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How
long has the site been occupied? |
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What
kinds of tools are present at the site, are they specifically
for salmon processing or did other activities occur at the
site as well? |
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Both
bear and bison bones have been identified in the Swindell
collection. Did the salmon attract bears as they do in so
many other places and are these represented in the faunal
assemblage? |
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Does
the bison bone represent a local bison population in the past
from the Upper Columbia Valley? |
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If
so, when did bison populations become extirpated? |
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Can
a sample of DNA be found for salmon at the site and are the
salmon related to those from other river systems such as the
Fraser/Thompson? |
