https://open.alberta.ca/feeds/custom.atom?tags=Archaeological+Survey+of+Alberta&audience=ResearchersOpen Government - Custom query2024-03-29T09:47:07.856966+00:00Alberta Open Governmentpython-feedgenRecently created or updated datasets on Open Government. Custom query: 'culture and tourism'https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/5033670d-1df4-4cda-b636-f9bb18247206The rock art of the Williams Coulee site, EcPl-16, southwestern Alberta2023-11-22T21:31:43.281245+00:00DescriptionProvide a brief description of the contents of the resource (1 to 5 sentences recommended).The Williams Coulee site (EcPl-16), in southwestern Alberta, is an important and strikingly visual rock art site. This article describes the rock art and offers interpretations of narrative scenes. Outside of the Writing-on-Stone region, Williams Coulee offers some of the most complete and most complex narrative scenes that are typical of Plains Biographical tradition art, but also features scenes with static anthropomorphs that bespeak of the Plains Ceremonial tradition.2021-04-09T19:21:37.835572+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/98a94bf3-8dcc-4052-b49f-824fc5a6f73bThe atlatl weights of Saskatchewan2023-11-22T21:31:58.032990+00:00This article describes and classifies seventy-two atlatl weights found in Saskatchewan, almost all from fields under cultivation in the grassland and aspen parkland. The article presents metric attributes and illustrations of the weights in each class in order to further the understanding of this little documented group of artifacts by making available representative specimens from known locations within a defined geographical boundary.2021-04-09T18:52:04.412674+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/e456a5eb-d7c3-4d54-84e8-9f32153045f1Glacier Pass Concretions : a pre-contact toolstone from an alpine quarry complex in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains2023-11-22T21:32:18.105662+00:00This article summarizes geochemical and mineralogical analyses of the material called Glacier Pass Concretions including portable X-ray fluorescence, thin sections, and hyperspectral imaging. Results indicate that pre-contact toolmakers were aware of internal inconsistencies in concretions and targeted specific high silica bands that produced a better quality, predictable substrate for tools. The article presents photographic libraries to aid identification and summarize an archaeometry-based reconstruction of pre-contact cognitive approaches to a raw material seasonally exploited in an alpine area for several thousand years.2020-12-15T20:46:24.155280+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/d8f7ddd1-619f-4b81-bb9d-c9e6ea2271ceDeeply buried intact sediments yielding cultural deposits within the North Saskatchewan River valley in the city of Edmonton, Alberta2023-11-22T21:32:33.961952+00:00This article examines the impact of urban development on archaeological deposits within, and adjacent to, the North Saskatchewan River valley in the city of Edmonton in central Alberta. Recent archaeological studies indicate that undisturbed sediments are present and can yield significant archaeological deposits of both precontact and fur trade age, despite decades of extensive urban development.2020-12-15T20:20:55.555016+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/fb916a15-6873-443e-ae72-06f032a29365Dating stone circle sites : targeted investigations using magnetometry in south-central Saskatchewan2023-11-22T21:32:46.937666+00:00Investigating stone circle sites can be notoriously difficult. This paper discusses some of the difficulties inherent with current stone circle research approaches and presents an alternative approach through the use of magnetometry and palaeobotanical analysis at three sites in south-central Saskatchewan. The paper highlights the successful use of magnetometry, the value of exploring this method for future research, and challenges to consider when using this approach.2020-12-15T20:33:39.777249+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/76b989d3-b151-4e78-a682-c2a917a77872Lessons learned : the Bodo public archaeology program, Alberta2023-11-22T21:33:07.716570+00:00This article summarizes a community-based public archaeology program in Bodo, Alberta. The lessons learned at the Bodo public archaeology program have wider implications regarding the benefits that locally-led, experience-based heritage outreach initiatives bring to the communities in which they are situated, and provide suggestions for how to plan for program success when resources are relatively limited.2020-12-04T18:58:06.679607+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/e34cc4b6-8313-43bd-80b3-cd612bf54b6aRevisiting Besant and Sonota era bone uprights in Alberta2023-11-22T21:33:24.209761+00:00This article summarizes archaeological features called bone uprights that appear at sites in Alberta and across the northern plains. Bone uprights are vertical animal bones (usually bison) that were embedded in the ground and served several purposes for pre-contact