@Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12783, title = {Sex and Death on the Western Emigrant Trail: The Biology of Three American Tragedies}, volume = {44}, year = {2020}, pages = {262{\textendash}264}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/44.2.262}, editor = {Leon Angelo, Camille G.} } @article {11807, title = {Stable Isotope Research in Canadian Archaeology: The Next 50 Years}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {42}, year = {2018}, pages = {115-123}, author = {Meghan Burchell and Alison Harris} } @article {11247, title = {Standardization, Reliability, and Paleoindian Ovate Biface Production: A View from 20-Cl-227, the Round Lake Site Cache, Clinton County, Michigan, USA}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {297{\textendash}318}, abstract = {

Biface caches may be one of the most distinctive and enigmatic aspects of Paleoindian behavior. Here we contribute to discussion of this phenomenon by presenting an analysis and interpretation of a heretofore unreported biface cache, consisting of 24 ovate bifaces and a single large flake blank, documented in 1981 from the Round Lake locality (20-CL-227), Clinton County, Michigan, USA. Analysis of metric and non-metric attributes support an interpretation that the cached bifaces are, more probable than not, early Paleoindian in age, and are most likely attributable to the Gainey fluted point phase (ca. 11,500{\textendash}10,800 14C B.P.). Moreover, the cache is distinguished by a high degree of standardization, and represents the same intentional point in the chaine op{\'e}ratoire of fluted biface manufacture, suggesting production by a single individual. As a necessary complement to our technological analysis of the cache, we situate our interpretation of the Round Lake cache within the broader regional context of Great Lakes Paleoindian behavior.

}, author = {Dillon H. Carr and William A. Lovis} } @article {12862, title = {Situating Copper Crescents}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {077-092}, abstract = {

This report considers copper crescent-shaped objects from Ontario, contextualizing them within broader archaeological discussions of the Old Copper Complex. I focus on a small assemblage of antiquarian-collected crescents from the Royal Ontario Museum. A literature review comprises the bulk of this report; crescents recovered from sites located in the center of the Old Copper Complex, in current-day Wisconsin and Michigan, help to situate examples in the antiquarian collection. I discuss crescents in terms of their chronological and geographic breadth, their formal variation, and the different depositional contexts in which they are found. Three examples from the antiquarian collection represent novel forms of copper crescent that are not represented in the accepted typology. Two of these, collected approximately 1,600\ km apart from one another, closely resemble stone and copper ulu knives, each with a unique copper handle that once bore a haft. By situating this particular collection within broader discussions of native copper, this report demonstrates the continued importance of thinking through poorly-contextualized archaeological collections while remembering the limitations of rigid, typological thinking.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/45.1.77}, author = {Craig N. Cipolla} } @article {11248, title = {Searching for Evidence of Maize Consumption at Cluny: Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Dog and Bison Bone Collagen}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {319{\textendash}331}, abstract = {

The Cluny Fortified Village Site (EePf-1), a Protocontact site (A.D. 1400{\textendash} 1750), has been assigned to the One Gun phase of southern Alberta. While culturally distinct, certain aspects of ceramic decoration and fortification construction are similar to counterparts in the Northeastern Plains Village complex (Toom 2004). Northeastern Plains Village complex sites represent maize horticulturalists in portions of North Dakota, and parts of southern Manitoba and are considered to be an archaeological culture separate from but contiguous with Middle Missouri tradition villages of the Dakotas (Toom 2004). Due to general similarities with maize horticultural cultures to the south and east, it is reasonable to look for evidence of maize at Cluny where it may have been grown, or present as a trade item. The present study addresses this question using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of archaeological bone collagen. No human remains were found at Cluny, so bone collagen from dogs was used as a proxy. Bone collagen from bison was also analysed because bison feed on both C3 and C4 grasses, and therefore consumption of bison by dogs may result in stable carbon isotope ratios that mimic maize consumption. Bison remains had a predominantly C3 plant signature. Dogs at Cluny were consuming little or no maize based on stable isotope analysis of their collagen. Based on the canine surrogacy approach, these results indicate that maize was not a significant part of the diet at Cluny, so while some cultural characteristics of the site reflect a Northeastern Plains Village affiliation, diet is not one of them.

}, author = {Kim Edwards and Dale Allen Walde and M. Anne Katzenberg} } @article {13799, title = {Survey D{\'e}j{\`a} Vu: Lessons Learned from the Archaeological Re-mapping of a M{\'e}tis Overwintering Settlement}, volume = {47}, year = {2023}, pages = {65-86}, abstract = {

