2.0 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE ARROW LAKES REGION

Arrow Lakes were conducted in response to the decision to build
the Hugh Keenleyside dan. These surveys revealed a total of 77
archaeological sites; LS on the Lower Arrow Lake, 18 on the Upper
Arrow Lake, and 10 in the Narrows region between the two lakes

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(Harrison, 1961, Dp. 3). The findings of this original inventory

were limited to a greet extent nadequ ate knowledge of local

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settlement patterns, heavy vegetation,:, cnearabsence#of, surface —

features on many sites, lack of time, Funding, and inventory
methodology problems.

Based on recommendations from the 1961 inventory proj ect,
further archaeological investigations were undertaken between

1966 and 1969. Extended surveys conducted during this period of

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time increased the total number of recorded archaeological sites
in t e Arrow Lakes region to 110. The primary purpose of these
investigations, however, was to "salvage the prehistoric resources.
behind the Hugh Keenlerside dam near Castlezar" (Turnbull, 1977,
p.2). Eleven sites were tested av this time but only 5 sites

, or sites excavated included:

DiQm:1, DiGm:4, DiGli:6, Dkom:5, and DkGm:2. All of these sites

Archaeclogical sites excavated between 1966 and 1969 were
those which exhibited obvious surface features--large circular and
rectangular cultural depressions wnicn were the remains of semi-

subterranean houses, occupvied some ZO00C to 3000 vears ago. On