Browsing by Subject "Paleo-Indians"

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Early evidence of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on the northern plains : an examination of Avonlea cultural materials (AD 300-1100)

Lints, Andrew (2013-02-03)

The goal of this thesis is to reconstruct the plant component of paleodiet for the Avonlea complex (AD 300 – 1100 BP), an early ceramic-producing culture on the Northern Plains. Avonlea peoples have been assumed by ...
Landscape indicators of Old Tower Road archaeological site (DbJm-6), Thunder Bay District

Schweitzer, Margaret Ann (2015-10-21)

This thesis addresses two research objectives. The first investigates landscape factors in the paleo-environment which may have influenced the geographic positioning of an archaeological site near Thunder Bay. The time ...
The Potential of microfossil use in paleodiet and paleoenvironmental analysis in Northwestern Ontario

Surette, Clarence Leopold Joseph (2008)

Historically wild rice was important economically and spiritually across much of central and eastern Canada, but the antiquity of its use by Native communities is unclear. Unlike plant macrofossils, which have traditionally ...