@article {11804, title = {Archaeology and Sea Level Change on the British Columbia Coast}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {42}, year = {2018}, pages = {074-091}, author = {Quentin Mackie and Daryl Fedje and Duncan McLaren} } @article {11539, title = {Collaborative Public Archaeology in Manitoba: The Rural Museum Archaeological Outreach Project at Brandon University}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, pages = {330-337}, abstract = {In collaboration with the Manitoba Archaeological Society (MAS) and Association of Manitoba Museums (AMM), the Department of Anthropology at Brandon University (BU) developed a project in support of rural museums in southwestern Manitoba. The project provided museums with identifications of their precontact artifacts, gave senior undergraduate archaeology students valuable career-related experience and produced a research-quality database of the material held by three rural museums. Student participants were enrolled in a six-week long summer course called 12:441 Rural Museum Archaeological Outreach that was offered for the first time in the summer of 2015. It was deemed a success by the students, participating museums and collaborating organizations. The approach may inspire other university, archaeological society, and museum association partnerships in different parts of Canada. For those interested, a more detailed description and discussion of this project is published in Manitoba Archaeological Journal, Volume 27 and available in the fall of 2017.}, author = {Mary E. Malainey and Gord Hill and Monique Brandt and Beryth Strong} } @article {13796, title = {The Archaeology of Twentieth-Century Drug Paraphernalia at Her Majesty{\textquoteright}s Penitentiary, St. John{\textquoteright}s, Newfoundland and Labrador}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {47}, year = {2023}, pages = {1-22}, abstract = {

The use of cannabis, narcotics, and other intoxicants is widespread within North American prisons, where do-it-yourself instruments are fashioned, used, traded, discarded, and/or confiscated. This cycle contributes to the long-term record of material culture and provides an opportunity to study innovations employed by incarcerated persons. An assemblage of improvised devices for consuming illicit drugs (pipes, syringe, and decoys) from Her Majesty{\textquoteright}s Penitentiary (HMP) in St.\ John{\textquoteright}s, Newfoundland and Labrador, provides an opportunity to explore the culture of twentieth-century drug consumption at an exceptionally long-lived penal institution. The collection of drug paraphernalia dates between 1971 and 1983 and represents a palimpsest of curated items confiscated by correctional officers. By drawing upon actor-network theory and a folkloric approach to the material assemblage, we situate this local assemblage within the larger carceral context wherein individuals {\textquotedblleft}make do.{\textquotedblright} These objects speak to longstanding and widely shared technological traditions, an accomplished do-it-yourself ethic amongst those incarcerated, and the complex entanglement of criminality, carceral practices, and drug use.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/47.1.1}, author = {Madeleine Mant and Akseli Virratvuori and Peter Whitridge and Meghan Burchell} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {11407, title = {Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, pages = {128-131}, editor = {Chelsea Meloche} } @article {11811, title = {The Future of History in Archaeology}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {42}, year = {2018}, pages = {154-164}, author = {Andrew Martindale} } @article {11116, title = {Archaeology as Partnerships in Practice: A Reply to La Salle and Hutchings}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {181-204}, author = {Andrew Martindale and Natasha Lyons and George Nicholas and Bill~Angelbeck and Sean P. Connaughton and Colin Grier and James~Herbert and Mike Leon and Yvonne Marshall and Angela Piccini and David M. Schaepe and Kisha Supernant and Gary Warrick} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12545, title = {Out of the Cold: Archaeology on the Arctic Rim of North America}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {247-248}, editor = {Liam Frink} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {13191, title = {Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland}, volume = {46}, year = {2022}, pages = {135-137}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/46.1.135}, editor = {Lindi J. Masur} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {11945, title = {These Outer Shores: Archaeological Insights into Indigenous Lifeways Along the Exposed Coasts of British Columbia}, volume = {42}, year = {2018}, pages = {294-297}, editor = {Katherine Patton} } @article {12859, title = {Monterey Shells and Trade Copper: A Glimpse into the Early Contact Period from a Nuu-Chah-Nulth Outer-Coast Lookout Site}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {001-019}, abstract = {

