An Archaeological Examination of House Architecture and Territoriality in the Salish Sea Region Over Five Millennia
Territory, Tenure, and Territoriality Among the Ancestral Coast Salish of SW British Columbia and NW Washington State by Chris Springer M.A., Simon Fraser University, 2009 B.A., Simon Fraser University, 2006 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Archaeology Faculty of Environment © Chris Springer 2018 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Fall 2018 Copyright in this work rests with the author. Please ensure that any reproduction or re-use is done in accordance with the relevant national copyright legislation. Approval Name: Chris Springer Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Archaeology) Territory, Tenure, and Territoriality Among the Title: Ancestral Coast Salish of SW British Columbia and NW Washington State Examining Committee: Chair: Jon Driver Professor Dana Lepofsky Senior Supervisor Professor Michael Blake Supervisor Professor Department of Anthropology University of British Columbia Ross Jamieson Supervisor Associate Professor Christina Giovas Internal Examiner Assistant Professor Elizabeth A. Sobel External Examiner Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Missouri State University Date Defended/Approved: September 26, 2018 ii Abstract Archaeological studies of territory, tenure, and territoriality seek to understand how past claims and access to land and resources were expressed across landscapes and through time. The foci of such studies include the spatial and temporal patterning of settlements, dwellings, conspicuous burials, monumental constructions, rock art, defensive features, and resources. In line with this research, this dissertation integrates ethnohistoric and archaeological data in three case studies that investigate the roles of house forms, the distribution of local and nonlocal obsidian, and the positioning of defensive networks in communicating territorial and tenurial interests among the ancestral Coast Salish of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington state.
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