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permanent semi-subterranean pit houses situated near major rivers and tributaries such as the Columbia and Fraser. Pit house villages provided community opportunities and assurances over the winter, as well as social gathering space through which local and regional economies, customs, and traditions were practiced and developed through time. Individual pit houses could vary in shape, but were typically round with wooden frames covered at ground level with thatch and

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