The broader context of Northwest Coast archaeology is also developing.

New sites continue to be discovered and investigated.

Dating programs are refining the chronology of the archaeological sequence.

The integration of environmental data — from sediment cores, from pollen records, from the geological history of the coastline — with the archaeological and genetic evidence is building an increasingly detailed picture of the environment in which coastal peoples developed their maritime traditions.

Future research will likely add specificity to the story that the Shuká Káa analysis told in broad strokes.

The broad finding of deep genetic continuity on the Northwest Coast may be refined and nuanced as more ancient genomes become available.