<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HARTLEN, George H.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Sandy Lake/Vickers Focus/Mortlach Continuity in Southcentral Manitoba / La continuité Sandy Lake, Vickers Focus et Mortlach dans le centre-su</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saskatoon</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Recent research in southwestern Manitoba has identified several sites which have yielded artifacts reminiscent of a hunting/horticultural society. Collectively known as the Vickers Focus, the dates for these sites range form A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1500. Current research on the Randall collection, a large ceramic assemblage from the Killarney region of southcentral Manitoba, has revealed some similarities between this assemblage and known Vickers Focus sites. From this research it has also been concluded that Sandy Lake people comprised one of the immigrant groups which made up the Vickers Focus. The subtle differences between Sandy Lake pottery and what has been defined as 'Vickers Focus' pottery is believed to represent a Scattered Village influence from the south. It is therefore proposed that 'Vickers Focus' pottery is a regional variation of Sandy Lake Ware and if Mortlach pottery is a successor to Sandy Lake, as suggested by other authors, then there might also be a Sandy Lake/Vickers Focus/Mortlach continuity present in southcentral Manitoba.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>