@article {9802,
	title = {Fish Weirs, Salmon Productivity, and Village Settlement in an Upper Skeena River Tributary, British Columbia},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {29},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {68-87},
	abstract = {<p>A group of fish weirs at Kitwancool Lake in northern British Columbia, ranging in date from 770 \&plusmn; 40 BP to historic times, provides evidence of an intensive fishing economy, potentially exploiting at least four species of salmon. Although they are located in an ecologically vulnerable position on a single stem of the Skeena River, and modern fish stocks at the lake fluctuate significantly, I suggest that the variety of salmon entering the weir sites alleviated fluctuations in individual species abundance and enhanced the viability of fishing as a basis for permanent settlement. I also argue that examining the relationship between intensive fishing technology and the structure of the resource contributes to our understanding of risk reduction in hunting-fishing-gathering economies in general, and of the organization of local group territories in the upper Skeena drainage in particular.</p>},
	author = {Paul Prince}
}
