Local First Nations representatives and archaeology consultants, joined by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) students and employees, recently surveyed university-owned sites in a search for evidence of past land use.
Brendan Gray showing the team a potential archeological material at KPU's Langley campus.
Archaeological overview assessments were initiated at KPU campuses in Surrey, Langley, Cloverdale and Richmond, as well as a site owned by the university at Paterson Park in Delta. The lands were assessed for the potential presence of archeological materials or deposits.
"We're surveying areas of the campus where we think there might be archaeological potential," says Brendan Gray, an archaeologist with Cordillera Archaeology. "We're looking for surface exposures of fire altered rock, artifacts, pit features or any interesting rock formations which might show that there was previous land use here before the university, before our settlers were here."
