Grant Lake Site, Keewatin District, Northwest Territories

Grant Lake Site, Keewatin District, Northwest Territories PDF

Author: James Vallière Wright

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 177282044X

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The Grant Lake site, located on the Dubawnt River in west-central Keewatin District, consists of a number of horizontally discrete living floors that pertain to the Agate Basin complex of the Palaeo-Indian period. It is proposed that the environment during the occupation between 6000 and 7000 B.C. was similar to present conditions.

Excavation of Water-Saturated Archaeological Sites (Wet Sites) on the Northwest Coast of North America

Excavation of Water-Saturated Archaeological Sites (Wet Sites) on the Northwest Coast of North America PDF

Author: Dale R. Croes

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1976-01-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1772820474

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A compilation of thirteen papers dealing with the techniques of excavation, kinds of artifacts recovered and methods of preservation of perishable materials from water-saturated sites of the Northwest Coast, originally presented at the 29th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference in 1974.

Glenbrook Village Site

Glenbrook Village Site PDF

Author: James F. Pendergast

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1772820946

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A detailed description of the specimens recovered from the Glenbrook prehistoric village site in Glengarry County, Ontario attributed to the St. Lawrence Iroquois. The presence of certain Huron ceramics and smoking pipes suggest liaison between the villagers and the Huron on the Benson or Parsons site time levels. This connection supports the conclusion derived from the analysis of the artifacts which places the occupation of the Glenbrook village very late in the prehistoric period.

Saamis Site

Saamis Site PDF

Author: Laurie Milne Brumley

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1978-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1772820741

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Excavation at the Stampede Camp and the Saamis site, located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, resulted in the isolation of five site areas from which an abundance of artifacts were recovered, providing data for detailed typological analysis, cultural reconstruction and comparative studies. Together the two sites were occupied during the Middle Prehistoric, Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric periods.

Dakah De’nin’s Village and the Dixthada Site

Dakah De’nin’s Village and the Dixthada Site PDF

Author: Anne D. Shinkwin

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1979-01-01

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1772820865

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Archaeological remains from two late prehistoric/early historic sites in east central Alaska ─ Dakah de’nin’s, an Ahtna Athapaskan village site and Dixthada, an Upper Tanana Athapaskan site ─ are presented and, with findings from a Kutchin Athapaskan site (Klo-kut) in the northern Yukon Territory, form the basis for an examination of whether or not the archaeological data warrants the definition of three distinct groups of Pacific Drainage Athapaskans during prehistoric and early historic time.

Potato Island Site, District of Kenora, Ontario

Potato Island Site, District of Kenora, Ontario PDF

Author: Polly Koezur

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1976-01-01

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1772820482

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A number of aspects of the prehistory of northern Ontario are considered in these reports. Of central concern are the spatial variations of the Terminal Woodland ceramics and the evidence for the transition from the Laurel assemblage into Blackduck assemblage