Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites
Author: Brian Patrick Kooyman
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780826323330

Covers manufacturing techniques, lithic types and materials, reduction strategies and techniques, worldwide lithic technology, production variables, meaning of form, and usewear and residue analysis.

Alberta History: ALBERTA ARCHAEOLOGY: CONTRIBUTIONS

Alberta History: ALBERTA ARCHAEOLOGY: CONTRIBUTIONS
Author: Joachim Fromhold
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1105559149

Presentation of a number of obscure previously published articles, unpublished reports and new research of significance to Alberta Archaeology. McKean Lithic Technology, Archaeology of the Cremona-Sundre area, Cluny Earthlodges, Cree Burial Practices, Donalda Buffalo Pound field report, Early Man and the Ice-Free Corridor, F.M. Buffalo Jump, Gull Lake Heritage Assessment, Ice Retreat and Glacial Lakes in Northern Alberta, Medicine Hills Assessment, Medicine River Crossing Cree Settlement, Battle River-Meeting Creek Land Use, North Peace Historic Settlement Sites, 111 St. Burial (Edmotnon) independent assessment, Pelican Lake Culture, Prehistoric Population Reconstructions, Trail Pattern Studies, NE Red Deer Land Use study, Rissdale Historic Cemeteries, Tail Creek Metis Settlement, Alberta Moundbuilder Culture, Battle River-Souris River Corridor, Silver Creek Ranch Site and surrounding area, Unfinished Projects, Western Cree Tipis, Ethics in Alberta Archaeology. 344 pages. Illustratio

Archaeology on the Edge

Archaeology on the Edge
Author: Jane Holden Kelley
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 1552381382

Dedicated to the memory of Richard G. Forbis, this collection of papers presented by his students and colleagues represents more than a tribute to a pioneer and legend in Alberta archaeology. The papers chosen for this collection focus on new directions in northern plains archaeological research and are a unique and topical contribution to modern archaeology.

Canada's Stonehenge

Canada's Stonehenge
Author: Gordon R. Freeman
Publisher: Kingsley Pub
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780978452612

Passion and science blend in this remarkable, readable book, as Freeman takes us along on his patient and exciting discovery of a 5000-year-old Temple in the plains of Alberta.--Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner.

Archaeology in Alberta

Archaeology in Alberta
Author: Archaeological Society of Alberta
Publisher: Alberta? : s.n.
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1962
Genre: Archaeology
ISBN:

Archaeology in Alberta

Archaeology in Alberta
Author: Jack Brink
Publisher: Medicine Hat : Archaeological Society of Alberta
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

Once Upon a River

Once Upon a River
Author: Michael Wilson
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 177282108X

Late Quaternary geology and archaeology of the Bow River valley at Calgary, Alberta are considered in terms of archaeological visibility, defined as recognizability of any archaeological manifestations or patterns, in the field or laboratory.

The Beaver Hills Country

The Beaver Hills Country
Author: Graham MacDonald
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1897425376

This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. Ecological themes, such as climatic cycles, ground water availability, vegetation succession and the response of wildlife, and the impact of fires, shape the possibilities and provide the challenges to those who have called the region home or used its varied resources: Indians, Metis, and European immigrants.