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Language: English (Canadian) Organizations: Culture (1980-1987, 2013-2014)

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January 1, 1991

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Part of Alberta Culture’s Occasional Paper series, Archaeology in Alberta was an annual publication that highlighted and reported on research activities undertaken in Alberta during the year,...


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March 1, 1986

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This report presents the final results of the 1984 field season at the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump site, which represents the second season of archaeological research by the staff of Alberta...


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January 1, 1986

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Presents a synthesis of the data of ethnological science with the information concerning the Blackfoot contained in the writings of the explorers, travellers and traders from the time of first...


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January 1, 1986

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Excavations conducted at the Ross site in southeastern Alberta during 1981 yielded considerable quantities of data with scientifically significant results. These investigations were required at...


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January 1, 1986

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This paper addresses the question of the positions of various Plains Indian tribes across the southern Alberta landscape at about the time of first European influence and, later, actual European...


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January 1, 1986

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Presents a collection of archaeological studies seeking to understand the characteristics of the prehistory of the mountains and foothills that form the Eastern Slopes along the Rocky Mountains....


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January 1, 1986

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The prehistory of Alberta Plains span at least 11,000 years. Archaeologists have discerned changes in artifact styles which allow this long record of human habitation to be divided into periods...


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February 1, 1985

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This document constitutes the final report of archaeological activities during the 1983 field season by staff of Alberta Culture at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. The site has been identified by...


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January 1, 1985

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The Eaglenest Portage Site (alternately referred to by the briefer Borden designation, HkPa 4), is a large site located in the Birch Mountains region of northeastern Alberta. Extensive excavations...


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January 1, 1985

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Archaeological studies at this site were initiated in response to the planned construction of a residential subdivision in northwest Calgary. The results of the excavation demonstrated a...