Archaeology

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Archeological Dig at Batoche

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
Description
Nine images of an Archeological Dig at Batoche, directed by Paul Donahue and funded by Parks Canada.
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Archeology of the Fatherland Site: The Grand Village of the Natchez

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 51, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert S. Neitzel
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.51 (p.3-108 , 16 plates).
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The Architecture at Three Saqqaq Sites in the Nuuk Fjord, Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Hinnerson Berglund
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 329-346
Description
Focuses on box hearths, an axial feature and a boulder hearth at three excavated sites on the West Coast of Greenland.
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Arrowhead

Archival » Archival Items
Description
Arrowhead donated to the Saskatoon Archaeology Society 17 January 1936 by Dr. D.S. Rawson; collected ca. 1920.
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Arrowhead

Archival » Archival Items
Description
One of a collection of arrowheads collected by J.W.T. Spinks - larger specimen from Dundurn, Saskatchewan
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Arrowhead

Archival » Archival Items
Description
One of a collection of arrowheads collected by J.W.T. Spinks - from Dundurn, Saskatchewan
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Arrowhead Blade

Archival » Archival Items
Description
One of a series of arrowheads - this one a blade - collected by J.W.T. Spinks.
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Artifacts Found During the Francois-Finlay Post Excavation in 1964

Images » Photographs
Description
Artifacts found during the Francois-Finlay Post excavation near Nipawin in 1964. Included are a musket ball and flintlock tumbler (top centre); a bent iron rod and gun maker's punch beside a bone fragment, bottom centre; with a charred log lying in the centre.

Historical note:

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At a Crossroads: Archaeology and First People in Canada

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sharon Sullivan
Aboriginal History , vol. 25, Aboriginality in Southeastern Australia, 2001, pp. 288-289
Description
Book review of: At a Crossroads edited By George P. Nicholas and Thomas D. Andrews. Review located by scrolling to page 288.
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Atlas of Canada 6th edition (archival version): Aboriginal Peoples circa 1630

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Description
Shows major linguistics families, archaeological complexes, population, extent of area known to Europeans, and European settlements. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
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The Atlatl: Function and Performance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Calvin D. Howard
American Antiquity, vol. 39, no. 1, January 1974, pp. 102-104
Description
Describes the use of the atlatl, or spear thrower, and how it works.
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Back from the Brink: Canada's First Nations' Right to Preserve Canadian Heritage

Alternate Title
Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Henry
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [5]-11
Description
Member of the Saanich Native Heritage Society describes efforts to prevent the sale of an ancient West Coast Saanich bowl to an American dealer, and to have this cultural property returned to their people.
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The Basketmaker

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Trethewey
Hakai Magazine, February 26, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Describes the process of creating classic Suquamish baskets as practiced by Ed Carriere, a master basketmaker from Washington state.
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Be of Good Mind: Essays on the Coast Salish

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Lutz
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 201-203
Description
Book review of: Be of Good Mind: Essays on the Coast Salish by Bruce Granville Miller.
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The Beothuk on the Eve of their Extinction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald H. Holly
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 37, no. 1, 2000, pp. 79-96
Description
Conceptualizes the Beothuk as active players pursuing social objectives in a malicious environment.
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Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Echo-Hawk
Larry J. Zimmerman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 461-485
Description
Authors reproduce an email conversation about race, racialism, and racism in Archaeological practice in the United States that occurred between Indigenous Archaeologists; and further discuss the issues raised in the conversation.
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Bibliography of Douglas W. Veltre

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Yesner
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 160-166
Description
Lists works published since 1970.
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