The Toquaht archaeological project : research at T'ukw'aa, a Nuu-chah-nulth village and defensive site in Barkley Sound, western Vancouver Island / Alan D. McMillan, Gregory G. Monks and Denis E. St. Claire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillan, Alan D. (Alan Daniel), 1945- author.

Monks, Gregory G., author.

St. Claire, Denis E., author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3135.

BAR international series ; 3135

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuu-chah-nulth Indians--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region--Antiquities.

Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.

Excavations (Archaeology)--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Barkley Sound Region (B.C.)--Antiquities.

Barkley Sound Region (B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 109 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

The Toquaht Archaeological Project was led by the authors in cooperation with the Toquaht First Nation, one of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of western Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Nuu-chah-nulth formerly lived in large villages of plank-covered houses facing the sea, relying on a wide variety of fish species and marine mammals, including large whales. This volume presents research results from T'ukw'aa, the ancient village in Barkley Sound from which the modern Toquaht derive their name. This location, occupied for over 1000 years, includes a defensive headland, or 'fortress', that provided a lookout location and place of refuge during hostilities. Ethnographic and ethnohistoric descriptions of Toquaht life are followed by discussion of archaeological research at T'ukw'aa to examine life prior to contact with Europeans and immediately after.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 2, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407314921

1407314920

OCLC:

1398319956