Sea level change and archaeological site locations on the Dundas Island Archipelago of north coastal British Columbia

• Main Author: McLaren, Duncan
• Other Authors: Mackie, Quentin, Bornhold, Brian
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Sea Level; Archaeology; Tsimshian; Isostasy; Pollen; Diatom; Relict Shoreline; Dundas Islands; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropology::Archaeology; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciences::Palynology; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciences::Oceanography; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::History; Ancient; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Folklore; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Geography; Tsimshian*; Dundas Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/931

Coastal archaeological sites dating to the late Pleistocene and early Holocene are rare on the northwest coast of North America, as they are in many regions of the world, due to changing environmental factors, in particular glacial isostasy and eustasy, resulting in low visibility and survival of ar...