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Hamatla Treaty Society's Foreshore and Archaeological Management Training and Research Project

October 24, 2006 | Tips from Us > Campbell River, Museums

The Museum at Campbell River will offer a presentation on Wednesday, November 8, from 7 pm to 9 pm, on the fish traps and clam garden research work conducted by the Hamalta Treaty Society. During the summer of 2006, the Hamatla Treaty Society (HTS) conducted archaeological fieldwork in the Johnstone Strait and Comox areas. The HTS conducted the work with funding from the British Columbia Capacity Initiative Program through the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Prior to the fieldwork, fish traps had been documented throughout the Johnstone Strait and Comox areas, but the HTS believed that there were others that had been overlooked by archaeologists. The HTS also believed that there were hundreds of clam gardens that were yet to be documented. Thus, the focus of the fieldwork was the identification of fish traps and clam gardens. During June and July, 2006, when the tides were low, HTS crews, supported by archaeologist, Bjorn Simonsen, geomorphologist, John Harper and anthropologist, Deidre Cullon, surveyed beaches throughout Johnstone Strait. Dozens of fish trap complexes were identified and more than 100 new clam gardens were documented in an area where there had been no previously documented or registered sites. The crews recorded the GPS locations of the traps and clam gardens, took photographs and, for the fish traps, collected numerous samples of fish trap stakes for study and radio carbon dating. On November 8, 2006, Bjorn Simonsen and Deidre Cullon will present to the community, the findings of the research, including radiocarbon date results from the samples collected from various fish traps. The cost is $5.00. Please call 287-3103 to pre-register. Everyone is welcome.

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