Canadiana

Canadiana
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Total Pages: 1028
Release: 1985
Genre: Canada
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Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America

Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America
Author: Guy E. Gibbon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1020
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136801790

First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.

Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates

Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates
Author: Roscoe Hall Wilmeth
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820725

An expanded and revised compilation of Canadian archaeological radiocarbon dates including those of the first publication in 1969 to the spring of 1976. Sites are arranged alphabetically by province or territory. An index of Borden Site Designation System numbers is provided.

Migod

Migod
Author: Bryan H. C. Gordon
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820539

The discrete band/discrete herd association is used to explore 8,000 years of barrenland prehistory at the Migod site, west-central Keewatin District, Northwest Territories The association appears applicable in the four traditions represented ─ Agate Basin, Shield Archaic, Pre-Dorset and Taltheilei.

Bringing Back the Past

Bringing Back the Past
Author: Pamela Jane Smith
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772821527

Over the past century and a half, Canadian archaeology rehabilitated large portions of a history once thought to be lost beyond recovery. This book is among the first to document and analyze the growth of archaeology in Canada.

Hahanudan Lake

Hahanudan Lake
Author: Donald Woodforde Clark
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1977-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820695

Archaeological investigation of two small house-pit sites located at Hahanudan Lake near the village of Huslia in the Koyukuk River drainage of western interior Alaska has produced lithic assemblages with Norton and Ipiutak culture characteristics. Radiocarbon dating indicates that cross ties are with the latter. This work expands the previously inland range of Ipiutak culture which is known primarily from coastal sites in northwestern Alaska.

Reports of the Lillooet Archaeological Project

Reports of the Lillooet Archaeological Project
Author: Arnoud Stryd
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820709

This report is the first of an anticipated series on the investigations of the Lillooet Archaeological Project which took place from 1969 to 1976 near the village of Lillooet in British Columbia. It consists of four papers, three of which were written by colleagues in disciplines other than archaeology. The papers discuss the present-day ecology, geologic history, and ethnography of the research area and recount the objectives, origin, and history of the project.

Ruin Islanders

Ruin Islanders
Author: Karen Margrethe McCullough
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772821330

A discussion of the archaeological research in the Bache Peninsula region of eastern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories which has produced a substantial amount of data relating to this poorly defined phase of Thule culture

The Nodwell Site

The Nodwell Site
Author: James Vallière Wright
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820229

A report on the Nodwell Site, a mid-fourteenth century ancestral Huron-Petun village site, that was almost completely excavated in 1971 by a joint National Museum of Man and Royal Ontario Museum expedition.