Just in from our final field reserach trip of the year.\u00a0 Our objective was to survey village sites in and around a major stone fish trap site on the west coast of Banks Island.\u00a0 We conducted auger and percussion core tests at three village sites (one of which was also a historic drag seine camp).\u00a0 This was in addition to detailed work on the south ends of Banks and Pitt Islands earlier this summer.<\/p>\n
Each trip brings us more and more interesting information about the coast and the people who live here.\u00a0 One thing is for certain, the coast of the past was a busy and well occupied space!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just in from our final field reserach trip of the year.\u00a0 Our objective was to survey village sites in and around a major stone fish trap site on the west coast of Banks Island.\u00a0 We conducted auger and percussion core … Continue reading