people.2019-09-27T17:26:01.340856+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3248c769-4e97-45ac-a939-d637a3c8371aAn excavation at the White Horse Lake Cairn (EeOo-1), with comparisons to other excavated cairns in southern Alberta2023-11-22T21:33:40.354593+00:00This is an article about pre-contact stone features in Alberta. The results of an archaeological excavation of a stone cairn in southern Alberta are compared to results of other excavations at stone cairns in the province. The results inform expectations and management practices concerning an important historic resource in Alberta.2019-07-24T15:17:29.077428+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/76a5a59f-935f-49af-a99d-df3df36b9cc0Digital methods to mediate impacts of the relocation of built heritage and their implications for the Perrenoud Homestead in Alberta2023-11-22T21:33:56.884034+00:00This is an article about digital methods of heritage preservation. The article outlines the results of efforts to digitally document a historic building in southern Alberta prior to dismantling. The results inform tourism and historic resource management practices in the province.2019-07-24T15:02:07.102700+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/12f9a1a9-b665-43bd-9edb-13ccc4cdbb94Off the shelf : modeling and management of historical resources2023-11-22T21:34:10.667376+00:00This article summarizes how industry developers determine if and where known and unknown historical resources are located in development areas. Models are useful planning tools to minimize disturbances and manage historical resources in an expedient and economical way. 2020-12-04T18:47:34.093160+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/502b2681-69c8-45e2-8aab-5b4d119ea0fdRemote sensing at the Sourismouth forts (Manitoba) : archaeological re-interpretation after nearly 40 years2023-11-22T21:34:27.657274+00:00This article summarizes remote sensing work at Fur Trade Period archaeological sites in Western Canada. This consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of different methods of non-invasive data recovery emphasizes the importance of multi-proxy approaches to archaeological site evaluation.2020-12-04T20:13:27.462968+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/058fa205-8fa6-4669-957a-cf73cddd79b5Advancing archaeology : industry and practice in Alberta, 2019. Dedication : Terrance (Terry) H. Gibson2023-11-22T21:36:26.129405+00:00This tribute article is a dedication to an influential archaeologist in Alberta – Terry Gibson. The article introduces the 39th issue of the Occasional Paper Series, which is dedicated to Terry Gibson.2019-09-27T17:17:28.566914+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/19f9bb72-40c3-459d-8860-a7439b5f9b23The finer features of the Junction Site2023-11-28T21:23:00.484204+00:00This paper reports on the success of three seasons of excavation at the Junction Site, where anomalies identified through the use of a magnetometer became focal points for the mitigative excavations completed. Here we assess the utility of this technique in identifying buried features and further describe the many different features exposed. Our discussion concludes with an analysis of results and identification of the salient characteristics that distinguish the different functions of the features identified.2023-11-28T21:12:39.680396+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/b3c13412-8d28-4455-8d90-b54822665934The PaleoIndigenous component of the Ahai Mneh Site (FiPp-33), Lake Wabamun, Alberta2023-11-28T21:42:20.791737+00:00This paper presents several years of field school research at Ahai Mneh in central Alberta, including spatial analytical methods to disentangle artifact distributions. We were able to identify a deeper PaleoIndigenous Period component at the site, also present in surface collections from an adjacent cultivated field. Enigmatic and initially unprepossessing artifacts from Ahai Mneh actually have fascinating stories to tell if we are willing to delve into the microcosm of human decisions for which they still preserve traces. Examples include a failed effort at making a fluted point, an unusual Hell Gap-like point, a Scottsbluff point, and a fractured Alberta point base. While the results of such analyses involve inferences, they are much better than casual assumptions about associations, and point to the need for serious regulatory reform in requiring 3-D piece-plotting of artifacts.2023-11-28T21:37:32.227876+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a3a4da3e-68af-4fc5-8a21-5c41845b2687Many edges to the wedges : an overview of microblade technology in western Canada2023-11-28T21:51:11.159294+00:00Microblade technology in western Canada is reviewed within a regional framework to broaden archaeologists’ understanding of its geographic and temporal distribution. Substantial references are made to archaeological grey literature. Focusing on two main microcore forms (Denali and fixed platform), the technology is shown to be found throughout the Holocene epoch, concentrated principally in British Columbia and the Yukon, with fewer occurrences in the