This crisply edited and well-illustrated volume belongs in the library of anyone with an interest in the archaeology of western North America, or Paleo-Indian and the Early Archaic. All of the papers are excellent descriptive summaries of their individual topics.
The book is well put up ... the volume is a most significant contribution to a synthesis of recent work in the Western Canadian province that is so important to the prehisotry of the entire Northwest.
Preface
Prologue
1 Introduction to Early Human Occupation in British Columbia The Fluted Point and Plano Traditions
2 The Prehistory of Charlie Lake Cave
3 The Significance of the Fauna from the Charlie Lake Cave Site
4 Paleoindian Sites in the Vicinity of Pink Mountain The Intermontane Stemmed Point Tradition
5 Early Human Presence in Banff National Park
6 Early Post-Glacial Habitation of the Upper Columbia Region The Pebble Tool Tradition
7 The Pasika Complex Revisited
8 Early Period Components at the Milliken Site
9 Early Namu
10 The Early Namu Archaeofauna
11 The Old Cordilleran Component at the Glenrose Cannery Site The Microblade Tradition
12 Early Maritime Culture Complexes of the Northern Northwest Coast
13 Early Period Archaeology in Gwaii Haanas: Results of the 1993 Field Program
14 Comparative Analysis of Microblade Cores from Haida Gwaii
15 The Early Prehistoric Occupation of Kitselas Canyon
16 The Namu Obsidian Industry Transitional Cultures
17 The Early Prehistory of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River Area
18 Coquitlam Lake: An Early Lithic Component in the Lower Mainland
19 Early Surface Collections from the Alberni Valley Epilogue
20 The Later Prehistory of British Columbia
References
Index
