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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Alisha Gauvreau

  • MA (Simon Fraser University, 2016)

  • Cultural Resource Management Certificate (Simon Fraser University, 2011)

  • BA Honours (Laurentian University, 2009)

Notice of the Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Topic

EkTb-9, Triquet Island, Núláwitxv Tribal Area, British Columbia, Canada: A Persistent Place of Human Occupation and Investment in Haíɫzaqv Territory

Department of Anthropology

Date & location

  • Thursday, March 28, 2024

  • 1:30 P.M.

  • Clearihue Building

  • Room B017 and Virtual

Reviewers

Supervisory Committee

  • Dr. Duncan McLaren, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria (Co-Supervisor)

  • Dr. Quentin Mackie, Department of Anthropology, UVic (Co-Supervisor)

  • Dr. Genevieve Hill, Royal British Columbia Museum (Outside Member) 

External Examiner

  • Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn, Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University 

Chair of Oral Examination

  • Dr. Nancy Shackelford, School of Environmental Studies, UVic

     

Abstract

The post glacial record of archaeological site EkTb-9 on Triquet Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada, represents an integral component of early and continuous human occupation and investment along the outer Pacific coast of North America. The archaeological work undertaken at the site is particularly important as our understanding of this crucial period and the broader region is constrained by various environmental and other factors. For example, many near coastal sites have been obscured through changes in sea level during and after the Last Glacial Maximum. Archaeological sites on Triquet Island and a few other outer-coastal islands along the Northwest Coast (NWC) of BC are rare exceptions as a similar relative sea level has been maintained since the late Pleistocene.

Archaeological site EkTb-9 is in the Núláwitxv Tribal area of Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation territory on the Central Coast of BC. Emerging from the Hakai Ancient Landscapes Archaeology Project, this dissertation explores the 14,000-year record of repeated human occupation and investment at the site. This dissertation also explores the intersections of Indigenous knowledge and Western science and aspects of the social and political embeddedness of archaeological practice. Haíɫzaqv oral history and language (Haíɫzaqvḷa) are combined with archaeological interpretations, and Haíɫzaqv temporal phases are identified for past occupations of the Núláwitxv Tribal Area through collaboration with members of Haíɫzaqv Nation. Collectively, the studies undertaken for this dissertation offer a unique opportunity to explore the theoretical and political importance of observed continuity at a single place of repeated human occupation and investment on the outer NWC of BC; a storied landscape of enduring cultural, economic, ecological, and political significance for Haíɫzaqv Nation.

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