Prehistory of Lake Athabasca

Prehistory of Lake Athabasca
Author: James Vallière Wright
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820296

The position of Lake Athabasca relative to the Plains, Boreal Forest, and Arctic physiographic zones, which have changed through time in response to climatic fluctuations, has resulted in cultures adapted to these three zones occupying areas of the lake during certain periods. During the later prehistory, the western half of the lake was exploited by a Plains-derived, bison hunting culture whereas the eastern half of the lake was exploited by a Boreal Forest-derived, caribou hunting culture.

Prehistory of Saglek Bay, Labrador

Prehistory of Saglek Bay, Labrador
Author: James A. Tuck
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820326

Description of Maritime Archaic, early Palaeo-Eskimo, and Dorset Inuit occupations of Saglek Bay in northern Labrador with comment on settlement – subsistence, culture history, and possible prehistoric Native and Inuit contacts.

Of Men and Herds in Canadian Plains Prehistory

Of Men and Herds in Canadian Plains Prehistory
Author: Bryan H. C. Gordon
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 127
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820792

This is a preliminary study of temporal and spatial relationships between Canadian Plains peoples, climates and bison populations over the past 10,000 years. Discreteness of two bison populations, hunting and band movements and communication are discussed together with the probable role of grassland faciation as a control on bison migration.

Skeena River Prehistory

Skeena River Prehistory
Author: Richard Inglis
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820822

This volume presents the results of archaeological work along the Skeena River between 1966 and 1971 and includes excavation reports for Gitaus (GdTc-2) and Gitlaxdzawk (GdTc-1), village sites in the Kitselas Canyon, and the Hagwilget Canyon site (GhSv-2). Also included are reports on site surveys along the river and on the petroglyphs of the Kitselas Canyon area.

Paleoecological Model for Northwest Coast Prehistory

Paleoecological Model for Northwest Coast Prehistory
Author: Knut R. Fladmark
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820415

The evolution of the Northwest Coast cultural pattern from two different archaeological traditions, one in the north and one to the south, is discussed in terms of environmental and subsistence factors.

Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the Arrow Lakes, Southeastern British Columbia

Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the Arrow Lakes, Southeastern British Columbia
Author: Christopher J. Turnbull
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1977-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820636

Archaeological and ethnohistoric evidence is presented to conclude that the Arrow Lakes region of southeastern British Columbia has been an integrated part of the Columbia plateau for at least 3,300 years.

Prehistoric Occupations of Black Lake, Northern Saskatchewan

Prehistoric Occupations of Black Lake, Northern Saskatchewan
Author: Sheila Joan Minni
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772820504

Black Lake was occupied on a discontinuous basis from approximately 6000 B.C. to the historic period by cultures originating from a number of different physiographic zones. An economical model outlines the historic and late prehistoric dependance of the Chipewyan on the barren ground caribou herds.