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Culturally Modified Trees of the Pacific Northwest: How do we define what is protected and not protected under the HCA in British Columbia. (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amanda Marshall. Stephanie Huddelstan.

In British Columbia, archaeologists are challenged with the task of identifying and recording Culturally Modified Trees (or CMTs) with some live trees dating back to the early seventeenth century. How these features are recorded as archaeological sites, are guided and managed by the BC Archaeology Branch under the Heritage Conservation Act (HCA). This provincial ministry is constantly changing departments, and sometimes change how they would like archaeologists to inventory and manage CMTs. Up...

Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, and The Shoshones of Oasis Valley (2005)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ginny Bengston.

The Shoshone families who wintered in Oasis Valley spent most of the year traveling around in search of plants and animals that they used for food, medicine, and other subsistence purposes. This study focuses on one area that was used for these purposes, Thirsty Canyon, and the Shoshone people who used the area until its closure to the public in the 1940s.