Archaeological Survey of Canada Annual Review 1980-1981 / Commission archéologique du Canada, rapports annuels 1980-1981

Archaeological Survey of Canada Annual Review 1980-1981 / Commission archéologique du Canada, rapports annuels 1980-1981

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1772821098

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This volume describes the activities of the Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man, for the years 1980 and 1981. / Un rapport sur les activités du Commission archéologique du Canada, Musée national de l’Homme pendant les années 1980 à 1981.


Archaeological Research at Calling Lake, Northern Alberta

Archaeological Research at Calling Lake, Northern Alberta

Author: Ruth Gruhn

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1772820938

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An archaeological survey of Calling Lake, situated in the mixed wood forest zone approximately 225 km north of Edmonton, found an abundance of prehistoric material at sites on the east and southeast shore. Four prehistoric campsites were excavated in three field seasons from l966 to 1968. Comparison of projectile point styles with types dated elsewhere suggest that occupation of two of the sites began in the interval 3000 to 1000 B.C. with major occupation of the other two sites starting somewhat later. Cultural affiliations appear to be with the Taltheilei tradition and earlier, with the Plains area.


Passion for the Past

Passion for the Past

Author: James Vallière Wright

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1772821578

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A Passion for the Past celebrates the late archaeologist James F. Pendergast. The book includes twenty-two essays on subjects ranging from archaeological ethnicity to Native perspectives on archaeology, and features several texts on the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a subject dear to Pendergast’s heart.


Prehistoric Cultural Change at Kitselas Canyon

Prehistoric Cultural Change at Kitselas Canyon

Author: Gary Coupland

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1772821314

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This study investigates the prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia. It contributes to archaeological theory by developing and testing a model of the evolution of cultural complexity. A culture historical contribution is also made in the development of a prehistoric local sequence for Kitselas Canyon.


Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1772821195

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Ten of the twenty Thule winter houses at the Brooman Point site, located on the southern tip of a peninsula extending from the eastern coast of Bathurst Island, were excavated in 1979 and 1980, and the description and interpretation of these remains forms the basis of this report.


History of the Native People of Canada

History of the Native People of Canada

Author: James Vallière Wright

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 1772821454

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Volume two examines such developments as the replacement of the earlier spearthrower by the bow and arrow, the introduction of pottery from the south, the importance of communal hunting of bison on the Plains, and the appearance of ranked societies on the West Coast.


DeBlicquy

DeBlicquy

Author: William Ewart Taylor

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1772820962

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This study summarizes archaeological excavations in the DeBlicquy site, Bathurst Island, Northwest Territories and the resulting data gathered in July 1961 of a typical Thule culture winter village of the Canadian High Arctic. Stylistic analysis suggests that the site was occupied during middle Thule times and can probably be dated between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries A.D.


Tipi Rings and Plains Prehistory

Tipi Rings and Plains Prehistory

Author: James T. Finnigan

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1772821020

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This study compares a model of the relationship between tipi and the tipi ring, using primarily ethnographic information, to data from the British Block Cairn site in southeastern Alberta. It demonstrates that the tipi required a considerable investment of raw materials, and, as a result, the tipi ring is a product of a carefully reasoned decision on the correct anchoring strategy for a given environmental setting.


Examination of Prehistoric Copper Technology and Copper Sources in Western Arctic and Subarctic North America

Examination of Prehistoric Copper Technology and Copper Sources in Western Arctic and Subarctic North America

Author: U. M. Franklin

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1772820954

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The results of investigations of copper technology and sources of copper of the prehistoric inhabitants of the North American Arctic and Subarctic are described. A total of 342 artifacts were examined from Arctic Small Tool tradition, Thule, Historic Eskimo, Chipewyan, Kutchin, and Ahtna contexts. Part 1 contains an analysis of copper composition, primarily by the neutron activation method, and a description of prehistoric manufacturing techniques. Part II is an annotated bibliography of metal occurrences in the north.