Archaeology of the Lower Fraser River Region
Edited by Mike K. Rousseau
Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...... v
PREFACE ...... vi
Chapter 1. Lower Fraser River Region Landscapes – Mike K. Rousseau ...... 1
LOWER FRASER CANYON SUB-REGION
Chapter 2. Archaeological Petroforms of the Lower Fraser River Canyon – Kisha Supernant ...... 13
Chapter 3. The Significance of Linear Grooves at Petroglyph Site DjRi-31 near Yale, B.C. – Jordan Eng ...... 25
Chapter 4. The South Yale Blockfield: An Enigmatic Landform in the Lower Fraser River Canyon, B.C. – Pierre Friele ...... 31
Chapter 5. Previous Archaeological Investigations and Mid-Holocene Subsistence Practices at the South Yale Site (DjRi 7) – Mike K. Rousseau and Vanessa P. Chang ...... 39
Chapter 6. Excavations in Captain Charlie’s Pithouse at Ts’qó:ls Village (DiRi 1), Hope, B.C. – Jeanne E. Arnold, David M. Schaepe, and Naxaxalhts’i (Albert ‘Sonny’ McHalsie) ...... 51
Chapter 7. Cultures in Conflict: Archaeology of Colonialism in the Fraser Canyon – Brian Pegg ...... 61
FRASER VALLEY SUB-REGION
Chapter 8. Archaeological Basketry from the Fraser Valley: A Technological and Stylistic Review – Kathryn Bernick ...... 69
Chapter 9. Excavations at Iy’oythel: A Ts’elxwéyeqw Pithouse Settlement in the Chilliwack River Valley – David M. Schaepe and Mike K. Rousseau ...... 79
Chapter 10. High Elevation Archaeology and Cognitive Ecology in the North Cascades of British Columbia with a View to and from Lhílheqey (Mount Cheam) – David M. Schaepe ...... 87
Chapter 11. Choppers in Context at the Mccallum Site – Dana Lepofsky and Michael Lenert ...... 95
Chapter 12. Excavation at Lhó:leqwet Rock Shelter on the Harrison River – Morgan Ritchie and Chris Springer ...... 105
Chapter 13. Six Facets of Quartz Crystal Tools from the Stave River – Duncan McLaren and Brendan Gray ...... 113
Chapter 14. Sturgeon as Staple: Fishing Strategy at the Ruskin Dam Site (DhRo-59) on the Stave River – Brendan Gray, Becky Wigen, and Duncan McLaren ...... 119
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Chapter 15. The Early and Middle Pre-Contact Periods at Fort Langley National Historic Site (DhRp-36) – Stanley A. Copp ...... 125
Chapter 16. Cultural Chronology and Spatial Lithic Analysis at DhRp-52 - Emily Wilkerson ...... 133
Chapter 17. Pre-Contact Period Use of Sling Weaponry in Pitt Polder – Ryan Sagarbarria ...... 141
NORTH LAKES SUB-REGION
Chapter 18. The Occupational History of the Stave Watershed – Duncan McLaren ...... 149
Chapter 19. An Overview of the Port Douglas Town-Site (DkRm-1) – Michael Taylor ...... 159
Chapter 20. Holocene Human Occupation and Use of the Slapus/Lelachen Locality in the Lower Lillooet River Valley – Adrian Sanders and Peter Merchant ...... 165
Chapter 21. An Early Period Occupation at Lelachen (DkRn-1) in the Lower Lillooet River Valley – Peter Vigneault and Ryan Dickie ...... 173
FRASER DELTA SUB-REGION
Chapter 22. The Marpole Site – the Great Fraser Midden: A Retrospective of Archaeology and Historical Changes – Bruce F. Ball ...... 179
Chapter 23. Wet Site Components of St. Mungo (DgRr-2) and Glenrose (DgRr-6) Canneries – Morley Eldridge ...... 193
Chapter 24. Archaeology of Asian Labour Migration at a Fraser River Salmon Cannery – Douglas E. Ross ...... 201
MATERIAL CULTURE, SETTLEMENT AND SUBSISTENCE
Chapter 25. Early Houses in the Lower Fraser River Region – Andrew Mason ...... 209
Chapter 26. Rock Art of the Lower Fraser River Region – Chris Arnett ...... 217
Chapter 27. Ground Stone Celt Production and Use in the Lower Fraser River Region – Jesse Morin ...... 229
Chapter 28. Plant Production Practices of Ancient First Nations in the Lower Fraser River Region – Natasha Lyons ...... 237
Chapter 29. The Fraser River Salish as Innovators – Roy L. Carlson ...... 247
REFERENCES ...... 259
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