard Brolly duction of The Midden. The Chief Editorship remains un­ filled, and we presently are both acting as interim Chief Recent Publications 12 Editors. Archaeology and Geographi- 12- 13 The content of The Midden relies on the co-operation and cal Information Systems goodwill of its various members, subscribers, and practi­ Review by Grant Beattie tioners in B.C. archaeology. Without their interest and sup­ port this quarterly could not exist in its present form. We An Archaeology of Capitalism 14 - 15 would like to personally thank all the contributors to this Review by Robbin Chatan issue - Don Abbott, Grant Beattie, Richard Brolly, Bruce [ Dahlstrom and Sharon Keen. and look forward to new and A letter from Sage Birchwater 15 interesting articles and reviews. Permits 16- 17 Robbin Chatan and Heather Myles, Chief Editors r Annual Index to The Midden 18-20 I Vol. 28. 1996 Conferences Inside back cover Exhibits, Courses Outside back cover The Midden 29/2, Summer 1997 IN MEMORIAM: ELIZABETH JANE HILL {1924-1997) by Donald Abbott and Sharon Keen Betli Hill's dying, like everything she Ray taught in Point Grey. Their daughter festation. Our first meeting was a memo­ undertook, was entered into with gusto. Frances was born in 1953. Beth returned rable one. I (Donald Abbot) had. been The cancer, after allowing her a charac­ to work part-time driving the bookmobile asked to speak on archaeology to a gath­ teristically productive reprieve, finally for the Vancouver Public Library. She ering of the Gulflslands Historical Soci­ took her on the 24th of January this year. also helped found the Burnaby Public ety at Miners Bay on Mayne Island in The book Beth found time to write about Library. Both Beth and Ray became ex­ 1960 or '61. Most of us there had come the process and the new insights it pro­ tremely busy with work, family and other by ferry and car but we were quite im­ vided her, Moonrakers, is being published commitrnents-clearlytoo busy. In 1959 pressed with the arrival of one well-· I . I by Horsdal & Schubart this dressed woman - Beth - who June. It is a fitting closure to come barrelling down Active Pass the life and multifaceted ca­ in a small open boat, beached it reer of this vibrant and smartly, then stepped out to join our thoughtful woman who con­ discussions with a degree of intel­ tributed so much to B .C . lectual fervour and practical deter­ Coastal Archaeology and to mination that we had never before many other fields and causes encountered. My wife, a recent im­ as well. migrant from Europe was particu­ Beth was born Elizabeth larly impressed. " So this is what Jane Quinsey, 21 November, Gulf Islands women are like," she 1924 near Fort Erie, Ontario. thought. We became good friends She graduated from with the Hills after that. McMasters with an honours Beth never affiliated with an in­ degree in English in 1946, stitution but her contributions to ar­ then obtained a degree in Li­ chaeology were both considerable brary Science from the Uni­ and valuable. She undertook a de­ versity of Toronto in 1947, tailed archaeological survey of and took employment with Saltspring Island, and other Gulf Is­ the Regional Library in lands, meticulously recording sites Prince George, B.C. The fol­ and private coll ections and doing a lowing year she was asked to typology of them. Since she did not found a library on the Alaska collect artifacts herself and did not Highway, based in Dawson represent government or an institu­ Creek but covering the 700 tion she had excellent success in miles of Highway to the Yu­ winning the trust of local collectors. kon Border. With a quarter She shared information, ideas and ton truck, an unlimited budget, and a boss they decided to make a radical change. insights with Wilson Duff and myself at in Victoria, she "had a marvellous time" They bought a big old house at the end of the Provincial Museum. When Wilson, setting tip and servicing both school and a point jutting into Ganges Harbour (with whom she considered a mentor, advocated public branch libraries in the region - a prehistoric shell midden, DfRu 4, on the that she study archaeology at Cambridge, and learning about survival in 40° below property), quit their jobs, and became is­ then at the forefront of archaeological zero conditions. She also met Ray Hill, a land people. Ray secured a new teaching methodology, she found the suggestion young Industrial Arts te.acher. They mar­ job in Duncan - an easy commute from shocking-- but followed it! By 1969 Ray ried in 1950 and their son John was born Saltspring. would have put in the two decades of in 195 I. After a year in Prince Rupert, Now Beth's intellectual interest in ar­ teaching that he had planned and the chil­ they moved to Burnaby for six years while chaeology began to take a practical mani- dren were nearly finished high school. It 2 · The Midden 29/1, Spring 1997 was again time for a major change and it about archaeology but also on a wide va­ teaching night school courses and active "all worked out". riety of other topics. Over the remaining participation in organizations such as the "Cambridge", she said, "was quite will­ twenty-two years of her life, in addition Voice of Women and the Council of Ca­ ing to have me," and the family spent to numerous professional and popular ar­ nadians.
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