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Some Terms Relating to Archaeology

bone remains	shtth’utth’a’
museum	shni’s tthu shtth’utth’a’    (‘place of the bone remains’)
gravesite	syuw’a’numa’ shmukw’elu    (‘First People burial site’)
reburial	thuy’ulutsum    (‘honoring deceased by digging up bones, wrapping and reburying’)

 

Materials Found in Sites

bone	stth’am’
bones	stth’alum’
antler, horn	tth’uystun
shell	ts’e’wi’
shells	ts’e’luwi’
stone	smeent

 

Sorts of Artifacts Found in Sites

anchor, sinker	lhqun’utun anchor, sinker    (cf. moor it)
wedge	shseq’ul’s (splitting wedge)
maul	mol
knife	shuptun (cf. cut along it; shavings)
scraper, knife (Snuneymuhw)	‘uxtun (cf. scrape)
stone knife	smeent shuptun
adze	skwuschus
D-adze	stulhtsus
adze	sht’umuw’ulh adze-like mattock
adze	shtulhtsusum’ adze-like mattock
adze	sht’ut’umul’s adze with straight hammer, like a mattock but with short handle
spear	s’unum (fish spear, spear shaft)
spear point	te’ulh
spear point	tth’aqwi’tun
arrow	tth’umeen’ (also tth’um’een)
bow	tuxwa’ts
yew	tuxwa’tsulhp
bowstring	tl’imun (bowstring, tendon, leadline)
blanket pin	ts’uqw’nistun (cf. pierce it, poke a needle in)