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The Proto-historic and historic Athapaskan occupation of British Columbia: the archaeological evidence
western Canadian journal of anthropology • 5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 4-20
By: Wilmeth, Roscoe.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wilmeth briefly describes some Athapaskan archaeological sites with European trade goods. He then compares some of the archaeological materials to determine how similar these sites are. Some of the similarities are found in the projectile points, end scrapers, the intensive use of retouched flakes, birch bark rolls, and perhaps the bone beamers. Wilmeth then compares the historic and proto-historic sites with prehistoric sites in the Plateau and determines that there is no continuity and no relationship between them. This could be because there was no Athapaskan presence on the Fraser Plateau prior to A.D. 1300. Wilmeth very briefly looks at known Athapaskan sites in other areas and finds there is good evidence for cultural connection with sites north of the Plateau, particularly in the northern Yukon.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Comparative evidence
- Prehistory
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Weapons
- General tools
- Exchange and transfers
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Proto-Athapaskans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roscoe Wilmeth
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-20)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81039011
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities