Archaeology

Comments on the archaeological evidence from three sites that identifies Inuit response to European presence.

Book review of: Fantastic Dreaming by Jane Lydon. Review located by scrolling to page 299.

Looks at a collection of more than 130 native food plants and animals from Western Canada to help with the identification of residues absorbed into the walls of Late Precontact vessels.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.

Book review of: Feasting With Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley by Cheryl Claassen. Review located by scrolling to page 160.

Book review of: Field Man edited by Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Stone Implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater Province by William Henry Holmes The Siouan Indians: A Preliminary Sketch by W. J. McGee Siouan Sociology: A Posthumus Paper by James Owen Dorsey Tusayan Katcinas by Jesse Walter Fewkes The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 by Cosmos Mindeleff

Book review of: Polar Imperative: A History of Arctiv Sovereignty in North America by Shelagh D. Grant.

Description of the fossil found near Churchill, Manitoba and the events that lead to the discovery.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2008.

The Master fireplace at La Loche House, with a hardpan base. Methye Portage, SK.

Highlights some of the changes in technology in central Alaska around 6000 and 1000 cal B.P.

Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.

Document designed to assist First Nations communities in developing their own heritage conservation plan.

A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.

Book review of: First Nations, Museums, Narrations by Alison K. Brown.

Archaeology survey indicates that this site may be the earliest known in Ontario.

Underwater survey reveals structures dating from Late Archaic period.

Brief descriptions and locations on a map of pre-Clovis sites in North and South America.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.

Stone Age tools found at the Shriver site in Missouri are evidence that occupations must be older than 13,000 B.C.

Report of a bison butchering site dated between 5,000 and 9,000 B.C. that included Alberta and Scottbluff points.

Compares flint implements found at this site with those from circumpolar sites.

Discrepancies in the dating of artifacts found at various sites in Alaska described.

Research suggests that the floodplain of the Grand River was an important setting for initial maize production by the Iroquoian Princess Point Complex (A.D. 500-900).

On information card: Flooring of room adjacent to master fireplace. Stones of fireplace to right. Methy Portage, SK.

On information card: Flooring of the west periphery of the cellar of La Loche House. Methy Portage, SK.

Provides illustrations and descriptions of the few fluted points that have been located in Ontario.

Looks at the strategies of two curators involved in planning the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.

Examines the claim that evidence of the Folsom complex was found in California.

Reports on the similarities between Folsom points from Southern Saskatchewan and those found in the Southern United States.

Book review of: Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill by David J. Meltzer.

Presents palynological (pollen analysis) data that was presented at the Delgamuukw vs. the Queen trial regarding Aboriginal title in British Columbia.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009.

Study sums up that, even though there were wide variations in environmental conditions across late Pleistocene North America, not enough time had passed for local selective gradients to lead to significant changes in point shape.

Compares two models that were developed to account for a deeply stratified workshop and habitation site.

Discusses the mechanics of flake formation to aid in distinguishing, which is a tool and which is a flake.

A brief guide to the history and buildings comprising Fort Battleford, located in Battleford, SK.

Historical note:

A detailed guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, and was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Book review of: Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors: A Trading Post on the Upper Missouri by W. Raymond Wood, William J. Hunt, Randy H. Williams.

A detailed history and guide to Fort Pitt Historic Park, located near present-day Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Fort Pitt was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Historical note:

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.58 (p.1-38)

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2012.

Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site is a former symbol of the alliance between the British and First Nations. Site includes history, natural resources, archaeology, virtual tour, photo gallery, recreational activities, and visitor information.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2009.