Published by admin on 30 Jan 2008
February Meeting: Public Event - Everyone welcome
The Woss Lake Rockshelter and an Early Period Trail Corridor on Northern Vancouver Island
Jim W. Stafford
Coast Interior Archaeology
In 2005, the ‘Namgis First Nation initiated an archaeological survey of a reinstated traditional trail that extends through a low mountain pass between Woss Lake and Tahsis Inlet on northern Vancouver Island. This historically important trail has been an critical link between the east and west coasts of Northern Vancouver Island from the early Holocene through to the historic fur trade. Preliminary archaeological investigations along the trail corridor identified a variety of pre-contact sites including culturally modified trees, intact sections of the indigenous trail, and a rockshelter habitation (EaSp-11) used between at least ca. 6,000 years BP to present. This presentation will focus on the rockshelter and the trail corridor in light of the regional archeology as currently known.
————————Jim Stafford is the principal of Coast Interior Archaeology and has conducted archaeological work on the BC coast for over 15 years.
TUESDAY, February 19th, 2008 7:30 PM
PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE
506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, B.C.
Directions to the venue: http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/regions/map/pfc
For more information call (250) 381-0442 or email: asbcvictoria@gmail.com