Northwest Territories and Alberta. Microcore morphologies are strongly dependent on the qualities of toolstones used in their manufacture; the principal core forms demonstrate regionally distinct distributions and weak temporal trends. From the Late Pleistocene and through the Holocene, microblade technology in northwestern North America appears to increase and decrease in popularity on track with major climatic episodes. Substantial progress has been made in recent times in substantiating a north to south time-slope trend in microblade distribution yet knowledge gaps remain in north-central British Columbia, Alberta, and the western Northwest Territories. Technical features of microblade technology offer opportunities to study social aspects of ancient societies.2023-11-28T21:45:11.309363+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/16534764-b7f8-44df-a88f-f3ea128718f9DgPf-18: Handprint rock art at the Sandstone Ranch site, North Milk River2023-11-28T21:57:51.441970+00:00In 2017, Archaeological Survey staff investigated claims of rock art being present on a sandstone outcrop located at Sandstone Ranch, lands owned and managed jointly by the Nature of Conservancy of Canada, the Alberta Conservation Association, and the Alberta Fish and Game Association. A preliminary visit to the outcrop resulted in the identification of a couple of red ochre handprints and smears. The rock art was identified as Foothills Abstract Tradition rock art. This paper discusses the significance of this newly identified rock art and how it relates to the distribution of other red ochre handprints and smears in Plains rock art.2023-11-28T21:53:31.048849+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/e1c09465-c3ac-4a84-af5e-85bbe5549b87I’ll aways miss the point... and I still don’t know Jack2023-11-28T23:00:59.239686+00:00This paper is an adapted conference presentation for inclusion in a collection of tributes to Jack Brink. The paper is meant to stand as a memory to those who attended the conference symposium and to honour an admired colleague. 2023-11-28T22:56:22.085424+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/33fbc881-6c10-47ad-bc0f-1f88d794affcBibliography of Jack W. Brink2023-11-28T23:05:58.347565+00:00This is a bibliography of articles and book chapters by Jack W. Brink.2023-11-28T23:03:06.927247+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3ed4f6d4-a703-4234-ac71-c38cc41aa8e7Archaeology on the brink : papers in honour of John W. Brink, 20232023-11-28T23:22:13.064670+00:00This volume is dedicated to Jack Brink who undertook ground-breaking research over his 40 year career with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and Royal Alberta Museum. He produced many publications and presentations for professional and avocational audiences, he played a formative role in the development of cultural resource management policy in Alberta, and was a creative and driving force in the establishment of world-class interpretive facilities and public programs. The papers in this volume discuss a variety of archaeological topics in Western Canada that continue Jack's legacy of shaping people and research. 2023-10-23T14:47:47.683546+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a3002e42-b78d-4c9b-b069-1fec0ef7586eReconciling local, global, and Indigenous values : a history of the Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi World Heritage inscription2023-11-30T17:51:34.436196+00:00The inscription of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi on the World Heritage List in 2019 was the culmination of a fifteen-year long nomination process. The nomination recognized the international significance of this Blackfoot cultural landscape, but the process also exposed tensions between local, global, and Indigenous values. Consultation with Blackfoot and local settler communities during the National Historic Site of Canada commemoration that preceded the World Heritage site nomination indicated broad support for inscription of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi. However, engagement with local settler communities during the World Heritage site nomination process led to multiple iterations of the submission, as the nomination team attempted to balance the original Blackfoot vision of a cultural landscape that extended beyond Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi against local community concerns with the nominated property boundaries and buffer zone. Integrating recent settler history within the ancient Blackfoot sacred landscape also proved contentious. In consequence, international experts reviewing the nomination struggled to reconcile globalized universalism with local perspectives and Indigenous values. Throughout the nomination, Jack Brink helped the nomination team navigate the contested values of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, ultimately leading to a successful inscription accommodating local settler history within the Blackfoot cultural landscape while representing a step forward on the path to reconciliation with the Blackfoot.2023-11-28T22:45:15.717431+00:00