@article {9727,
	title = {Late Woodland Pottery from the Goldsworthy Site: A Rainy River Assemblage in East Central Saskatchewan},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {22},
	year = {1999},
	pages = {043-080},
	abstract = {<p>The Goldsworthy site, located in east central Saskatchewan, is associated with ancient fishing weirs on the Barrier River, an upper tributary of the Red Deer River. Most of this very large site is presently a cultivated field and, for several decades now, it has been subjected to surface collecting by both professional and avocational archaeologists, as well as souvenir hunters. The large artifact recoveries include some hundreds of potsherds, the bulk of which can be assigned to the Late Woodland period and the results of the study of this material are presented here. A small amount of this pottery is Blackduck, Selkirk and Mortlach; however, most of it (representing 38 vessels) has been identified as Duck Bay ware of the Rainy River composite, best known from Lakes Winnipegosis and Manitoba to the east. While the Duck Bay Stamp type is represented by only one vessel, the Duck Bay Notched, Duck Bay Decorated Lip and Duck Bay Undecorated vessels are well represented. Significantly, a subset of seven vessels has Selkirk traits - particularly decoration by a single punctate row on the outer rim or neck. Six of these vessels are identified as Rainy River-Selkirk syncretisms and are considered to reflect the strong presence of Selkirk along and about the Saskatchewan River valley to the north.</p><p>The Goldsworthy site is proposed as an ingathering centre at which the members of a regional band came together during the spring fishery. Based on the pottery, the members of this band are identified as the most westerly of those peoples who produced Rainy River composite material culture. Since this regional band occupied the Red Deer River basin, there was a direct water route to Lake Winnipegosis, and evidently this facilitated ongoing interaction with culturally related peoples there.</p>},
	author = {David Meyer}
}
