Abstract

A paper presented at the XXIII Canadian Archaeological Association's annual meetings at Whitehorse introduced two Palaeo-Indian sites associated with Debert in central Nova Scotia. At that time the complex was defined as Debert (BiCu-1), Belmont I (BiCu-6), and Belmont II (BiCu-7). The summer and fall of 1990 have added three additional loci to the complex. Two of these are in close proximity to the Belmont sites and are tentatively assigned as Belmont Ia and Belmont IIa. The other is a discrete occupation site one kilometre east of Debert and is known as the Hunter Road site (BiCu-10). A seventh possible site has been recorded 25km northeast of the Debert/Belmont complex. The paper will present preliminary results of the 1990 archaeological geological and palynological studies.