A complex culture of the British Columbia Plateau : traditional Stl'atl'imx resource use / edited by Brian Hayden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayden, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lillooet Indians.

Shuswap Indians.

Indians of North America--British Columbia--Fountain.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--British Columbia--Pavilion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (586 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early hunter/gatherer societies have traditionally been considered basically egalitarian in nature. This assumption, however, has been challenged by contemporary archaeological and anthropological research, which has demonstrated that many of these societies had complex social, economic, and political structures. This volume considers two British Columbia Native communities – the Lillooet and Shuswap communities of Fountain and Pavilion – and traces their development into complex societies. The authors explore the relation between resource characteristics and hunter/gatherer adaptations and examine the use of fish, animal, and plant species, documenting their availability and the techniques used in their gathering, processing, and storing. The book also shows how cultural practices, such as raiding, potlatching, and stewardship of resources, can be explained from a cultural ecological point of view. An important contribution to the study of hunting and gathering cultures in the Northwest, this book is the most detailed examination of the subsistence base of a particular hunting and gathering group to date. Its exploration of the reasons why complex hunting and gathering societies emerge, as well as the ecological relationships between cultures and resources, will make an important contribution to the study of cultural ecology and contemporary archaeology.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures, Plates, and Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Ecology and Culture

2 Environmental Units

3 A Reconstruction of Prehistoric Land Use in the Mid-Fraser River Area Based on Ethnographic Data

4 Salmon Availability, Technology, and Cultural Adaptation in the Fraser River Watershed

5 Fraser Lillooet Salmon Fishing

6 Stl'átl'imx (Fraser River Lillooet) Fishing

7 Traditional and Contemporary Land and Resource Use by Ts'kw'ayláxw and Xáxli'p Bands

8 Plant Resources of the Stl'átl'imx (Fraser River Lillooet) People: A Window into the Past

9 The Cultural Ecology of Hunting and Potlatches among the Lillooet Indians

10 Conflict and Salmon on the Interior Plateau of British Columbia

11 Conclusions: Ecology and Complex Hunter/Gatherers

INDEX

A

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I

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V

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613225528

9781283225526

1283225522

9780774854139

0774854138

OCLC:

144144531