Site of ancient remains discovery along South Thompson River officially protected under heritage legislation
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TK’EMLUPS — A site along the South Thompson River where ancestral remains were found is now registered as an archaeological site.
Back on Sept. 2, 2023, Kamloops RCMP say a person was walking along the South Thompson River when they saw what appeared to be human bones imbedded in the clay bank near the water’s edges.
In a news release issued Thursday (July 25), Tk’emlups te Secwepemc says analysis confirmed the remains were of Indigenous descent with an estimated burial date of 1670 BP. BP is the number of years before the present. Because the present changes every year, archaeologists, by convention, use A.D. 1950 as their reference. 1670 BP is the equivalent of 280 A.D., meaning the estimated burial date of the remains was in the third century.
The site along the river is now designated as a sacred site by Tk’emlups and is protected under the BC Heritage Conservation Act. The precise location was never given.
