Tag: Foothills
By Corey Cookson
October 1, 2020
Top 10 Sites of 2019!
We are heading into the fall of 2020 and the season crunch is in full swing! We have been pretty busy, despite the challenges of COVID-19, and have found quite a few new and exciting sites. This makes us recall the sites of 2019! It was hard to make time to write up what we
Keep ReadingTags: Bear Gulch Idaho | bone awl | core | Foothills | hafted knife | hearth | Knife River Flint | microblade | Mount Edziza | Niton Junction | Nordegg | obsidian | Paskapoo Chert | projectile point | pXRF | Rocky Mountain House | Slave Lake | Sundre | Sundre Forest Products | Swan Hills | Vanderwell Contractors | Weyerhaeuser Pembina Timberlands
By Corey Cookson
October 9, 2018
Rat’s Nest Cave – Pictographs
Last year I visited a very interesting site located near Canmore, AB. The Rat’s Nest Cave is accessible through the touring company, Canmore Cave Tours, and can be visited all year round. With the help of my guide, Brent, I rappelled 18 m into the cave and squeezed through many tight water carved gaps and
Keep ReadingTags: Canmore | Canmore Cave Tours | D-Stretch | Decorrelation Stretch | faunal | Foothills | Indigenous Peoples | pictograph | Pictographs | Rat's Nest Cave | rock art
By Corey Cookson
June 12, 2018
What Makes a Site Significant?
During our field seasons we find 100+ archaeological sites every year; however, not every site we find is flagged for avoidance. The decision of whether a site is avoided or approved for impact ultimately comes down to the Historic Resource Management Branch at Alberta Culture and Tourism’s approval of our recommendations. Our recommendations are based
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By Corey Cookson
April 24, 2018
Tree Time’s 2017 Top Five Sites
Now that all the reporting is done, we thought it was a good time to look back on some of the exciting sites we worked on from the past year. We usually find over 100 sites every year but these sites stand out either because we found interesting artifacts or the site is unique compared
Keep ReadingTags: Alberta Point | Baffin Island | Beasant | Fawcett Lake | Foothills | Forestry | Hammerstone | Hell Gap | Lesser Slave Lake | Nordegg | Nunavut | obsidian | Rocky Mountain House | Slave Lake | sod house | Swan Hills | trade networks