The McCluskey Site

The McCluskey Site

Author: Kenneth C. A. Dawson

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1772820253

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A detailed description of a Blackduck tradition site that also contained Laurel tradition and transitional materials. The major occupation is assigned to the Western Area Algonkian culture of northwestern Ontario.


Saamis Site

Saamis Site

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.


Glenbrook Village Site

Glenbrook Village Site

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.


Potato Island Site, District of Kenora, Ontario

Potato Island Site, District of Kenora, Ontario

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


Harder Site

Harder Site

Author: Ian G. Dyck

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1772820652

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This study is an analysis and functional interpretation of the cultural remains from a Middle Period bison hunters’ campsite situated in the parklands of central Saskatchewan. The Harder site, excavated by the author during 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, and radiocarbon dated at 3,400 years, belongs to the Oxbow archaeological complex.


Ramillies

Ramillies

Author: John H. Brumley

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1976-01-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1772820520

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Description of a unique style of bison pound, involving enlargement and modification of a natural depression near the edge of a deep coulee. Analysis of data indicates the major period of site occupancy occurred between circa 150 to 965 A.D. during the Avonlea and Old Women’s phases.


Culture History of Kirkland Lake District, Northeastern Ontario

Culture History of Kirkland Lake District, Northeastern Ontario

Author: John William Pollock

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1976-01-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1772820512

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This thesis attempts to delineate a cultural-chronological sequence from northwestern Ontario extending from the historic period to approximately 5000 B.C. Four phases representing three cultural traditions are defined.


Salvage Contributions

Salvage Contributions

Author: Roscoe Wilmeth

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1772820334

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The six archaeological reports in this issue pertain to salvage operations carried out under contract with the Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man. Three of the projects were located in southern Alberta, one each in northern and southern Saskatchewan, and one in southern Manitoba.


Archaeological Salvage Projects 1973

Archaeological Salvage Projects 1973

Author: William J. Byrne

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1772820261

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In 1973 the Salvage Section, Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man, instituted thirty-one archaeological salvage projects across the country. This report contains summary articles dealing with twenty-nine of these projects.


Skeletal Variability in British Columbia Coastal Populations

Skeletal Variability in British Columbia Coastal Populations

Author: Jerome S. Cybulski

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 177282030X

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Metric and non-metric techniques of analysis are used to study the interrelationships of the Haida, Kwakuitl, Nootka, and Coast Salish ethnic divisions of British Columbia. Both between and within group variation is considered based on crania in museum collections.