This monograph constitutes a progress report on an extensive examination of occupations dating back some 8,000 years along the eastern shores of Crowsnest Lake in southwestern Alberta.

This report constitutes a statement on the progress of archaeological salvage operations at a number of important archaeological sites situated in the vicinity of Crowsness Lake in southwestern Alberta. These sites, endangered by highway construction, have provided important information about the 8,000 year occupation history of this region.

In 1974, the Salvage Section, Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man, instituted nine archaeological salvage projects across the country. These ranged from a brief survey of one portion of the Mackenzie Highway to the extensive survey and excavations on the Suffield Military Reserve in southeastern Alberta. This volume contains summary articles describing these projects.

This report is the first of an anticipated series on the investigations of the Lillooet Archaeological Project which took place from 1969 to 1976 near the village of Lillooet in British Columbia. It consists of four papers, three of which were written by colleagues in disciplines other than archaeology. The papers discuss the present-day ecology, geologic history, and ethnography of the research area and recount the objectives, origin, and history of the project.

Analysis of the Atigun site based on work conducted in 1973 and 1974 on the North Slope of the Central Brooks Range, Alaska. The Atigun site is marginal to both Native and Inuit territory, thus the primary concern of this analysis is the cultural affiliation of its occupants. Conclusions point to late summer occupation of the site by Athapaskans between A.D. 1400 and A.D. 1800. This period is defined as the Kavik phase.

This study uses archaeological, ethnohistorical and ecological data in an effort to understand the nature of early historic communal bison hunting among the aboriginal groups of the northern Plains.