Pacific Coast North American Worlds: Coastal Communities, River Networks, and Living Homelands
Coastal British Columbia (orientation only) · Profil avec revue des sources

Namu: foodways and changing coastal settlements

Reviewed community and place names are preserved where supported; no otherwise unknown ancient self-designation is invented.

Cannon analyzes vertebrate remains and changing marine-resource use rather than assuming one timeless salmon economy. Regional coring identifies repeated use of locations; Cannon distinguishes this from proof that occupation never paused.

Settlement sequence and foodways context Early Holocene–1700 CE; sampled faunal study chiefly 7000 calibrated BP onward Radiocarbon sequences, faunal analysis, midden stratigraphy and regional coring Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada (orientation only): approximate public-town or distant institutional orientation, not an excavation, burial, sacred-site, private compound or vulnerable-deposit location; never a territorial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, political, religious, sovereignty, fishing, farming, water-rights or route boundary. The orientation may be far from the archaeological context. No access, collecting or travel permission is implied.
Aperçu

Foyers côtiers, connexions fluviales et éléments probants

Connexions côtières, insulaires, estuariennes et fluviales

Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada is a modern orientation, not an ancient capital or boundary. Repeated settlement, household decisions and changing fishing opportunities require local explanation, not a universal coastal government.

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

Repeated settlement, household decisions and changing fishing opportunities require local explanation, not a universal coastal government. Repeated use of a place does not prove uninterrupted occupation, an unchanged population or a genetic continuity.

Transformation ultérieure, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

Living communities and heritage institutions retain their own authority; this atlas cannot establish identity, ancestry, descent, recognition or membership. Heiltsuk homeland authority is distinct from archaeological inference; no language is assigned to every early deposit. Later colonial, research, reconstruction and stewardship events are dated separately from the main archaeological context.

Changing foodways Cannon analyzes vertebrate remains and changing marine-resource use rather than assuming one timeless salmon economy.

Brief DNAGENICS AI-assisted paraphrase of registered evidence, not author or community endorsement. Retain chronological, sampling and interpretive limits.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S1]
Settlement limits Regional coring identifies repeated use of locations; Cannon distinguishes this from proof that occupation never paused.

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Source review: 2026-10-20 [S2]
Archive formation The Bella Bella project documents successive excavation and environmental sampling, making research choices part of the evidence.

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Source review: 2026-10-20 [S3]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Long site sequence

    Cannon's regional synthesis discusses early dates at Namu; calibrated and conventional BP measures must remain distinct.

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  2. Sampled foodways sequence

    The faunal study examines changes across a long interval, not a complete census of every household.

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  3. Expanded excavation

    Successive trenches sampled different parts of the midden and its sequence.

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  4. Regional coring

    Multi-site sampling examined settlement histories beyond a single large village.

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Culture et langue

Pratiques alimentaires, artisanat, travail domestique et paysages cuidados

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

  • Heiltsuk homeland authority is distinct from archaeological inference; no language is assigned to every early deposit.

Famille linguistique: Language, material classification, political allegiance, residence and living identity are distinct; this record does not classify every ancient speaker.

Research focus: Radiocarbon sequences, faunal analysis, midden stratigraphy and regional coring.

Repeated settlement, household decisions and changing fishing opportunities require local explanation, not a universal coastal government.

Repeated use of a place does not prove uninterrupted occupation, an unchanged population or a genetic continuity.

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DNAGENICS provides AI-assisted, source-checked educational paraphrases. Cited authors, institutions and communities did not author or endorse this atlas. Public availability does not establish cultural consent or permission to reproduce objects, sacred knowledge or human remains. No imagery is reproduced. Specialist and community review is recommended; use the website contact channel for corrections, rights concerns or removal requests.

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Sources utilisées pour cette page

Prefer Indigenous governments, museums, heritage organizations, accountable field projects and public heritage institutions. Give source title, author or organization, date and stable link. Brief summaries are DNAGENICS AI-assisted interpretations, not author or community endorsement, reproduction permission or community review.

  1. C1

    About the Makah Cultural and Research Center

    Makah Cultural and Research Center · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  2. C2

    3500 years of shellfish mariculture on the Northwest Coast of North America

    Nicole F. Smith and coauthors; PLOS ONE · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2019-02-27

  3. C3

    Reevaluating the antiquity of the Palmrose site

    Gabriel M. Sanchez; PLOS ONE · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2021-08-17

  4. C4

    Historic Timeline

    Musqueam Teaching Resource; Musqueam and UBC Museum of Anthropology · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  5. C5

    History

    Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  6. C6

    History

    Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  7. C7

    Gwaii Haanas Management Plan 2018

    Parks Canada · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2018

  8. C8

    Collaborative digital curation and recursive publics: The making of Sq’éwlets

    Project team; Museums and the Web · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2018

  9. S1

    The Economic Prehistory of Namu

    Aubrey Cannon with contributors; SFU Archaeology Press · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 1991; digital edition 2017

  10. S2

    Long-term Continuity in Central Northwest Coast Settlement Patterns

    Aubrey Cannon; SFU Archaeology Press · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  11. S3

    The Bella Bella Prehistory Project

    Roy L. Carlson; SFU Archaeology Press · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

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Revisión editorial: 20 octobre 2026

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