@Conference Paper {10046, title = {Variation in Dorset Semi-subterranean dwellings at DIA.4 (JfEl-4)}, year = {1981}, address = {Edmonton}, abstract = {The 1978 and 1979 Tuvaaluk programme excavations at the DIA.4 site revealed 13 complete or partially definable Dorset semi-subterranean dwellings. The majority of these dwellings are interpreted as having been subject to successive re-occupations, several of which were accompanied by alterations in the form of the earlier structure and the re-organization of internal features. Stratigraphic relationships and radiocarbon dating allow the chronological ordering of these occupations and permit the examination of dwelling variation through time. Certain implications concerning occupation of the site and Dorset architectural techniques are discussed.}, author = {Badgley, I.} } @Conference Paper {10081, title = {Vers une d{\'e}finition des normes de l{\textquoteright}analyse des arch{\'e}oparasites}, year = {2003}, address = {Hamilton}, author = {Rhonda R. Bathurst} } @Conference Paper {10180, title = {Visual Possibility Statements: A Preliminary Study into Predictive Modelling Using a Macintosh-Based Geographic Information System-Map II}, year = {1989}, address = {Fredericton}, abstract = {This paper will present the preliminary results of an investigation into the prediction of possible areas of site location based upon known locations of prehistoric sites in British Columbia{\textquoteright}s Thompson River Valley. A Macintosh-based Geographic Information System (GIS) called MAP 11 was employed to examine an area of approximately 725 square kilometers of the Thompson River between Spence{\textquoteright}s Bridge and Ashcroft. Archaeological information concerning known site locations, functions and temporal associations and {\textquoteright}natural variables{\textquoteright} such as elevation and hydrology were each stored on a different digital {\textquoteright}map{\textquoteright}. Using the GIS to essentially {\textquoteright}add{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteright}subtract{\textquoteright} these separate maps, an attempt was made to determine if associations exist between areas of site location and these {\textquoteright}natural variables{\textquoteright}. The GIS was subsequently employed to identify localities exhibiting potential for these same associations. The resulting maps (labelled visual possibility statements) have the potential for providing insight into undiscovered areas of site locations.}, author = {Luke DALLA BONA} } @Conference Paper {10425, title = {Variabilit{\'e} de l{\textquoteright}utilisation de la faune marine dans un site du d{\'e}but de l{\textquoteright}{\^a}ge de la c{\'e}ramique {\`a} Antigua,}, year = {2003}, address = {Hamilton}, author = {Christine Cluney} } @Conference Paper {10579, title = {Variation in the size of prehistoric co-residential groups in the eastern sub-arctic: evidence from the central-interior of Quebec-Labrador}, year = {1981}, address = {Edmonton}, abstract = {Recently collected archaeological data relating to prehistoric habitation size in the central-interior of Quebec-Labrador are employed in an attempt to describe variation in size of aboriginal co-residential groups. Ethnographic conceptions of aboriginal social organization and settlement patterns are examined in light of this analysis. The potential of archaeological data to address these questions of prehistoric social organisation in the subarctic as well as the difficulties involved are discussed.}, author = {Denton, D.} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {14069, title = {Violence and Inequality: An Archaeological History}, volume = {48}, year = {2024}, pages = {158-160}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/48.1.158}, editor = {William Dunsmore} } @article {9600, title = {Variation in Subsistence Among Inland Inuit: Zooarchaeology of Two Sites on the Kazan River, Nunavut}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {28}, year = {2004}, pages = {032-050}, abstract = {

Animal bones from two sites on the lower Kazan River, Nunavut, were analyzed in order to interpret regional patterns of subsistence and seasonality. The Itimniq-Muskox\&$\#$39; site, which contains a multi-seasonal occupation, yielded a high frequency of muskox bones, in addition to the expected bones of caribou, smaller mammals, fish, and birds. It is interpreted as representing a relatively early Inuit occupation, possibly around the time of the earliest year-round settlement of interior regions. The Piqqiq site is a well-known fall caribou crossing site. Bone samples from crevices beneath two boulders adjacent to the main site revealed a caribou-dominated economy, representing the archetypal Caribou Inuit subsistence pattern. Together, these sites provide an initial baseline of information relating to regional and chronological variability within past barrenland zooarchaeological assemblages.\&$\#$39;

