<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McMILLAN, Alan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FREDERICK, Gay</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Denis St. Claire</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iain McKechnie</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Local Group Territories and Precontact Nuu-chah-nulth Resource Use in Barkley Sound</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanaimo</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethnographic accounts of Nuu-chah-nulth life on western Vancouver Island emphasize the seasonal movement of village communities within relatively large group territories. However, both archaeological and ethnographic data suggest that this pattern developed very late, perhaps only after European contact. In this paper we examine evidence from recent excavations in Barkley Sound, from which we argue that major village locations were occupied year-round and territorial mobility was constrained by the presence of other polities. Faunal evidence shows a heavy reliance on intertidal and near-shore resources obtained from the immediate vicinity of the site. Just prior to site abandonment, however, a marked increase in the importance of salmon suggests a relatively late expansion of local group territory and access to a wider resource base.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>