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The Middle Fraser Canyon contains some of the most importantarchaeological sites in British Columbia, including the remains ofancient villages that supported hundreds, if not thousands, of people.How and why did these villages come into being? Why were theyabandoned? In search of answers to these questions, Prentiss and Kuijttake readers on a voyage of discovery into the ancient history of theSt'át'imc, or Upper Lillooet, a people whose struggles andsuccesses are brought to vivid life through photographs, artistic andfictionalized reconstructions of life in the villages, and discussionsof evidence from archaeological surveys and excavations.
List of contents
1 Introduction
2 Before the Villages: Middle Period Occupation of the Plateau
3 Setting the Regional Stage
4 The Rise of the Mid-Fraser Villages
5 Making a Living: Food in the Middle Fraser Villages
6 Living Together: Social Organization in the Middle Fraser Villages
7 The Abandonment and the Aftermath
8 A Broad Perspective: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Appendix: Linguistics
/ Leora Bar-elNotes on Sources
References
Index
About the author
Anna Marie Prentiss is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Montana.
Ian Kuijt is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.
Summary
The first synthesis of the archaeological and ethnological evidence pertaining to the St’át’imc or Upper Lillooet people of the Mid-Fraser Canyon.
