US EditionTools Uncovered at Courtney Construction Site Thousands of Years Old
- Archaeologists uncovered a rare 3,800-year-old wet site near Farmview Road in Kʼómoks territory during a sewer project this spring.
- The discovery occurred as part of the Comox Valley Regional District's project replacing aging pipes through ancestral Kʼómoks settlements, with cultural materials found just outside registered site boundaries.
- The site yielded exceptionally preserved organic items, including wooden wedges crafted from several types of fine-grained trees—such as several coniferous and fruit-bearing species—and braided plant fibers used for making garments, baskets, tools, and for various subsistence activities like hunting and gathering.
- A release from the Kʼómoks First Nation highlighted that wet sites are uncommon and important because they offer detailed insights into the lives of past peoples, and noted that the CHIP system effectively recovers cultural data that might otherwise be lost due to development.
- The findings emphasize the necessity of archaeological monitoring to protect fragile materials that reveal deep historical knowledge and prevent permanent loss of information.
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Tools uncovered at Courtney construction site thousands of years old
A sewer-line construction project near Courtenay has unearthed some well-preserved wooden tools and small lengths of rope believed to be 3,800 years old. The wooden wedges traditionally used to split logs into planks for house construction and small lengths of cordage used in many facets of daily li...
Cultural heritage excavation leads to historic archaeological wet site in K’ómoks territory : My Comox Valley Now
A rare archaeological site found during a construction project in the Comox Valley is shedding light in how Indigenous people lived nearly four thousand years ago. A rare 3,800-year-old archaeological wet site has been uncovered after the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and K’ómoks First Nation worked to document and recover archaeological materials impacted by the project which runs through the Nations ancestral settlements and villages.…
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