the Plateaus was long assumed, but Marpole culture appears to be regionally based. This culture is named for a site in present-day Vancouver that was then on the coast, but which has now been shifted further west by Fraser deposits. The village, situated on a shell mound, was several hectares in size, the mound 3 to 4 m high. A peak of complexity was reached on the South Coast. Permanent winter settlements can be proven, from around the birth of Christ also plank houses or long houses. The burial sites show strong status differences. Harpoonsn barbed replaced the various types of articulated harpoons. The number of ornamental works clearly increased, such as stone figures. An important site for the Marpole culture is Beach Grove, a winter village in the Fraser Valley. There are various depressions of houses that are large but not yet precisely measured. The children's graves are remarkably richly furnished, e.g. T. with Dentalia, i.e. shells, and above all with the copper, which was extremely rare and valuable at the time. Around 400 BC A society developed that favored the individual acquisition of prestige. Between about 500 and 1000 AD many South Salish groups are identified by cairn graves (cairns). There are hundreds of them around Victoria and Metchosin. At that time, a rank or prestige society probably still prevailed. It was not until around 1000 that an elite monopolized not only inherited and ascribed prestige, but also means of power and resources. Societies around 1800 Traditional livelihoods, hunter-gatherers, farmers As was the case throughout the Pacific coast, the Salish tribes subsisted extensively on marine animals. The salmon, which swam up the rivers every year to spawn, played a prominent role. Other fish such as Herring and Halibut, but also birds and game were on the menu. However, not everyone was allowed to hunt everywhere, because certain families had their reef nets and certain gathering areas, such as that of the horse clam, a species of mollusk (Tresus nuttallii). They were reserved for the "nobility". Similar rules applied to building houses and hunting, but also to collecting numerous plants, such as berries, grasses, etc. It could happen that family clans migrated to certain areas that “belonged” to them, depending on the best time to harvest the plants – Year for year. It has long been known that the Salish were not only hunter-gatherers, but also farmers tied to