@article {11114, title = {6100 B.P. at the Below Forks Site (FhNg-25), Central Saskatchewan}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {126-163}, abstract = {

The Below Forks site (FhNg-25) is situated on a point bar terrace in the Saskatchewan River valley. The deepest component, dated to 6100\ B.P., was focused on a hearth in association with thousands of pieces of debitage and faunal fragments. It produced a Gowen type point and a variety of stone tools, including grinding stones. Hide processing, core reduction and preform shaping were major activities, with most of the lithic materials procured from deposits of cobbles lining the river\’s edge.

The diverse biotic communities of the site area, as indicated by geoarchaeological studies, as well as the abundant lithics, produced a rich environmental \“patch\”. Immature bison remains suggest a spring or early summer occupation and it appears that the site occupants travelled here to replenish their toolstone depleted in the course of the winter. Below Forks was a locale occupied by the members of a well-established, successful regional society in the course of their seasonal movements through a large section of central Saskatchewan.

}, author = {David Meyer and Jenna S. Johnston and Steven C. Kasstan and Laura Roskowski-Nuttall} }