Defensibility of large prehistoric sites in the Mid-Fraser region on the Canadian Plateau

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1171-1185

  Sakaguchi, Takashi ^a   Morin, Jesse ^b   Dickie, Ryan ^c  

^a Niyugumi Inc   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Plateau; Conflict; Defensive sites; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DECISION MAKING; GIS; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL CONFLICT; VILLAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 77950020244     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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