The Distributions of Archaeological Sites in the Fraser River

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The Distributions of Archaeological Sites in the
Fraser River

• Kengo Seki
• GEOG376

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Background Research

• Several researches indicate that there is the
  difference between archaeological sites in inland
  areas and coastal areas.
• While an ecosystem in inland is characterized by
  different kinds of plant food exploitation tools,
  a coastal ecosystem is characterized by different
  kinds of fishing equipment, and secondary tools
  for food resource (Akazawa 78).
• Paleodiet analysis suggests that there was the
  difference between coastal and inland population
  in food resources (Chisholm 1986).
• There is an assumption that hunter-gatherers were
  likely to use rivers to move.

Purpose

• My purpose is to clarify some differences between
  archaeological sites in coastal areas and inland
  areas along the Fraser River. (e.g. location,
  elevation, size of features, and kinds of
  artifacts.)

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Data

• Remote Access to Archaeological Data (RAAD),
  Ministry of Tourism, Sports and the Arts
  (Archaeology Branch), Government of British
  Columbia
• It enables authorized users to view, select, and
  download information about archaeological sites
  in British Columbia.
• Department of Anthropology at UBC has an
  authorization to gain an access to RAAD.

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RAAD
Download a site report a local copy of the
site report in either csv or pdf format
Download a spatial data the actual spatial
data in shapefile format
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Method

• Data from RAAD
• Stream data and DEM data from UBC library,
  Integrated Land Management Bureau, and Ministry
  of Sustainable Resource Management, BC Government
• Combine those data, make a map, and testify the
  hypothesis

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