Tag: Clovis
By Reid Graham
September 20, 2016
Glacial Lakes around Lesser Slave Lake
Where we find archaeological sites in the province is often strongly tied to the physical environment. We look for the different physical characteristics such as distance to water and if an area is high and dry. These features are indicators, which tell us that there could be an archaeological site in the area. This approach to
Keep ReadingTags: Alberta | Clovis | Early Precontact | Falher | Geology | Glacial | High Prairie | Ice Age | Indigenous Peoples | Lakes | Lesser Slave Lake | Mclennan | research | Scottsbluff | Slave Lake | Swan Hills | Valleyview
By Madeline Coleman
May 17, 2016
The Brazeau Reservoir Archaeological Survey Project
The Brazeau Reservoir Archaeological Survey is a project hosted by the Strathcona Archaeological Society, and is sponsored by Tree Time Services. It currently is centred around a large campsite and workshop on the upper valley margin at the confluence of the Brazeau and Elk Rivers, located near Drayton Valley and Rocky Mountain House. The main
Keep ReadingTags: Agate Basin | Alberta | arrowhead | Biface | Brazeau Reservoir | Clovis | Drayton Valley | Hell Gap | Indigenous Peoples | Lithics | Oxbow | Plains Corner-notch | research | Rocky Mountain House | Sites | stone tool