The Nuu-chah-nulth of western Vancouver Island used lookout sites on small outer-coast islands to observe the movements of sea mammals and canoes, and later the trading ships arriving with cargoes of new goods. A trench excavated across the upper surface of one such site yielded an artifact assemblage typical of late Nuu-chah-nulth sites, along with radiocarbon dates indicating use over the few centuries prior to contact with Europeans. Three artifacts of introduced materials reveal that this location continued in use into the early decades of contact. Copper and California abalone shells ({\textquotedblleft}Monterey shells{\textquotedblright}) were two of the earliest and most important trade materials during the maritime fur trade. Indigenous demand was for the raw material, which was re-worked into decorative items of traditional form. The excavation results provide a rare glimpse into this early contact period, with no admixture of later manufactured objects. Ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources provide context to interpret these discoveries.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/45.1.1}, author = {Alan D. McMillan and Denis E. St. Claire} } @article {11533, title = {Applying a Bayesian Approach in the Northeastern North American Context: Reassessment of the Temporal Boundaries of the {\textquotedblleft}Pseudo-Scallop Shell Interaction Sphere{\textquotedblright}}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, pages = {139-172}, abstract = {In Europe, especially for studies focusing on Palaeolithic rock shelters, Bayesian chronological modelling is gaining in popularity. In northeastern North America, conditions are usually less than optimal for applying this type of modelling, as archaeological sites are often poorly stratified and subject to substantial pedoturbation. Notwith-standing these impediments, I show that a Bayesian approach remains applicable, provided sufficient and high quality information pertaining to the stratigraphy and the datable samples is gathered beforehand. This is illustrated through a case study dedicated to the {\textquotedblleft}Pseudo-Scallop Shell (PSS) interaction sphere{\textquotedblright} (M{\'e}hault 2015, 2017). The posterior distributions obtained for each of its 14 regional composites generally exceed the regional start boundaries commonly attached to the Middle Woodland period, suggesting that the PSS interaction sphere overlaps with the preceding period (i.e., Early Woodland). Only in its westernmost expression (i.e., in the Laurel culture) does the PSS interaction sphere seem to persist during the Late Woodland period.}, author = {Ronan M{\'e}hault} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12863, title = {Repatriation and Erasing the Past}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {093-097}, editor = {Chelsea H. Meloche and Laure Spake and Katherine L. Nichols} } @article {11246, title = {Pour une typologie stylistique chrono-th{\'e}matique des fa{\"\i}ences fran{\c c}aises retrouv{\'e}es dans les anciennes colonies d{\textquoteright}Am{\'e}rique (XVIIe{\textendash}XVIIIe s.)}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {268{\textendash}296}, abstract = {

North-American typologies for identifying and dating French faience, i.e., French tin-glazed earthenware (seventeenth\– eighteenth centuries) from colonial contexts are based on restrictive and often misleading regional categories that can lead to erroneous interpretations. Since the 1980s, the archaeology of French production sites aided by archaeometric studies revealed that: first, the faience production landscape was more complex than it seemed but also that the shape/decoration-production centre correlation was not appropriate to identify the productions. As a result of our research on the reference collection of Place-Royale in Quebec City, we suggest the use of 19 alternative chrono-thematic types. Furthermore, we should take into consideration three times more probable areas of production and harmonize the vocabulary used on both sides of the Atlantic, basing it on visual stylistic and descriptive comparisons rather than on geographical criteria.

}, author = {Laetitia M{\'e}treau and Jean Rosen and Caroline Girard and R{\'e}ginald Auger} } @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} } @article {12924, title = {Strangers No More: Kinship, Clanship, and the Incorporation of Newcomers in Northern Iroquoia}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {259-282}, abstract = {

In this paper, we consider how institutions of kinship facilitated the integration of peoples originating in the St.\ Lawrence Valley into ancestral Huron-Wendat communities in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries AD. We present some general principles regarding the role of kinship in structuring social relations, processes of population movement, and the integration of newcomers. Data on the distributions and frequencies of characteristic St. Lawrence Iroquoian artifacts on four ancestral Huron-Wendat village sites in Ontario, Canada are utilized to infer the scale of population movement and processes of incorporation into lineages and clan segments. We argue that interpretive frameworks that explicitly incorporate categories and institutions of relatedness with traditional material culture analyses can shed new light on how groups of newcomers of varying scale and composition were integrated into Huron-Wendat households and communities.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/45.2.259}, author = {Jonathan Micon and Jennifer Birch and Ronald F. Williamson and Louis Lesage} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {9237, title = {The First Rocky Mountaineers: Coloradans Before Colorado}, volume = {39}, year = {2015}, pages = {156-159}, editor = {Laurie Milne} } @article {12169, title = {Charcoal Analysis Reveals Dorset Use and Selection of Firewood at Phillip{\textquoteright}s Garden, Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {24-39}, abstract = {

This paper reports Dorset (800\ BC{\textendash}AD\ 1300) firewood use and selection at the Phillip{\textquoteright}s Garden site (EeBi-1), northwestern Newfoundland, Canada. Charcoal fragments from five semi-subterranean dwellings and one midden were predominantly fir (Abies sp.) and spruce (Picea sp.). These genera dominate the modern forest, contemporary driftwood accumulations, and the prehistoric tree pollen record for the region. These data suggest that Dorset collected firewood according to the principle of least effort from nearby sources.

