Abstract

This paper will offer a summary overview of current information about the prehistory of the intermountain interior of British Columbia, north of the Chilcotin Plateau. Covering over 330,000 sq. km. (the approximate size of Finland) it is archaeologically the least known part of the province, with only a few excavated sites. Nevertheless, as far as currently available information suggests, throughout prehistory it seems to have been influenced by cultural information (and/or people) moving inland along Bering Strait, Arctic Ocean and Pacific drainage systems, which all closely converge in this area, and which may have stimulated a unique array of sub-regional cultural patterns.