We opened up 6 different excavation sites that covered shell middens and living surfaces. It is quite amazing to see the different layers of shell that represented thousands of years of subsistence. Layers of herring bone correlated with oral histories stating that the village site was close to herring spawning grounds. Bone and antler artifacts are preserved when they share the soil with shell. The shell neutralizes the acidity in the highly acidic soil of the westcoast leaving the artifact perfectly preserved.
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