Abstract

During the summer of 1972, under a salvage contract from the National Museum of Man, archaeological investigations were conducted in the Shuswap Lakes region of south-central B.C. In total 7 sites were tested, four of which had housepits. Test excavation of these housepit sites of the Kamloops phase (1360-1750) revealed information on house structure and the subsistence base. EfQv 4, on the Adams River, represents a fishing/hunting camp of a middle period: artifacts include 2 large corner-notched points and 1 lanceolate point. EeQw 6 which, due to necessities of salvage was most intensively investigated, yielded approximately 2,000 artifacts. In addition, a probably historic burial was excavated. Burial goods include 22 artifacts, several of which are engraved bone and dentalia. The complete absence of microblades and microblade cores in the sites tested is of interest when considered in relation to the high number of Plano type points from this region.