Artifacts & Tools

Report of micro-blade tools from polyhedral cores plus projectile points and other scrapers dated 5000 to 8000 years ago.

Uses radiocarbon dating on points with organic hafting material, (sinew) bindings. Samples are from Elephant Mountain Cave, Bob's Cave in Elko County, Kramer Cave, Bonneville Estates Rockshelter and Siblings Shelter, and Lower Lead Mine Hills Cave.

Discusses Clovis artifacts from c. 9,000 B.C., along with mammoth, bison, tapir and horse bones, and 74 pollen grains.

Looks at the culture of the Straits tribes, contact with the Europeans from 1790 and focuses on subsistence, government, religion and marriage of the Lummi. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 46 (p.[1]-136).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Uses lithic analysis to determine land-use patterns in the islands of this "peripheral" region.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2006.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2006.

Text of a speech describing the discovery of artifacts at the site from 1972 to 2005.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1986.

Comments on the array of artifacts found at excavation sites in Northern Labrador. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.

Focuses on sites with ceramics, human bones, pipes, whistles and urns.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 53 (p.265-365).

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999.

Identifies material used in manufacturing lithics by different cultural groups and where the material came from.

Book review of: A Prehistory of Australia, New Guinea and Sahul by J. Peter White and James F. O'Connell. Review located by scrolling to page 226.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1976.

Discusses results from excavation of a Thule winter village.

Discusses methods used in restoration and preservation of baskets made of plants and trees.

Symposium held September 24-28, 2007 in Ottawa.

Suggests new approaches are needed to address the issues of repatriation and historical failures of past collecting and curating.

Stone artifacts found indicate items date to Pleistocene or early Recent Fauna era.

Creation of 30 projectile points looking at: production, use, rejuvenation, breakage patterns and other related factors.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

Report of how the lead isotope in rock material from burial or habitation sites allows researchers to find out where the rocks were taken from.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1961.

Challenges in accurate dating of artifacts has implications for researchers who use dating to provide context for interpreting cultural items.

Website explores the excavation, weaving techniques and conservation of basketry artifacts found on the banks of the Snoqualmie river. Includes audio, text and video.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

American Material Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2008.

Review of research from recent field investigations in the lower Skeena, Prince Rupert area, lower Nass River, Queen Charlotte Islands and southern Alaska and discussion of themes emerging over the past ten years.

Discusses the discovery, use, and role of South-Saami shaman drums found in Norway.

Evidence shows public ritual reinforces community solidarity and identity.

Discusses surveys of archaeological materials, artifacts and the need for detailed stratigraphic investigation.

Tool analysis suggests that Paleoarchaic groups tended to relocate within their home range which was up to 400 km in diameter.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Book review of: Records of Times Past edited by Isabel McBryde. To access review, scroll down to page 156.

Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, October 26, 1981 regarding certain archaeological and anthropological pre-European contact artifacts from the Saskatoon area that were given to depositories in Winnipeg, and some that reside at the University of Saskatchewan. Reference is made to an associated document further discussing these matters.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1993.

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) used to help reidentify what was once thought to be an "elephant" bone, as the cranium and antler section of a modern moose.

Experimentation making modern Folsom points and what this teaches us about ancient technology.