This book presents the archaeological evidence for the first 5,500 years of prehistory in British Columbia, from about 10,500 to 5,000 years ago. As this period is poorly known even to specialists, Early Human Occupation in British Columbia is a vital contribution to current knowledge about an enigmatic time in a crucially important area of western North America. New data and syntheses have been integrated with previous data about the period, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject. Chapters cover the evidence for the earliest human occupation in all areas of the province: the Subarctic, the Columbia-Fraser Plateau, and the Northwest Coast

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1. Prologue: Introduction to Early Human Occupation in British Columbia / Roy L. Carlson The Fluted Point and Plano Traditions. 2. The Prehistory of Charlie Lake Cave / Knut R. Fladmark. 3. The Significance of the Fauna from the Charlie Lake Cave Site / Jonathan C. Driver. 4. Paleoindian Sites in the Vicinity of Pink Mountain / Ian R. Wilson The Intermontane Stemmed Point Tradition. 5. Early Human Presence in Banff National Park / Daryl Fedje. 6. Early Post-Glacial Habitation of the Upper Columbia Region / Wayne Choquette The Pebble Tool Tradition. 7. The Pasika Complex Revisited / Shawn Haley. 8. Early Period Components at the Milliken Site / Donald Mitchell and David L. Pokotylo. 9. Early Namu / Roy L. Carlson. 10. The Early Namu Archaeofauna / Aubrey Cannon. 11. The Old Cordilleran Component at the Glenrose Cannery Site / R.G. Matson The Microblade Tradition. 12. Early Maritime Culture Complexes of the Northern Northwest Coast / Robert E. Ackerman