Archeological investigations in the Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Reservoir 1961-1962

Overview

This book is a detailed, technical report of a full-scale survey and excavation project in the Canadian boreal forest—the first such project accomplished in Manitoba. It was carried out during the summer seasons of 1961 and 1962. Contents of this technical report include the results of a survey carried out in the area to be flooded by the Grand Rapids Hydro-electric Project and the details of an excavation at the Tailrace Bay site (the site selected as the most useful and representative for the entire area. At this site, the materials found, analyzed and interpreted include pre-ceramic time period materials, ceramic time period remains from the Laurel, Blackduck and Selkirk phases as well as European contact and trade goods from the historic phase. In addition, a discription, analysis and interpretation of the large sample of faunal remains collected at the Tailrace Bay site are provided by a paleo-zoologist, Paul Lukens.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Tables
Figures
Maps
Introduction
I. Description of Field Work
The Area
The Survey
Sites Located on the Survey
Test Excavations
Summary of Survey Data
Major Excavations
II. Description and Analysis, Tailrace Bay Cultural Material
Introduction
The Descriptive Analyses
Bone
Chipped Stone
Pottery
Historic and Trade Goods
Other Cultural Materials
III. Description and Analysis, Tailrace Bay Faunal Materials by Paul W. Lukens, Jr.
Introduction
Natural History of the Site
The Vertebrate Fauna
Faunal Interpretations
References
IV. Interpretations
Introduction
The Areal Context
The Case Study (Tailrace Bay)
V. Comparisons
General
Early Man Period
Archaic Period
Early Ceramics Period
Late Ceramics Period
Historic Period
VI: Conclusions
Summary of Major Results
Problems for Future Work
References