}, author = {T. Max Friesen and Andrew M. Stewart} } @Conference Paper {10955, title = {VICKERS FOCUS OCCUPATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA: ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION AND CULTURAL ORIGINS}, year = {1996}, address = {Halifax}, abstract = {Archaeological reconnaissance and excavation in the Lauder Sandhills of southwestern Manitoba has revealed a dense cluster of late Pre-Contact archaeological sites that can be termed culturally exotic. These sites relate to the Vickers Focus that is believed to derive from the Missouri and Mississippi River drainage basins of Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas. After two field seasons of reconnaissance, at least seven sites have been recorded within less than 2 square kilometres: more than tripling the former inventory of Vickers Focus sites in Manitoba. This begs the question, what environmental conditions attracted these people to the Sandhills locality, and also from what cultural milieu these people derived. Palaeo-environmental reconstructions indicate that they were attracted to a rich ecotone composed of wetlands and deciduous forest groves surrounded by mixed grass prairie. We further propose that Vickers Focus reflects a northerly expression of the late Plains Woodland Tradition, with as yet undetermined linkages to the Plains Village groups who brought sedentary horticultural village life to the eastern Plains.}, author = {Scott Hamilton and B.A. Nicholson} } @article {9645, title = {A Volcanic Glass Library for the Pacific Northwest: Problems and Prospects}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {20}, year = {1996}, pages = {093-122}, abstract = {

A variety of volcanic glasses occur naturally in the mountainous regions of western North America and many were exploited prehistorically by Native people as raw materials for tools, weapons and other implements. Using x-ray fluorescence, we have characterised the trace element composition of volcanic glass source samples collected from northwestern North America, between northern California and eastern Alaska. Our ongoing research includes the characterisation of newly identified volcanic glass sources and the \&$\#$39;sourcing\&$\#$39; of volcanic glass artifacts recovered from archaeological contexts in and near the study area. This paper presents a description of the Simon Fraser University reference library of source characterisations, followed by an example of its application to the volcanic glass artifact assemblage excavated in 1989 and 1990 from the Wilson Butte Cave site, Idaho.

}, author = {Malcolm James and Jeff Bailey and John D\&$\#$8217;Auria} } @article {9662, title = {The View from the Edge: The Proyecto Arqueol{\'o}gico Chihuahua (PAC) 1990 to 2010: An Overview}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {36}, year = {2012}, pages = {82-107}, abstract = {

The work of the Proyecto Arqueol{\'o}gico Chihuahua (PAC) has played an integral role in defining the origins and characteristics of the Chihuahua culture area, also known as the Casas Grandes Regional System. PAC has developed a critical suite of radiocarbon dates for the southern zone, undertaken the first substantial investigations of the Viejo period (ca. A.D. 800\–1200 or 1250) since the early 1960s, and added to knowledge of the southern Medio period (ca. A.D. 1250\–1450). The project has also elucidated the chronology, settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and technology for both periods. Results of our research indicate continuity between the Viejo period, characterized by small pithouse settlements, and the pueblo focused Medio period in the southern zone, with some poorly understood external influences from both western Mesoamerica to the south and the American Southwest to the north shaping events within the area.

}, author = {Jane H. Kelley and A. C. MacWilliams and Joe D. Stewart and Karen R. Adams and Jerimy J. Cunningham and Richard E. Garvin and J. M. Maillol and Paula J. Reimer and Danny Zborover} } @article {9717, title = {Visual Punning and the Whale{\textquoteright}s Tail: AMS Dating of a Marpole-Age Art Object}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {13}, year = {1989}, pages = {212-218}, author = {Alan D. McMillan and D.E. Nelson} } @article {12541, title = {Variation in Soil pH at the Eighteenth-Century Rochefort Point Cemetery and Its Relationship to Mortuary Practices and Previous Site Use}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {201-216}, abstract = {

This study compares soil acidity and skeletal preservation at the eighteenthcentury Fortress of Louisbourg. Soil acidity was tested in 60 individual burials using a Lusterleaf 1612 Rapitest soil pH kit. These results were then compared to skeletal preservation, coffin use, and burial depth. pH levels ranged between 4.5 (acid) to 7.5 (alkaline). There was a clear correlation between increased skeletal preservation and more neutral pH, as expected. Additionally, mortuary treatment and burial depth were also correlated with soil pH, where individuals interred in a coffin or at deeper depths saw increased soil acidity. The location of these interments in relation to homestead features and defunct lime kilns also likely influenced this pH variability. This study highlights the need to consider previous site use and mortuary practices when assessing differential skeletal preservation in complex cemetery assemblages.

}, author = {Amy B. Scott and Mattia Fonzo} }