The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology

DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Walsh.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Building on previous research on the cultural transmission of material culture between generations at Housepit 54 (Prentiss et al. 2016; 2020a), this poster presents ongoing research exploring the possible transmission trajectories of lithic technologies across activity...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Nohren.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study investigates the variable relationships between people and domestic dogs over time within Housepit 54 at the Bridge River site, British Columbia. While viewing domestication as an ongoing social process, this research aims to demonstrate how the roles of dogs...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kara Fox.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Fishing was an essential element of the subsistence regimes practiced by Indigenous human groups of North America’s Pacific Northwest region. This poster overviews research into the use of ancient DNA (aDNA) to identify Pacific salmonid species pursued by occupants...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Haley O'Brien.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Bridge River site (K’etxelkná’z) is a winter pithouse village located in the Mid-Fraser Canyon of south-central British Columbia near the confluence of the Bridge and Fraser Rivers. Extensive excavations in Housepit 54 have uncovered a sequence of 17 occupation floors...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joshua Jack.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster compares observed species from the archaeobotanical record of Housepit 54 and a modern botanical survey conducted around the Bridge River Village. Archaeological data has been compiled from seed identification efforts from 15 floors in Housepit 54, completed...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna Prentiss.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Housepit 54 project at the Bridge River site (k’etxelknáz), located in the western Interior of southern British Columbia, is designed to address questions concerning the experiences of families occupying a long-lived house. Fifteen intact anthropogenic floors dated...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan Denis.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This research provides an overview of the process of parenchymatous tissue identification as well as what plant tissues have likely been recovered from excavations at Housepit 54 thus far. Soil samples have been collected from previous field seasons from 15 floors, then...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeannie Larmon.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Micromorphological studies of archaeological contexts allow researchers to better understand the anthropogenic and natural formation processes that result in the stratigraphy archaeologists study on a larger scale. At the Bridge River (BR) Site in British Columbia,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alysha Edwards.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Research at the Bridge River site has resulted in an extensive database of the spatial and temporal distribution of lithic artifacts within Housepit 54. Lithics from this Housepit have contributed to understanding the multigenerational use of specific raw materials...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ashley Hampton.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Analysis of household floor data from Housepit 54 at the Bridge River site, British Columbia has focused on the spatial distribution of lithic, faunal, botanical, and fire-cracked rock remains to provide insight into labor patterns, social identity, activity areas, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Rogers.

This is an abstract from the "The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Multidisciplinary Contributions to Household Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. We present results from starch granule analysis on thirty-five lithic artifacts from two roasting pit features at Housepit 54, Bridge River, BC. One of the features dates to ~1500-1300 cal. B.P. and is 94,306 cubic cm in size. The second feature dates to ~1300-1000 cal....