@article {9808,
	title = {Laurel: a Re-evaluation of the Spatial, Social and Temporal Paradigms},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1991},
	pages = {193-234},
	abstract = {<p>The study of the Laurel manifestation of Middle Woodland is now more than 40 years old. This paper presents a new overview of Laurel, concentrating on the temporal and spatial paradigms using ceramic seriation and radiocarbon dates. As well, preliminary data on a completely excavated Laurel village in Kenora, Ontario, supplemented by data from four other Laurel house structures in the area, reveal clues to Laurel community patterns and social structure. Laurel radiocarbon dates show an initial expansion of Laurel from a Boundary Waters heartland of Ontario and Minnesota and a later contraction. At least three Laurel Composites, are identified \&ndash; Manitoba Lakes, Boundary Waters and Superior \&ndash; through ceramic comparison. The Boundary Waters Composite integrates four Complexes, based on ceramic variances and time periods. A summary is presented of chronological ceramic sequences for the Boundary Waters Composite of Laurel as a possible model for future Laurel ceramic studies.</p>},
	author = {C.S. \&$\#$8216;Paddy\&$\#$8217; Reid and Grace Rajnovich}
}
