@article {9871,
	title = {Seasonal Round Problems on the Alberta Plains},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1991},
	pages = {055-072},
	abstract = {<p>This paper examines the articulation of archaeological data with models of Native settlement pattern on the Alberta Plains. The models are derived from ethnographic accounts for the Historic equestrian Blackfoot, and from bison ecology for prehistoric pedestrian hunters. Both models assume that the Plains Indians were organized into residential bands which may have formed tribal aggregates in some seasons. The archaeological data indicate that two patterns of spring settlement existed; one of bands communally hunting bison, another of extended family groups stalking bison. There is no evidence for summer tribal aggregations; rather, it appears that small family camps were situated along the edges of river valleys. Large fall season communal kills and camps are under-represented in comparison to the Wyoming record; this may be a sampling problem. Two patterns exist for winter: large, isolated, multi-band camps in major river valleys, and smaller band camps distributed more continuously along smaller streams. The large winter camps form the best evidence for residential aggregates larger than the band in prehistoric times. These data suggest that the settlement pattern was more complex than accounted for by existing models.</p>},
	author = {J. Rod Vickers}
}
