Just in from our final field reserach trip of the year. Our objective was to survey village sites in and around a major stone fish trap site on the west coast of Banks Island. We conducted auger and percussion core tests at three village sites (one of which was also a historic drag seine camp). This was in addition to detailed work on the south ends of Banks and Pitt Islands earlier this summer.
Each trip brings us more and more interesting information about the coast and the people who live here. One thing is for certain, the coast of the past was a busy and well occupied space!