POLLEN ANALYSIS OF FLOOR SAMPLES FROM HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER SITE (EeRl4), BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Housepit 54 at Bridge River site, a large Interior Pacific Northwest village, in south central British Columbia, yielded a sequence of 17 stratified anthropogenic floors and seven roof deposits. Each floor included intact and minimally disturbed distributions of lithic artifacts, bone tools, faunal and floral remains, and features. Pollen analysis of eight sediment samples collected from two of the floors (IIe and IIh) contributes to understanding economic activity within this housepit at two discrete time intervals. In addition, we created a climate model from 30-year climate normal data obtained from nearby Shalalth.