Wollstonecroft, MM; Baptiste, G; (2016) Chapter 4. Linking the archaeology and ethnobotany: an interpretation of ancient plant remains from Stk’emlupsemc traditional territory. In: Ignace, MB and Turner, NJ and Peacock, SL, (eds.) Secwepemc People and Plants: Research Papers in Shuswap Ethnobotany. (pp. 126-176). Society of Ethnobiology and Shuswap Nation Tribal Council: Tacoma, Washington, USA.

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This chapter analyzes and interprets the ancient plant remains from the archaeological site EeRb 140 and links these to the ethnobotanical record to suggest they represent women’s seasonal plant-processing activities spanning a period of nearly 800 years. It identifies more than 30 taxa of plants recovered from the charred macrobotanical remains of two hearths, including five types of berries, two types of nuts, one edible root, and a variety of species used as fuel and matting, and compares these results with archaeobotanical assemblages from other plant-processing sites in the region. These data are used in conjunction with the lithic and faunal assemblages from the hearth to suggest that EeRb 140 represents a new type of site in Plateau archaeology—a multi-purpose, seasonal plant processing site used by women in the spring and summer for preparing roots and berries on the mid-altitude terraces along the South Thompson River during the Late Prehistoric Period.

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