Holocene Settlement History of the Dundas Islands Archipelago, Northern British Columbia

• Main Authors: Letham, Bryn, Martindale, Andrew, McLaren, Duncan, Brown, Thomas, Ames, Kenneth M., Archer, David J.W., Marsden, Susan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2015
• Subjects: Archaeology > Holocene > Northern British Columbia; Coastal archaeology > Northern British Columbia; Coastal settlements > Holocene > Northern British Columbia; Anthropology; Archaeological Anthropology; Archer; Dundas Islands; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac/81; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=anth_fac

As this article demonstrates, the Dundas Islands have been home to humans for at least eleven thousand years. This occupation was at times very extensive; this relatively small group of islands was likely home to a population of several thousand people by about two thousand years ago. While geograph...