}, author = {Jason Miszaniec and Trevor Bell} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12551, title = {Uncovering Submerged Landscapes: Towards a GIS Method for Locating Submerged Archaeology in Southeast Alaska}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {264-267}, editor = {William T. D. Wadsworth} } @article {9737, title = {Classification and Typologies of Stone Celts in British Columbia}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {39}, year = {2015}, pages = {82-122}, abstract = {

This paper presents three typologies of stone celts from British Columbia based on morphology, mineralogy and culture historical affiliation. These typologies should aid archaeologists in classifying celts and understanding their regional patterns of distribution. This study is based on a large sample of celts (n\ =\ 1,374) from more than 139 archaeological sites across British Columbia. Mineralogical identification of celts was undertaken using Near-Infrared Spectrometry (NIR). Celt manufacturing technique was found to be closely associated with the raw material used. The results here do not find support for entrenched descriptions of changes in celt morphology through time. Unexpectedly, the Canadian Plateau provided the best evidence for the use of a special type of very large nephrite/jade celts as prestige goods. The results here do not find support for entrenched descriptions of changes in celt morphology through time. Celt abundance was found to vary markedly over the last 3,500 years in the Salish Sea region, with a notable dearth of celts contemporaneous to the depopulation of the Mid-Fraser region around 1000 B.P. This evidence underscores the importance of the appropriate scale of analysis when interpreting local patterns of cultural change.

}, author = {Jesse Morin} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12866, title = {The Archaeology of Ancient Cities}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {104-105}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/45.1.104}, editor = {Giles Spence Morrow} } @article {11112, title = {Le programme arch{\'e}ologique de la Ville de Qu{\'e}bec et la Loi sur le patrimoine culturel}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {068-094}, abstract = {

Heritage legislation is a provincial responsibility in Canada. New heritage legislation was adopted in the Province of Qu{\'e}bec in October, 2012, replacing the 1972 Cultural Properties Act. The Cultural Heritage Act defines new obligations for municipalities and offers new possibilities allowing them to protect and develop their archaeological heritage resources on an elective basis. The City of Qu{\'e}bec has worked closely with public and private partners over the last thirty years to assure the preservation and enhancement of its archaeological resources. The City is currently preparing an archaeological master plan for its territory which includes four legally protected historic districts, one of which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The master plan is being developed in the context of renewed heritage legislation and the adoption of a revised urban master plan required under provincial planning legislation but in a manner to capitalize on major achievements of past efforts. The archaeological master plan will be accompanied by policy and programs designed to foster public interest and promote participation in the process. This article will address challenges to policy and program development. A particular emphasis will be put on meeting expectations expressed in the new provincial Cultural Heritage Act.

}, author = {William Moss} } @article {12170, title = {Temporal Constraints for Holocene Geomorphic Evolution at an Archaeological Locality Near Hardisty, East-Central Alberta: Hunter-Gatherer Interactions with the Landscape on the Northern Plains}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {40-73}, abstract = {

Extended terrestrial geomorphic sequences that host well-dated depositional evidence of early to mid-Holocene human interactions with the physical landscape are relatively scarce on the northern Plains. The paucity of such records hampers studies that aim to examine human adaptations to environmental changes in the region during the Hypsithermal (ca.\ 9,000{\textendash}4,500 years ago). Where deposits occur, the absence of well-preserved contemporaneous organic material for radiocarbon dating highlights the need for alternative chronometers. In this study, we present new absolute chronologies from three archaeological sites in an eolian dune landscape in east-central Alberta that we determined using optically stimulated luminescence dating. The results show that between ca.\ 11,000{\textendash}2,000 years ago,\  the local landscape evolved through recurrent episodes of instability, interspersed with periods of soil development. The findings allow us to provide new insights on Holocene landscape evolution in the area and examine adaptations humans made to cope with the Hypsithermal environment, as evidenced by archaeological materials associated with hunting and camping.

}, author = {K. Munyikwa and R. Lindemann and R. Wondrasek and T.C. Kinnaird and D.C.W. Sanderson} }