<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Springer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dana Lepofsky</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pithouses and People: Social Identity and Pithouses in the Harrison River Valley of Southwestern British Columbia</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Canadian Journal of Archaeology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">018-054</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Among the Coast Salish of the
Lower Fraser River Watershed and its tributaries,
as elsewhere on the Northwest Coast,
the built environment was fundamental
to cultural expression. The construction
and continued maintenance of houses in
particular, both informed and reflected the
social identity of households. For this study,
we excavated the remains of a small, isolated
pithouse in the Harrison River Valley, the
traditional territory of the Chehalis (Sts’ailes)
Coast Salish where evidence of two occupations,
spanning almost 300 years, reflected
a long-term connection to place. For the
purpose of this paper, we link the spatial
and temporal data of our archaeological
investigation to insights gained from regional
ethnographic sources and local indigenous
knowledge. Taken together, these lines of evidence
allowed us to make inferences about
the identities of the pithouse occupants and
to recognize the importance of the built
environment as a vehicle for communicating
social relations.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>