Although the advantages of archaeological remote sensing have long been known, the techniques have still not been fully incorporated into standard archaeological practice. Drawing upon the example of an archaeological remote sensing survey conducted in April 2022 and subsequent excavation in July 2022 at the Chimney Coulee site (DjOe-6) in Saskatchewan, we demonstrate the value of the integration of remote sensing methods early and throughout an entire project. Over the span of five days, we were able to use drone-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and orthoimagery, ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and magnetic gradiometry alongside more traditional archaeological survey methods to survey the site and locate two probable late nineteenth-century M{\'e}tis cabins. The use of remote sensing techniques allowed for the efficient identification of future excavation areas and comparisons to previous mapping work and generated new questions about the site. This paper provides a methodological example of non-invasive archaeological survey for non-specialists and demonstrates how students and early career researchers can play an important role in the advancement of Canadian archaeology by experimenting with new ways of conducting archaeological survey and mapping.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/47.1.65}, author = {Sol{\`e}ne Mallet Gauthier and William T. D. Wadsworth} } @article {11538, title = {Sampling and Subsampling at the Allandale Site: An Evaluation of the Standards of Practice of Zooarchaeology in Compliance Archaeology in Ontario}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, pages = {308-329}, abstract = {The Standards and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists in Ontario (Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture 2011) provide instructions for the scope of specialist analyses, such as zooarchaeology and palaeobotany. This article compares the results of analysis of a subsample of faunal specimens carried out prior to the implementation of the Standards and Guidelines, but generally conforming to them, with results from analysis of all recovered faunal specimens from the same site. It shows that the nature of the sample analyzed affects interpretations about seasonality, processing, and environments used by the site inhabitants. Results suggest that the standards and guidelines for zooarchaeological analysis should be improved by 1) providing better direction about how assemblages should be sampled, 2) outlining requirements for identification tools and qualifications of analysts, and 3)~including more detailed reporting standards regarding analytical decisions. Other jurisdictions that require artifact analysis as a part of cultural resource management should include similar guidelines if results are to be used for site specific interpretation or region summaries.}, author = {Alicia L. Hawkins} } @article {12569, title = {Strength-Based Approaches to Involving Inuit Youth in Archaeological Research}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {44}, year = {2020}, pages = {083-104}, abstract = {

In this collaborative paper between university-based archaeologists and Nunatsiavummiut youth, we discuss our attempts to unsettle our research while working on community-oriented projects in Hopedale, Nunatsiavut, through the application of strength-based approaches. We outline the need for strength-based approaches for involving Nunatsiavummiut youth in archaeology and the ways we apply these approaches to Kelvin{\textquoteright}s research project, the Agvituk Digital Archive Project, and Gilheany{\textquoteright}s dissertation research on the recent history of Hopedale. We incorporate key aspects of these approaches, including: focusing on the whole person and recognizing their social context; actively involving participants in decisions; recognizing strengths and expertise of participants so that everyone is both a teacher and a learner; and encouraging experiences where group members can be successful. We argue that an unsettled, strength-based approach necessitates a future-oriented archaeology.

}, author = {Laura Kelvin and Emma Gilheany and Nicholas Flowers and Denver~Edmunds and Mackenzie Frieda and Claire Igloliorte and Halle Lucy and John Piercy} } @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} } @article {14066, title = {Shxwexw{\'o}:s (Place of the Thunderbird), A Terraced Hillside Settlement on the Harrison River: Examining an Undocumented Form of Residential Landscape}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology}, volume = {48}, year = {2024}, pages = {87-119}, abstract = {

The hillside settlement of Shxwexw{\'o}:s (Place of the Thunderbird) (DhRl-97) is located in the midst of a densely settled residential landscape at the confluence of the Chehalis and Harrison Rivers in southwestern British Columbia. Hillside settlements such as Shxwexw{\'o}:s have rarely been investigated archaeologically anywhere in the Salish Sea or Northwest Coast, which may contribute to major gaps in our understanding of past land use and social histories. Our mapping and excavations indicate that as many as 40 family-sized groups created platforms on which they could erect small houses primarily between approximately 1500 and 1200 cal BP. Faunal and botanical evidence reveals people were living on these platforms through much of the year, hunting for deer and other mammals, harvesting plants, and fishing for salmon. Artifact distributions and analyses reveal that wide-ranging activities occurred across a large portion of the site and that people had access to a variety of local and non-local tool stone materials.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/48.1.087}, author = {Morgan Ritchie and Jerram Ritchie and Chris Springer and Jonathan Duelks and Nicholas Waber and Alessandria Testani and Natasha Lyons} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12543, title = {The Strong Case Approach in Behavioral Archaeology}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {242-244}, editor = {Rebecca L. Bourgeois} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {12867, title = {Spectacular Flops: Game-Changing Technologies that Failed}, volume = {45}, year = {2021}, pages = {106-108}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.51270/45.1.106}, editor = {Robert James Stark} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {11119, title = {Stories of the Old Ones from Lee River, Southeastern Manitoba: The Owl Inini, Carver Inini and Dancer Ikwe}, volume = {40}, year = {2016}, pages = {216-218}, editor = {Scott Hamilton} } @Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus {11408, title = {Strung Out on Archaeology: An Introduction to Archaeological Research}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, pages = {132-133}, editor = {George Nicholas} } @Obituaries {11428, title = {Sterling L. Presley (1934-1989)}, volume = {13}, year = {1989}, pages = {223-225}, author = {J.V. Wright} }