Waterlogged : examples and procedures for Northwest Coast archaeologists / edited by Kathryn Bernick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernick, Kathryn N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-saturated sites (Archaeology)--British Columbia.

Water-saturated sites (Archaeology).

British Columbia--Antiquities.

British Columbia.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Waterlogged" addresses the practical aspects of wet-site archaeology, filling a gap in the existing literature on archaeological methods and highlighting previously unpublished recent work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: wet-site archaeology from a northwest coast perspective / Kathryn Bernick

Wet sites: a guide to finding them / Morley Eldridge

Recovering and caring for wet perishable artifacts: strategies and procedures / Kathryn Bernick

Perceptions of wetland ecology in Cowichan traditional territory, Vancouver Island / Genevieve Hill

Blueberry fields forever (not!)-the Carruthers site, lower Fraser Valley / Stan Copp, Tanja Hoffmann, and Emily Wilkerson

Wooden self-armed fishhooks from the Salish Sea / Grant Keddie

Paleoethnobotanical processes at the Kilgii Gwaay wet site / Jenny M. Cohen

Year old basket cradle from the Stave River Delta, Southwestern British Columbia / Duncan McLaren, Kathryn Bernick, and Brendan Gray

The Babine archaeology project: discovery of a rare wet site on the Babine River, north-central British Columbia / Farid Rahemtulla

Early and middle Holocene waterlogged materials from archaeological sites on the central coast of British Columbia / Duncan McLaren, Kathleen L. Hawes, Tyler Graham, Alisha Gauvreau, Jenny M. Cohen, and Dale R. Croes

Another kettle of fish: unexpected wood fishing features at Saratoga Beach / Deidre Cullon and Heather Pratt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874223668

0874223660

OCLC:

1061866528