@article {9840,
	title = {Pithouses and People: Social Identity and Pithouses in the Harrison River Valley of Southwestern British Columbia},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {018-054},
	abstract = {<p>Among the Coast Salish of the Lower Fraser River Watershed and its tributaries, as elsewhere on the Northwest Coast, the built environment was fundamental to cultural expression. The construction and continued maintenance of houses in particular, both informed and reflected the social identity of households. For this study, we excavated the remains of a small, isolated pithouse in the Harrison River Valley, the traditional territory of the Chehalis (Sts\&rsquo;ailes) Coast Salish where evidence of two occupations, spanning almost 300 years, reflected a long-term connection to place. For the purpose of this paper, we link the spatial and temporal data of our archaeological investigation to insights gained from regional ethnographic sources and local indigenous knowledge. Taken together, these lines of evidence allowed us to make inferences about the identities of the pithouse occupants and to recognize the importance of the built environment as a vehicle for communicating social relations.</p>},
	author = {Chris Springer and Dana Lepofsky}
}
