Archaeology

Extracts from volume II (1,000 B.C. to A.D. 500) gives overview of the societies of Native People in Canada. To access volume, please scroll down.

Book review of: History's Shadow by Steven Conn.

Anthropology / Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004.

[Archaeology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2010.

American Civilization Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2001.

Book review of: Honouring Our Elders edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Stephen Loring and Daniel Odess.

Presents digitized images and lesson plans to enhance teaching and learning about First Nations art.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.26 (p.109-138).

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2005.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2006.

Examines the efforts of Latin American researchers to combat scientific colonization among the palaeontological community.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1998.

Explores the difference in hunting practices due to changes in climate during this time period.

Compares Amerindian and Palaeoeskimo impact patterns on the environment using data collected from two ponds in northern Newfoundland.

Reviews key developments in previous theories, which usually produced binary classifications, and suggests that classification based on territorial ownership may be preferable.

Discusses the use of ethnographic analogy to propel modern hunter-gatherers behaviour into the past and define cultural characteristics of these groups.

Reports the use of salted grasshoppers as food at Lakeside Cave over the last 5000 years.

Argues that the eastern Thule were contemporaries of the post-Birnirk Nunagiak stage.

Book review of: Iceman ... by Sarah Richardson and Brenda Fowler and Skull Wars ... by David Hurst Thomas.

Analyzes a small wooden human figurine found with the remains of an Inuit woman.

Comments on one of the oldest and best-preserved artifacts, a slotted antler point, discovered in southwestern Yukon.

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

Presents proposals to facilitate future investigations of Pre-Dorset occupations in southern Baffin Island.

Presents results from several seasons of research including data from community interviews, archaeological surveys and excavations at four Inuit settlements, one Inuit-Métis house, and one Newfoundland fishery camp.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), 2000.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002

Book review of: Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Jack W. Brink. Scroll to page 296 to read review.

Examines the discrepancy in the age of artifacts and why this may lead to a revision of how Dorset culture is described.

Results of analysis of remains from an archaeological site dated between 7500-4100 ca. B.P.

Discusses the social consequences of the pots and containers of Zuni Indians acquired in 1920-1930 by Euro-American institutions.

Uses archaeological survey and excavation data, ecological information, historical documents, ethnographic reports and stories by tribal members to look at occupation at Plymouth Landing.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2005.

Book review of: In the Days of Our Grandmothers edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Lorna Townsend. To access this review, scroll to page 140.

Discusses how "Blood Run" exposes the limitations of repatriation legislation, most significantly, how NAGPRA's current definition of American Indian identity falls short of sovereign tribal conceptions of identity and tribal responsibility for the repatriation of ancestral remains.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2008.

Reinterprets the evidence for changing settlement strategies and demonstrates the use of ethnographic and historical observation in settlement archaeology.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2006.

Book review of: Inauthentic Archaeologies by Troy Lovata. Review located by scrolling to page 303.

Book review of: Inconstant Companions: Archaeology and North American Indian Oral Traditions by Ronald J. Mason.

Discusses the complexities of museum selection and acquisition for both contemporary and traditional Indigenous art.

This booklet lists Aboriginal boulder effigy sites in North America, with emphasis on Saskatchewan. Sites included are Minton, Onion Lake and Ogema, all in Saskatchewan, and Steveville and Cluny, in Alberta. It also lists other stone configurations made on the soil.

1 file containing various correspondence, clippings and press releases for activities during Pion-Era. One release describes Chief Bill Eagle's totem pole project and the various indigenous people from the surrounding area. Another article in the Western Farm Scene: "Sun Dance was Important to Indians Spiritual Life". Transcript of "An Address of the Saskatchewan Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation" (5 pages)

Book review of 2 books: The Indian History of British Columbia by Wilson Duff. The First Nations of British Columbia by Robert J. Muckle. Scroll down to page 130 to read review.

Discusses issues surrounding the development of Wanuskewin Heritage Park.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including explorations in the Ozark Mountain region and pottery from the excavation of Hawikuh.