Variation in the Lithic Technological Organization Accompanying Household Expansion at Housepit 54, Bridge River site, British Columbia

Summary

The degree of preservation of Housepit 54 at the Bridge River site located in south-central British Columbia provides a rare look at a long series of intact occupational floors within a single pithouse. As data collection continues, a vast number of opportunities emerge to examine behavioral variation at the household level. During the 2014 field season, excavation revealed a household transition that reflected shifts in the organization of space within the household. Changes included fluctuations in the extent and spatial positioning in pit-storage along with shifts in hunting, fishing, and plant gathering strategies. This poster examines lithic artifacts collected from these floors in order to determine whether or not a parallel change can be observed in lithic technological organization. Variability in decision-making regarding the organization of tool production, maintenance, and use is reconstructed from functional and technological analyses of lithic debitage, cores, and tools. Understanding the nature of relationships between technology and subsistence decision-making can inevitably lead to further research questions to deepen our understanding of socio-economic history at Housepit 54, and the Bridge River site.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Housepit 54 Project at Bridge River, British Columbia: Archaeological Perspectives on Demography, Cultural Inheritance, and Household History   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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Spatial Coverage