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A collaborative undertaking to excavate and reinter a historic burial (FgOw-2) near Viking, central Alberta

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In late summer of 2015, human remains were exposed by a badger dig in a field near Viking, Alberta. Staff of the Historic Resources Management Branch of Alberta Culture and Tourism. HRMB staff worked collaboratively with representatives from the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations and others to determine the most appropriate approach for dealing with this burial, and it was decided that the remainder of the burial should be removed and reburied in a new protected location. Based on a brief analysis of the bones and associated artifacts, it was determined that the individual was likely a 13 to 14 year old Aboriginal female who died as early as the 1830s.

Updated

January 1, 2016

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archaeological excavations archaeological surveys

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Culture and Tourism

Contributor

Wilson, Aaron

Place of Publication

Edmonton

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Date Created

2016-01-01

Date Added

2018-06-22T19:21:22.587179

Date Modified

2016-01-01

Date Issued

2016-01-01

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Alberta Culture and Tourism