Online First

As mentioned in the CAA President's Fall 2024 Message, the Canadian Journal of Archaeology (CJA) will begin publishing Online First, i.e., publishing electronic versions of manuscripts in advance of the final online journal issue.

Manuscripts go through the CJA's editorial process (peer-reviewed, accepted, edited, corrected, and proofs finalized) prior to being made available online. They will appear online while other articles are being completed for an upcoming issue(s). Generally, Online First manuscripts are considered final and will not change (except by the addition of pagination and volume/issue data). However, if minor errors are identified in the online version then they may be corrected when the manuscript is published in an issue.

Online First manuscripts are citable as in-press. When an Online First manuscript transitions to the final issue, citations using either the DOI or the bibliographic data will both resolve to the final paper.

Articles

Shxwexwó:s (Place of the Thunderbird), A Terraced Hillside Settlement on the Harrison River: Examining an Undocumented Form of Residential Landscape
Morgan Ritchie, Jerram Ritchie, Chris Springer, Jonathan Duelks, Nicholas Waber, Alessandria Testani, Natasha Lyons

Abstract

The hillside settlement of Shxwexwó:s (Place of the Thunderbird) (DhRl-97) is located in the midst of a densely settled residential landscape at the confluence of the Chehalis and Harrison Rivers in southwestern British Columbia. Hillside settlements such as Shxwexwó:s have rarely been investigated archaeologically anywhere in the Salish Sea or Northwest Coast, which may contribute to major gaps in our understanding of past land use and social histories. Our mapping and excavations indicate that as many as 40 family-sized groups created platforms on which they could erect small houses primarily between approximately 1500 and 1200 cal BP. Faunal and botanical evidence reveals people were living on these platforms through much of the year, hunting for deer and other mammals, harvesting plants, and fishing for salmon. Artifact distributions and analyses reveal that wide-ranging activities occurred across a large portion of the site and that people had access to a variety of local and non-local tool stone materials.

Résumé

Le village à flanc de coteau de Shxwexwó:s (lieu de l’Oiseau-Tonnerre) (DhRl-97) est situé au milieu d’un paysage résidentiel fortement peuplé au confluent des rivières Chehalis et Harrison, dans le sud-ouest de la Colombie-Britannique. Les établissements à flanc de coteau tels que Shxwexwó:s ont rarement fait l’objet d’études archéologiques dans la mer de Salish ou sur la côte nord-ouest, ce qui peut contribuer à des lacunes majeures dans notre compréhension de l’utilisation passée des terres et de l’histoire sociale. Notre cartographie et nos fouilles indiquent que jusqu’à 40 groupes de la taille d’une famille ont créé des plateformes sur lesquelles ils pouvaient ériger de petites maisons, principalement entre environ 1500 et 1200 cal AP. Des preuves fauniques et botaniques révèlent que des gens vivaient sur ces plateformes pendant une grande partie de l’année, chassant le cerf et d’autres mammifères, récoltant des plantes et pêchant le saumon. La répartition et l’analyse des artefacts démontrent que des activités de grande envergure ont eu lieu sur une grande partie du site et que les gens avaient accès à une variété de matériaux de pierre à outils locaux et non locaux.

Book Reviews

Nubia: Lost Civilizations (Sarah M. Schellinger) – reviewed by Aleksandra E. Ksiezak

Archaeology and the Indigenous Peoples of the Maritimes (Michael Deal) – reviewed by Arthur Spiess

Indigenous Archaeology in the Philippines: Decolonizing Ifugao History (Stephen B. Acabado, Marlon M. Martin) – reviewed by Robert James Stark

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ISSN: 0705-2006 (print) | ISSN: 2816-2293 (online)