Aristocracy and the Fishing Season

It was winter, not summer, that was the time when society crystallized into its most hierarchical forms. plank built palaces sprang to life along the coast line of british columbia with hereditary nobles holding court over compatriots classified as commoners and slaves. Yet these aristocratic courts broke apart for the summer work of the fishing season,. reverting to smaller clan formations, still ranked, but with entirely different and much less formal structures. In this case, people actually adopted different names in summer and winter, literally becoming some one else depending on the time of year.