Housepit 54 Project, Bridge River site, British Columbia

Creator

Anna Marie Prentiss, University of Montana, Missoula

Description

The data, linked at the bottom of this record, were collected between May 15, 2013 and June 30, 2024. Lithic (tool and debitage) and faunal data coding sheets are provided. All are raw data on artifacts and faunal and floral remains from the Housepit 54 excavation in British Columbia. All data cross-checked for coding errors. See attached coding sheets for lithic tools/debitage and faunal remains; see attached coding sheet and associated graphics for house strata and excavation units.

Number of variables: data on each item excluding provenience information

• Lithic Tools: 29
• Lithic Debitage: 10
• Faunal: 26
• Botanicals 2013: 28
• Botanicals 2014 Part 1: 27
• Botanicals 2014 Part 2: 23
• Botanicals 2016 Part 1: 28
• Botanicals 2016 Part 2 Earth Oven Synthesis: 27

Number of cases/rows:

• Lithic Tools: 1926
• Lithic Debitage: 14,998
• Faunal: 46,600
• Botanicals 2013: 42
• Botanicals 2014 Part 1: 20
• Botanicals 2014 Part 2: 40
• Botanicals 2016 Part 1: 40
• Botanicals 2016 Part 2 Earth Oven Synthesis: 30

Date Created

2024

Geographic Coverage

Site EeRl4, Xwisten Reserve, Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada

Item Type

Dataset

Digital File Format

application/pdf; application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Media Type

Text; Dataset

Granting Agency

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Project Number(s)

RZ-51287-11 and RZ-230366-1 (NEH); BCS-1916701 (NSF)

Recommended Citation

Housepit 54 lithic tools data; Housepit 54 Lithic Debitage data, Housepit 54 Faunal data, Housepit 54 botanicals data (files for 2013, 2014 part 1, 2014 Part 2, 2016 part 1 and 2016 Part 2)