This second edition was republished by sfu arch press in september, 2005. While the pits themselves are all that remain at keatley creek, researchers invited to a reconstructed pit house get a feel for what the structures were like when occupied. The keatley creek site is the largest remaining site of a series of unusually large prehistoric housepit villages in the vicinity of lillooet that include the bell site and the bridge river site. Hayden argues that we misread the stratigraphic record at housepit 7, and consequently formed an incorrect impression of the history of the keatley creek village. We argued that housepit 7 was completed and occupied immediately following the. Pithouses of keatley creek custom edition 1 by brian.
The core area of the site is about 4 hectares, although sporadic occurrences of houses and features occur for almost a kilometer along the terrace. The pit houses of keatley creek brian hayden the evolution of maritime cultures on the northeast and the northwest coasts of america edited by ronald j. Report of the 2007 investigations of the bridge river archaeological site eerl4 report to the national science foundation nsf grant bcs07. The archaeological complexity indicated by the midfraser sites is paralleled by the debates over why such large communities emerged rather suddenly in the authors terms, and the special complexities of such communities. Hayden was able to show that the aristocratic owners lived on one side of the house, where the larger hearths, the larger storage pits, and the better tools and ornaments were all found, and their servants or poor relations on. Antiquities, pit houses, hunting and gathering societies, excavations archaeology, indians of north america. The chapter also notes different archaeological research strategies at the bridge river and keatley creek sites. Exploring the story of pit houses from the archeology of keatley creek site in british columbia exploring the story of pit houses from the archeology of keatley creek site in british columbia research proposal overview of the topic the topic chosen for this research is exploring the story of pit houses from the archeology. We have also documented the socioeconomic and political dynamics of the unusually large residentail corporate group structures at the site keatley creek a plateau. Download citation on researchgate on apr 1, 1998, mary b.
A circular pit was dug into soft soil near a water supply usually a creek, to a depth of about 3 metres. The pithouses of keatley creek 1997 edition open library. The earliest occupation of st l 09 probably dates to the plateau horizon based on recovery of a single plateau point, but has not been dated radiometrically. The keatley creek site eerl 7 in southwest british columbia, and housepit sites in the lillooet region after hayden and ryder 1991 and hayden 2000d. Work done here has been at the center of theoretical and methodological advances in archaeological studies of complex huntergatherers.
Rent the pithouses of keatley creek 2nd edition 9780155038370 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. Brian haydens archaeological case study addresses the development of prehistoric and social and economic hierarchies. People began using the keatley creek site during the middle prehistoric, from about 5000 to 2800 b. Report of the 2007 investigations of the bridge river. The article provides a theoretical framework for humanimpacted weathering, and presents a case study of anthroweathering at a hohokam pit house excavated in central arizona. People of the middle fraser canyon an archaeological.
Pdf an analysis of the final occupation of housepit 109. Of course, the roofs had to be replaced every century or so, but it does seem that people not only lived on this site for 3000 years, they lived in the same houses for 3000 years. The pit house people began using the keatley creek site during the middle prehistoric, from about 5000 to 2800 b. The height of the villages development took place between 400 b. The pithouses of keatley creek was originally published by harcourt brace and company in 1997. A pit house or pithouse is a large house in the ground usually circular used for shelter. Complex huntergatherers of the northwest plateau by brian hayden abebooks. Micromorphological aspects of site formation at keatley creek. Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions, these structures may also be used to store food just like a pantry, a larder, or a root cellar and for cultural activities like the t. The pithouses of keatley creek has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Large pit house formations have been excavated in british columbia, canada, such as at keatley creek archaeological. Haydens extensive excavations at keatley creek and the first phase of investigations at bridge river, it. The black charcoal layers in the housepits excavated at the keatley creek site on the canadian northwest plateau have been thought to result either from the. The pithouses of keatley creek complex hunter gatherers of.
This report outlines results of the 2007 investigations of the bridge river site. Research at keatley creek over the past 15 years has demonstrated that a large complex transegalitarian community of huntergatherers existed at the site from 2000 bp. These were then covered with bark, followed by earth and sod. Strong rafters were then built up over the the pit. Keatley creek assignment haydens main focus of study, recognizing inequalities within the keatley creek society, is the driving force behind the fallout of this civilization.
Il department of archaeology simon fraser university indian art fraditions of the northwest coast edited by roy l. A quiggly hole, also known as a pit house or simply as a quiggly or kekuli, is the remains of an earth lodge built by the first nations people of the interior of british columbia and the columbia plateau in the u. Socioeconomic factors influencing housepit assemblages at keatley creek. Keatley creek, british colombia this a significant archaeological site in the interior of british columbia and in the traditional territory of the statimc peoples. The most intensive excavations have been conducted at the keatley creek.
Morin ritual architecture in prehistoric complex huntergatherer communities 601 figure 1. Location and brief description of micromorphology samples sample no. Much like our current stratified culture, the keatley creek society categorized its members based on their worth which can be directly affiliated with the sizes of their pit houses. Keatley creek is known for the unusually large size of its semisubterranean houses 6 some more than 20 meters in diameter, although many are no larger than 5 meters. A pit house was an ideal structure for this climate.
Very few housepits are overlapping imply ing the possibility that, at some point, many of the houses were simultaneously occupied see also hayden 1997. Keatley creek is a world heritage quality site with unusually large housepits, good preservation, clear architectural features and evidence for complex socioeconomic organization. Although generally associated with the american southwest cultures, such as fremont, pueblo, anasazi, hohokam, and mogollon, pit houses were used by a wide variety of people in a wide variety of places over the past 12,000 years. Complex huntergatherers of the northwest plateau by hayden, brian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The word quiggly comes from kick willy or keekwulee, the chinook jargon word for beneath or under. They probably built shelters throughout that period, but the first clear evidence of pit houses is found after 2800 b. It also includes a vivid reconstruction of life in one of the largest and most complex platean communities.
Edition notes includes bibliographical references p. Keatley creek is a significant archaeological site in the interior of british columbia and in the. Keatley creek was occupied for about 3000 years and it seems that at least the larger pit houses were used throughout that entire period. Recent research directions at keatley creek eeri 7 and. Chronology of housepit occupations at the keatley creek site an. This archaeology project encompasses a fascinating range of topics making it an ideal case study for all students of archaeology. Archaeologists from the university of montana began excavations at keatley creek in 1999 with the goal of exploring small hotlsepit floors buried. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Recent research directions at keatley creek eeri 7 and secret societies in the pacific northwest keatley creek eerl 7 is a prehistoric large pithouse village site on the fraser river north of lillooet, and it had an estimated population of 12001500 at its zenith, with the. We have also documented the socioeconomic and political dynamics of the unusually large residentail corporate group structures at the site keatley creek a plateau pithouse site. Photo by alan honick since the pits were all we could see at keatley creek, it took a leap of the imagination to visualize the houses that once stood there, and what life. Excavated dwellingspithouseswere the most common form of structure on the plateau. The following is an analysis of the distribution of the faunal remains and bone artifacts from the kamloops horizon occupational floor of housepit hp 109, a structure located on the periphery of the keatley creek eerl7 site on the canadian.
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