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2.0 MITIGATION MEASURES FOR FUTURE SHUNDAT ION STUDIES

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in British Columbia a large number of archaeological s

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have been subjected to long term inundation. In the futur an

ever increasing number of archaeological sites will be subjected

to inundation as water resource deveiscpment projects continue.

With this in mind, the necessity of cevelo oping an extensive pro-

gram for the protection and administration of | archaeological re- .

dation surveys of areas to be affected by water resource developm ment

projects and salvage excavations of portions of a few archaeological

Sites. These measures alone, however, are inadequate. Below I

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ces should be conducted in two stazes:

(1) a Pre-Inundstion Scazge¢
{2} @ Post-Trundetior ftses

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Studies in the Pre-Inundation Stage shonld include:
{1} An inventory of archaeclogical sites in the
area to be afrectedc.
(2} Archasolozical site classification and examin
ation of distributional relationships between
site tyces.

(3) Categorization of sites according to the ther
zones in whicn sites would be Located upon
‘inundation.

ation wrcgram for ar cha aeological re-

uture inundation stucies involving archaeological resour-

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