Abstract

During the summer of 1966, the National Historic Sites Service of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development carried out extensive excavations at the site of the 18th century Spanish military post of Santa Cruz, located within the confines of the prehistoric, historic and contemporary Nootkan village of Yuquot. A multi-discipline effort is being made to analyze the numerous ethnohistorical documents describing the site and its inhabitants during the 18th and 19th Centuries, the 5000 prehistoric and historic artifacts and approximately 100 cubic feet of faunal material recovered during excavation. The results of this study will provide a description and analysis of the prehistoric, historic and contemporary inhabitants of Yuquot plus the role of the site in relation to European, American and Canadian economic and political development.