Harrison Hill
Harrison Hill (622m)Kilby is on its east shore.
Archaeological site
Harrison Knob and Harrison Hill are important in regional archaeology as the site of a number of surviving
Coast Salish mound or "pyramid" cemeteries. Built of earth and stone and called the Scowlitz Mounds, also the Fraser Valley Pyramids, the structures date from 1000 to 1500 BP.[4] In the Halkomelem language, Harrison Knob is called Qithyll. There are 198 mounds in 15 distinct clusters over an area comprising 10 km2.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Basemap Online Store,, provincial gazette and land registry". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Harrison Hill". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Harrison Knob (knob)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ The Dead and the Living: Burial Mounds & Cairns and the Development of Social Classes in the Gulf of Georgia Region, Brian David Thom, M.A. thesis, University of British Columbia, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, July 1995 Archived June 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Final draft of SAA Mound Poster, Nicole Oakes, Simon Fraser University/J. Brown & Oakes Archaeology, Michael Blake, University of British Columbia, Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University [dead link]
49°13′26″N 121°57′26″W / 49.22389°N 121.95722°W
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