NWC Archaeology

This monograph details results of excavation at the Shoemaker Bay site near Port Alberni, along with a summary of ethnographic research and archaeological site inventory of the region. Appendices present specific information, including the analysis of recovered faunal remains.

This monograph reports the results of extensive excavation at three portions of this large village complex, the origin location of the Tseshaht people in their oral traditions. It incorporates information on Tseshaht oral history and ethnography, as well as archaeology. Substantial appendices report the results of specialized analyses.

This monograph reports the results of excavation at the major village of Huu7ii, one of the traditional heritage sites of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations today. Much of the excavation took place within the surface outlines of a large traditional plank house.  Chapters present information on Huu-ay-aht ethnography and history, site stratigraphy and chronology, artifacts and features, and the archaeology of plank houses. Six appendices report results of analyses of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna, pollen, etc.